We apologize for headline errors

To our readers:

The headlines accompanying the story "Sacred Heart to lay off 174" in print editions of The Spokesman-Review on Tuesday, Aug. 17, are both inaccurate and insensitive. Hospital employees affected by the staff reductions are being laid off, not furloughed as stated in the headline. Their jobs will not be restored.

The statement that "hospital execs cite deadbbeat patients as reason for layoffs" also is incorrect. Hospital executives never used such a term to describe indigent patients.

Headlines are written by copy editors, not by reporters. The editors responsible for today's Page 1 headlines made a mistake.

The Spokesman-Review apologizes to Sacred Heart Medical Center officials and employees and to our readers for the inaccurate and inappropriate headlines. -- Steve Smith, editor

Posted by Steve  ::  11:17 AM Aug 17
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About Steve Smith
Steve Smith has been editor of The Spokesman-Review since July 2002. Before coming to Spokane, he served as editor of The Statesman-Journal in Salem, Ore., and The Gazette in Colorado Springs, Colo. Smith is married to Alexa Conway Smith, an independent computer consultant and has two children by a previous marriage, Sam, who is 17 years old, and Alissa, who is 13.
About Gary Graham
Gary Graham is managing editor of The Spokesman-Review. He recently moved to Spokane from Binghamton, N.Y., where he had been managing editor of the Press & Sun-Bulletin in for six years. Graham grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He graduated from Ball State University in 1972. He is married and has one son.
About Ken Sands
Ken Sands is managing editor of online and new media for The Spokesman-Review. He has been a reporter and editor at The Spokesman-Review since 1981. Ken grew up in Portland, Ore., and is a graduate of the University of Oregon. He and his wife have two children.
About Doug Floyd
Doug Floyd is editorial page editor of The Spokesman-Review. He moved to Spokane in 1969 after graduating from college and then spending three years in the U.S. Army. He is married and has two grown children and two grandchildren.
About Carla Savalli
Carla Savalli is city editor at The Spokesman-Review. She has been an editor at The Spokesman-Review since 1992. Carla was born in Spokane and is a graduate of Ferris High School and Pacific Lutheran University. She has family in Spokane.
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