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

Page 2–The News-Review, Graffiti Weekend Roseburg Oregon, Wednesday, July 8, 2009

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CRAIG REEDThe News-Review

here’s something about hundredsof classic cars — every color ofthe crayon box — cruising Dou-glas County’s streets for fivesolid days straight.

It’s a sight to see and it keeps motoristsand participants coming back for moreeach year.

Nearly 1,000 drivers pull into DouglasCounty each summer to show off theirclassic collectibles and hot rods duringGraffiti Weekend.

What started out as a simple ideabetween a couple of local car clubs hasblossomed into an occasion that drawsabout 20,000 spectators and participantsover its five-day span.

This year, the event continues to grow.The Rock ’n’ Rollin’ Pancake Breakfastand the Graffiti Drags are no longer unof-ficial events of Graffiti Weekend.

Those two events were popular enoughin their debuts last year that they are nowofficially on the week’s lineup.

This year’s 28th annual Graffiti Week-end is scheduled for today through Sundayin Roseburg.

Last year’s drag event drew about 50cars on Sunday. This year the drags will beheld Saturday evening at the DouglasCounty Speedway.

“We didn’t expect that many, but all of asudden it took hold,” said Don Larsen, amember of the Stray Angels Car Club anda co-coordinator of the Graffiti week. “It’llbe another place for cars and people to go

Graffiti Weekend revs up

Simple classic car idea is now 28 years old and continues to attract thousands to central Douglas County

ROBIN LOZNAK/News-Review photos

Roger Peterson of Spokane, Wash., checks out a 1934 Ford coupe during last year’s Graffiti Weekend activities. TOPPHOTO: Mitch Doss of Roseburg parks his partially rebuilt ’29 Ford Model A at the Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Centerduring last year’s Graffiti event.Turn to GRAFFITI, page 3

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on Saturday night. They’ll have a place tocruise and a place to race.”

The Umpqua Flatheads Roseburg Graffi-ti Night Cruise for vehicles 1965 and olderis scheduled for 6 to 10 p.m. The speed-way gates will open at 6:30 p.m. and thetrack will open to drag racing at 7 p.m.

Larsen said there has been some concernby organizers about participants and atten-dance for Graffiti Weekend because ofeconomic struggles for some people andbusinesses, but he said he’s optimisticabout the event continuing to be a success.

“We’re concerned, but we’re still gettinga lot of phone calls, so we’re still expect-ing a full house,” Larsen said. “Theseevents treat people well, it doesn’t costthem an arm and a leg. People can partici-pate with a donation here and there. We’rehappy it keeps going strong.”

Last year’s registration totaled 439 carsthat were pre-1975 models. About 70 per-cent of the registered cars come from outof the area.

Graffiti Weekend was started as an ideaback in 1982. It evolved into reliving the’50s by cruising some classic cars down

Harvard Avenue in Roseburg. Now, eachsummer, hundreds gather downtown tojoin the founders of the Graffiti Night

Cruise in remembering a simpler time. Since those early days, the cruise has

grown into one of Douglas County’s most

noteworthy events, providing five dayschock-full of hot rods, barbecues and otherfamily entertainment all known collective-ly as Graffiti Weekend.

One of those events is the 26th AnnualRiver Forks Show-n-Shine, another high-light of the week, presented by the StrayAngels Car Club. Some 500 cars, all atleast more than three decades old, willrumble into River Forks Park west ofRoseburg for a day of display in the sun.

New events include a new poker run atRay’s Food Place in Green and a Graffitikickoff show at the Roseburg VeteransAffairs Medical Center.

Organizers for the Graffiti Night Cruiseare also trying something new this year,opening the cruise to vehicles 1965 andolder, instead of the traditional 1960 andolder.

Osborn said the event is made possibleby several sponsors and donations fromlocal businesses. Cascade CommunityCredit Union is this year’s major sponsor.

“It’s a real joint venture between thecommunity,” he said. “And it’s a big shotin the arm for the town.”

“We feel pretty proud of it,” Larsen said.“We want it to be an affordable familyevent.”

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Graffiti: Saturday night cruise is being opened to vehicles 1965 and olderContinued from page 2

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 8Kick Off to Graffiti Show — 3 to 8 p.m.,

Roseburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center golfcourse. Honors veterans and includes a Show &Shine and a barbecue fundraiser for Camp Mil-lennium. Sponsored by Sherm’s Thunderbirdand the Roseburg VA and hosted by DouglasCounty Muscle Cars. 680-1230 or 784-7129.

THURSDAY, JULY 9Retirement & Rest Home Exhibits — Meet

at 12:30 p.m. by the Subway sandwich shop onStephens Street in Roseburg.The tour will takeplace 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 LakeBlvd., Roseburg. Outdoor music and barbecue.672-3601.

Surprise Cruise — 8 to 10 p.m.The cruisewill go by A&W and Fast Stop Market on Dia-mond Lake Boulevard and Pete’s Drive-In onHarvard Avenue, and will head out Old Highway99 South in Green. 672-2359.

FRIDAY, JULY 10Graffiti Friday Go or Show — Poker Run

Graffiti Weekend schedule of events


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

and/or Show and Shine, 150 S.WillametteSt., Sutherlin. Poker Run registration 9 to 11a.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 — 10a.m. to 4 p.m., Roseburg Town Center, Jack-son Street. Graffiti Weekend informationbooth, sidewalk sales, participant gift anddiscounts. 672-1235.

Oregon Pacific Banks Popular IceCream Social — 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., OregonPacific Bank, 2555 N.W. Edenbower Blvd.,Roseburg. Free ice cream sundae, featuringfive 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., DouglasCounty Fairgrounds Speedway. Free admis-sion for driver only. 100-car limit. Includes aparade lap and burnout competition. Hostedby 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 3p.m., registration from 4 to 6 p.m., awardsat 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 FeathersHotel & Casino Resort, Canyonville.The CornellGunter Coasters to perform. Doors open at 8p.m. (800) 548-8461.

SATURDAY, JULY 11Rock ’N’ Rollin’ Pancake Breakfast — 7 to

10:30 a.m. at Pitchford Ranch, Riverforks Park,Roseburg. $6 per person, all you can eat, $3 forages 8 and under or $15 per family, hosted byRoseburg 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 4p.m., River Forks Park, Roseburg. Feature tro-phies, raffles, food booths, free shuttle bus serv-ice. Open to first 500 cars, 1975 and older. No4x4s. No pets per park regulations. No entry feeor admission, but donations will be accepted.

Presented by Stray Angels Car Club. 679-7868or 440-8455.

Collector Car Auction — 8 a.m., viewingopens; 9:30 a.m., toys and memorabilia auc-tion; 10 a.m., car auction, Douglas Hall, Dou-glas County Fairgrounds Complex, Roseburg.Shuttle buses will run to the event.www.petersencollectorcars.com; 968-6420 or689-6824.

Shop N’ Shine Car Show — 10 a.m. to 3p.m., Jackson Street, Roseburg.Trophies, dashplaques and goodie bags. Presented by Rose-burg Town Center Merchants; hosted byUmpqua Flatheads and Cascade Historical CarClub. 673-0323 or 281-5360.

Community Graffiti Celebration — 1 to 8p.m., Treats Café, 6721 Highway 42, Tenmile.Live music and barbecue. 679-4005.

Pit Stop — 2 to 6 p.m., free barbecue atGreen Community Church, 3777 Carnes Road.784-6548.

28th Annual Umpqua Flatheads Rose-

burg Graffiti Night Cruise — 6 to 10 p.m.,Vehicles 1965 or older, no 4x4s, cruise route

on Jackson Street and Main Street indowntown Roseburg. No advance registra-tion required; admission is $10, whichincludes a dash plaque; vehicle registrationand proof of insurance required.Two livebands will perform. 679-8214. Cruise ven-dors: 673-3352.

Cruizin’ and Viewin’ — 6 to 10 p.m. atTenDown and Splitz, 2400 N.E. DiamondLake Blvd., outdoor music and barbecue.672-3601.

Graffiti Drags — Gate at Douglas Coun-ty Fairgrounds Speedway opens at 6:30p.m., track opens at 7 p.m. Drag racing opento all cars, entry fee of $15, pit pass is $5.672-8744.

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tration from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at 2475 StewartParkway.The entry fee is $5.The run willtake the scenic route from Roseburg toSeven Feathers Hotel & Casino Resort inCanyonville. Presented by Classic Chevellesof Oregon and Stray Angels Car Club. 673-1520.

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CRAIG REEDThe News-Review

ill Haynes likes to say he’s of thesame vintage as the classic car helikes best.

That would be the 1940 Fordcoupe. Haynes was born that same

year.Now the 69-year-old is working hard to

ready his 1940 Ford Deluxe coupe for theupcoming Graffiti Weekend activities inRoseburg.

“It’s a labor of love,” he said of workingon the car. “The gratification is in thedoing. It’s fun.”

Haynes is making the car a hot rod, andthat gives him leeway in bringing the carback to life. Rather than being restored toits original state, the car will have plentyof modifications to make it more modernand comfortable.

Haynes has had an interest in 1940coupes since buying his first one back in1956. He sold that one four years laterwhile in the U.S. Army, but has had fivemore since. The one he has now he foundin a barn in Flourney Valley west of Look-ingglass. He purchased it three years agoand hauled the car and its parts away in apile on a trailer.

“It was in rough shape,” he said of thecar. “Everything was crooked and warped.It was in terrible condition.”

He couldn’t wait to get to work on it, buthis full-time profession as a buildingdesigner-contractor limited his time for hisafter-hours hobby.

He worked on it part time for a coupleyears, but at the same time worked on a1964 Chevy pickup that he finished in time


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A hot rod of his own vintageRoseburg’s BillHaynes relaxeswith twin grand-sons Tyler and Willon the runningboard of Haynes’1940 Ford Deluxecoupe.The Fordwas produced thesame year as itscurrent owner.Haynes will drivethe coupe in thisweek’s Graffitievents, with hisgrandsons in thecustom built backseat.

ROBIN LOZNAKThe News-Review

On the coverTwins Tyler, left, and Will Haynes , 3,

stand at the front of the 1940 two-door Ford Deluxe coupe that hasbeen rebuilt by Bill Haynes, theirgrandfather and the car’s owner.Haynes calls the boys his “junior hotrodders.”

Bill Haynes has been workinghard to rebuild and modify his

1940 Ford Deluxe coupe in timefor Graffiti Weekend

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to drive in last year’s Graffiti events. When Haynes ended his 40-year con-

tracting career last year, he finally hadthe time for which he’d been dreaming towork on his coupe. He began workingeight hours or more a day on it in hisshop near his Roseburg area home. He’sa one-man crew, but occasionally getsvisits from his young grandsons, Tylerand Will Haynes of Roseburg.

“They’re our junior hot-rodders,” BillHaynes said. “When the boys get a littlebigger, I’m going to teach them how todo all kinds of things.”

“I was wondering what I was going todo with him around the house all thetime,” Rees Haynes said of her husband’shobby. “Instead, he’s down there (in theshop) all the time.

“ That’s his domain. I’m really pleasedhe has this interest. He gets so muchgratification out of it.”

Both Bill and Rees have automobilebackgrounds. Both of their fathers wereemployees of Roseburg car dealershipswhile Bill and Rees were growing up.

Bill Haynes’ sole mission since hisretirement has been getting his coupe

ready for Graffiti Night. He spent sixmonths getting the old floor out and get-ting a new one in. Somebody previouslyhad tried to fix the old floor by welding itwith a brazing rod, and that made ittougher to remove.

“I cut it, grinded it, chiseled it, torchedit … trying to cut it from the sidewalls,pillars and the body panels,” Haynessaid. “That was the nastiest part. After Igot that done, then I had a pretty goodcar to work with.”

The end result will be a green coupewith a Chevy small block engine with afully synchronized three speed. Becauseof the modifications allowed in making ita hot rod, there’ll be drum brakes on the

rear tires and disc brakes in the front,independent front suspension, rack andpinion steering, air conditioner, heaterand direction signals.

But none of these modifications will benoticeable on the dashboard, leaving itwith an original look. The ignition is hid-den and direction signals are hiddenunder the dash. The air conditioning unitis in the trunk, and the AC switch is inthe glove box. The old starter switch isnow the horn button.

He’s made a back bench seat for thecar and put in seat belts so Tyler and Will


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Bill Haynes’1940 Fordcoupe was insad shapewhen theRoseburgman boughtit three yearsago. Hesays the carnow ‘runs likea dream.’

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1940 Coupe: Haynes spent six months taking out the car’s old floorContinued from page 7

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“It runs like a dream,” Haynes said ofthis coupe, adding with a laugh that likehis car, he too has some replacementparts. “It’s smooth, it tracks straight. It’sfun to drive.

“I wanted to be able to get out on thefreeway and drive 70 miles an hour, andbe comfortable doing it and get decentgas mileage,” he added. “The car will dothat.”

Haynes, who is a member of theUmpqua Flatheads Car Club, is verycomplimentary of the Graffiti event. Hesaid he has visited other classic carevents, but Roseburg’s is by far the best.

“It’s a cooperative effort by a numberof clubs and organizations … they workwell together and do a helluva job of put-ting on a terrific event,” he said.

He can’t wait to participate in his 1940coupe.

• You can reach Features editor CraigReed at 957-4210 or by e-mail [email protected].

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Every year, a couple of thousand peopletake to the streets and sidewalks of Win-ston for a Saturday night cruise and danc-ing in the streets afterward.

This year, the Winston Summer NiteCruise is set to begin at 5 p.m. and to con-tinue with music, food and mingling until10 p.m. at Civic Wayside Park, behindCity Hall on Douglas Boulevard.

The cruise route starts at the south endof Main Street and continues right on Dou-glas Boulevard to Abraham Avenue, wheremotorists will turn right again onto Look-ingglass Road and head east back to MainStreet.

Vehicles are not limited to certain years;owners of all special interest cars are wel-come to cruise.

Following the cruise, vendors will beready at Civic Wayside Park to serve cot-ton candy, hot dogs, root beer floats andother specialty treats.

The local band Northstar will entertainwith country western and ’50s music.

The Winston Summer Nite Cruise is adrug- and alcohol-free event.

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1940 Coupe: Haynes complimentaryof Roseburg’s Graffiti Weekend event

Continued from page 8


A 1959 Cadillac hardly shows its age.

CARA PALLONEThe News-Review

lightly more than a year ago, KarenMatney stopped at a garage sale inLookingglass and spotted an unusu-al collectible.

Unlike the worn clothing, antiquefurniture or baseball cards one mightexpect at such a sale, this item was differ-ent. It was a champagne beauty with 1960sflair, and it was winking at Matney fromthe lawn.

The ’67 Austin-Healey Sprite was forsale by its original owners, who markedthe price tag at $3,000. The British sportscar made road waves when it hit the mar-ket in the late ’50s. Matney immediatelyrecognized 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 testdrive, she whipped out her checkbook.

Dismayed at her instant decision, thepeople who had been standing around thecar started to complain.

“They said, ‘Hey, we’re looking atthat,’” Matney said with a cackle. “I toldthem, ‘You can look all you want; I justbought it.’”

Once she welcomed her prize to its newhome, Matney threw at least another$3,000 into the car.

It needed new upholstery, chromebumpers, brakes, mirrors and most impor-tant, a new paint job. Matney settled on theclosest shade she could find to the originalAustin-Healey blue. She is planning toinstall a new top on the convertible before

Graffiti Weekend.Matney admitted she knows very little

about Austins in general. When asked whatkind of engine it has, she replied, “one thatruns.”

However, with a little help from her carclub, the Stray Angels, the little speedsterwas in tip-top shape in no time.

The Stray Angels donated the hubcaps,another couple in the club applied freshpaint, one person installed new upholsteryand others, Matney said, used their “know-how” to make necessary repairs to the car.If they couldn’t make the repairs, clubmembers pointed Matney to someone whocould.


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Sports car a fast deal at garage saleKaren Matneyof Lookingglassis delightedwith her 1967Austin-HealeySprite. Shebought the cara year ago at agarage sale for$3,000 and hasput that muchmore into it tofix it up. She’s amember of theStray Angelscar club andseveral members ofthat club havehelped her byworking on thecar.

ROBIN LOZNAKThe News-Review

Karen Matney makes quick decision to purchase 1967

Austin-Healey Sprite during stop in Lookingglass

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JOHN SOWELLThe News-Review

hen it comes to restoring oldclassic cars, Jim Boaz hasalways been a Ford man.

It’s not that the NewtonCreek resident has anything

against Chevys. For years, his wife drove a1972 Monte Carlo and he piloted a 1970 ElCamino.

However, beginning with a 1930 FordModel A, Boaz’s restoration work hasfocused on Fords. He’s refurbished a 1947Ford coupe and a convertible model fromthe same year.

“I’ve been restoring cars for a long time,”said Boaz, who bought his first car, a 1946Mercury, when he was 15.

Three years ago, however, a blue 1947Chevy sitting at a car lot in Cottage Grovecaught his eye. Boaz was on his way homeafter failing to negotiate a deal for a car heliked in Portland and stopped at Hamilton’sClassic Auto Sales to see what the placehad.

He spotted the blue 1947 Chevrolet andquickly decided it could easily take theplace of the automobile he had wanted tobuy in Portland. He purchased the two-doorcar on the spot.

“I liked the way it looked,” said Boaz,retired after spending 39 years making ply-wood for Roseburg Forest Products.

It took a year before Boaz started work-ing to restore the car. He installed a newfloorboard and added new running boards.He also replaced the stock six-cylinderengine with a rebuilt 1985 eight-cylinder,350 cubic inch displacement, model and

changed out the four-speed shifter on thefloor for another one.

“It’s been changed completely,” saidBoaz, who has resided in Douglas Countysince 1951 and who is a former chairman ofthe Umpqua Flatheads car club.

In addition, he also had to replace manyof the car’s front-end steering linkage.

“The front end was shot. You could hard-ly keep it on the road at 40 miles an hour,”Boaz said, laughing at the memory of driv-ing it home from the Cottage Grove dealer-ship on Interstate 5.

He updated the coupe’s drum brakes withdisc brakes and also installed electric

From Ford to ChevyJim Boaz of Rose-burg stands next tothe 1947 Chevroletcoupe that he isrestoring in thegarage of his Newton Creekhome. He’s spentthe past two yearsrestoring the car hebought in CottageGrove.The finishedvehicle will be thesame Chianti redcolor as shown inthe firewall behindhim.

JOHN SOWELLThe News-Review

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to a blue 1947 Chevrolet

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“It’s a wonderful club to belong to,” shesaid. “Everyone works together.”

Matney’s Sprite made its Graffiti debutlast year, although it isn’t yet old enoughto be driven in the Umpqua FlatheadsGraffiti Night Cruise each year on Satur-day. This year, the cruise age for cars is1965 or older.

While she can’t participate in that partic-ular Graffiti event, Matney is always outand about in the little blue Austin.

“I drive it as if I were in Europe at a racecourse,” she said. “I’m always upshiftingand downshifting.”

Matney is an expert behind the wheel.After moving to Douglas County fromNew Jersey in 1980, she drove a semitruckfor 13 years. After that, she was the firechief for the Lookingglass Volunteer FireDepartment.

She has always loved old cars, she said,but confided that she was actually search-ing for a 1964-1/2 Mustang Convertiblebefore she bought the Austin-HealeySprite.

A girl can never have too many classiccars, though, and Matney hinted that shemight make another spontaneous purchaseshould the opportunity arise.

• You can reach reporter Cara Palloneat 957-4208 or by e-mail [email protected].

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 wouldgain speed, while slowing down with the engine.

He replaced the stock two-barrel carburetor with an Eldelbrockhigh performance four-barrel carburetor. That model is calibratedfor top street performance while providing good fuel economy.

He also has his eyes on replacing the striped cloth upholsterywith a burgundy and cream combination.

Boaz also stripped off the car’s paint, both its recent blue hueand an underlying green that he said was the vehicle’s originalshade.

He chose a red Chianti for the car’s new color. Because ofmedical issues, Boaz has only been able to get the firewall andthe hood painted so far. He’d hoped to have the car ready todrive in this year’s Graffiti Weekend, but said it will be nextsummer before the restored car is ready for its maiden cruise.

The car body has been sanded and coated with primer. Heplans to spray the car with two coats of the Pittsburgh PlateGlass Co. paint, followed by two or three layers of clear coat tobring out the paint’s gloss.

Many of his other restored cars were painted black. This timehe’s gone to red, one that contains subtle gold highlights.

“This is the first red car I’ve had,” Boaz said. “I kind of likedthe color.”

• You can reach reporter John Sowell at 957-4209 or by e-mail at [email protected].

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Sports carContinued from page 10


A man dressed as Elvis waves to the crowd from a 1956 Cadillac during a past Graffiti Night Cruise indowntown Roseburg.

MARISSA HARSHMANThe 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 MitchOsborn 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 forthe annual Graffiti Night Cruise for thepast 14 years and has volunteered in vari-ous positions at the Umpqua Flatheads CarClub event for even longer.

But this year’s shirt featuring HansenMotor Co. after The Blast in 1959 will beOsborn’s final cruise T-shirt design. Aftermore than a decade at the design helm,Osborn is relinquishing his role to allowfor someone with new, fresh ideas to takeover.

“I’m ready to step back, and yeah, I’llmiss it, but if somebody needs guidance,I’ll help,” Osborn said.

After flipping through a notebook withphotos of 14 years worth of designs pro-tected in plastic cover sheets, Osborndecided that he couldn’t choose a favorite.

“They’re all a little bit special in theirown way,” he said.

Osborn began designing the shirts in1995; for the previous five years, various

people took responsibility for producingthe shirts. The first T-shirt Osborndesigned featured the Brockway Store witha 1957 Ford Thunderbird and a 1957Chevrolet Corvette.

In the years that followed, Osborn fea-tured Pete’s Drive-In, the Starlite Theaterand the Snack Shack — all old hangoutsaround town. In addition to replicatingiconic locations in Douglas County,Osborn has used the shirts to pay tribute toUmpqua Flatheads members who havedied and to showcase cars that won localshows.

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Mitch Osborn has been designing the Graffiti Night T-shirts since 1995. He saysthis year’s shirt will be ‘one of the most colorful and multifaceted’ designs.

‘Sometimes I put it off and wonder if it will ever come to me,’

Mitch Osborn says of coming up with concepts for ...

Designer to retire after 14 years;this year’s shirt will feature

Hansen Motor Co. after The Blast of 1959

So you know ...Umpqua Flatheads Graffiti Night T-shirts go

on sale today and will be available throughoutGraffiti Weekend.

The white T-shirts cost $15. Proceeds sup-port the Umpqua Flatheads Car Club’s week-end events. The 2009 shirts feature HansenMotor Co. the day after the Roseburg Blast in1959.

Shirts can be purchased at the followinglocations:•• TTooddaayy —— During the Kick Off to Graffiti Showat the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 913N.W. Garden Valley Blvd., Roseburg

•• TThhuurrssddaayy —— A&W Restaurant, 1859 N.W. Dia-mond Lake Blvd., Roseburg

•• FFrriiddaayy —— All day in downtown Roseburg

•• SSaattuurrddaayy —— All day and during the UmpquaFlatheads Roseburg Graffiti Night Cruise indowntown Roseburg

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will ever come to me,” Osborn said ofcoming up with shirt concepts. “... Some-times it’s easy. Sometimes it takes awhile.”

Osborn said he came up with the ideafor this year’s shirt after seeing an oldframed picture of Hansen Motor Co. hang-ing in Cascade Community Credit Union.The photo revealed the damage the down-town business endured from The Blast. Tohonor the 50th anniversary of the cata-strophic event, Osborn decided to use theimage in the photo on the front of the 2009shirt. The back of the shirt includes histori-cal information about the business and achronological listing of the events leadingup to The Blast.

“This one’s probably going to be one ofthe most colorful and multifaceted,”Osborn said of this year’s shirt.

Every year anywhere from 600 to 1,000Umpqua Flathead Graffiti Night shirts aresold and all of the proceeds support theannual event. Some of the other groupsinvolved in Graffiti Weekend also make T-shirts, but Osborn said not all actually sup-

port the weekend’s events. Any T-shirtwith the Graffiti Weekend logo on thesleeve promotes the various classic carevents.

Osborn said the most rewarding partabout his involvement in designing theshirts is seeing them evolve from a simpleidea in his head to a tangible item peoplewant to purchase.

“Just to see the shirts come alive,” he

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This 1931 Fordcoupe sat for decadesin a shed waiting forsomeone — whoturned out to be Rose-burg’s Blaine Perry —to restore it. Perryfound the car in the1970s and, with help,has been working on itever since.

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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 ForksShow-N-Shine, the first bus will leavedowntown Roseburg at the corner of Roseand Washington streets at 9 a.m. Bus stopswill be made at Macy’s in the RoseburgValley Mall on Stewart Parkway, at theDouglas County Fairgrounds by the muse-um and at River Forks Park. The last buswill leave the park at 4 p.m. and return todowntown Roseburg.

Parking at River Forks Park, which islocated about 6 miles west of Roseburg inGarden Valley, is limited.

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GRAFFITI 2009

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Top photo: The older cars always needwork to keep them running, even duringGraffiti Weekend.

Right photo: Classic cars and pickupsline Jackson Street in downtown Roseburgduring the annual Graffiti Night Cruise.


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2009 Graffiti Week Special Section

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