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										On 
										Wednesday evening, the Logan County 
										Department of Public Health welcomed the 
										SIU Center for 
										Family Medicine into its folds with a 
										ribbon cut hosted by the Lincoln/Logan 
										County Chamber of Commerce. Dental 
										Director at the center Sharon Molitoris 
										snipped the ribbon with Iris Wesley 
										(left), Executive Director of the SIU 
										Federally Qualified Health Care Program, 
										and Don Cavi, Director of the Logan 
										County Department of Public Health stand 
										behind. 
										 
										SIU School of Medicine and the LCDPH 
										invited several special guests to the 
										event including members of their 
										respective boards and Dolan Dalpoas 
										representing the Abraham Lincoln 
										Memorial Hospital Foundation, several 
										staff members from ALMH, city officials, 
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						People 
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						floodwaters with inflatable tubes in north western 
						Houston, Texas August 30, 2017.  
					
						 
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				A worker helps a woman from a rescue boat as it evacuates people 
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				aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford at Naval Station Norfolk in 
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				cross to Deir al-Zor: alliance commander 
				
				
				A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families begin to 
				depart from the Lebanon-Syria border zone in Qalamoun, Syria 
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				U.S., July 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake 
			 
			
			
			
			
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				Matt Damon opens 74th Venice film festival 
				 
				Actor Matt Damon gestures as he 
				poses during a photocall for the movie "Downsizing" at the 74th 
				Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy August 30, 2017. 
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						left fielder Jon Jay (30)(left) slides safely into home 
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						teammate Jason Heyward (22) celebrates during the first 
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