Jonathan Hofstra, operations plant manager at the Lake Washington Ship Canal and Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, and Col. Alexander “Xander” L. Bullock commander of the Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, give words of praise in honor of Victoria "Vickie" Shepard, the first female lockmaster, during a memorial in her honor at the Locks on Oct. 12, 2021.