Zehner Traditional Cache
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Zehner is located NE of Regina, Saskatchewan. There's not
much left to see when you drive by but you can stop to find a
cache.
John Vernon was born Adolphus Raymondus Vernon
Agopsowicz in Zehner, Saskatchewan. Some sources list his
birthplace as the nearby city of Regina, Saskatchewan. He was one
of two sons of Adolf Agopsowicz, a grocer, and his wife Eleonore
Krückel. Both parents' families immigrated to the Edenwold district
in the late 19th century from the Austrian crownland and duchy of
Bukovina. He is of Armenian, German, and Polish decent. Vernon was
educated at the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Art in London before becoming a live stage actor on the
early CBC.
Vernon typically played a stern, authoritarian kind of character.
After minor roles on the tv show “The Forest Rangers” he rose to
prominence in the late 1960s in the CBC series “Wojeck” as a
crime-fighting medical examiner. He left the series in order to
further his acting career in the United States. In 1967 he appeared
opposite Lee Marvin in “Point Blank”. In 1969 he played Cuban
revolutionary Rico Parra in Alfred Hitchcock’s cold war era spy
movie “Topaz”. After appearing in a string of television episodes
and films, he became well known internationally for playing the
by-the-book mayor perpetually frustrated by Clint Eastwood in the
first “Dirty Harry” movie. He also played the sympathetic Fletcher
in Eastwood's “The Outlaw Josey Wales”.
Vernon is probably best remembered for his role as the deadly
serious Faber College Dean Vernon Wormer in 1978's enduring cult
classic “Animal House”. Children will remember Vernon as the
equally evil Mr. Prindle in the Disney film “Herbie Goes
Bananas”.
Many of his later roles were as villains, and he played one of the
lead roles for the short-lived 1990s series “Acapulco H.E.A.T”. He
also did extensive voice work with the animated film “Heavy Metal”
and on animated series such as “The Marvel Superheroes Show”. His
final work was providing the voice of Dean Toadblatt in the TV
series “The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
John Vernon and his wife, Nancy Vernon, were the parents for
actress Kate Vernon and singer Nan Vernon. On February 1, 2005,
John Vernon died at an age of 72 in Los Angeles, California from
complications following heart surgery.
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