 Dr. Bittner. Ron Bittner here. I grew up in a little town of Midville, Idaho, just north of Weezer, a very small town. My dad was a farm mechanic, but I spent most of my time growing up either working in sawmills or out in the dry land farms, so I've always had dirt for a background for me. Fortunate enough to go to the College of Idaho, played some football there in the mid-'60s.