Steffey’s parents hold tree-planting

Dale Steffey and Dawn Adams will be holding a tree planting ceremony Thursday afternoon in remembrance of their late son. The ceremony will be before a track and field meet at Bloomington High School South, 1965 S. Walnut St.\nSteffey and Adams are the parents of Wade Steffey who was accidentally electrocuted on Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus. His body was found March 19, nearly two months after he was reported missing.\n“Trees were a metaphor for bringing up Wade,” Dawn Adams, mother of Wade Steffey, said. “That was a vision that Dale (Steffey) got about growing tall straight trees.”\nAdams said before Wade Steffey’s body was found, her husband Dale Steffey felt planting trees would be a good memorial for his son. \n“My brother and sister-in-law brought in a red oak tree and found a place near (Bloomington High School) South’s track where it would be in line around other trees,” Adams said.\nLarry Williams, track coach at Bloomington High School South, will be speaking at the event and presenting a plaque for the tree, Adams said. Williams coached Wade Steffey while he attended South.\nThe ceremony will take place 4:30 p.m. before a track and field meeting between Bloomington High School South and Bloomington High School North.