Curtis Eppler retires after 31 years of service

Curtis parked his service truck and grabbed his climbing gear for the last time in January as he eases into retirement. Curtis began his career at CHEC in 1992 and has been a dedicated and integral part of the company ever since. We tried to find information on how many hours Curtis has logged with CHEC, but ironically Curtis has been with us longer than those records date back. Our best estimate would be that Curtis has clocked in some 64,000 total hours serving the members of CHEC. To put things into perspective, the following things happened the same year Curtis was hired:

• Compact discs surpass cassette tapes as the preferred medium for recorded music.

• A text-based Web browser is made available to the public; within a few years, millions of people become regular users of the World Wide Web.

• President Bush and Russian President Yeltsin proclaim a formal end to the Cold War

• About one million computers worldwide had Internet access, and there were 10 websites online by the end of the year.

• A dozen eggs were 93 cents

You get the point…Curtis has seen many significant changes in his career. We are thankful for his service, and he will be missed by his co-workers and so many members whom he has helped over the years. Enjoy your retirement, Curtis!