IN MAQUOKETA, 17% WENT TO VOTE. ABOVE TWO NEW COUNCILMAN.
AT LEFT, JACOB BAKER, A MAQUOKETA MINISTER. HE DEFEATED RICHARD E. STIMMEL FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM REPRESENTING MAQUOKETA'S 4TH
WARD. AT RIGHT, MARK LYON, ELECTED TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE 5TH
WARD FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD. HE DEFEATED JASON JAMES. IN THE
MIDDLE, INCUMBANT JOSH COLLISTER, COUNCIL-AT-LARGE, ELECTED FOR
ANOTHER 4 YEAR TERM. HE DEFEATED ERICA BARKER. HE'S MAQUOKETA'S LONGTIME BAKER, OWNER OF "SWEET THINGS BAKERY" DOWNTOWN.
JESSICA KEAN IS ALSO A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAVE NO PHOTO
OF HER. SHE STARTS A FOUR YEAR TERM REPRESENTING THE 2ND WARD AND HAD NO COMPETITION YESTERDAY. ALSO RUNNING UNOPPOSED AND
WINNING ANOTHER TWO YEAR TERM AS MAYOR, DON SCHWENKER. NO
PHOTO OF HIM EITHER. THE THREE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS REPLACE
AMY MOORE AND CORY SIMONSON, WHO DID NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION
AND CECIL BENTLEY WHO MOVED FROM THE CITY. THE THREE NEW COUNCIL WINNERS WILL JOIN JOSH AND THREE OTHER MEMBERS IN ATTENDING AT LEAST 35 EVENING MEETINGS THIS YEAR.
PRESENTED A $500 CHECK FROM ROTARY TO THE MAQUOKETA COMMUNITY
CUPBOARD. ACCEPTING IT, BECKY SONSTEGARD AND PASTOR JEFF
DADISMAN. BECKY HAS BEEN A LONGTIME VOLUNTEER AT THE CUPBOARD AND JANUARY FIRST BECOMES MANAGER AND AT A NEW LOCATION, STILL
TO BE ANNOUNCED. PASTOR JEFF IS PRESIDENT OF THE MAQUOKETA
MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION THAT MORE OR LESS OVERSEES THE CUPBOARD.
PHOTO: JACOB BELLINGS
DENNIS VOY
