When you
are in the middle of battling cancer any good news is very much welcomed. I received a heavy dose of good news on
Saturday. Yes, the No. 1 ranked UW-Whitewater football team rolled over
archrival UW-La Crosse in front of nearly 11,000 at Perkins Stadium.
The best
news of the day though happened just over the hill from the “Perk” where a dream of
Mary and Mike Kilar held its grand opening on the northern edge of Whitewater's Starin Park.
The Field of Dreams has been built in
memory of Treyton Kilar, a 6-year-old boy who was killed when his family’s
vehicle was struck by a drunken driver on Sept. 2, 2010. The Whitewater youth,
an avid baseball player, was a first-grader at St. John the Baptist Catholic
School in Jefferson.
The youth baseball field honors Treyton
Kilar, a boy whose dream was to someday play major league baseball. But Mary
and Mike's 6-year-old son was killed Sept. 2, 2010, in a crash involving a
drunk driver.
“Treyton is looking down on us from
heaven and watching all of his friends have a chance to play on something that
he would have absolutely loved playing on,” Mary said.
In the past four years, the Kilars have
been overwhelmed by the emotional and financial support of community members;
the city council, the Milwaukee Brewers, and area businesses that have helped
make the field a reality. Multiple fundraisers have included kickball and dodge
ball tournaments, "Run for Trey" races and donations. These efforts
have resulted in more than $710,000 toward the project's $900,000 goal.
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