Charles "Chuck" Haegelin's life changed when he stopped for a drink in Santa Fe while driving from Oklahoma to California for a financial job.
He struck up a conversation at the bar with a guy who worked for the New Mexico Department of Transportation, and Haegelin ended up taking a job as a highway appraiser, said his daughter, Dee Dee Penners.
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