Engineering technician Terry Leyen, Finance Director Traig Neal, City Engineer Frank Frazier, firefighters and others take a shot at dunking City Manager Eric Williams on Friday. (All photos with this story are courtesy of Sandra Wilkerson.)
The city of Henderson’s Relay for Life team raised about $1,200 Friday with a hot dog sale, bake sale, yard sale and dunk tank at the Central Fire Station on Dabney Drive, said mayoral assistant Sandra Wilkerson, one of the organizers of the event and of this year’s city Relay team.
While most of the money came from the food, most of the fun came from the dunking booth.
Mayor Clem Seifert drummed up interest in the dunking and sent all three dunkees — City Manager Eric Williams, Fire Chief Danny Wilkerson and City Council member Mike Rainey — into the water. Seifert was the first to dunk Wilkerson and Rainey.
Williams was the biggest moneymaker. He arrived ready for action, carrying a water rifle. Afterward, sitting down to his $4 lunch of two hot dogs, chips and soda, Williams said: “I feel so clean.”
Mayor Clem Seifert warms up
to send some city officials
splashing down.
Fire Chief Danny Wilkerson sits on the edge of a drenching.
Council member Mike Rainey recovers from one soaking while awaiting another.
City Manager Eric Williams before (above) and after (below) getting dunked.
