Face time with Raymond Johns

City: Elgin

Where did you grow up? Whiting, Ind.

Family: My daughter and granddaughter. I lost my wife about four years ago.

Pets: Petie, a Jack Russell and Chihuahua mix

What's the last song you listened to? My 8-year-old granddaughter Tiffany Ballenger played Mary Had a

Little Lamb on the violin.

If you were on a desert island and you could have just one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? Pizza.

What's your favorite local restaurant? Za Za's Trattoria in St. Charles

What's your favorite thing about visiting St. Charles? The parks. Mount St. Mary in particular. I pick my granddaughter up from school in St. Charles every day and we come here.
If you could change one thing about St. Charles, what would it be? Nothing.