(Editor’s Note: Each week,The Herald poses a “Question of the Week” on their facebook page with many responding. Comments made on the posts, may or may not be factual in nature and are to be noted as that person’s comment only.)
Each week The Herald will ask a random question, both on the opinion page of the weekly paper and on The Eureka Herald Facebook© page. Responses should be mailed to PO Box 590, Eureka, KS 67045, e-mailed to [email protected] with “Coffee Shop Talk” in the subject; dropped off at our office, 822 E. River, in Eureka or made on The Eureka Herald’s Facebook© page.
The “Question of the Week” for last week was: “When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?”
Following are the responses: Jerome Asa Carpenter* “Marine biologist” Kim Weatherbee Rogers* - “Teacher. I never made it, but I spent many years as a para and loved almost every minute of it.”
Laurel Light Turley* “My daughter wanted to be the bilingual safety belt announcer for the Matterhorn at Disneyland. She was heartbroken when I told her it was a recording.”
Aaron Cline* - “Philosopher, no seriously, I always wanted to share my ideas as I was always a very deep thinker.”
Patty Brown Malcolm* “Radiologist” Beth Inwood* - “A teacher! I told my sister while I was in 7th grade that I wanted to be a teacher. Got my degree right after high school and taught Preschool at Madison and did a lot of subbing at Hamilton. I had all kinds of jobs until 22 years later I taught for 17 years.”
Francie Gee* - “A Nurse.” Daniel Sickler* - “Fighter pilot” Brandi Nicole* - “I wanted to be a lawyer with a farm and adopt 20 kids because I was adopted.”
Debi Hurley* - “A Secretary” Janice Massey* - “An aircraft marshaller. The person with the orange wands directing airplanes.”
Janice Brown* - “Janice Massey, you realize that window of opportunity is still an option.”
Kim Ring* - “An elementary teacher.”
Kelly Birkholz* - “Professional tennis player. Haha” Morgan Boles* - “I wanted to work at the Farm Bureau on 1st St.”
Kim Chamberlin* - “Veterinarian” Breanna Henry* - “An Elementary Teacher!”
Jennifer White* - “A case worker” Suzie Wilson* - “Just like Mary Lou Retton.”
Shannon Draper Wools* - “An architect or a veterinarian.”
Mary Ellerman* - “A truck driver. I wanted to drive all over the United States.”
Janna Sill* - “Mom” Teresa Escareno* - “Stewardess” Kandy Bahr-Marks* - “A court stenographer.”
Elwanda Buckland* - “Meteorologist” Christina Harris-Ryan* “Flight Nurse” Destanee Burrus* - “I wanted to be a lifeguard for the LONGEST time. I thought no other job could ever be as cool as that one for years!”
Chris Hansel* - “Destanee Burrus have you seen Sandlot?
Lol” Destanee Burrus* - “Chris Hansel I have not actually!”
Ellie Elsen* - “Was going to be a police officer, married don instead” Dustelia Rowden* - “A professional cheerleader for the NFL” Bryan Mead* - “Marine Biologist” Sherri Smith Schaffer* “Airline Stewardess.”
Arlene LaQuey Brown* “A street cleaner. I was going to clean the world. Then when I was done start all over again!”
Janice Brown* - “I decided that I wanted to be an elementary school teacher. in second grade, Mission Accomplished!”
Cindy Stuber-Fritts* “Veterinarian” Abygail Gulick* - “Meteorologist” Shawn Diggity* - “An adult” Clay Crisswell* - “Indian Jones” Sheila E Koup* - “High school history teacher” Jennifer Wunderlich* “Firefighter/paramedic or veterinary technician” Lois Close-Stewart* - “I wanted to join the Army, then along came Greg!”
Rita White* - “Airline Stewardess but when TWA came to interview me I was to short back then” Cathy Kingery* - “A nurse” Trystan Thompson* “Lawyer” Cheryl Parker* - “A race car driver!”
Chris Hansel* - “WWF superstar! Wait, Genius, billionaire, playboy, philanthropist.”
Kelly Drake* - “Taller...”
Emily Hansel* - “Pediatrician” Brianne Vinson* - “A cosmetologist” Karen Vinson* - “Brianne Vinson, me too” Gretchen Reed* - “The hula hoop girl in the circus” Heather Huntington Fuesz* - “Gretchen Reed it’s never too late!”
Gretchen Reed* - “If you can’t find me at the salon, you’ll know where to look!”
Heather Huntington Fuesz* - “Gretchen Reed just get me through Friday sister and then you can be big top bound” Martina Spears Tatum* “History teacher.”
If you have a recommendation for the “Question of the Week” please send it to Robin at news@eurekaherald. com, or stop by 822 E. River St., Ste 100.
