[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nick Selhorst: "A heads-up would've been nice." At last week’s annual Sidney Charity Cup, clients and friends of Choice One gathered for a mini-golf competition in support of a great cause. Teams navigated a delightfully chaotic course while raising...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Kaye Borchers: "You will certainly have plenty to choose from." It’s National Surveyors Week, and we’re celebrating with a quick‑fire “highlight reel” of our survey crew’s most unforgettable Mindset moments—aka the funniest, wildest, and most forehead‑slapping stories they’ve gifted...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nora Schwartz: "Messages come in many forms, including mint-flavored." In Choice One’s Sidney office, there is a highly sophisticated communication system operating behind the scenes—and by that, we mean Nora Schwartz and Jeff Puthoff leaving peppermints on each other’s...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Craig Frilling: "Feel the burn!" Last week, the Winter Olympics returned to Sidney and Loveland via Choice One’s own Office Olympics. Fifteen teams battled through tabletop curling, a typing speed skate, a breakroom luge, and a snow shovel relay involving a spoon that...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Isaiah Winhoven: "I just want to use the microwave." In the new Sidney office, the silverware has been almost as busy as the staff, having been moved three times in a single week as Choice Oners search for its...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Ryan Lefeld: "Next!" Not long after we settled into our new Sidney office, Funding Specialist Kaye Borchers noticed a steady stream of “patrons” gathering around the pod where Project Manager Ryan Lefeld had somehow become the unofficial main attraction. To bring...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nick Selhorst: "Do you think it’s bad luck to step on the carpet logo?" Superstition may be nothing new to Choice One, but the logo on our Sidney office carpet is. Installed just a couple of weeks ago, it was...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Lilly Barhorst: “If I sounded bossy, it’s because I was channeling my inner Barney.” If you missed it, our Sidney office moved locations last Friday. Lilly, who is Brian “Barney” Barhorst’s super awesome daughter, oversaw moving day with the...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Jeff Puthoff: “There is only one Christmas song outside the traditional carols that matters: Elvis’s ‘Blue Christmas.’” If you’ve seen our holiday card this year, you know it’s not your average piece of folded paper. It’s got flaps, elves,...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Inquiring Mindsets: "What are your favorite Thanksgiving traditions?” We asked Choice Oners about some favorite Thanksgiving traditions. The result? Pure Thanksgiving science! Traditions: Football + Naps: Apparently, Thanksgiving is just a warm-up for the Super Bowl of sleeping. If you’re not...