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Dakota Long
Retail sales consultant, AT&T

Dakota Long

Retail sales consultant, AT&T

What actor would play you in a movie about your life? Why?

Bill Hader. I just feel like he's a really awkward person. I'm just really clumsy.

What is your ideal weekend getaway?

Hiking in the Rocky Mountains. I just think it's really pretty and peaceful out there.

Spring begins today. What is your favorite season and why?

I'd probably say spring because it's not too hot and not too cold.

Other than your wedding day or the birth of a child, what is your proudest moment?

Giving my girlfriend her promise ring.

Chiansha Westwood

Cape Girardeau resident

Chiansha Westwood
Cape Girardeau resident

What actor would play you in a movie about your life? Why?

Taraji P. Henson because she's dramatic.

What is your ideal weekend getaway?

Las Vegas, just because I like to gamble.

Spring begins today. What is your favorite season and why?

Spring -- not too hot, not too cold.

Other than your wedding day or the birth of a child, what is your proudest moment?

Graduating from college at Southeast Missouri State University.

Karen Backfisch

Karen Backfisch
Part-time sales clerk, Things Remembered

Part-time sales clerk, Things Remembered

What actor would play you in a movie about your life? Why?

Probably Sally Field. I love her. She's more my age, my generation.

What is your ideal weekend getaway?

Someplace just to lay on a warm sandy beach ... just me and the sun and the sand.

Spring begins today. What is your favorite season and why?

Really, it's got to be the spring, when everything's changing and the warmth is coming out.

Other than your wedding day or the birth of a child, what is your proudest moment?

I have to say my proudest moment was in 2009. I had a total knee replacement and my doctor said I'd never walk again, but just look at me now.

Carl Heise

Carl Heise
Cape Girardeau resident

Cape Girardeau resident

What actor would play you in a movie about your life? Why?

Kevin Costner. He's my hero.

What is your ideal weekend getaway?

Hawaii -- Honolulu.

Spring begins today. What is your favorite season and why?

Summer. I like to go down to (Lake) Wappapello, camping and skiing.

Other than your wedding day or the birth of a child, what is your proudest moment?

My proudest moment now is my daughter is going to have a baby in April. It's her first child.