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The mission of Lewis County Hospital District No. 1,
steward of public funds and trust,
is to provide our highest level of compassionate,
diligent and professional medical care.

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Ron DeArth, CPA Hospital Administrator

Ron DeArth, CPA, has served as Morton General Hospital’s administrator sine July 2005, first as an interim position and then became the permanent administrator in February of 2006.

Ron started at Morton General Hospital as our Chief Financial Officer in October 2001. Prior to coming to Morton, he was with a multi-hospital system in Eastern Washington for 25 years. The system encompassed four hospitals, one urban and three rural. The hospital system was owned by the Dominican Sisters of Washington.

With Dominican, Ron was the system’s Chief Financial Officer since 1980. He stepped up to serve as an Interim Chief Executive Officer twice when the need arose. He also served as the Chief Executive Officer of a for-profit subsidiary.

Ron earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Wash.

Lewis County Hospital District No. 1, the parent agencey of Morton General Hosiptal, is governed by an elected Board of Commissioners.

The hospital district is divided into three “commissioner districts”, with three of the commissioners representing the specific commissioner district where they reside. The remaining two commissioner positions are classified as “at large”, meaning the positions can be filled by anyone residing within the boundaries of the hospital district.

Kenton Smith Secretary of the Board
Kenton Smith, of Packwood, represents Commissioner District No. 2, which encompasses Packwood, Randle and Glenoma. He was apointed to the board in 2003.

Marc Fisher Chairman of the Board
Marc Fisher represents Commissioner District No. 1, which loosely takes in the Morton and Mineral communities. He was appointed to an unexpired term in February 2004.

Glenn Allen Commissioner
Glenn Allen, of Morton, serves in one of the two "at large" commissioner positions. He was elected in the general election in 1995 and again in 2000 and 2006 to six-year terms.

Ross Jones Commissioner
Ross Jones, of Mossyrock, also serves in an "at large" position. After holding a hospital commissioner position for several years in the mid 1990s, he was re-appointed to the board in August 2005 to fill an unexpired term.

Sheri Hendricks Commissioner

Sheri Hendricks joined the Board of Commissioners in 2009. A long-time Mossyrock-area resident, Sheri is active in her community but new to the healthcare field.

Phone	360.496.5112	Address
Fax	360.496.3508	521 Adams St.
Emergencies	Dial 911	P.O. Box 1138
		Morton, WA 98356