Full Text of HR0902 96th General Assembly
HR0902 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Christine Blue on | 4 |
| her retirement as the Health Director for the Park Forest | 5 |
| Health Department; and
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| WHEREAS, For 16 years she has helped make the department a | 7 |
| vital part of
the community; she retired at the end of 2009; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, She began her career in the medical field at | 10 |
| Ingalls Memorial Hospital in
Harvey and moved on to the | 11 |
| maximum-security Stateville Correctional Center near Joliet, | 12 |
| where she was in charge of the health care
unit for about 2,000 | 13 |
| inmates, a unit that included a 32-bed infirmary; Stateville | 14 |
| was the first
prison in the country to get its hospital | 15 |
| accredited, all under the eyes of Christine Blue; and
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| WHEREAS, She became the
director of the Park Forest Health | 17 |
| Department in January of 1994; during her tenure, she helped | 18 |
| develop such programs as the two-year "CHIPS" program, | 19 |
| targeting minority groups; a
yearlong diabetes workshop in | 20 |
| 2007; a "10-ton weight-reduction challenge" in 2009; Access to | 21 |
| Care, a program that seeks to aid
those not eligible for public | 22 |
| 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 | 2 |
| such as infant mortality, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer; | 3 |
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| WHEREAS, She has also served as a health policy consultant | 5 |
| to local elected officials and south suburban members of the | 6 |
| General Assembly; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Christine Blue who has two sons, Robert and | 8 |
| Michael, and seven grandchildren; is a 40-year resident of Park | 9 |
| Forest, still wishes to remain active in community life; is a | 10 |
| former president of the Rotary Club, and plans to work
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| community groups such as the Illinois Theatre Center and the | 12 |
| Tall Grass Arts Association; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| congratulate Christine Blue on her retirement and wish her | 16 |
| continued success in all future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to Christine Blue as a symbol of our respect and | 19 |
| esteem.
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