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A Gentlemen’s Festival
■ NEWS:
Pedestrian struck at downtown crosswalk ...............................5
■ COMMUNITY
Families get to play on first Family Day ................................10
■ ARTS & CULTURE:
Delhi 2 Dublin returns to Golden ............................14
■ SPORTS:
The Gentlemen’s Leisure Club of Golden (from left, Brad Bokenfohr, Brian Coles, Brady Starr, Telsin Bennett, Eric Parasloski, and Greg Bodnaryk) get ready for a very successful Golden Film Festival. The big winners of the night were: GAI Pure Golden; Jesse Oatway 1st, Steve Crowe 2nd, Linda Poon 3rd, Gentlemen’s Choice; Jeff Jackson, and Best Short Film; Jeff Thomas. Darryl Crane/Star Photo
Golden Fire Chief receives special honour Jessica Schwitek reporter2@thegoldenstar.net
Big Mountain Battle coming to KHMR ..............................23
He has dedicated nearly two years of service to this community, and almost 25 years of service to the province, and is now being recognized for his contribution. Golden Fire Chief Ken McClure received a letter from Premier Christy Clark, congratulating him
for being awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. “I knew that I was nominated, and I was nominated by the Office of the Fire Commissioner,” said McClure. The medal commemorates his contribution to the province in the area of auto-extracation. He was invited to two ceremonies to receive the medal from Clark herself. Unable to attend the first
ceremony in Vancouver, McClure will travel to Victoria on Feb. 26 to receive his medal at the Parliament Buildings. “That will give me a chance to notify my kids, and make a family thing out of it,” he said. McClure came to Golden nearly two years ago to run the town fire department, but had racked up a very impressive resume before he
got here. A recognized expert in the field of auto-extracation, McClure was one of six fire chiefs in the province to design a new road rescue policy. Although the policy was unfortunately not adopted, he is now in charge of the financial analysis pilot project the province is conducting right here in Golden. Continued on page 4