Lake Country Weekend Post

2 • LAKE COUNTRY POST • MAY 28, 2016 GMTODAY.COM HEALTH By Karen Pilarski Enterprise Staff BIG BEND — Outside Big Bend Elementary School kids are running around the grassy field. It is Sports Day and the kids are celebrating school pride. The pride of Big Bend Elementary is a cute sixth- grade boy named Eddie Kimminau. The Mukwona- go Area School District created the "Team Eddie" program, featuring shirts that bear his name. Kimminau was diag- nosed with Morquio syn- drome at the age of two. The degenerative disease is rare and causes damage to tissue, bones and organs. While being in pain and going through multiple surgeries are not pleasant for him, he keeps his upbeat attitude. There are special days designated when students at Big Bend and Section Elementary schools proud- ly wear "Team Eddie" shirts. They show support for Kimminau as he goes through surgeries. He has had about 15 surgeries so far. "It is awesome that they do Team Eddie Day," he said. A cool kid Kimminau is quite the popular kid around the school and has a bunch of friends. On Friday he was walking around the hall with a crowd of friends right by his side. During Sports Day he ran in the 50- yard dash and a relay race. In the afternoon he was to be involved in a Frisbee toss event. On his arm are smudged notes in black marker, not- ing the events he was par- ticipating in that day. His loving mom Jennifer Kimminau teaches at Big Bend and Section Elemen- tary schools. She notices her son's arm and lets out a loud laugh. "He had some smudges on his face and we had to wipe it off," she said. He is also a sports and video game enthusiast; however, he quickly said baseball is his favorite. One of his dreams came true through the Make-A- Wish Foundation. "I met Bob Uecker and the Milwaukee Brewers," Eddie Kimminau said. He finds it fun and relax- ing to sit back and watch the games in Milwaukee. Meeting Uecker, the long- time radio voice of the Brewers, "took his breath away" and he was ecstatic he was allowed in the broadcast booth to call an inning. Uecker was quite taken by the young man and gave him an open invi- tation to come back. "He is my role model. I want to be like him when I grow up," Eddie Kim- minau said. Also on the list of sport celebrities he met through Make-A-Wish were Brew- ers outfielder Ryan Braun and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers asked Kimminau for advice on how to make it into the next Super Bowl. "I told him don't get hurt," he said. 'An easy kid to root for' Eddie Kimminau is thankful to meet so many sports role models and have support from his com- munity. While the hoopla is inspiring and fun, he said he is just a regular kid who doesn't want to be known for his disease. "My friends are awesome and they don't treat me like I have my disease," he said. Jennifer Kimminau said her son is the same way at home, funny and kind. "Through everything he has been put through, he remains positive," she said. She described her son as a very social person who misses school when he has surgeries. It is hard on him since he loves his friends. Yet, they have his back and will show up at their home with signs and good cheer. "Everyone loves him, once you get to know him. You just love him," Jen- nifer Kimminau said. Big Bend Elementary School Principal Shawn Waller has known Eddie Kimminau for years. Waller said the young kid's positive spirit is conta- gious in the building. This year the school's theme is T.E.A.M: Together Every- one Achieves More. Eddie Kimminau was chosen as school council president for the school year, and he reflects this theme. He also makes announce- ments to students about being respectful to one another. Waller said once he takes the mic, everyone sits up straighter and lis- tens. "He is an easy kid to root for," Waller said. Email: kpilarski@conleynet.com Overdose homicide charges countywide top 2015 total By Matt Masterson Enterprise Staff WAUKESHA — A Mil- waukee man facing decades in prison for his alleged role in the overdose death of a local mother has become the eighth person in Waukesha County this year charged under the state's Len Bias homicide law — topping last year's total of five such charges. Derek J. Engberg, 25, was charged Friday with first- degree reckless homicide, as a party to a crime, in the death of 49-year-old Julie Bernal, who overdosed on heroin that had allegedly been provided to her by Eng- berg late last year. He faces up to 40 years in prison if convicted. According to the criminal complaint, Waukesha Police were called to a Bluemound Road home on Dec. 30. Engberg said he and Bernal had each snorted a line of heroin that Bernal had brought to his apart- ment earlier that evening. But according to the com- plaint, investigators learned Engberg had actually bought two grams of heroin earlier that day from a deal- er in Milwaukee, and he and Bernal had injected them- selves with the drugs before returning to Engberg's apartment. He allegedly told police he had fallen asleep in the apartment and awoke to hear Bernal snoring before falling back asleep. He then awoke again to find Bernal foaming from the mouth and unresponsive, which is when he called 911. The complaint states there was "a pile" of heroin on the table in his apartment, and that Bernal may have used between .2 and .3 grams. Engberg is due in court for a hearing June 24. A continuing crisis Wisconsin's Len Bias law allows prosecutors to file reckless homicide charges against any suspect who manufactures, delivers or distributes a controlled sub- stance that directly con- tributes to a victim's death. The law is named after Bias, an All-American bas- ketball player at Maryland who died of a drug overdose two days after he was select- ed by the Boston Celtics as the No. 2 overall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft. Engberg's charges mark the fourth count of first- degree reckless homicide charged in Waukesha Coun- ty just this month and the fifth such case filed within the last several weeks. Those cases include: ■ April 26 — David R. Gier, 26, who was charged after he allegedly left his friend, 26-year-old Gaige A. Judkins, unconscious in the back of a vehicle parked at a Wales Pick 'n Save last July. Judkins was pronounced dead on scene. ■ May 9 — Mitchell A. Dlapa, 29, who was charged with being a party to a crime in the death of 22- year-old Clarissa Krauss, who was found unconscious in a Brookfield parking lot in Nov. 2014. She was pro- nounced dead four days later. ■ May 16 — Edward L. Ludwig, 33, and Todd L. Krull, 28, who were each charged with first-degree reckless homicide stem- ming from the death of 28- year-old Nicholas Gilbart, who had been out of jail for just days before overdosing last May. According to Waukesha County Criminal & Traffic Division staff, this year's total of eight first-degree reckless homicide cases has already topped 2015's total of five. Of those, only one case has yet been closed — that of 23-year-old Allyson Edwards, who pleaded no contest to reduced charges of narcotics possession and possession with intent to distribute heroin. She was sentenced last week to a year-and-a-half in prison to be served consecu- tive to a stayed sentence of three years. Ludwig appeared in court Friday and was held on $10,000 cash bond. Increased deaths prompt Sensenbrenner's Opioid Abuse Reduction Act According to data from the State Council on Alcohol & Other Drug Abuse, more than 800 overdose deaths occurred in Wisconsin last year — twice the number of such deaths in 2004. Drug overdose deaths statewide have increased 137 percent from 2010, with opioid related deaths increasing by 200 percent, according to U.S. Congress- man Jim Sensenbrenner, R- Wisconsin, whose Compre- hensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act was approved this month by the U.S House of Representatives. "It signals the seriousness of our national struggle with addiction, the need for immediate action, and the commitment of lawmakers to pass meaningful, biparti- san legislation," Sensen- brenner said in a statement. "I'm optimistic about the future of this bill and the good it will affect through- out the country." The bill creates an opioid abuse reduction program at the Department of Justice to provide training and resources for first respon- ders and law enforcement, aid in criminal investiga- tions for the unlawful distri- bution of opioids, and expand drug courts. As part of the ongoing heroin epidemic, drugs entering the U.S. today are significantly higher in puri- ty and lower in price than it was in the past, according to U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. Johnson cited data from from Wisconsin Attorney General and former Wauke- sha district attorney Brad Schimel, who has said hero- in sold on the street has increased from five percent in purity to now between 20 and 80 percent. Johnson held a hearing earlier this week to discuss how the U.S. has allocated its funds to fight the war on drugs. "Over the course of the committee's extensive work on this issue," he said in a statement, "it also has become clear that America's insatiable demand for drugs is the root cause of our inse- cure border." Email: mmasterson@conleynet.com More in last five months than all of last year Submitted photo Eddie Kimminau got to call an inning of a Brewers game with Bob Uecker through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Team Eddie Community supports boy with degenerative disease Alzheimer's support group to meet June 1 OCONOMOWOC — The Alzheimer's Association of Southeaster n Wisconsin sponsors caregiver support groups open to anyone car- ing for someone with Alzheimer's, dementia, or other form of memory loss. St. Jerome Catholic Church, 995 S. Silver Lake St., is host to a caregiver support group on the first Wednesday of each month from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Facilitators are Diane Becker, 262-354-4442, and Brenda Stieber, 262-569- 9027. Greater Delafield Community Fund donates to ProHealth Home Care OCONOMOWOC — The ProHealth Care Foundation accepted a $1,500 gift from the Greater Delafield Com- munity Fund on May 13. The donation will be used to purchase a CoaguChek XS Pro medical device for Pro- Health Home Care to serve homebound patients. The device allows nurses and physical therapists to pre- cisely measure blood clot- ting time in patients who take anticoagulation medi- cation, so they can immedi- ately respond to irregular and dangerous blood clot- ting levels. The ProHealth Care Foun- dation has received a total of $12,910 from the Greater Delafield Community Fund since 2009. Charles Auer/Enterprise Staff Eddie Kimminau smiles as he recalls broadcasting an inning of a Brewers game alongside Bob Uecker. West Allis Bowmen Outdoor Junior Olympic Archery Development, 6- week league begins at 6pm June 2, 11601 Hwy G (6 Mile Rd.), Town of Raymond. Up to 20 years old. Shooting fees are $3 each night for non-members, club members at reduced fees. gregk75@mac.com or www.westallisbowmen.com Cirque Italia, 7:30pm June 3 & 1:30pm, 4:30pm, 7:30pm June 4 & 5, Italian Communi- ty Center, 631 E. Chicago St., Milwaukee. Billed as "first traveling water circus in the U.S." Purchase tickets at cirqueitalia.com/tickets or 941-704-8572. National Trails Day, 9am June 4, Lapham Peak State Park, 3/4 mile south of I-94 on Hwy C, Town of Delafield. Sponsored by the Waukesha- Milwaukee Chapter of the Ice Age Trail Alliance. Hike from Evergreen Shelter: family-friendly 2-mile option or 4.5-mile moderate hike (watch for yellow & black signs in parking lot). The park has more than 20 miles of hiking trails. Dogs are welcome, but must be on a leash 6 feet or shorter. No entry fee for National Trails Day. 1870s Base Ball, 1:30pm June 4, Old World Wisconsin, W372-S9727 Hwy 67, Town of Eagle. $19, $10 for ages 4–12, 3 & younger free, senior citi- zens $16. www.oldworldwis- consin.org West Allis Bowmen Annu- al Open 3-D Shoot, 8–4pm June 4 & 8–3pm June 5, 11601 Hwy G (6 Mile Rd.), Town of Raymond. $15 for nonmem- bers, reduced rate for club members & youths. National Field Archery Association field and hunter round at 10am June 5. For more infor- mation, email Al Jeske at ajeske@wi.rr.com or visit www.westallisbowmen.com Holy Hill Art & Farm Market, 9–4pm June 4 & 5 (also Sept. 17-18 & Oct. 15-16), 4958 Hwy 167, Richfield. Live music, local artists, farmers & collectors. Sandwiches, bakery, refreshments. Hand-painted Barn Quilt Unveiling, Transforming Ice House into "A Work of Art," 11am June 5, Dous- man Stagecoach Inn Muse- um, 1075 Pilgrim Pkwy, Brookfield. Free, park on site. www.elmbrookhistori- calsociety.org An 1860s Tea in the After- noon, seatings at 1pm, 2pm, 3pm June 5, Dousman Stage- coach Inn Museum, 1075 Pilgrim Pkwy, Brookfield. Tea sandwiches, fresh fruit, muffins, tarts, dessert & tea or lemonade. Tour of 1840s Stagecoach Inn included. $15 & $10 for children ages 2–12. Reservations required; check only. 262-782-4057 or e l m b r o o k h i s t o r i c a l s o c i - ety@gmail.com Docent-led Walking Tour, 2:30–4pm June 5, Lynden Sculpture Garden, 2145 W. Brown Deer Rd., River Hills. $12, $8 for students, seniors & active military. 414-446- 8794, www.lyndensculpture- garden.org 2 Trumpets, 10:30–noon Saturdays through June 18, The Steaming Cup, 340 W. Main St., Waukesha. Curren$y, 8pm June 2, The Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee. $21. 414-342-7283. www.therave.com Aretha Franklin, 7:30pm June 3, Riverside Theater, 116 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee. $55.75–$145.75. www.pabsttheater.org, 414- 286-3663. Present Music's Season Finale & Party with guest conductor David Bloom, 7:30pm June 3, Turner Hall, 1040 N. 4th St., Milwaukee. $15, $25, 35 (students half off). After-party at 9:30pm with Painted Caves. 414-286-3663 or www.pabsttheater.org The Neighbourhood, 8pm June 3, Pabst Theater, 144 E. Wells St., Milwaukee. $28, $30. www.pabsttheater.org, 414-286-3663. Present Music Season Finale & Party, guest con- ductor David Bloom, 7:30pm June 3,Turner Hall, 1040 N. 4th St., Milwaukee. $15, $25, 35. 414-286-3663 or www.pab- sttheater.org Riverfest Food & Music Festival, 4:30–11pm June 3 & 11am–11pm June 4, Regner Park, 800 N. Main St., West Bend. Live music through- out, food trucks, beverages. 8:30pm June 3 headliner is The Whiskeybelles & 8pm June 4 it's 5 Card Studs. Free admission. Jacob Whitesides, 7:30pm June 4, The Rave, 2401 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee. $17. 414-342-7283, www.ther- ave.com Ill Nino, Shattered Sun & Voodoo Terror Tribe, 7pm June 4, Metal Grill, 5036 S. Packard Ave., Cudahy. $15; $20 at the door. 414-378-0898. CALENDAR

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