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Edward R. Wnek III (Wineck) Born 02/27/1976 in Kenosha, Wisconsin

A contractor, remodeler, handyman located in Nevada, Missouri

Co-Founder of Nevada Forward

Edward Wnek (Eddie) was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin to Karleen Skreko and Edward Wnek Jr. He attended Riverview School in Silver Lake, Wisconsin until the third grade when the entire family. Maternal grandparents, mother, stepfather, brother, aunt, uncle, and cousin moved using a caravan of 2 motor homes and 2 passenger cars to Phoenix, Arizona. Eddie attended Sunrise Elementary, and Desert Sky Middle School, and High School at Deer Valley High School of his first two years before transferring to the vocational branch or Deer Valley V-Tech were he took classes like auto body repair and advertising design and advanced advertising design. Shortly after his senior year Eddie was introduced to Stacia Behrens by a mutual friend and began dating soon after. Stacia had been born with Cerebral Palsy but Eddie was not discouraged by her disability. In his eyes she was more normal, more real then anyone else he had ever met. The couple was married December 1, 1995. Their first child, a son Ryan was born October 23, 1996 and a daughter, Jennifer born October 13, 1999. During that time Eddie worked various jobs, usually centered around personal computer sales and repair. Growing up in his grandfathers workshop, Eddie also did miscellaneous handyman jobs. Eventually leaving the computer field and taking jobs in the apartment maintenance field. After living in the Phoenix, Arizona area for 20 years, Eddie and his family sold all their belongings and boarded a Grayhound bus to Arkansas. Settling in Yellville, Arkansas. Eddie several job ranging from warehouse work, mechanic work, and managing a pawn shop. He finally decided to re enter the handyman service industry again. This time as an owner. He opened Marion County Remodeling. Specializing in providing remodeling work to low income families. As much as he enjoyed the work, life caught up with him. Having already suffered through 4 spinal surgeries Eddie's shoulder gave out. He had previously injured his shoulder in a game of football with friends and their teenage boys. Because he was a business owner he never slowed down enough to heal from the injuries and his right rotator cuff began to tear. The financial struggle along with outside influences prompted the family to decide to relocate. After looking at several options in different regions the family decided on Nevada, Missouri as their new home. Their son Ryan, having spent majority or his youth in Yellville and graduating from Yellville-Summit High School decided to stay behind. Nevada, Missouri was a nice change for the family. The small town of 8000 was still a lot larger the Yellville at 2000. The family found a large fixer upper rental directly across the street from Stacia's aunt and uncle. After recovering from rotator cuff surgery Eddie found work for their landlord who had several rental houses in the area. Eddie was happy to have the opportunity and was quickly promoted to head of maintenance and given a company vehicle and charge account at the local hardware store. But the excitement didn't last long. After nearly a year of doing maintenance at a sub par level by the direction of the owner/landlord who was concerned as the town slumlord, Eddie having pride and principles in his work couldn't in good faith continue to do the sub par work and left the job. Shortly after Eddie decided to restart his remodeling business. WNEK Contracting was started soon after. This time as a licenced and insured contractor. He began the business with a Facebook based advertising campaign offering free labor to install motion sensor lighting to help fight local crime. The campaign was a success and several jobs came in. HE was doing residential and commercial contracting all over town and keeping busy, eventually hiring a few local friends to help out. Work was steady and everything was going great. He was able to purchase a new work vehicle and the future was bright. A close friend who has stayed with the family on and off through out the years had come to stay visit for a few days while he was traveling for work. During that time Eddie jumped at the opportunity to book his friend several jobs as his friend was an extremely skilled roofer and Eddie was not uninterested in taking roofing jobs. The friend did several roof repairs during his stay and Eddie was happy to have the customers. The beginning of the week Eddie and Stacia embarked or a several hour drive to drop off the friend at his destination in Nebraska. The trip was going great, they were making good time when the sheriff of a small town they were traveling through clock Eddie driving over the speed limit and quickly performed a traffic stop. During that time is was discovered the Eddie's divers licence had been suspended and Eddie was arrested. During the vehicle search it was discovered that the family was caring their firearm in a manor concerned against the law. Eddie was charged with the traffic offense and a firearms charge. And booked into the local jail in Marysville, Kansas. He had seen the judge within a few days and given a $5000 bond. Having borrowed the minimum 10% bond amount Eddie and Stacia had contacted several bondsman. However none would accept his bond because he lived out of the state. After spending several days in jail he was given a public defender. Meanwhile Stacia had returned home by herself. During that time as the bills began to build Eddie felt he had no other choice but to instruct Stacia to begin selling the business assets, specifically the tools. And WNEK Contracting was official closed. While in jail Eddie had began to suffer with medical issues. To the point where the jail staff had rushed him to the hospital several times. From home Stacia began a phone campaign. Calling Eddie's attorney, the prosecuting attorney, the district attorney, the judges, and the jail administration. She called non-stop until the officials had not other choice but to listen. They were informed about Eddie's recent medical emergencies and Stacia's concern about his well being while incarcerated. The officials had finally agreed. Partially because the medical responsibilities the jail were faced with and partially to silence Stacia so they could go without the constant calls. Eddie was promptly taken to court where the judge and prosecuting attorney had agreed with Eddie's attorney to immediately release him on his own recognizance and given a later court date. Returning home to Nevada, Eddie had been discouraged by the loss of his business and started suffering from depression symptoms. Along with several PTSD and disorientation symptoms Eddie had a hard time readjusting to home life. But slowly began to settle back into home life, but without and outlook toward the future. Shortly after he was contacted by a few business friends who were members of a local church. Having participated in a previous similar project Eddie was asked to head up a project to design and build a wheelchair ramp for a man with ALS. Eddie had built and repaired several ramps in the past and was knowledgeable of the Americans with Disablilties Act (ADA) requirements. He was happy to do the project. It was to be the biggest ramp he had ever deigned and built at 40 feet long. This gave Eddie a sense of purpose and direction in life. Eddie along with his business friends are currently working on building an organization "Nevada Forward" to help others in the community by helping people in need make their homes more accessible to their individual needs.