Mary Wicklander:  

In 1966 I moved to Seattle to go to school. In August of that year I met my future husband. We were married on November 23, 1968 in Marblemount, WA where he was working at the time on the North Cascade Highway. In the spring of 1969 we moved around the mountain to continue working on the highway. Because it was so far from the nearest town, we lived on the road while it was under construction. The fun part was chopping ice for the frig. The state would service the generator, so the power would be off a couple of days. In the fall of 1969 we moved to Yakima where he started work on I 82 between Ellensburg and Yakima. We made Yakima our base as we traveled around the state working various jobs. When we could not work, in the winter we would take that time to travel to visit friends in Oregon and California. From there we would spend a month in Tucson AZ. Then head back up to Washington to continue working. We have traveled to various other parts of the United States. In 1981 we moved to the Tri Cities. I have two boys Paul and Eric. In 1986 we moved to Pasco where I continue to make my home. Both of the boys have been involved with band in the Pasco School Dist from the time they were in the 5th grade until they graduated from PHS. I was very involved with them in the band program. I was secretary for two years and band president for the two years. I fixed the meals for the students each year at band camp. I fixed two meals a day for 4 days. This meant feeding 100 students and 10 adults meals. For those 4 days. We were lucky to be able do a lot of traveling with the band. We spent a week in LA, the band performed at Disneyland, also went to many marching band shows. We also were able to go to many state football games while the boys were at PHS. I over saw the concession stand for Calvacade of Bands in P...Expand for more