Steamboat Pilot & Today

Alice Klauzer

Age: 51

Occupation: Banking afficer/marketing director with Alpine Bank

Place of birth: Clinton, Iowa

Q. When did you move to Routt County, and what brought you here?

A. 1979. Do I have to answer the second part?

Q. What's the biggest risk you've taken recently?

A. Riding with Randall (my husband) in his Porsche.

Q. Describe your morning routine.

A. Get up, take a shower, make coffee and feed puppies.

Q. Has a book ever changed your life? What was it and why?

A. Yes, "The Lovely Bones," by Alice Sebold. It changed my outlook on heaven.

Q. What's the best piece of advice you've ever been given?

A. If no one is bleeding or dying, don't sweat the small stuff. (Thank you, Ed Burch.)

Q. What are the first three things you tell new acquaintances about yourself?

A. I don't. I usually ask them about themselves.

Q. What did you want to be when you grew up?

A. An airline stewardess.

Q. If you could invite any four people to dinner, who would they be and what would you talk about?

A. Whoopi Goldberg, Charles Gibson, my sissy and my best friend, Pam.

Q. Do you collect anything?

A. Bears.

Q. In the Meatloaf song, "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that," what is that?

A. Give up my puppies.

Q. What was your first job?

A. Modeling.

Q. Who is your favorite superhero? Why?

A. Mighty Mouse. I loved that cartoon when I was growing up.

Q. Do you have a tattoo? If so, what of and why did you chose it?

A. No

Q. Do you have any phobias?

A. Yes. Too gross to mention.

Q. If you could go back in time, to what event or time period would you go?

A. The 1950s. I would have loved to grow up in the "Happy Days" era.

Q. What is your favorite thing to do in Routt County?

A. Be outside.

Favorites

Book: James Patterson books

Song: "Dreamweaver"

Color: Green

Food: Pizza

Sport to watch: I don't like to watch sports.

Vacation spot: Austria

Recreational activity: Hiking

Movie: That's tough ... "Fried Green Tomatoes"

Magazine: "The Week"