For the second year in a row, a Prince George resident has been chosen to receive the Medal of Good Citizenship.

Shirley Gratton is one of 18 people in B.C. that will receive the medal, awarded each year by the provincial government. Last year, Selen Alpay was presented with the honour.

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A longtime Prince city councillor, Gratton is a member of the Prince George Sports Hall of Fame in the builder category for her work with the local baseball community. Among her many other volunteer activities over the years, she is perhaps best known for her work with the B.C. Northern Exhibition (formerly the PGX), Communities In Bloom, the Festival of Trees, the Prince George Hydro Power Pioneers and Huble Homestead.

Gratton was awarded the Freedom of the City in 2013, Prince George's highest civic honour for her extensive volunteer and community work.

"I know in the rules of the Freeman of the City, you are allowed to graze your cow on city hall's lawn," she said at the time, noting her grandfather used to do just that in the very early days of the city.

A month later, she did just that to raise awareness of the start of that year's BCNE.