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Thomas Zellers named administrator
of Legacy Salmon creek Hospital
Tom Zellers,
former University of Virginia football player and former U.S. Navy pilot who
earned his masters degree in health services administration from the University
of Washington in 1979, has been appointed vice president of clinical operations
and administrator for Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital.
Zellers comes to Legacy Health System from Vail
Valley Medical Center, Vail, Colo., where he was president and chief executive
officer of a regional health system with hospital and medical centers operating
in seven locations.
Zellers was named by Legacy president and CEO
Robert Pallari to lead the first new
hospital to be built in Washington in 25 years. Pallari says that, although the
new Salmon Creek campus won’t open until next summer, Zellers’ job begins
December 6.
The new administrator has extensive experience in
Washington. Zellers was on the staff at Spokane’s Deaconess Medical Center for
16 years, where he rose to chief operating officer. For three years he was an
assistant hospital administrator at the 410-bed University of Washington Medical
Center in Seattle. Early in his career Zellers was chief CEO of Unicare, a
long-term care company in Seattle. He had also served as executive vice
president and hospital administrator for Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor,
Maine.
Zellers’ wife,
Kerry, is a registered nurse, having earned a masters degree in nursing
from the University of Washington. A son is attending Washington State
University, and a daughter is already attending Columbia River High School in
Vancouver.
Part of the Oregon-based nonprofit, tax-exempt
Legacy Health System, the 220-bed Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital will provide
general medical, surgical, cancer, diagnostic, obstetrical and emergency
services. It will also offer pediatrics and a neonatal intensive care unit. The
campus, just north of NE 134th Street, will include two medical office buildings
and a five-story parking garage.
When open, the campus is expected to provide employment
for about 900 people. The Legacy system also includes Emanuel Hospital and
Health Center and Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center in Portland.
Dave Campbell elected Skills
Center advisory council chair
Dave Campbell,
retired information technology consultant, has been elected chair of the Clark
County Skills Center General Advisory Council. He succeeds
Ruth McColley.
The General Advisory Council provides workplace,
education and community perspectives to Skills Center director
Dennis Kampe. Its membership represents
southern Washington school districts, colleges, Educational Service District
112, Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council, the state legislature,
state Department of Labor and Industries, local business and industry, Skills
Center staff and parents, and the community at large.
WSU Vancouver holding public
hearing on four-year plan Tuesday
Washington State University president
V. Lane Rawlings and WSU Vancouver
chancellor Hal Dengerink will make
presentations on the Washington State University Vancouver plan to add freshmen-
and sophomore-level classes at the Salmon Creek campus beginning in 2006, at a
public hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in the Student Services Building.
The plan drawn up by the Vancouver university followed a
directive by the state legislature that WSU Vancouver and other branch campuses
produce detailed plans for future operations.
The WSU Vancouver plan would see the local institution
become an urban university, tied to the parent university in Pullman, but
providing research opportunities as well, and expanding its higher education
offerings to take into consideration southern Washington industries’
requirements for skilled personnel. .
The new kind of university would continue with its 2 plus
2 status that enables graduates from Clark College and Lower Columbia College to
matriculate at WSU Vancouver.
Deadline for YWCA Young Women of
Achievement nominations Monday
The deadline for receiving nominations for YWCA of Clark
County Young Women of Achievement Awards is 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15. Nominees
must be young women in grades 11 and 12 in Clark County high schools, who have
not previously won YWCA awards. Judging is based on community service, academic
achievement, volunteer activities and demonstrated leadership.
For further information, call
696-0167.
News briefs
The Clark College Drama Department’s presentation of Arthur
Miller’s All My Sons is being presented
at 7:30 p.m. tonight and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in the Decker
Theatre in Frost Hall. Tickets are $8. g
The Vancouver Symphony, led by Salvador Brotons,
performs the world premier of Vancouver composer
Matt Doran’s Symphony #3 in
concerts at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, and 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 14, in the concert
hall at Skyview High School, 1300 NW 139th Street. For further information, call
735-7278.
g The Evergreen School District’s 3rd
annual benefit auction is at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in Hudson’s Bar and
Grill. For further information, call 604-4022.g
The Columbia River Mental Health Services benefit dinner and auction is at 6
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, in Royal Oaks Country Club. For further information,
call 993-3049.
g Foam blocks and television sets,
computers, monitors and printers may be disposed of free between noon and 4
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Water Resources Education Center, 4500 SE
Columbia Way.
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