New Hospital Administrator Faces Big Challenge At Memorial
Dave Lopp, the new High Point Memorial Hospital administrator, pledges focus on regaining JCAH accreditation within six months with potential followups another six. He cites major deficiencies, praises records work, notes lack of a finance officer, and discusses rising costs and a possible national insurance program. He is a Lexington native with Duke hospital admin training and a family relocation to Emerywood.
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Dave Lopp
High Point Memorial Hospital
Memorial
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
JCAH
Lopp
Blue Cross
Medicare
JCA
Records Department
Lexington
Davidson College
Duke University
Oklahoma City
Houston
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St Lukes Episcopal Hospital
Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Heart Institute
Annette Baker
Katherine
Jeffrey
Gregory
Topsail Beach
Paul Lopp
Thomasville HRC liaison sparks council clash
In Thomasville the council debate over appointing a Human Relations Commission liaison centers on ensuring monthly meeting attendance. HRC members say officials ignore them, citing flooding apartments and debris on Jacob Street. Dorothy Renwick resigns, criticizing city actions and urging council cooperation to address local problems.
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Human Relations Commission
HRC
Commission
Dalton Myers
Tom Burwell
Burwell
Kyle Williams
John Brinkley
Jacob Street
Dorothy Renwick
Thormasville
Renwick
James Cacler
Jim West
Brinkley
Brinkleys
Bill Writing Reform Sought by North Carolina Legislature
In Raleigh lawmakers examine who drafts bills, arguing for a centralized independent staff under the Legislative Services Commission to ensure consistency and reflect lawmakers' intentions. Critics warn this would increase power for the commission and shift influence away from the executive staff.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Senate
Rufus L Edmunston
Ball
Legislative Services Commission
Sstem
Feaders
House
Roaming the Piedmont A mountain drive and stray moments
A reflective travelogue recalls a Monday drive through the Blue Ridge area with stops at Jumpin Off Rock and Glendale Springs. The author notes litter along the path, meets a Berlin family on a six week U S visit, argues with a postmaster about mail delays, and shares a cousin’s tale of rivet work atop a steel building site.
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Blue Ridge Parkway
Berlin
Germany
United States
Glendale Springs
Editor's Outlook: Return to Jeffersonian Democracy
In this column, Jenkin Lloyd Jones laments the growth of federal bureaucracy and argues for a Jeffersonian tilt back toward public accountability. He warns that regulation expands power, mandates ever more forms, and insulates officials from the ballot, calling for sunset laws and direct legislative discipline of agency actions.
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Jefferson
Los Angeles
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