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Curtis Kapple: Mud and Numbers

By James Florence, Diamond Certified Resource Reporter

EL VERANO — Every kid likes to play with mud, but for Curtis Kapple, this took on a whole different meaning. “My father was a drywall contractor and started teaching me the trade when I was about five years old,” he explains. “By the time I was 10, I was mudding and taping, and by age 14, I was doing finish work. I spent all my weekends and summers throughout high school working full-time.”

After high school, Curtis went to college ...