Community Q&A 12/22/03

Name: Ellen Haskell

Lives in: Cape Girardeau

Family: Husband, Rick Haskell (married 22 years); two sons, Jim Haskell, 21, a junior at UM-Rolla majoring in computer programming, and Lee Haskell, 11, a fifth-grader at Central Middle School; and my dad, Milton Ellebracht, who lives eight houses away from me.

Job: Free-lance graphic designer.

What do you like most about the area? Drive-through windows at the gas stations.

Favorite food: 17th St. Bar and Grill's baby back ribs (to die for).

Favorite TV show: The black and white episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show" (seeing Otis lock himself into the jail after a snootfull never gets old).

Best advice: Celebrate all the good things in your life.

Person you most admire: Sammy Hagar (I could listen to him scream all day).

What would you do if you won the lottery? I would rent an RV, travel to 49 of the 50 states, have my picture taken on every state line and force my children to look at the pictures every holiday.

Pet peeve: Thong underwear. Come on ... who wears this stuff?