Community Q&A 11/24/03

Name: Gail Babers

Lives in: Cape Girardeau

Family: Six kids (a girl and five boys), 13 grandkids and counting.

Job: Information and assistance specialist at the Area Agency on Aging.

What do you like most about the area? The beauty that Mother Nature has given the area and the warmth that God has given the people.

Favorite food: A tie between Mexican and Cajun.

Favorite TV show: News, local of course.

Best advice: Never stop learning. I learn something new every day.

Person you most admire: My dad. He was very intelligent, well educated and generous to a fault.

What would you do if you won the lottery? Pay off all my bills, set up an education fund for my grandkids, visit my mom in California, go on a cruise and then go back to work.

Pet peeve: People who give up on life.