From cookies to quizzes: Ambitious Ackley entrepreneur is farmers market vendor

ACKLEY - The road to the Nationals is being paved with cookies and fresh garden produce for one energetic youth. A stop at Ackley’s Victory Park between 5 and 6 p.m. on any sunny Monday evening will be met with the cheerful smile of none other than Maielle Roelfs. Accompanied by her neighbor, John Muller, the soon-to-be 13-year-old is selling huge, delicious cookies, along with zucchini, cucumbers, green beans, and tomatoes from her gardens to raise money for an upcoming trip to the Bible Quiz Fellowship Nationals.