Ryan Francis: “Someone did a pretty good job photo-shopping a bicep onto Dan’s arm.” If you aren’t sure, that’s Dan in the sunglasses and blue headband, buying tickets to the gun show during Choice One’s Christmas card photo shoot. Dan, we’re fairly confident that your bicep (and...
Kaye Borchers: “I’m already practicing writing ‘Frizz’ in my mind.” It’s Christmas card signing time again, and surveyor Craig Frilling thought of switching things up this year and signing his nickname “Frizz” instead of “Craig” on the COEC Christmas card. Sounds like a simple thing to do,...
Kaye Borchers: “I think Kecia and Kyle should “race” down the hall.” We’re not sure who’s going to win this crutch-assisted footrace down the Sidney office’s hallway: Kyle on a newly repaired knee, or Kecia on a newly repaired ankle. Whether there will be post-race repairs needed...
Amy Butler, Utility Clerk, Village of South Lebanon: “When you add me to your phone contacts, just label me “Wonder Water Woman.” Our friend Amy from South Lebanon offered to text this selfie to us, and she wanted her name in our phone's contact list to be...
Brittany Clinehens: "You can never have too much Caray!" While adding a new employee to the website (side note: meet land surveyor Chris, pictured lower-right above), we accidentally doubled Choice One Controller Caray Schmiesing’s website profile. Perhaps we can fool people into thinking we now have a...
Jacqueline Huelskamp: “Nothing like working in someone’s armpit.” Meet Jacqueline Huelskamp, a landscape architect, hobby photographer, and our newest employee. She started less than two weeks ago, and already we’re asking her to take on a rather daunting task: edit engineer Jake Bertke’s photo for the company...
Kecia Flaute: “I feel like our lives are incomplete without these fanny packs.” Remember the fanny pack, popular in the late 80s/early 90s? Well, we heard they’re making a comeback. And some of us at Choice One, like graphic designer Kecia, feel like we need them in...
Nick Selhorst: “First thing in the morning I only moo at people. I’m incapable of forming words at the start of the day.” Not all of us can be morning people. Especially not engineer Nick Selhorst. And especially, ESPECIALLY not before his first cup of coffee. Shall we...
Inquiring Mindsets want to know: "How do you decide which of your green Choice One shirts to wear each day?” Nick Selhorst, Project Manager “The one with the least amount of random pen marks on it and least amount of coffee stains.” Have you not been using your...
Wes Wolters: “Schmidty had a case of the Mondays and needed some caffeine.” Hmmm, looks like it wasn’t a case of the Mondays that Schmidty had, but rather a case of the Mt. Dews*. Understandable—some days you just need a boost. And, apparently, some days you need...