PEOPLE PROFILE

DAVID KIMES

Occupation: Owner, Patrick's Cleaners, Cape Girardeau

Hometown: Poplar Bluff

Current Home: Cape Girardeau

Best part of the job: "Being able to joke with my employees and customers."

What do you do in your spare time? "I just try to relax and read, although it usually turns into playtime with my daughter, Kaeli."

The best part of my life has been: "The last four years in which I've purchased by business, taught accounting at SEMO, gotten married and become a father."