Mason City gets ready to celebrate
homecoming of Olympic medalist 

[SEPT. 30, 2000]  Mason City is planning two celebrations to welcome home Victor Wunderle, their hero of the Olympics. Wunderle earned a silver medal in men’s individual archery and a bronze medal in the three-man team archery competition of this year’s Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

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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