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The
first celebration for Wunderle will be hosted by Illini Central School on
Friday, Oct. 6, at 2 p.m. in their high school gymnasium. All of the grade
levels in the school district are invited to attend. The high school band will
lead Wunderle into the gym. His family members will be introduced to the student
body and there will be speeches from the school superintendent and the mayor of
the city. The high school will make a few presentations to Wunderle before he
speaks. Participants and attendants are asked to wear red, white and blue to the
festivities.
Mason
City will host a townwide celebration the next day. John Means is coordinating
the gala. The ticker-tape parade pulls out at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 7. A
fire engine and police car will escort three red, white and blue convertibles,
carrying Victor, his parents, and his sisters and grandmother, through town. The
parade will end in the parking lot of City Hall on the 100 block of Main Street.
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Wunderle
will be presented with a key to the city, fashioned by a local wood shop.
Coordinators anticipate that Wunderle will present an arrow to the city. The
director of ceremonies will then open a question-and-answer time with Victor and
the community.
After
the questions and answers, the Wunderle family will be escorted to the Civic
Center, at 120 Main St. Residents of Mason City are invited to come and meet
Victor, get his autograph and pose for a picture with the Olympian.
If it rains on
Oct. 7, the parade will end at the Civic Center, and all the festivities will be
there.
[Jean
Ann Carnley]
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