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Friday, May 30, 2008 12:59 PM CDT
The Chippewa Herald
RCU's board elects new chairperson
The RCU Board of Directors elected Douglas A. Olson as the new chairperson of RCU at the reorganization meeting following the 44th Annual Meeting. Olson has been a board member since 1995. He has served as treasurer of the board for seven of his 13 years and vice chairperson for four years. Olson also serves as chairperson of the Compensation/Governance Committee and on the Audit Committee and Political Action Committee. Olson was recently promoted to Director of Workforce Development and Recruitment at Chippewa Valley Technical College.
RCU's board and staff thanked John Sackett for his 17 years of service as chairperson of the board.
Also, at the reorganization meeting, Jennifer McDonough was elected vice chairperson and Tom Gillett was elected secretary. Nancy Beltz and Tom Gillett, were re-elected to three-year terms on the board. Beltz has been a board member since 1999. Gillett was appointed to the board in 2007.
Jeatran 'Entrepreneur Of The Year' finalist
For the second straight year, regional business, academic and community leaders selected RJF Agencies’ Chief Executive Officer Bill Jeatran, who is also the chairman of the international brokerage group Assurex Global, as a finalist in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year program. Nominees from Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and South Dakota were judged on each business’s overall success and its impact on employees and the community, as well as the individual’s vision, overall leadership, achievement and social responsibility.
RJF President Tim Fleming said, “I came to RJF in 1988 because Bill’s vision captivated and excited me, and I believed in the character-based culture he was creating at RJF. He knows the only way for us to continue succeeding is to have quality people who live their values professionally and personally. Still, to this day, I’m excited and proud to work next to, and with, Bill and the entire staff of professional, values-driven people at RJF.”
The eventual regional award recipients, who will be named on June 5, will be eligible to participate in the national Entrepreneur Of The Year program later this year.
Bradley joins staff at Hope Gospel Mission
Kevin Bradley has joined the family at Hope Gospel Mission as the new volunteer coordinator.
Bradley comes to the area from South Fork, Colorado where he spent the last six years as Pastor of the South Fork Church of Christ.
Radiology director named at Luther Midelfort
Registered nurse Susanne Degen has been named director of radiology at Luther Midelfort.
Degen earned her bachelor’s degree in nursing at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn. She previously was supervisor for Radiology-Special Procedures at Luther Midelfort including the Cardiac Catheterization Lab.
Before joining Luther Midelfort, Degen was a nurse at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, Minn.
Radiology is the specialty that uses medical imaging technologies to diagnose and sometimes treat diseases. Degen oversees radiology in the hospital and clinic setting.
Energy Star Homes program wins national award
Focus on Energy’s Wisconsin Energy Star Homes Program recently won a 2007 Energy Star Outstanding Achievement award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Each year the EPA’s Energy Star Homes Program recognizes program partners who certify more than 500 qualified homes in a year. With the help of its consultant network, the Wisconsin Energy Star Homes Program qualified 1,680 homes in 2007, bringing its total number of homes to more than 9,100 since Focus on Energy’s inception in July 2001.
Homes constructed under the Wisconsin Energy Star Program are built to be an estimated 25 percent more energy efficient than homes built to Wisconsin’s Uniform Dwelling Code.
Sacred Heart honored as five-star hospital
Sacred Heart Hospital was named as a 2008 PRC Five-Star Hospital in Laboratory Services for scoring in the top 10% nationally for medical staff perception at an awards ceremony held at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore May 6. Sacred Heart Hospital is one of only 23 hospitals/healthcare facilities in the nation to receive a five-star rating for Laboratory Services.
PRC’s Five-Star Excellence Award is a designation given annually to healthcare facilities that score in the top 10% of PRC’s national medical staff perception database for the prior year. It is based on the percentage of physicians who rate the hospital “Excellent” in Laboratory Services.
Sacred Heart Hospital also earned several Four-Star Excellence Awards from PRC in the following categories: As a Place to Practice Medicine, Overall Quality of Care, Anesthesia Services, Medical Records, Pathology Services, and Radiology Services.
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