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Kjenstad re-visits Kootenays

The Sam Steele Days festival was started 50 years ago by Cranbrook Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Clearwater councillor Ken Kjenstad rides in a horse-drawn carriage as the honorary marshall for the Sam Steele Days parade.

Clearwater councillor Ken Kjenstad rides in a horse-drawn carriage as the honorary marshall for the Sam Steele Days parade held in Cranbrook this past weekend.

The Sam Steele Days festival was started 50 years ago by Cranbrook Junior Chamber of Commerce, which Kjenstad was a member of when he lived in Cranbrook before moving to Clearwater.

He served as co-chairman of the festival for its first two years and then took over as chairman in 1966.

In addition to being parade marshall, he was honoured at the Youth Ambassador banquet and ball during his visit to Cranbrook.   Photo by Loree Duczek