Tribune-Star/Joseph C. Garza
Farming background: Paris, Ill., native Dr. Denise Pine Mattas inspects the ear of patient Megan Wallace, 18, during Wallace's visit Thursday to the Cork Medical Center in Marshall, Ill. Dr. Pine Mattas came from a rural farm family in Edgar County and decided to serve the rural Illinois community as a family practice physician.

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