Four by Four 8/24/14

__Michael Bankhead__

Cape Girardeau

__Tell me about a song that has special significance to you.__

"Amazing Grace." It's uplifting. It makes everybody feel good.

__What's the farthest you've been away from home?__

Hollywood, California. I got real sick. I want for fun, but I had some problems.

__The school year is starting. What do you remember about elementary school?__

Lotsa fun. The teachers, the friends, the kids. I liked math, although I wasn't very good at it.

__How good are you at remembering jokes?__

Real good.

Knock-knock. Who's there? Mike. Mike who? I love everybody.

Mary Stinson

__Mary Stinson__

Sales associate at Hallmark

Jackson

__Tell me about a song that has special significance to you.__

Garth Brooks' "The Dance." It kind of talks about life in general. Even if you knew how things would end, you wouldn't change anything. "Yes, my life is better left to chance.

I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance."

__What's the farthest you've been away from home?__

Hawaii, for a vacation with my mom in 2007. I would love to go back!

__The school year is starting. What do you remember about elementary school?__

Getting new supplies for the year -- backpack, pencils and all that.

__How good are you at remembering jokes?__

I'm better at remembering the punch line, but not the lead-up to it.

Why did the chicken cross the road? He heard someone was making chicken soup.

__Chelsea Lane__

Sales associate at Wet Seal

Jackson

__Tell me about a song that has special significance to you.__

"Wagon Wheel." It was my brother's favorite. Jared -- he died a year ago.

__What's the farthest you've been away from home?__

The East Coast and Pennsylvania to visit family. That's where I'm from.

__The school year is starting. What do you remember about elementary school?__

Teachers. I had really great and fun teachers, especially my best friend's aunt, Miss Bobbie Ragan. I went to South Elementary.

__How good are you at remembering jokes?__

Not at all.

Patti Hinkle

__Patti Hinkle__

Substitute teacher

Des Arc, Missouri

__Tell me about a song that has special significance to you.__

"Candle in the Wind" about Princess Diana. It's a beautiful tribute to her life. She was taken from us too soon. It couldn't fit her better.

__What's the farthest you've been away from home?__

Hawaii. A vacation with my Aunt Eileen in 1979.

__The school year is starting. What do you remember about elementary school?__

Making life-long friends. I started in Cape and graduated in Sikeston. Three really good friends -- we meet once a year for a three-day outing.

__How good are you at remembering jokes?__

I'm not. I don't tell jokes for that reason. I'm not good at remembering, period.