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Christine Scales is a City-County Councillor representing District 4, which covers the geographical area from 96^th Street to 38^th Street and from Keystone to Emerson Avenue. She is serving her first Council term.

Christine was born in Montreal, Canada to German immigrant parents who eventually moved to the United States.  She became a naturalized citizen and spent most of her youth in Munster, Indiana, located in the northwest corner of the state and graduated from Munster High School.

Christine attended Indiana University, Bloomington on a full academic scholarship and received a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in both German and Telecommunications. She was awarded a postgraduate grant to study at the Free University of Berlin.

Christine has worked in public relations, sales, and spent several years as a substitute teacher at the high school level.  She and her husband Richard are the parents of three sons.  Andrew is in his final year of studies at Princeton Theological Seminary. William, a graduate of Washington University is seeking an advanced degree, and Joseph, is a junior studying at Vanderbilt University.

Christine began her political career as a campaign volunteer, precinct and ward chairman, and as a member of the Washington Township Board. Christine’s years of service in urban ministries as a member of Tabernacle Presbyterian Church cultivated a desire to serve through political means, those who are struggling economically, who are not mainstream, and who need help to realize their potential and their best within the community.

While the job of a City-County Councillor is considered a part-time position, Christine believes the District requires fulltime attention.  She spends much of her days consulting with community representatives, researching issues, and working with neighborhood organizations to protect and improve the areas they live in.  She is an executive board member of the United Northeast Community Development Corporation and has been actively working with the community stakeholders, city officials and private firms to help revitalize the Phoenix-Meadows area along East 38^th Street. 

Christine has received recognition for her Council service to the community by such organizations as the Greater Allisonville Community Council, The Coalition of Northeast Neighborhoods, and was named a Forest Manor Multi Service Center Award winner.