Falls Memorial Hospital and Duluth Clinic-International Falls name joint Operating Board Community invited to submit ideas for organization’s new name International Falls, MN (December 1, 2008) — Falls Memorial Hospital and the Duluth Clinic-International Falls made another step in the integration process recently by naming a joint Operating Board. The 16-member board consists of: physicians Jeffrey Hardwig, Charles Helleloid, Douglas Johnson, Jay Knaak, J. Blair Marchuk, Anthony Stone and Jon Talsness; community members Bob Anderson, Gary Bigler, Don Billig, Rob Boyd, Susan Congrave, Norman Larsen and Gail Rognerud; and SMDC Health System administrators Mike Motley and Rocklon Chapin of Duluth, MN. The new Board begins training December 15 and will be fully operational by January, 2009. Its first task will be to designate a new name for the integrated organization. Board members are asking the community to share its ideas for a name that represents the unity of the hospital and clinic. The submission deadline is December 22, and submissions can be dropped off at Falls Memorial Hospital or the Duluth Clinic-International Falls, or mailed to one of the following: Falls Memorial Hospital, c/o Name Committee, 1400 Hwy 71, International Falls, MN 56649. Duluth-Clinic International Falls, 2501 Keenan Drive, International Falls, MN 56649