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HONORING SENIORS
Welcoming Everyone
I part ways.
grew up in a single parent home
in Amarillo with my dad. Dad
worked for the Railroad Post
Office, sorting mail with co-workers,
filling large canvas pouches and
tossing them onto hooks as they
passed through Texas Panhandle
towns. I never imagined I’d grow up
to work in the direct mail business,
but one of my first jobs was with The
Newcomer Welcome Service, stuffing
packets and delivering them to
Amarillo newcomers, newlyweds, and
new parents.
I met, married and moved to Oregon
with John Stubben in 1979. John and
I were entertainers. He was lead
guitarist in the #1 honkytonk; I played
piano at a supper club. When my dad
died in 1981, and the economy in the
Northwest was getting shaky, we
returned to Texas.
My former boss in the newcomer
business had sold the original direct
mail company and bought “Welcome
Pardner”. This work model required
no personal distribution; everything
was safely delivered by the USPS.
It was much more cost effective as
gasoline was expected to rise over 50
cents a gallon.
She invited me to join her as a partner
of Welcome Pardner. Since she had
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by DJ Stubben
been a dependable boss and was like Tri State Fair float. We host monthly
an adopted mother to me, I accepted. Networking Breakfasts to honor local
businesses and non-profits. Our free
Within a year, I officially set up daily Community News E-blast goes
"Welcome Pardner!" for franchising. out to subscribers all over the country,
My partner decide d to move to keeping people connected and When Life Matters Most
Albuquerque and open one there. informing them of Amarillo events,
By mid-1982, I noticed some serious Random Acts of Kindness honorees,
financial issues. My former friend had deserving community servants, and
gone through quite a bit of my money much more.
with nothing to show for it except the
Committed to clinical excellence
fur coat she was wearing when she I still play the piano for the Morning When Life Matters Most
came to town. On advice from my and Downtown Kiwanis Clubs. It’s When Life Matters Most
an appreciative audience. I have a
a blessing to share music with such
banker, I informed her we’d have to
daughter and two granddaughters
I felt foolish. I grew depressed, with (one in heaven) and three grandsons. with compassion and dignity.
little purpose or money. Concerned
clients counseled me to have my I work hard to make each person Committed to clinical excellence
attorney get involved. Because of I visit feel as if they were the most Committed to clinical excellence
the debt she owed me, I was able to important person in my life. The
repossess the business. The paper partners in our organization are loved with compassion and dignity.
with compassion and dignity.
trail I uncovered showed evidence of and prayed for. Every year, God adds
terrible irresponsibility. more services; Me? I’m listening, We are here - 24/7/365.
learning, and serving. You? How may
Fellow businesspeople stepped up we serve you?
to help – providing lines of credit, We are here - 24/7/365.
referrals, etc. John was supportive, We are here - 24/7/365.
too, and we bought one of the first
personal computers available. I hired Ed. Note: Subscribe to the E-blast
a friend who had just retired from at welcomepardner.com. If you are a
the Pioneer Natural Gas marketing newcomer, newlywed, or have a new
department. We registered one of the baby, contact Welcome Pardner! for a free
first local websites. Things began to welcome packet.
look up.
One day in 1994, at my
kitchen window, I informed
God that HE owned
"Welcome Pardner!". He
responded boldly that He
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