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Wing and Parker to take Barry County Commission seats Tuesday

Two Barry County residents who won Barry County Commission seats in November will officially take their seats on Jan. 3.

Heather Wing, a dairy farmer,  will represent the 7th District; Assyria, Johnstown, Baltimore and Maple Grove townships, not including the Village of Nashville.  

Active in the Barry County Farm Bureau, she has held several positions there, including president and is now on the executive board.

 

She was named to the Michigan Dairy Marketing Committee by Governor Rick Snyder, and received the MMPA Milk Quality Silver Award in 2012. Wing earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Saginaw Valley State University and a Master’s Degree in

Administration from Central Michigan University. She and husband Tom have two daughters.

 

Wing said when people are service oriented, they naturally take it to the next level. “It’s my turn to officially serve my community…I’m looking forward to working with this group of commissioners,” she said.

 

Dan Parker is president of Zenas Corporation, a publishing company. He represents District 2; precincts one and three in Thornapple Township and precinct one in Yankee Springs Township.

 

Parker has a long history of public service, with several terms on the Thornapple Kellogg Board of Education, as well Middleville’s Council, Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals and Housing Commission.

He sat on the Barry County Economic Development Alliance and numerous committees when on the Barry County Board of Commissioners. Parker served one term on the commission, sworn in December of 2010.Redistricting later put him in a district held by friend Craig Stolsonburg and Parker declined to run against him.

 

Parker said he had enjoyed the work when he served before and decided to run when Stolsonburg left the board to run for county clerk. “That’s when we were going through tight money times; I hope I was effective helping in working as a team to be of benefit to the county,” he said.  Parker and his wife Linda live in Middleville. They are parents of three boys and a girl.

 

 

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