Sad & shocking news arrived yesterday:

Yelm’s Mt. Rainier Clinic (MRC) announces their closure.
Dr. Elmer Cranton opened here in Yelm in 1990 with his son John Cranton, NN, ARNP running the clinic the last 6 years. “The current economic and regulatory environment” were cited as major factors in the decision to close here.

Dr. Cranton’s world-famous chelation therapy treatments brought people to Yelm from all over the United States & several foreign countries. Not only does this town lose another business, the city loses the employee payroll tax, B & O tax, & sales tax revenue, to name just a few.

Additionally, many patients came to MRC from out of town and patronized our local businesses like the super-markets, hotel, pharmacies & gas stations. Their revenue will now be lost in our local stores.

I have been a patient at MRC since 1990, indeed one of their first as I have patient number 80.
CLICK HERE for my August 14, 2006 description of Mt. Rainier Clinic on this blog.

THE YELM COMMUNITY BLOG THANKS THE CRANTONS FOR THEIR SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY & WISHES THEM WELL IN THEIR ENDEAVORS.