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    • Part 1: First Nations of the Peace River Region
    • Part 2: The Fur Trade Era
    • Part 3: Transportation and Communication
    • Part 4: Old Timers and the Price of Land
    • Part 5: Dawson Creek: The Story of the Community
    • Part 6: Mysteries, Adventures and Indian Legends
    • Part 7: Arts, Crafts and Recreation
    • Part 8: Agriculture
    • Part 9: Church Histories
    • Part 10: Schools
    • Part 11: Health Care
    • Part 12: Industries and Enterprises
    • Part 13: Policing the Peace
    • Part 14: Pouce Coupe, Rolla, and Other South Peace Communities
    • Part 15: Chetwynd and the Fort St. John Area
    • Part 16: The Alberta Peace
    • Part 17: Natural History of the Peace River Region
    • Part 18: Interviews with Old Timers
    • Part 19: Remembering Our Veterans

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BN05-77: Tumbler Resident Recognized with Jubilee Medal

Recent History – 2002

December 23, 2002

By Kelly Harris, Daily News Staff

Janet Hartford of Tumbler Ridge is the latest person in the Peace Region to receive a Queen’s Jubilee Award Medal.

Hartford was awarded her medal by Prince George-Peace River MP Jay Hill, Wednesday Dec. 18, at the District of Tumbler Ridge town hall.

“Although we were unable to award this medal to both Janet and George Hartford,”Hill said. “I would like to acknowledge the contributions the individuals have made to this community both as a couple as well as on their own.”

The Hartfords first came to the area in 1983 when the community was first built.

The pair taught children out of an ATCO trailer before a school was built.

Janet sat on the Tumbler Ridge Library Board, was involved with the community arts council, and produced the Millennium Daybook Calendar.

Presently, Janet is a member of the Regional Hospital Board, a member of the Peace Liard Community Health Services Society and the Tumbler Ridge Coral Society.

She is also a member of the Tumbler Ridge Umbrella Committee, a group of community organizations representing all social organizations in the municipality.

Janet also organizes the Tumbler Ridge Art Gallery and performs civil marriages in the community as a Marriage Commissioner.

More recently, Janet has been a driving force in the fundraising team which has raised $40,000. towards a swimming pool in Tumbler Ridge.

She also canvasses for the Canadian Cancer Society.

So influential are the Hartfords to the community of Tumbler Ridge, the District of Tumbler Ridge Citizen of the Year award is known as “The Hartford Award.”

Janet is one of 46,000 people across the country being awarded a Jubilee medal for volunteer efforts and work in building Canada and Canadian communities.

The awards are being given out in response to Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee.

This article is taken from the Peace River Block Daily News, Dawson Creek, with the permission of the publisher. The Daily News retains all rights relating to this material. The information in this article is intended solely for research or general interest purposes.

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