Profiles 2010 - Local Citizens Answer 20 Questions

Dave Broers, Gravette

1) What is your occupation? Loan officer/Arvest Bank Gravette

2) What was your first car? Chevy Citation

3) Which talent do you wish you possessed? Be able to sing

4) Are you a collector of anything? No

5) If you were given $1 million, what would you spend it on? Pay off debt and put the rest in the bank. It is that conservative banker in me

6) What is one thing not many people know about you?

7) Favorite song of all time?

8) What bad habit drives you crazy? Talking on phone or texting while driving

9) IF you could have any superpower, what would it be? Invisible

10) Conan or Leno? Conan

11) What’s your dream job? G.M., Major League baseball team

12) Most memorable Christmas present? Family get-togethers

13) Who is your role model? Parents, parents came from poor upbringing to teach our family about the importance of family, education and integrity. Great childhood

14) Autobots or Decepticons? The Good Guys

15) If you had one day to live, what would you do? Spend it with family having a bar-b-que

16) Do you keep food separated on your plate or all mixed together? Separated

17) What is your favorite breakfast cereal? Don’t eat breakfast cereal

18) Can you play a musical instrument? If so, which one? No musical talent

19) Do you sing in the shower? What’s your favorite song? Sometimes, country & western music

20) If you were stranded on an island, which CD would you want in your CD player? I have an iPod now that has over 400 songs. It ranges from country & western, 50’s, 60’s, 90’s rock and roll

J. D. Wells, Sulphur Springs

1) What is your occupation? Clerk

2) What was your first car? ‘83 Cutlass Oldsmobile

3) Which talent do you wish you possessed? Mind reading

4) Are you a collector of anything? Friends

5) If you were given $1 million, what would you spend it on? Loved one’s debts

6) What is one thing not many people know about you? I’m a Yankee

7) Favorite song of all time? “I Love How You Love Me” - Bobby Vinton

8) What bad habit drives you crazy? Pecking & making irritating noises

9) If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Healing people

10) Conan or Leno? Leno

11) What’s your dream job? Caterer or working in a test kitchen for magazines

12) Most memorableChristmas present? A paper doll cut out of cardboard & clothes out of butcher paper my mom made for me.

13) Who is your role model? My sister-in-law - Pam Morrison

14) Autobots or Decepticons? Autobots

15) If you had one day to live, what would you do? Read

16) Do you keep food separated on your plate or all mixed together? It can definitely touch

17) What is your favorite breakfast cereal? Honey Nut Clusters

18) Can you play a musical instrument? If so, which one? No - I wish I could

19) Do you sing in the shower? What’s your favorite song? Yes - Silent Night

20) If you were stranded on an island, which CD would you want in your CD player? Oldies

Lynette Floyd, Gravette

1) What is your occupation? Co-owner of All Seasons Lawn Equipment. I previously spent 29 years as an Inventory Manager with American Airlines

2) What was your first car? A 1969 Rambler American. Now that was a basic car!

3) Which talent do you wish you possessed? I wish I could restore my singing talent. If you don’t use it, you lose it!

4) Are you a collector of anything? Over time I’ve collected many things, including antique teacups, teddy bears, pewter dragons. Right now - memories!

5) If you were given $1 million, what would you spend it on? I’d pay off bills, buy a new car, help my children and invest what I could

6) What is one thing not many people know about you? If I told you, a lot of people would know!

7) Favorite song of all time? Deep Purple (When the Deep Purple falls. . . . over sleepy garden walls)

8) What bad habit drives you crazy? Someone eating with their mouth open and smacking their lips

9) If you could have any superpower, what would it be? I would love to have the ability to make people’s problems go away

10) Conan or Leno?Leno! Conan needs to go back where he came from!

11) What’s your dream job? Retirement!

12) Most memorable Christmas present? My husband gave me a 6 week old Pomeranian puppy in 1996. He was my “Baby Boy” for 13 years

13) Who is your role model? My mother, Betty Brandon, was my role model. She is why I mothered so successfully

14) Autobots or Decepticons? Hmmmmm... if I knew I’d tell you

15) If you had one day to live, what would you do? I’d try to make sure the people I love knew how much I love them

16) Do you keep food separated on your plate or all mixed together? It depends on what food is on my plate. Some foods play well together and some don’t

17) What is your favorite breakfast cereal? Grape-Nuts

18) Can you play a musical instrument? If so, which one? No, but I can sing with one!

19) Do you sing in the shower? What’s your favorite song? I don’t sing in the shower. I sing in my car

20) If you were stranded on an island, which CD would you want in your CD? Songwriters of the 70 ’s

Ron Jarvis, Gravette

1) What is your occupation? Central Supply

2) What was your first car? ‘98 Ford F-150

3) Which talent do you wish you possessed? Mind control

4) Are you collector of anything? Tin cans

5) If you were given $1 million, what would you spend it on? Open a Chinese buffet

6) What is one thing not many people know about you? I like flowers

7) Favorite song of all time? “My Humps” - Black-Eyed Peas

8) What bad habit drives you crazy? People spying on me

9) If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Mind control

10) Conan or Leno? Conan

11) What’s your dream job? To own my own theatre!

12) Most memorable Christmas present? My cake pan

13) Who is your role model? Hannibal Lecter

14) Autobots or Decepticons? Decepticons

15) If you had one day to live, what would you do? Party Harty

16) Do you keep food separated on your plate or all mixed together? Separated

17) What is your favorite breakfast cereal? Lucky Charms

18) Can you play a musical instrument? If so, which one?

19) Do you sing in the shower? What’s your favorite song? NO

20) If you were stranded on an island, which CD would you want in your CD player? Slim Shady

Hidee Duncan, Gravette

1) What is your occupation? Hairdresser

2) What was your first car? ‘72 Volkswagen Super Beetle

3) Which talent do you wish you possessed? Playing the piano

4) Are you a collector of anything? Yes, anything Wonder Woman.

5) If you were given $1 million, what would you spend it on? Invest the majority, pay off debt, set up future for my kids

6) What is one thing not many people know about you? I’m afraid of the dark

7) Favorite song of all time? “I told you so” by Randy Travis

8) What bad habit drives you crazy? Scraping fork on your teeth

9) If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Ability to fly

10) Conan or Leno? Can not stand Conan’s hair

11) What’s your dream job? Go on vacations with people

12) Most memorable Christmas present? Ten speed bike when I was 7

13) Who is your role model? My Grandma Sue

14) Autobots or Decepticons? Autobots. They make cool trucks

15) If you had one day to live, what would you do? Spend all the time with my family and friends

16) Do you keep food separated on your plate or all mixed together? Mixed together - I love mashed potatoes and corn mixed up

17) What is your favorite breakfast cereal? Special K - Fruit & Yogurt

18) Can you play a musical instrument? If so, which one? Yes, clarinet (Gravette High School fight song)

19) Do you sing in the shower? What is your favorite song? No singing for me - It’s too early to be happy

20) If you were stranded on an island, which CD would you want in your CD player? Tim McGraw - Greatest Hits, Volume 2

Mike Walker, Gravette

1) What is your occupation? I’m a librarian by day and an English instructor at night

2) What was your first car? A bright red ‘64 Mustang - with I still had it!

3) Which talent do you wish you possessed? I wish I could draw

4) Are you a collector of anything? Coins . . . . until I had to spend them

5) If you were given $1 million, what would you spend it on? A college education for my sons and their families - then to a friend to help him out of bankruptcy

6) What is one thing not many people know about you? I used to ride motorcycles and would like to do so again

7) Favorite song of all time? I don’t have one

8) What bad habit drives you crazy? When someone interrupts me when I’m on the phone

9) If you could have any superpower, what would it be? To fly

10) Conan or Leno? Leno

11) What’s your dream job? To be a full-time writer

12) Most memorable Christmas present? Having my granddaughter here this Christmas

13) Who is your role model? Christ, but I haven’t done a very good job of following His example

14) Autobots or Decepticons? Neither.....Lincoln logs!

15) If you had one day to live, what would you do? Spend it with my family

16) Do you keep food separated on your plate or all mixed together? Mixed together

17) What is your favorite breakfast cereal? Cocoa Puffs

18) Can you play a musical instrument? If so, which one? Drums

19) Do you sing in the shower? What’s your favorite song? No, thankfully I don’t

20) If you were stranded on an island, which CD would you want in your CD? Best of the Beatles

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The News Herald and other west Benton County newspapers published their annual Profiles issue January 27. Space limitations resulted in several local profiles being omitted.

We publish those this week.

Sharpen your answers for next year’s special issue.

Opinion, Pages 8 on 02/17/2010