(New Berlin, IL) — A Springfield-area Special Olympics gold medalist is basking in the glow of his success. Jonathan Mies was welcomed home to New Berlin Sunday with a firetruck escort through town as people lined the streets and waved flags. Mies won gold in the 400-meter freestyle and 400-meter relay and also took home a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke during the national Special Olympics competition in Seattle last week.