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Sanner, Gaebel Receive Blue Devil Pride Award for Excellence

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Quincy Public School District Superintendent Roy Webb awarded two SIU Center for Family Medicine - Quincy staffers with the Blue Devil Pride Award for Excellence on Friday, October 12. Deb Sanner, who also retired from SIU Medicine on Oct. 12, and Chris Gaebel are part of the school's Hotspotting Program, directed by Tracey Smith, DNP, assistant professor at the SIU Center for Family Medicine in Springfield. Sanner and Gaebel worked with families in the district with high truancy rates helping to alleviate barriers in their life. The goal of the program is to improve school attendance. 

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