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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Christine Blue on 
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her retirement as the Health Director for the Park Forest 
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Health Department; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, For 16 years she has helped make the department a 
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vital part of
the community; she retired at the end of 2009; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She began her career in the medical field at 
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Ingalls Memorial Hospital in
Harvey and moved on to the 
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maximum-security Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, 
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where she was in charge of the health care
unit for about 2,000 
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inmates, a unit that included a 32-bed infirmary; Stateville 
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was the first
prison in the country to get its hospital 
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accredited, all under the eyes of Christine Blue; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, She became the
director of the Park Forest Health 
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Department in January of 1994; during her tenure, she helped 
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develop such programs as the two-year "CHIPS" program, 
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targeting minority groups; a
yearlong diabetes workshop in 
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2007; a "10-ton weight-reduction challenge" in 2009; Access to 
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Care, a program that seeks to aid
those not eligible for public 
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aid but who are without health insurance; and the Place Matters 
 


 






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Initiative, which looks for health programs that work in areas 
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such as infant mortality, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer; 
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and

  
 
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    WHEREAS, She has also served as a health policy consultant 
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to local elected officials and south suburban members of the 
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General Assembly; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Christine Blue who has two sons, Robert and 
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Michael, and seven grandchildren; is a 40-year resident of Park 
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Forest, still wishes to remain active in community life; is a 
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former president of the Rotary Club, and plans to work
with 
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community groups such as the Illinois Theatre Center and the 
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Tall Grass Arts Association; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Christine Blue on her retirement and wish her 
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continued success in all future endeavors; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Christine Blue as a symbol of our respect and 
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esteem.