In from the Southern Seven Health Department – On December 5, Ronnie Inman, Southern 7 Health Department Health Sanitarian, for more than 20 years, received the South Chapter Member of the Year Award from the Illinois Environmental Health Association. The IEHA is a state-wide, not-for-profit organization of professionals that strives to maintain and improve the environmental health protection of the public. Members consist of administrators, environmental health practitioners, sanitarians, and technicians employed by governmental agencies, education and health care institutions, and industry. Pictured with Inman is Miranda Adams, S7HD Environmental Health Director.
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