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News ________________ L WEdNESÓAy, FEÒRUARy 21, 2001 he CI ac I camas P rint Seminar features classic cars and master metal workers STEVE NIELSEN News Editor Clackamas Auto Body’s Metal Straightening Seminar, held Monday right in the auto body shop at the col- ege, gave local hot rod enthusiasts ind metal workers an opportunity to ;ee classic cars and some master car lege in Cupertino, Calif. Cooper met Ron Covell in 1975, around the same time that they were both competing in an Artists Soapbox Derby. The 75 vehicles that competed in the derby were all made by artists and were designed for a coasting contest. Among many interesting entries were a Popsicle car that split into two and a Polaroid camera car that actually About 150 people, many of them wearing jackets from local hot rod :lubs, filled the garage at the end of Barlow between two rows of classic :ars, including a ‘61 Corvette, a ‘57 Z'hevy and a ‘48 Ford, all of them in mint condition. Wayne Austen got the seminar started by talking about the street rod .lass that the Auto Body department wants to offer this spring. After that, re introduced speakers Mike Cooper Mike Cooper started out as a sculp- or and a teacher at a com- mu- took pictures of the track as it coasted down it Though they were excellent pieces of art they were sometimes me chanically flawed. “If you have artists racing each other, someone’s going to get killed,” said Cooper. Coopers latest and most exciting project is “The Tubester,” a '33 Ford pickup truck he bought with a blown engine and built into a fully functional metal sculpture. “I love hot rods,” said Cooper. ‘Tt was designing the headers that really got me going.” “The Tubester” sports a pneu matic airfoil, a chopped top, a channeled body and a bed that was first shortened, then completely made over. STEVE NIELSEN / Clackamas Print "The Tubester," featuredin seventeen Street Rodder articles, took $100,000 and 8,000 man-hours for Mike Cooper to build. STEVE NIELSEN / Clackamas Print Audience members watch as metal crafter Ron Covell quickly shapes a hood scoop from a flat piece of aluminum. Cooper put $100,000and 8,000man hours into the truck Half of that money was spent on the paint, motor and up holstery. Seventeen articles about “The Tubester” have appeared in Street Rodder magazine since 1976. Before “The Tubester,” Cooper’s art of a car he crafted for Don Varner, his shopmate and an industrial designer who designed the car. Varner wanted to build a car for The Grand National on metal shaping as he skillfully crafted a hood scoop out of a flat piece of Roadster Show in Oakland, Calif. tools, books and videos, in addition to the workshops on metalworking that consisted almost entirely of wood, even some life-sized replicas of motor cycles with wooden moving parts. Covell crafted Varner’s car, the “Cali fornia Star,” from scratch. “Back when I built this car, I didn’t have any sophisticated metal shaping equipment at all,” said Covell. “Ekery Several of his sculptures appeared in a show at the Museum of Mod em Art in San Francisco. The theme of the exhibition was the part of the body on this car was done the hard way, with a mallet and sand bag, a hammer and dolly and a file.” The ‘ California Star” won the award absurdity of guns and Cooper’s sculptures included a tricycle made out of a gun, a swiss army gun, and a gun with genitalia sprouting from the for most beautiful roadster at the show in 1984 and Varner sold it two years barrel. Ron Covell, also known as “Profes sor Hammer,” of Street Rodder maga zine, spoke next Covell showed slides later to a private individual who still owns it. “If it wasn’t for that car, I don’t think I’d be here today,” said Covell. “That car got my career off to a start” Covell also gave a demonstration aluminum in about 40 minutes. Today, Covell has his own line of he offers nationwide. Besides the ones inside the auto body shop, several other classic cars were parked outside and in other rooms adjoining the garage. Buffet style food was served before and during the seminar. Several door prizes, like posters signed by Mike Cooper and Ron Covell T-shirts, were also given away to people who’s winning ticket numbers were drawn from a paint can. The Auto Body department plans to hold the Metal Straightening Seminar again next year and plans to invite Covell back again. road: Planning Commission objects to Glen Oak option Continued from page 1 "My argument has been that they >ught to just widen Glen Oak and put ipatrafficsignal,"Keysersaid. "They lave arguments that I don't buy into |uite yet, so we're in protest" In his letter to the Planning Com- nission, Keyser proposed a solution. “The widening of Glen Oaks seems to us to be the most logical means of The Planning Commission has ob jected to the college's plan so far be improving access between Beavercreek and Highway 213,” he said. “It would be significantly less costly... Itseems, though, that it would protect the valuable block of land be cause they do not think that the Or- egcin Department of Transportation tween the College and Glen Oaks, which has wetlands and green belt uniqueness.” will approve putting another stop light on Glen Oaks and is concerned with putting a major highway through the residential area. They have also had to deal with keeping the roads built in side of the urban growth boundaries. . SchoolBoarck^ ------- ¿fe Professor at Oregon Health Sciences University Raised over $9 million in federal grants for research Advisory Board Member, Oregon Child Health Research Center Advisory Board Member, National Institutes of Health Grants Review "I think it (the plan) has some real problems. When they turn it over to traffic engineers and transportation planners, I think they look at a map of the whole area and try to bring some symmetry to it," Keyser explained. "They may make decisions that aren’t and more, there are just going to have to be more connecting roads to allow people to move easily from Beavercreek to 213. This will alleviate some of the stress that develops when everybody wants to use the one inter section." Although Keyser objects to the The road proposal will be finalized after the city Planning Commission road being built, he acknowledges that it may be necessary in the future. "In trying to think of any advan tages to the college," Keyser said. "I suppose that, as the area grows more has come to an agreement and sent their plans to the city council for ap proval. "If they useGlen Oak," summed up Keyser. "I think it would work." the best decisions for everybody." “I I I I I Speech team competes in Coeur d’Alene Thirteen members of the entire team will go. Last year, I speech team will head to Idaho were seven states repre I this week to compete in the West there sented at the tournament and 42 I ern States Forensics Tournament schools competing. I in Coeur d'Alene Feb. 23-25. Read next week's The I Advisor Kelly Brennan said the Clackamas Print for an update. Writers' CLdj^BlteSt Deadline 2 You may submit up to 3 poem?1 essay, 1 piece of fiction, and 1 S^^W^&P^ubmit 4 copies of each entry. Include 1 cover page for each set of entries. Coach, Oregon Trail Soccer Cochair, Friends of Jennings Lodge/Candy Lane Schools Don’t forget—your ballots are due in by Tuesday, March 13! On each entryvin^bde the title and your social security number7jF(^o\Zer pag&for each entry should include the title and categbiyy®ur name, social secu/itymumber, address, and phone number. Include an IBM-compatible 3.5" disk with your work Authorized by the Committee To Elect Roger Cone 16563 S. Hattan Rd., Oregon City, OR 97045 • 631-8482; cone4ocsb@aol.com Allentries will be considered forthe literary magazine
