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Waterloo Homecoming - August 24, 2008
Waterloo Homecoming Weekend Concludes With Saturday Parade And Nighttime Festivities The predicted rain showers stayed away this weekend, making for a well-attended Waterloo Homecoming. Revelers lined the downtown streets Friday and Saturday to take in all the excitement. “We had a record number of parade entries,” said Butch Sparwasser of the Waterloo VFW. The top parade entries, as voted by the parade judges were Rural King, best overall; Jeff Staley Safety Foundation (in memory of an IDOT worker from Caseyville who died in 2006 on I-55 in a work zone), most original; and Human Support Services, best musical. A warm evening was helped out by cold beverages, an occasional breeze and several watering holes offering air conditioning. Final homecoming attendance and sales figures are still being tabulated today.  The Waterloo VFW and Ladies Auxiliary carried flags to lead the Waterloo Homecoming Parade. (Ed-itor’s Note: The Waterloo VFW will be also be closed next Friday, Aug. 29, in honor of Labor Day weekend.)
 Parade revelers on Main Street reach for candy thrown from a float.
 Human Support Services employees Kellie Meyer, Lynn Lance and Rachael May dance to “The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy Of Company B” in front of JV’s during the parade. Their float was voted best musical performance. If you would like to watch a video featuring a musical performance by the award winning Human Support Services during the Waterloo Homecoming Parade, please click on the following link. Human Support Services Musical Video  Craig Hern, right, keeps a close eye on his child riding the Vortex. Hern said the ride was close to his office window at HTC, but the two were in no danger of colliding.
 When the food and beer stands closed at the end of the evening, volunteers, including the Waterloo High School FFA, began the clean-up process.
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