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The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 28, 1999 - C3

Long live the Queen!

Yvonne Moen is the 1999 Riverboat Queen

« YVONNE MOEN loves Tertace.
‘That's why after 40 years she’s
~ Mot interested in living anywhere
_ else.
Yvonne Marie Moen was born
. : November 2, 1934 in St. Rose,
: Manitoba, She was the third of
. seven children born to Lonie and
- Dora Amnit.
» When she first attended school
- in a little prairie school house in
: Reeve, Manitoba, Moen said she
- had to walk three miles with her
« brother Fred and sister Rose ta
~ Bet there.

» Later, her family moved to
«McCreary, Manitoba, where she
+ gIew up,

« When Mocn was 17 years old,
> she. moved out on her own to
x > Lyan Lake, Manitoba,
~ In 1956 she made the big move
* Ho Kitimat B.C, to work for the
~Hudson Bay Company, She at-
5 3 tended the grand opening of the
: + store Dec. 12, 1956,

+ From Kitimat she later moved
“to Prince Rupert for about 15
- months,

"In the late spring of 1959, she

* eventually moved to Terrace. Her
‘ daughter Maxine was born Octo-
«ber 8, 1959 in the old Red Cross
* Hospital. Her son Gary was bom
“at the New Mills Memorial Hos-
~ pital April 29, 1963, Both chil-
«dren were delivered by Dr, Roger
~ Hicks,
: Moen seen a lot of changes in
‘Terrace over the past 40 years.
-She has been involved in
“Volunteer work since she moved
* here.
« She helped out at Brownies,
“Guides and Scouts, She also
- worked with the track and field
-club, Blueback swim Club and
“worked with the Miss Terrace
«Pageant and been on the board of
‘the Terrace Regional Museum.
> Until this year, Moen was also
‘the Past President with the Ter-
face Beautification Society,
‘help beautify the city.
. Every year she also canvasses
- for the Heart and Stroke Founda-
. tion and the Cancer Society.
‘My biggest satisfaction as a
‘volunteer comes when I work
«With the Terrace seniors,’’ she

SHE'S THE ‘QUEEN: Yvonne

Moen is this year's Riverboat

Day's Queen. Don't miss seeing her in the parade Saturday,

said.

In 1997, Moen and Muriel
Michiel were given honourable
mentions far the volunteer of the
year,

“It was a great honor for
myself and Muriel,’” she said.

Since 1989, Moen has the Ter-
race Standard’s Community Cor-
respondent, writing life stories of
hundreds - of local residents.

Doing this type kind of work has
enabled her to collect a lot of data
on the history of Terrace and its

citizens.

“T can truly say I love Terrace
and that is why after 40 years, I
still enjoy living here,” she said,
“Thank-you io everyone in Ter-
race for making my fife so enjoy-
able and truly a greal place to
live.

Moen said she’s very honoured
to be Riverboat Queen and thanks
Julia Little for the offering, 2

’ This November, Moen will be
65 aud will retire on Jan. 31,
2000.

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