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Show Hospital Board Adds New Mem bers New members have been added to the governing board of Garfield Memorial Hospital according to hospital administrator Robert Kruse. New to the group, which oversees administration of the hospital and its affairs, are Stephen Steed and Wayne Banks, Escalante; Ric Burningham, Panguitch; and Reed LeFevre, Tropic. Newly elected chairman of the governing board is Robert Benfield, Panguitch. Vice-chairman is John Seaman who will serve as chairman-elect. Any changes in governing board membership are made annually in March at a regular meeting of the group which meets once each two months. Other members of the governing board are Robert Kruse, Elizabeth , Foy, Henry Jolley, George Middleton, Brian Handley, Jay Riggs, and James Yardley, Panguitch; Laurie Dea Holley, Cannonville; Terecea West wood and Gayle Whitaker, Circleville; , and Marjorie Crofts, Orderville. Several members of the governing board and their spouses will travel to Salt Lake City to attend the annual trustee educational conference on April 15 and 16. Theme of this year's conference sponsored by Intermountain Health Care, Inc., is "Strategies for Board Effectiveness." Garfield Memorial Hospital will cover travel and lodging expenses for conferees and their spouses. The educational conference has been specially structured to assist governing board members and executive ad ministration. Nationally known speakers have been engaged on a variety of important topics. Committee assignments have been made for governing' board members as follows for the coming year: John Seaman will serve as chairman " of the finance committee with committee members Wayne Banks, Stephen Steed, Brian landiey, and Henry Jolley. Elizabeth Foy will serve as chairman of the quality assurance committee with committee members Marjorie Crofts, Reed LeFevre, Brian Handley and Terecea Westwood. Special advisor assigned to the group is Paul Arnstein, new diretor of nursing at the hospital. The long-range planning committee will be chaired by James Yardley with committee members Jay Riggs, Rick Burningham, Gayle Whitaker and Laurie Dea Holley. Assigned to the group as a special advisor is uruce Fullmer, Panguitch City manager. The executive committee is made up of governing board chairman, Robert Benfield, vice chairman, John Seaman, and secretary Robert Kruse. Board member George Middleton will chair the committee on management contract review along with members John Seaman, Elizabeth Foy, Jim Yardley and Robert Benfield. |
