Graffiti Weekend

A special publication of The News-Review • July 8, 2009

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GRAFFITI 2009

Graffiti
Weekend
revs up
Simple classic car idea is now 28 years old and continues to attract thousands to central Douglas County
CRAIG REED
The News-Review

T
here’s something about hundreds
of classic cars — every color of
the crayon box — cruising Dou-
glas County’s streets for five
solid days straight.
It’s a sight to see and it keeps motorists
and participants coming back for more
each year.
Nearly 1,000 drivers pull into Douglas
County each summer to show off their
classic collectibles and hot rods during
Graffiti Weekend.
What started out as a simple idea
between a couple of local car clubs has
blossomed into an occasion that draws
about 20,000 spectators and participants
over its five-day span.
This year, the event continues to grow.
The Rock ’n’ Rollin’ Pancake Breakfast
and the Graffiti Drags are no longer unof-
ficial events of Graffiti Weekend.
Those two events were popular enough
in their debuts last year that they are now
officially on the week’s lineup.
This year’s 28th annual Graffiti Week-
end is scheduled for today through Sunday
in Roseburg.
Last year’s drag event drew about 50
cars on Sunday. This year the drags will be
held Saturday evening at the Douglas
County Speedway.
“We didn’t expect that many, but all of a
sudden it took hold,” said Don Larsen, a
member of the Stray Angels Car Club and
a co-coordinator of the Graffiti week. “It’ll ROBIN LOZNAK/News-Review photos
be another place for cars and people to go Roger Peterson of Spokane, Wash., checks out a 1934 Ford coupe during last year’s Graffiti Weekend activities. TOP
PHOTO: Mitch Doss of Roseburg parks his partially rebuilt ’29 Ford Model A at the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Turn to GRAFFITI, page 3 during last year’s Graffiti event.
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Graffiti: Saturday night cruise is being opened to vehicles 1965 and older
Continued from page 2
on Saturday night. They’ll have a place to
cruise and a place to race.”
The Umpqua Flatheads Roseburg Graffi-
ti Night Cruise for vehicles 1965 and older
is scheduled for 6 to 10 p.m. The speed-
way gates will open at 6:30 p.m. and the
track will open to drag racing at 7 p.m.
Larsen said there has been some concern
by organizers about participants and atten-
dance for Graffiti Weekend because of
economic struggles for some people and
businesses, but he said he’s optimistic
about the event continuing to be a success.
“We’re concerned, but we’re still getting
a lot of phone calls, so we’re still expect-
ing a full house,” Larsen said. “These
events treat people well, it doesn’t cost
them an arm and a leg. People can partici-
pate with a donation here and there. We’re
happy it keeps going strong.”
Last year’s registration totaled 439 cars
that were pre-1975 models. About 70 per-
cent of the registered cars come from out
of the area.
Graffiti Weekend was started as an idea
back in 1982. It evolved into reliving the
’50s by cruising some classic cars down
6721 Hwy 42 • Tenmile, OR
GRAFFITI 2009
Children ride in the back of a vintage pickup truck during the 2008 Graffiti Weekend
cruise in downtown Roseburg.
Harvard Avenue in Roseburg. Now, each
summer, hundreds gather downtown to
join the founders of the Graffiti Night
679-4005
News-Review file photo
Cruise in remembering a simpler time.
Since those early days, the cruise has
grown into one of Douglas County’s most
Roseburg Oregon, Page 3
noteworthy events, providing five days
chock-full of hot rods, barbecues and other
family entertainment all known collective-
ly as Graffiti Weekend.
One of those events is the 26th Annual
River Forks Show-n-Shine, another high-
light of the week, presented by the Stray
Angels Car Club. Some 500 cars, all at
least more than three decades old, will
rumble into River Forks Park west of
Roseburg for a day of display in the sun.
New events include a new poker run at
Ray’s Food Place in Green and a Graffiti
kickoff show at the Roseburg Veterans
Affairs Medical Center.
Organizers for the Graffiti Night Cruise
are also trying something new this year,
opening the cruise to vehicles 1965 and
older, instead of the traditional 1960 and
older.
Osborn said the event is made possible
by several sponsors and donations from
local businesses. Cascade Community
Credit Union is this year’s major sponsor.
“It’s a real joint venture between the
community,” he said. “And it’s a big shot
in the arm for the town.”
“We feel pretty proud of it,” Larsen said.
“We want it to be an affordable family
event.”
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GRAFFITI 2009

Graffiti Weekend schedule of events

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Times subject to change.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
Kick Off to Graffiti Show — 3 to 8 p.m.,
Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center golf
course. Honors veterans and includes a Show &
Shine and a barbecue fundraiser for Camp Mil-
lennium. Sponsored by Sherm’s Thunderbird
and the Roseburg VA and hosted by Douglas
County Muscle Cars. 680-1230 or 784-7129.
THURSDAY, JULY 9
Retirement & Rest Home Exhibits — Meet
at 12:30 p.m. by the Subway sandwich shop on
Stephens Street in Roseburg. The tour will take
place from 1 to 4 p.m. at area senior centers.
673-8543 or 677-9863.
Cruizin’ and Viewin’ — 6 to 10 p.m. at Ten-
Down and Splitz, 2400 N.E. Diamond Lake
Blvd., Roseburg. Outdoor music and barbecue.
672-3601.
Surprise Cruise — 8 to 10 p.m. The cruise
will go by A&W and Fast Stop Market on Dia-
mond Lake Boulevard and Pete’s Drive-In on
Harvard Avenue, and will head out Old Highway
99 South in Green. 672-2359.
FRIDAY, JULY 10
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News-Review file photo

Turn to SCHEDULE, page 5 Restored classic cars and hot rods prowl the streets at last year’s Graffiti Weekend cruise in downtown Roseburg.

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Schedule: Five days of activities planned for 28th annual Graffiti Weekend
Continued from page 4
and/or Show and Shine, 150 S. Willamette
St., Sutherlin. Poker Run registration 9 to 11
a.m., Show and Shine 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ben-
efit for Sutherlin-Oakland food bank. 459-
2189 or 459-3773.
Roseburg Downtown Fun Day — 10
a.m. to 4 p.m., Roseburg Town Center, Jack-
son Street. Graffiti Weekend information
booth, sidewalk sales, participant gift and
discounts. 672-1235.
Oregon Pacific Banks Popular Ice
Cream Social — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oregon
Pacific Bank, 2555 N.W. Edenbower Blvd.,
Roseburg. Free ice cream sundae, featuring
five flavors of Umpqua Ice Cream.
Show-n-Shine at the Races — Registra-
tion from 2 to 3 p.m.; gates open at 3 p.m.
and racing starts at 6:05 p.m., Douglas
County Fairgrounds Speedway. Free admis-
sion for driver only. 100-car limit. Includes a
parade lap and burnout competition. Hosted
by Pacific Coast Corvette Club and Timber-
land Corvette Club. 672-8744.
“Bikes,Trikes and Hot Rods” — Cruise
“In” Show & Shine at Mike’s Trikes on High-
way 138 East in Glide. Gates open at 3
p.m., registration from 4 to 6 p.m., awards
at 7 p.m. Dash plaques for first 150 entries;
benefit for the Glide Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment. Hosted by Mike’s Trikes, Street Mem-
ories Car Club and Glide Community Center.
496-3225 or 496-2283.
Graffiti Concert — 9 p.m., Seven Feathers
Hotel & Casino Resort, Canyonville. The Cornell
Gunter Coasters to perform. Doors open at 8
p.m. (800) 548-8461.
GRAFFITI 2009
Children wave at passing classic cars during last year’s Graffiti Weekend cruise in downtown
Roseburg.
Presented by Stray Angels Car Club. 679-7868
or 440-8455.
Collector Car Auction — 8 a.m., viewing
opens; 9:30 a.m., toys and memorabilia auc-
tion; 10 a.m., car auction, Douglas Hall, Dou-
glas County Fairgrounds Complex, Roseburg.
on Jackson Street and Main Street in
downtown Roseburg. No advance registra-
tion required; admission is $10, which
includes a dash plaque; vehicle registration
and proof of insurance required. Two live
bands will perform. 679-8214. Cruise ven-
dors: 673-3352.
Cruizin’ and Viewin’ — 6 to 10 p.m. at
TenDown and Splitz, 2400 N.E. Diamond
Lake Blvd., outdoor music and barbecue.
672-3601.
Graffiti Drags — Gate at Douglas Coun-
ty Fairgrounds Speedway opens at 6:30
p.m., track opens at 7 p.m. Drag racing open
to all cars, entry fee of $15, pit pass is $5.
672-8744.
SUNDAY, JULY 12
Graffiti Weeks-End Fun Run — Regis-
tration from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at 2475 Stewart
Parkway. The entry fee is $5. The run will
take the scenic route from Roseburg to
Seven Feathers Hotel & Casino Resort in
Canyonville. Presented by Classic Chevelles
of Oregon and Stray Angels Car Club. 673-
1520.
Seven Feathers Outdoor Event — 11
News-Review file photo a.m. to 5 p.m., outdoor barbecue, Seven
Feathers Hotel & Casino Resort,
Canyonville. Hot dogs, $2; cheeseburgers,
$3. Outdoor concert featuring The Boomer
Band at 6 p.m. Graffiti Weeks-End Fun Run
burg Graffiti Night Cruise — 6 to 10 p.m., cars on display; $20,000 classic cash give
Vehicles 1965 or older, no 4x4s, cruise route away at 6 p.m. (800) 548-8461.

SATURDAY, JULY 11
Rock ’N’ Rollin’ Pancake Breakfast — 7 to
10:30 a.m. at Pitchford Ranch, Riverforks Park,
Roseburg. $6 per person, all you can eat, $3 for
ages 8 and under or $15 per family, hosted by
Roseburg Optimist Club and Shari’s Restaurant.
673-7405.
27th Annual River Forks Show-n-Shine —
Registration 8 to 11 a.m.; show from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., River Forks Park, Roseburg. Feature tro-
phies, raffles, food booths, free shuttle bus serv-
ice. Open to first 500 cars, 1975 and older. No
4x4s. No pets per park regulations. No entry fee
or admission, but donations will be accepted.
Shuttle buses will run to the event.
www.petersencollectorcars.com; 968-6420 or
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Shop N’ Shine Car Show — 10 a.m. to 3
p.m., Jackson Street, Roseburg. Trophies, dash
plaques and goodie bags. Presented by Rose-
burg Town Center Merchants; hosted by
Umpqua Flatheads and Cascade Historical Car
Club. 673-0323 or 281-5360.
Community Graffiti Celebration — 1 to 8
p.m., Treats Café, 6721 Highway 42, Tenmile.
Live music and barbecue. 679-4005.
Pit Stop — 2 to 6 p.m., free barbecue at
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GRAFFITI 2009

A hot rod of his own vintage

Bill Haynes has been working Roseburg’s Bill
Haynes relaxes
hard to rebuild and modify his with twin grand-
1940 Ford Deluxe coupe in time sons Tyler and Will
for Graffiti Weekend on the running
board of Haynes’
CRAIG REED 1940 Ford Deluxe
The News-Review coupe. The Ford
was produced the
same year as its

B
ill Haynes likes to say he’s of the current owner.
same vintage as the classic car he Haynes will drive
likes best. the coupe in this
That would be the 1940 Ford week’s Graffiti
coupe. Haynes was born that same events, with his
year. grandsons in the
Now the 69-year-old is working hard to custom built back
ready his 1940 Ford Deluxe coupe for the seat.
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Roseburg. ROBIN LOZNAK
“It’s a labor of love,” he said of working The News-Review
on the car. “The gratification is in the
doing. It’s fun.”
Haynes is making the car a hot rod, and
that gives him leeway in bringing the car
back to life. Rather than being restored to
its original state, the car will have plenty
of modifications to make it more modern
and comfortable.
Haynes has had an interest in 1940
coupes since buying his first one back in
On the cover Discover the
1956. He sold that one four years later
while in the U.S. Army, but has had five
Twins Tyler, left, and Will Haynes , 3,
stand at the front of the 1940 two-
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ingglass. He purchased it three years ago grandfather and the car’s owner.
and hauled the car and its parts away in a Haynes calls the boys his “junior hot
pile on a trailer. rodders.”
“It was in rough shape,” he said of the 1960 W. Harvard Ave.
car. “Everything was crooked and warped.
It was in terrible condition.” He worked on it part time for a couple Roseburg
He couldn’t wait to get to work on it, but years, but at the same time worked on a
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GRAFFITI 2009
1940 Coupe: Haynes spent six months taking out the car’s old floor
Continued from page 7 Bill Haynes’
1940 Ford
coupe was in
to drive in last year’s Graffiti events. sad shape
When Haynes ended his 40-year con- when the
tracting career last year, he finally had Roseburg
the time for which he’d been dreaming to man bought
work on his coupe. He began working it three years
eight hours or more a day on it in his ago. He
shop near his Roseburg area home. He’s says the car
a one-man crew, but occasionally gets now ‘runs like
visits from his young grandsons, Tyler a dream.’
and Will Haynes of Roseburg.
“They’re our junior hot-rodders,” Bill Courtesy photo
Haynes said. “When the boys get a little
bigger, I’m going to teach them how to
do all kinds of things.”
“I was wondering what I was going to
do with him around the house all the
time,” Rees Haynes said of her husband’s
hobby. “Instead, he’s down there (in the
shop) all the time.
“ That’s his domain. I’m really pleased
he has this interest. He gets so much
gratification out of it.”
Both Bill and Rees have automobile
backgrounds. Both of their fathers were
employees of Roseburg car dealerships
while Bill and Rees were growing up.
Bill Haynes’ sole mission since his
retirement has been getting his coupe

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ready for Graffiti Night. He spent six
months getting the old floor out and get-
ting a new one in. Somebody previously
had tried to fix the old floor by welding it
and Service with a brazing rod, and that made it
tougher to remove.
Since 1979 “I cut it, grinded it, chiseled it, torched
it … trying to cut it from the sidewalls,
pillars and the body panels,” Haynes
Cars said. “That was the nastiest part. After I
rear tires and disc brakes in the front,
independent front suspension, rack and
pinion steering, air conditioner, heater
and direction signals.
But none of these modifications will be
noticeable on the dashboard, leaving it
with an original look. The ignition is hid-
den and direction signals are hidden
under the dash. The air conditioning unit
is in the trunk, and the AC switch is in

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got that done, then I had a pretty good
car to work with.”
The end result will be a green coupe
with a Chevy small block engine with a
the glove box. The old starter switch is
now the horn button.
He’s made a back bench seat for the
car and put in seat belts so Tyler and Will
Alignments fully synchronized three speed. Because
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GRAFFITI 2009 Mark Your Calendar for

Winston Summer Nite
Cruise a family affair Oregon’s
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WINSTON — Graffiti Weekend activi-

Biggest Birthday
ties are not limited to Roseburg.
Every year, a couple of thousand people
take to the streets and sidewalks of Win-
ston for a Saturday night cruise and danc-
Celebration
ing in the streets afterward.
This year, the Winston Summer Nite
Cruise is set to begin at 5 p.m. and to con-
tinue with music, food and mingling until
10 p.m. at Civic Wayside Park, behind
News-Review file photo
of the Year!
City Hall on Douglas Boulevard. A 1959 Cadillac hardly shows its age.
The cruise route starts at the south end
Following the cruise, vendors will be
of Main Street and continues right on Dou-
Saturday, September 26th
glas Boulevard to Abraham Avenue, where
motorists will turn right again onto Look-
ready at Civic Wayside Park to serve cot-
ton candy, hot dogs, root beer floats and
other specialty treats.
ingglass Road and head east back to Main
The local band Northstar will entertain
Street.
Douglas County
Vehicles are not limited to certain years;
owners of all special interest cars are wel-
with country western and ’50s music.
The Winston Summer Nite Cruise is a
drug- and alcohol-free event.
come to cruise.
FairgroundsInformation: 679-8281 or 679-0118.

1940 Coupe: Haynes complimentary 11 am to 10 pm

of Roseburg’s Graffiti Weekend event
Continued from page 8
will be able to join their grandparents in
the cruise.
“It runs like a dream,” Haynes said of
this coupe, adding with a laugh that like
his car, he too has some replacement
parts. “It’s smooth, it tracks straight. It’s
fun to drive.
“I wanted to be able to get out on the
freeway and drive 70 miles an hour, and
be comfortable doing it and get decent
gas mileage,” he added. “The car will do
that.”
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He can’t wait to participate in his 1940 Douglas County
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GRAFFITI 2009
Sports car a fast deal at garage sale
Karen Matney makes quick Karen Matney
of Lookingglass
decision to purchase 1967 is delighted
Austin-Healey Sprite with her 1967
during stop in Lookingglass Austin-Healey
Sprite. She
CARA PALLONE bought the car
The News-Review a year ago at a
garage sale for

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lightly more than a year ago, Karen $3,000 and has
Matney stopped at a garage sale in put that much
Lookingglass and spotted an unusu- more into it to
al collectible. fix it up. She’s a
Unlike the worn clothing, antique member of the
furniture or baseball cards one might Stray Angels
expect at such a sale, this item was differ- car club and
ent. It was a champagne beauty with 1960s several
flair, and it was winking at Matney from members of
the lawn. that club have
The ’67 Austin-Healey Sprite was for helped her by
sale by its original owners, who marked working on the
the price tag at $3,000. The British sports car.
car made road waves when it hit the mar-
ket in the late ’50s. Matney immediately ROBIN LOZNAK
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recognized the value of the compact two-
door roadster.
Although there were three potential buy-
ers already standing around the car, Mat-
ney asked the owner for the key to the
ignition. After taking the Austin for a test Graffiti Weekend.
9th Annual drive, she whipped out her checkbook.
Dismayed at her instant decision, the
Matney admitted she knows very little
about Austins in general. When asked what

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people who had been standing around the
car started to complain.
“They said, ‘Hey, we’re looking at
that,’” Matney said with a cackle. “I told
them, ‘You can look all you want; I just
bought it.’”
Once she welcomed her prize to its new
home, Matney threw at least another
Thursday, July 9, 3 to 5 p.m. $3,000 into the car.
kind of engine it has, she replied, “one that
runs.”
However, with a little help from her car
club, the Stray Angels, the little speedster
was in tip-top shape in no time.
The Stray Angels donated the hubcaps,
another couple in the club applied fresh
paint, one person installed new upholstery
and others, Matney said, used their “know-

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It needed new upholstery, chrome how” to make necessary repairs to the car.
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GRAFFITI 2009

From Ford to Chevy

Jim Boaz of Roseburg Jim Boaz of Rose-
has turned his restoring focus burg stands next to
the 1947 Chevrolet
to a blue 1947 Chevrolet coupe that he is
restoring in the
JOHN SOWELL garage of his
The News-Review Newton Creek
home. He’s spent
hen it comes to restoring old

W classic cars, Jim Boaz has

always been a Ford man.
It’s not that the Newton
Creek resident has anything
against Chevys. For years, his wife drove a
the past two years
restoring the car he
bought in Cottage
Grove. The finished
vehicle will be the
same Chianti red
1972 Monte Carlo and he piloted a 1970 El
color as shown in
Camino.
the firewall behind
However, beginning with a 1930 Ford
him.
Model A, Boaz’s restoration work has
focused on Fords. He’s refurbished a 1947 JOHN SOWELL
Ford coupe and a convertible model from The News-Review
the same year.
“I’ve been restoring cars for a long time,”
said Boaz, who bought his first car, a 1946
Mercury, when he was 15.
Three years ago, however, a blue 1947
Chevy sitting at a car lot in Cottage Grove
caught his eye. Boaz was on his way home
after failing to negotiate a deal for a car he changed out the four-speed shifter on the At last, a garage door
liked in Portland and stopped at Hamilton’s floor for another one.
Classic Auto Sales to see what the place “It’s been changed completely,” said
Designed to be as unique as you are. I YOU
had.
He spotted the blue 1947 Chevrolet and
Boaz, who has resided in Douglas County Your home is truly
a reflection of you. SELL BUY
since 1951 and who is a former chairman of
quickly decided it could easily take the
place of the automobile he had wanted to
the Umpqua Flatheads car club.
In addition, he also had to replace many
It only makes sense
that your garage Sandy’s
buy in Portland. He purchased the two-door
car on the spot.
of the car’s front-end steering linkage.
door should also
convey your Book Nook
personal style
“I liked the way it looked,” said Boaz,
“The front end was shot. You could hard-
and taste. WE TRADE
ly keep it on the road at 40 miles an hour,”
retired after spending 39 years making ply- Boaz said, laughing at the memory of driv-
wood for Roseburg Forest Products. ing it home from the Cottage Grove dealer-
It took a year before Boaz started work- ship on Interstate 5.
ing to restore the car. He installed a new He updated the coupe’s drum brakes with
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GRAFFITI 2009
Boaz: Also changes to red
Continued from page 11

motors to drive the automobile’s windshield wipers.

Cars from that era came equipped with vacuum-driven wipers
powered by the engine. As the car accelerated, the wipers would
gain speed, while slowing down with the engine.
He replaced the stock two-barrel carburetor with an Eldelbrock
high performance four-barrel carburetor. That model is calibrated
for top street performance while providing good fuel economy.
He also has his eyes on replacing the striped cloth upholstery
with a burgundy and cream combination.
Boaz also stripped off the car’s paint, both its recent blue hue
and an underlying green that he said was the vehicle’s original
shade.
He chose a red Chianti for the car’s new color. Because of
medical issues, Boaz has only been able to get the firewall and
the hood painted so far. He’d hoped to have the car ready to
drive in this year’s Graffiti Weekend, but said it will be next
summer before the restored car is ready for its maiden cruise.
The car body has been sanded and coated with primer. He
plans to spray the car with two coats of the Pittsburgh Plate
Glass Co. paint, followed by two or three layers of clear coat to
bring out the paint’s gloss.
Many of his other restored cars were painted black. This time
he’s gone to red, one that contains subtle gold highlights.
News-Review file photo
“This is the first red car I’ve had,” Boaz said. “I kind of liked
the color.” A man dressed as Elvis waves to the crowd from a 1956 Cadillac during a past Graffiti Night Cruise in
downtown Roseburg.
• You can reach reporter John Sowell at 957-4209 or by e-
mail at jsowell@nrtoday.com.
Matney is an expert behind the wheel.
Sports car After moving to Douglas County from
New Jersey in 1980, she drove a semitruck
www.gstiles.com Continued from page 10

“It’s a wonderful club to belong to,” she

said. “Everyone works together.”
Your Real Estate Connection! Matney’s Sprite made its Graffiti debut
last year, although it isn’t yet old enough
to be driven in the Umpqua Flatheads
Some things never Graffiti Night Cruise each year on Satur-
go out of style, like day. This year, the cruise age for cars is
1965 or older.
investing in Real While she can’t participate in that partic-
Estate: It worked for ular Graffiti event, Matney is always out
your parents and and about in the little blue Austin.
“I drive it as if I were in Europe at a race
their parents. It can
work for you. course,” she said. “I’m always upshifting
and downshifting.”
for 13 years. After that, she was the fire
chief for the Lookingglass Volunteer Fire
Department.
She has always loved old cars, she said,
but confided that she was actually search-
ing for a 1964-1/2 Mustang Convertible
before she bought the Austin-Healey
Sprite.
A girl can never have too many classic
cars, though, and Matney hinted that she
might make another spontaneous purchase
should the opportunity arise.
• You can reach reporter Cara Pallone
at 957-4208 or by e-mail at
cpallone@nrtoday.com.

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‘Sometimes I put it off and wonder
if it will ever come to me,’
Mitch Osborn says of coming up with concepts for ...
Graffiti T-shirts
Designer to retire after 14 years;
this year’s shirt will feature
Hansen Motor Co.
after The Blast of 1959
MARISSA HARSHMAN
The News-Review
Designs for the Umpqua Flatheads Graf-
fiti Night T-shirts usually begin with a sim-
ple photo or a distant — but not forgotten
— memory.
From there, T-shirt designer Mitch
Osborn lets his imagination run wild.
“I have a crazy little mind,” the 58-year-
old said with a smile.
Osborn has been designing the shirts for
the annual Graffiti Night Cruise for the
past 14 years and has volunteered in vari-
ous positions at the Umpqua Flatheads Car
Club event for even longer.
But this year’s shirt featuring Hansen
Motor Co. after The Blast in 1959 will be
Osborn’s final cruise T-shirt design. After
more than a decade at the design helm,
Osborn is relinquishing his role to allow
for someone with new, fresh ideas to take
over.
“I’m ready to step back, and yeah, I’ll
miss it, but if somebody needs guidance,
I’ll help,” Osborn said.
After flipping through a notebook with
photos of 14 years worth of designs pro-
tected in plastic cover sheets, Osborn
decided that he couldn’t choose a favorite.
“They’re all a little bit special in their
own way,” he said.
Osborn began designing the shirts in
1995; for the previous five years, various
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So you know ...
Umpqua Flatheads Graffiti Night T-shirts go
on sale today and will be available throughout
Graffiti Weekend.
The white T-shirts cost $15. Proceeds sup-
port the Umpqua Flatheads Car Club’s week-
end events. The 2009 shirts feature Hansen
Motor Co. the day after the Roseburg Blast in
1959.
Shirts can be purchased at the following
locations:
• Today — During the Kick Off to Graffiti Show
at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 913
N.W. Garden Valley Blvd., Roseburg
• Thursday — A&W Restaurant, 1859 N.W. Dia-
mond Lake Blvd., Roseburg
• Friday — All day in downtown Roseburg ROBIN LOZNAK/The News-Review
• Saturday — All day and during the Umpqua Mitch Osborn has been designing the Graffiti Night T-shirts since 1995. He says
Flatheads Roseburg Graffiti Night Cruise in this year’s shirt will be ‘one of the most colorful and multifaceted’ designs.
downtown Roseburg
people took responsibility for producing
the shirts. The first T-shirt Osborn
designed featured the Brockway Store with
a 1957 Ford Thunderbird and a 1957
end
Graffiti Weekso
Chevrolet Corvette. r
Platinum Spon
In the years that followed, Osborn fea-
tured Pete’s Drive-In, the Starlite Theater
and the Snack Shack — all old hangouts Platinum Sp
around town. In addition to replicating onsor
iconic locations in Douglas County,
Osborn has used the shirts to pay tribute to
Umpqua Flatheads members who have
died and to showcase cars that won local
shows.
“Sometimes I put it off and wonder if it
Turn to T-SHIRTS, page 14
m S p o n sor
Platinu
Belong to Doug 672-9000
las County
www.cascadecu.org
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GRAFFITI 2009
T-shirts: The 2009 Graffiti design
features Hansen Motors after blast
Continued from page 13

“
will ever come to me,” Osborn said of
coming up with shirt concepts. “... Some-
times it’s easy. Sometimes it takes a
while.” This one’s probably going to
Osborn said he came up with the idea be one of the most colorful
for this year’s shirt after seeing an old
framed picture of Hansen Motor Co. hang- and multifaceted.
ing in Cascade Community Credit Union.
The photo revealed the damage the down- Mitch Osborn
town business endured from The Blast. To Graffiti T-shirt designer
honor the 50th anniversary of the cata-
strophic event, Osborn decided to use the

image in the photo on the front of the 2009
shirt. The back of the shirt includes histori-
cal information about the business and a
chronological listing of the events leading
up to The Blast.
“This one’s probably going to be one of
the most colorful and multifaceted,”
Osborn said of this year’s shirt.
Every year anywhere from 600 to 1,000
Umpqua Flathead Graffiti Night shirts are
sold and all of the proceeds support the
annual event. Some of the other groups
involved in Graffiti Weekend also make T-
shirts, but Osborn said not all actually sup-
”
port the weekend’s events. Any T-shirt
with the Graffiti Weekend logo on the
sleeve promotes the various classic car
events.
Osborn said the most rewarding part
about his involvement in designing the
shirts is seeing them evolve from a simple
idea in his head to a tangible item people
want to purchase.
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GRAFFITI 2009

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Graffiti
Weekends
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Weekend Show-N-Shine at River Forks
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GRAFFITI 2009

Classic
Car Tales
CAR OWNER: Bob Fischer of Win-
ston

OCCUPATION: Retired

MY RIDE: 1949 Ford F1 pickup

HOW I GOT THE CAR: Each month

for over a year, I bought the “Old Car
Trader” books to see what I wanted and
what the cost would be. I decided on the
1948-49 or ’50 Ford F1 pickup design. I
looked for over a year, then saw an ad for
Photos courtesy of Bob Fischer
a 1949 Ford F1 pickup in Glendale. It was
Winston’s Bob Fischer found this 1949 Ford F1 pickup in Glendale. He says it was a mess, but also the answer to a prayer. a mess, but I knew it was an answer to
prayer as it had my name on the custom
license plate: BOBS49.

WORK I’VE DONE ON THE CAR:

All restoration work was done by Dan
Fouts. Custom interior was by Diamond
Auto Upholstery. Glass work and fabricat-
ed springs for exterior doors was by Tom
Muse, who also mixes custom paints.

WHAT THE VEHICLE MEANS TO

ME: A wonderful answer to a prayer that I
really enjoy owning and driving.

FAVORITE PLACE TO DRIVE:

Winston to Roseburg

FAVORITE CAR MEMORY: When I

found this old truck in Glendale, it already
had my name on the license plate. We
towed it back in a very cold, heavy snow-
storm.

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GRAFFITI 2009

Classic
Car Tales
CAR OWNER: Mary League of
Sutherlin

OCCUPATION: Retired

MY RIDE: 1941 Ford pickup

HOW I GOT THE CAR: Purchased it

in 1995 as a ranch truck
Mark League,
top photo, poses WORK I’VE DONE ON THE CAR:
with his 1941 Rebuilt by Randy’s Rods of Williams, Ore.
truck, ‘The Beat- Has a 327 Chevy small block, turbo
er.’ League pur- hydro350/300 HP, front disc brakes with
chased the pick- power-boosted master cylinder, Vega steer-
up to use for ing — a real rod!
work on his
ranch near WHAT THE VEHICLE MEANS TO
Sutherlin. ME: Pickup was rebuilt as a tribute to my
husband, Mark. He died and was never
Now restored, able to restore it.
right photo,
the 1941 Ford FAVORITE PLACE TO DRIVE:
pickup will be Family cruises to the local Dairy Queen in
driven proudly by Sutherlin and the Sutherlin Blackberry
Mary League in Cruise
this year’s Graffiti
events. FAVORITE CAR MEMORY: Cruising
with my husband, he in his ’41 pickup, I in
Photo courtesy of my ’40 pickup
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GRAFFITI 2009

Classic This 1931 Ford

coupe sat for decades
in a shed waiting for
someone — who
turned out to be Rose-

Car Tales burg’s Blaine Perry —

to restore it. Perry
found the car in the
1970s and, with help,
has been working on it
CAR OWNER: Blaine Perry, Roseburg ever since.
OCCUPATION: Retired postal worker
Blaine Perry’s 1931
MY RIDE: 1931 Ford five-window Ford five-window
coupe coupe, bottom photo,
HOW I GOT THE CAR: Was previ- now shines with a
ously owned by my brother, Martin, in the bright yellow color. The
1960s. I found it in a shed in the ’70s and car used to be owned
have had it ever since. by Perry’s brother,
Martin, and has been
WORK I’VE DONE ON THE CAR: in the Perry family for
Frame off restoration by myself and my many years.
son, Tim Perry. TCI chassis rolling powder
coated by Don Robertson, 700R4 trans- Photos courtesy
of Blaine Perry
mission built by Mock Trans in Cottage
Grove, 350 engine, rack & pinion steering,
9-inch rear. Interior done by Dayton Kolb,
paid for by my son, Ryan. Top chopped 4
inches back in the late 1950s or earlier by
Chuck Mathis. The early body patch pan-
els were done by Ed Fry of Myrtle Creek.
All fabrication and body and paint done by
Tim and myself.
WHAT THE VEHICLE MEANS TO
ME: Owned by my brother; my son, Tim,
and I decided 30-plus years was long
enough and so rebuilt the engine three and
a half years ago. The old windshield frame
has a Roseburg High parking permit on it.
It has been in the Perry family since then.
FAVORITE PLACE TO DRIVE:
Anywhere
FAVORITE CAR MEMORY: My
brother pulling a wheelie leaving his drive-
way on Roberts Creek Road. I’d like to
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Shuttle buses
available for
Graffiti events
The News-Review

A free shuttle bus service will be avail-

able for some of this week’s Graffiti Week-
end activities.
For Saturday’s Stray Angels-River Forks
Show-N-Shine, the first bus will leave
downtown Roseburg at the corner of Rose
and Washington streets at 9 a.m. Bus stops
will be made at Macy’s in the Roseburg
Valley Mall on Stewart Parkway, at the
Douglas County Fairgrounds by the muse-
um and at River Forks Park. The last bus
will leave the park at 4 p.m. and return to
downtown Roseburg.
Parking at River Forks Park, which is
located about 6 miles west of Roseburg in
Garden Valley, is limited.
An evening bus shuttle to the Umpqua
Flatheads Roseburg Graffiti Night Cruise
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GRAFFITI 2009
Scenes from past Graffiti Weekends

News-Review file photos

Left photo: A crowd gathers at the A&W parking lot on Diamond Lake Boulevard during a Graffiti Weekend activity. Right photo: A 1955 Chevy owned by Dale and
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GRAFFITI 2009

News-Review file photos

Top photo: The older cars always need
work to keep them running, even during
Graffiti Weekend.
Right photo: Classic cars and pickups
line Jackson Street in downtown Roseburg
during the annual Graffiti Night Cruise.

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