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ForestParkReview.com Vol. 106, No. 17
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REVIEW APRIL 26, 2023
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Council names five to relaunched health board Members include mental health professionals, health educator, marketer By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter
The long-dormant Forest Park Board of Health is ready to go – just in time for the village’s first Mental Health Fair The Forest Park Village Council voted unanimously on April 24 to appoint five members, all of whom have some experience in either health in general or mental health treatment specifically. Karen Considine, Susan Buss and Leah Shapiro have decades of experience in social work and therapy, treating some of the most vulnerable members of society. Mishawn Pumell-O’Neal has over a decade of experience in teaching about health, while Lindsey Baish-Flynn is a marketing processional who is currently working on becoming a therapist. The Forest Park Board of Health was originally established in 2002, but it became inactive over time. The health board was already on the books, and the village decided to resurrect it, while changing its mission. Under the changes approved during a Feb. 27 meet-
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