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Long time Castlegar volunteer awarded Queen's Diamond Jubilee award

Gladys Manahan of Castlegar was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee award at a ceremony at the Castlegar and District Public Library.
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Gladys Manahan receives her Diamond Jubilee Award from MLA Katrine Conroy on Thursday at the Castlegar Public Library.

Gladys Manahan of Castlegar was awarded the Queen's Diamond Jubilee award at a ceremony at the Castlegar and District Public Library. Presenting the award was Kootenay West MLA Katrine Conroy, who nominated Manahan.

"Each MLA could nominate four people in the community," said Conroy. "What we did was have a committee throughout the region looking at different people in the community that we thought were worthy of this honour. We submitted the names and they were approved."

Choosing Glady, as she is known, was easy, says Conroy. The 96 year-old has been volunteering at the Castlegar Library for over 59 years and continues to help out there three times a week.

"Glady was approved overwhelmingly," said Conroy. "Her years of commitment, my goodness. All those years, she's been here working. Every library in the region we've had, she's been there. And she continues to do it at 96 years-old. It's pretty amazing. I talked to a young volunteer here at the library and as soon as I mentioned the award she knew who I was talking about. It's pretty incredible what she's done."

About 40 people were present at the ceremony including two of her sons, mayor Chernoff, and councillor Gord Turner.