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Read the Cascade Business News article about Little d Technology: June 15, 2007 Little d Technology featured on the Chamber Connection: August 4, 2009
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He met his wife, Kathy, on Haleakala who happened to be working for the National Park Service at the time. Tony and Kathy were married in 1994 and had their son Michael in 1999. They decided a move would have to take place in order for Kathy to be a stay at home Mom. In 1999, Tony secured an Associate Computational Scientist position at a Seattle area bio-tech. His specialty was web-application and software development. He worked there for 5 years and also owned a successful area laundromat. When the London based company closed the Seattle site, Tony and his family took the opportunity to move to La Pine where Kathy’s grandparents had lived for many years. Links: Tony DeBone received his degree in Electronics Technology from Northern Michigan University in 1989. He worked under contract with Rockwell and Boeing for the US Air Force as a software developer in support of the Maui Space Surveillance Site for eight years. He later went to work for the biotechnology research group of the Celltech Corporation in Seattle, Washington. from 1999 toS 2004. Since moving to Central Oregon, he worked at: Cascade Sun Works and Lancair Kit Aircraft company. He enjoyed both jobs and learned a lot about manufacturing, sales and business. Tony is a member of the La Pine Park and Recreation District board of directors. His goal is to create a public swimming pool for the La Pine residents. Tony also serves on the La Pine Rodeo Association board, with his main focus on securing land for a permanent rodeo site in La Pine. An active La Pine Chamber of Commerce member since 2005, Tony won the 2006 Community Service Award in recognition of his work in the Community and the 2007 Chamber Business of the Year Award.
Kathy has been creating websites as a hobby since 2000 shortly after their move to the mainland. It started as a way to keep family and friends across the country informed about their lives, while she was a stay-at-home-mom. Tony took an interest in teaching her what he knew about HTML and it became apparent that Kathy had the design talent while Tony was very knowledgable in the web application field. Opening the business opened up an opportunity for Kathy to embark upon a new careeer as a web designer. Check out the Web Design Page to see her work. Kathy volunteers in her sons classroom, La Pine Park & Recreation District and La Pine Rodeo Association. Her favorite thing to do is to spend time with her family and with her QH mare "Star".
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Tony DeBone has been working in the computer/software industry since 1990. He began his career on the island of Maui atop the dormant volcano “Haleakala” where he worked for Maui Space Surveillance Site via a government contract by Rocketdyne Technical Services and Boeing Defense & Space Group for the US Air Force. He worked as a Telescope Operator, Mission Planner and then as a Software Engineer and Member of of the Technical Staff. 
Veronica Schneider is a senior in high school and is homeschooled. She moved to La Pine in 2003 and plans to go to the local community college to become an accountant. Veronica is extremely involved in the community. She is a part of three 4-H groups (cooking, clothing, and scrapbooking), the Ford Family Foundation Leadership Program, and South Central Little League.