Mary Roth and Randy Bretz met in 2011 while remodeling a playground.
Roth worked for Lincoln Public Schools and Bretz was involved with the local Rotary club. Years later, Bretz got the idea for a story festival from his wife, who had done one back in 2018. Bretz asked Roth if she would want to help since she had just retired from LPS.
She said yes, and the rest is history…