40 Under 40: Glen Cantrell, communications manager

Glen Cantrell

AGE: 37

FAMILY: Wife Mindy, daughter Grayson and son Riley

EMPLOYER: SEMO Electric Cooperative

POSITION: Communications manager

COMMUNITY & PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT:

Glen coaches basketball, soccer, baseball and softball for his kids. He is a past Sikeston Chamber of Commerce President and he served on many different committees there. Glen is a former chairman of Cotton Festival of the Arts. He has also been the Master of Ceremonies for the Kenny Roger's Children's Center Telethon. Glen is the pastor of Community Baptist Church in Sikeston and chairman of the camp committee for the Charleston Baptist Association Camp Committee. He is the children's summer camp director as well. Glenn is on the SEMO Foundation Board of Directors and heads up Grass Roots efforts.

HIS TYPICAL DAY:

I usually work from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. I do website work. I make ads for the newspaper, write and take pictures for the monthly newsletter, design pamphlets and other material and handle special projects.

MOST SATISFYING PART OF HIS JOB:

My job allows me to take all the things I have learned through my past work experiences, especially with radio and the newspaper, and put all that knowledge to use in one company.

WORST HAIRCUT HE'S EVER HAD:

When I was a kid, I cut my own hair right before we took family pictures. It was high on one side and low on the other side.

HIS FAVORITE SONG FROM THE '80s:

"Small Town" by John Cougar Mellencamp.

HIS BIGGEST FIRST-DAY BLOOPER:

In my current position I redesigned the monthly newsletter and the new layout appeared in the January 1 issue. I listed the former board of directors instead of the current ones.

HIS MOST EMBARASSING WORK MOMENT:

When I worked at the radio station KSIM in Sikeston, I failed to free-read the news. I mispronounced the word rendezvous. I pronounced it exactly the way it was spelled. We stopped the newscast and laughed.