Stephanie Massart, standing, the regent of the Karneetsa Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, introduces Miyo Koba at the Moses Lake City Council meeting on Tuesday. The society honored Koba, who owned and operated Frank’s Market with her late husband, Tuesday with a special award for women in history while Mayor Don Myer presented Koba with the key to the city.
May 25, 2023
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City, DAR honor Miyo Koba
MOSES LAKE — The city of Moses Lake on Tuesday, along with the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, honored longtime Moses Lake resident and businessperson Miyo Koba with a special award and a key to the city in a ceremony at Tuesday’s regular Moses Lake City Council meeting. “As far as I know, this is the first of its kind,” said Mayor Don Myers. “We created the key to the city and I will be presenting it to Miyo to acknowledge the recognition by the Karneetsa chapter of women in history.” According to Stephanie Massart, regent of the local Karneetsa Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the society was recognizing Koba for her place in local and national history as a Japanese-American who was interned in a camp during World War II, as well as helping her husband Frank to run Frank’s Market on Nelson Road for many years.