One board member for Jennie Stuart Health has come forward, asking for pause in any potential agreement coming with Deaconess Health Systems of Evansville. Also the South Western Kentucky Economic Development Council’s executive director and a former mayor of Hopkinsville, Carter Hendricks penned an op-ed Wednesday morning – noting he is “not ready” to see the local community leadership “wave the white flag, ceding ownership and control of the community’s single greatest asset: its hospital.”