Ronald R. Cheyney was born in Wichita, Kansas in 1952. He spent his early childhood in Emporia, Kansas, went to junior high in Berryville, Arkansas; and went to high school in Kansas City, Kansas. Ron graduated from Washington High School in 1970.
In the summer of 1974 Ron was traveling the U.S. on a motorcycle when he ran out of money and landed in Longmont, Colorado. He worked a few odd jobs before accepting a job with the old Longmont Ledger…Longmont’s weekly newspaper. When the paper went out of business in 1978, Ron rented the left-over equipment and started a one-man typesetting business.
Over the next few years, as business grew, Ron expanded into the world of offset printing. Today, Ron’s Printing Center employees a staff of nine full-time people, is celebrating its 29th year in business, and is proud to be one of Longmont’s largest printing companies.
Ron and his wife Regina live in a loft in downtown Longmont with Regina’s daughter Jessie, their dog Duke, and Flash the Cat. Together they have four other children: Guy, a student at CU; Brandon, a Chief Petty Officer and Navy Intelligence Specialist stationed in Jacksonville, Forida; and twin daughters Brooke and Lisa, who reside in Washington State.
Ron Cheyney has been very active in our community. He served on the Longmont YMCA Board of Directors for nine years, and the Longmont Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors for six years. He served as President of the Heart of Longmont Association, and served two terms on the Longmont Downtown Development Authority’s Board of Directors.
He has been a member of The Longmont Lions Club for 30 years – twice serving as President. Ron was Secretary of the Rollins Pass Restoration Association for 15 years, and is currently serving as its Vice-President.
Additionally, Ron has served for many years on the Longmont Humane Society’s Advisory Board. He has been a Board Director of the Addiction Treatments Center of Longmont since it’s inception.
In 1991 Ron joined the Independent Order of Odd Fellows – a fraternal organization that had over 300 members in the 1940’s, but had dwindled down to a handful of elderly men, and was threatened with extinction. Ron recruited new members and today, although all of the previous members have passed away, the Odd Fellows Lodge once again is on the upswing with over 40 members.
