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CULTURE & HERITAGE
CELEBRATING THE HISTORY
OF EASTERN OREGON
JULY 1420, 2021
Classic cars cruise into La
Grande July 16-18
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This 1937 Ford Roadster took home the Best of Show award at the
2019 La Grande car show. The roadster is owned by Wally and Judy
Bell, of Salem. (Submitted by Timber Cruisers Car Club)
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A GRANDE — Veteran car
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collectors and novice car
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ce enthusiasts alike will be able to
im- share their joy of classic cars at
ving the La Grande Classic Car Show
her July 16-18. In its 13th year, it is
ow- organized by the Timber Cruis-
ers Car Club.
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The annual event, formerly
out
known as the Grande Ronde-
a-View, was canceled last year
ons due to COVID-19, but is sched-
sid- uled to return with a full slate of
of activities for participants and a
rth downtown car show.
“It’s pretty exciting to be
able to have the show again,”
Arlan Miesner, president of the
Timber Cruisers Car Club, said.
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“I’ve been to a few other shows
this year, and they’ve had a big
attendance, so I think everyone
is ready to return to normal and
have a great show.”
With statewide COVID-19 re-
strictions being lifted and cases
staying low in Union County,
Miesner said the show should
look the same as in previous
years.
The event starts Friday, July
16, with a cruise-in and register
event from 5:30-8 p.m. at River-
side Park. Car show participants
will get a free dinner catered by
the Dusty Spur Cafe.
On Saturday, the show will
kick off with classic cars all
along Adams Avenue starting at
9 a.m. Car owners will present
their cars and can participate
in a poker walk through seven
downtown businesses to earn
a prize with the highest poker
hand.
Frank Carlson, a classic rock
and roll musician from Baker
City, will be performing live mu-
sic at the day events. There will
also be several raffl es for the
public, which will lead up to the
car show awards ceremony.
“I don’t know all of the prizes,
but I know we’re going to have a
lot of car-related prizes like gas
cards available for people to
win,” Miesner said.
There will be 35 trophies
given out for various awards,
including best of show, partici-
pant’s vote, a “most likely to get
pulled over on the way out of
town” award presented by the
La Grande Police Department,
and awards for specifi c car
makes.
The trophies will be pre-
sented at 2 p.m. Saturday, fol-
lowed by a 35-mile Poker Cruise
around the Grande Ronde
Valley.
Many of the classic cars will
return through Adams Avenue
at 7 p.m. to win one of the
Cruise Plaques that are given
out by local businesses. This
is part of the “cruise for cash”
event, where participants’ car
numbers will be randomly drawn
for cash prizes every 10 min-
utes.
The event wraps up Sunday
at 10 a.m. with a get-together
for coff ee and doughnuts out-
side of Safeway in La Grande.
Miesner hopes La Grande
residents will come to the car
show to recognize the eff orts of
the car owners.
“People come from all over
the place to participate — we
have at least one person com-
ing up from California,” Miesner
said. “It costs a lot to come to
these shows, so we would like
to have a lot of people there,
because people enjoy driving in
front of a crowd.”
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