Each Monday, The Citizen features someone from the Finger Lakes community.

This week, we spotlight Sheila Chilson.

Q. What is the most rewarding part of your job?

A. Studying history with the antiques.

Q. What is the most challenging aspect of your job?

A. Moving heavy pieces of furniture.

Q. What would be your dream job, and in what part of the world would you be working?

A. Right here, working with antiques in this wonderful old building. The area is absolutely beautiful, I couldn't ask for more.

Q. What's the best way to relax after a tough day?

A. Cooking.

Q. What do you like most about the Finger Lakes region?

A. The good people, and it's a beautiful area.

Q. If you had the choice of meeting any three people in the world who would they be, and why?

A. Benjamin Franklin, because he must have been very entertaining to be around. You'd never run out of conversation with him. Also, George Washington, you'd never be bored around him either. And Albert Einstein for the same reasons.

Q. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

A. Still here, but I should have my sons out of college by that point.

Q. If you were to win the lottery tomorrow, what's the first thing you'd do?

A. I'd sit back and think about the money and what I'd do with it.

Q. What would people who think they know you be most surprised to find out about you?

A. How much I've traveled, for instance to Russia, Hungary and England. A lot of different places.

Q. If you were mayor or supervisor of your town/city, what's the first thing you'd change?

A. They're working on it, but ways to have more activities for young people.

Q. Do you have any special plans for the next few months?

A. We're completing renovations on the second floor of the shop.

Sheila Chilson

Hometown: Stockton, Ala.

Family: Husband, Robert; sons, David and Joseph

Occupation: Co-owner, Purple Monkey Antiques, 8934 N. Seneca St., Weedsport

Hobbies: Antiques, cooking and my pets, three dogs and three sheep