1. Finish this sentence: As I get older, the more I realize...
2. What's your favorite article of clothing and why?
3. What's the one thing Cape Girardeau as a community/city could do that you think would be an improvement and why?
4. At the end of a really long day, what do you like to do and why?
Jessica Rosati
Registered nurse
Cape Girardeau
1. The importance of, and the power of love, and the different meanings of it. And also how important it is to do what you love.
2. I have a hand-painted cotton scarf with butterflies on it. It has some of my favorite colors; purple, torquoise, white and green. I like it because I can wear it with anything. It's a year-round accessory.
3. Making it more pedestrian-friendly. Walking is a healthy activity as well as being economical. I worry about it when I see pedestrians trying to cross our major streets. I enjoy the Broadway improvements, and they should continue in that direction.
4. To wind down and relax, I like to listen to music. Lately I've been enjoying Lindsey Stirling. She's a violinist. Also new age, Enya, that stuff.
Paula Fetherston
Librarian
Cape Girardeau
1. What's important in life which is family, friends and relationships. Everything else doesn't matter that much.
2. A comfortable sweat shirt. It's just something easy to put on and to work in around the house.
3. Continuing to improve the downtown area. What they're doing is going in the right direction. Keep adding businesses to make it more vital. I prefer to shop downtown, going to the locally-owned businesses.
4. All I want to do is come home and get into my pajamas, get on the couch and read a book.
Jon Belken
Student, Education major, Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau
1. Life isn't really fair.
2. Socks. They are fantastic. You can never have enough socks. Seriously. Just new ones that don't have holes in them.
3. Possibly try to improve traffic a little bit. Some of the turns can be hairy and some of the side streets, especially around the college, can be kind of weird. I'm new to the area, and I'm not used to it yet, so that might be why.
4. I just play video games. Anything on the computer so I can chill out.
Chuck Rosenkoetter
Retired school administrator
Jackson
1. The importance of a good fundamental education. Also realizing that our kids K through 6 need to learn to read, write, spell, do mathematics with emphasis on reading comprehension, spelling and writing.
2. I just prefer a sweat shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes. I don't have any reason to get dressed up unless I have to. Casual comfortable. In summer, polo shirts.
3. I don't see many things Cape needs to do. There's always the minor things, but I think Cape is an outstanding community. Maybe improve the newspaper reporters and TV reporters.
4. I just like to go home and relax. Sometimes I play a few computer games. I love to watch Cardinal baseball on TV and rarely miss a game during the season. I also like to sit around with family and friends just relaxing.
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