Atland Erickson – President – Atland spent his first 7 years in Los Angeles and then his family moved to Santa Clara, California. He graduated from San Jose City College and attended San Jose State. He worked for the San Jose Water Works while attending college and continued for 31 years until 1987. Atland retired at 51 and moved from Los Altos to Auburn California with his wife, Virginia. In 1999 they purchased a home in Central Point, Oregon where they now reside. Virginia grew up in Ashland and attended Ashland High School and then went on to Southern Oregon College. She has a daughter in DePoe Bay and a son in Patterson California. She has one grandson in northern Oregon. He enjoys judging car shows and concours shows. He has judged many concours such as Pebble Beach, Silverado, Forest Grove and car shows such as Grand National Roadster Show, Sacramento, Portland and many others. He has been the car club president for 9 car clubs. They have owned over 180 cars. He started out in customs and then moved on to stock cars like Pierce Arrows, Packard and many others. Atland has had from one cylinder to 12 cylinder automobiles. He had never been into street rods until they moved to the Medford area and found the great people in RVSR and changed to street rods. He raised and showed Ch. Airedales, Lakeland’s and Smooth Fox Terriers for 15 years. Always having dogs in the top 5 in the USA. Atland and Virginia have been married for 25 years. He has two daughters in Tucson, Arizona and 4 grandchildren. His daughters are teachers.They enjoy traveling to the Tucson area and visiting their grandchildren, car shows and seeing the many museums in that area. He has served as the Show chairman, Vice President and now President of RVSR
Bill Andrews – Vice-president – Born and raised in Riverside, CA., Bill was crazy about anything with an engine from the time he could walk. Throughout his life, this love of engines was evident in his passion for motorcycles, stock car racing, dune buggies (he built 23), and street rods( he has built/restored many). Moving to the Yreka area in 1968, Bill owned Bill’s Towing/Muffler Shop 24 years; also specializing in metal fabrication. As a Rotarian, Bill was head of maintenance/electrician on two six week trips to Fiji and Mexico to set up medical and dental clinics, a very rewarding experience. Since their retirement 17 years ago, Bill and Nancy have operated a home-based travel agency, Bill’s Tours, filling their passion for traveling. There is always some place we haven’t been! Yet. Currently, his life is held captive by two hobbies: street rodding and railroading. Bill and wife, Nancy, belong to a small number (around 700) of Americans who operate the old maintenance of way railroad cars on track leased from railroads. Needless to say, this hobby also involves an engine! So far, they have about 27,000 miles on the railroad in America and Canada, loving every minute. This is working track, by the way — not abandoned rail! They will be doing 500 miles this summer in Montana. Somehow there is always time for enjoying the pleasures of street rodding and street rodders, our first and foremost hobby! Nancy, a speech/language therapist and teacher of multiply- handicapped/severe needs children, and Bill were members of RVSR in the 1980’s and part of the early Southern Oregon Rod and Custom Shows. Some things never change! Most valued are the friends and people who share our passions , laughs and the fun we have.
Joe & Debbie Dauenhauer – Treasurer – Joe was born in 1949 in Sacramento, Ca, third from the top in a family of 7 siblings. His Dad & his uncle invented the world’s only patented hops-picking machine (beer made out of hops) that Joe’s cousin Tommy now opeerates. His family moved to Ashland in 1961 to enter the cattle ranching business. Joe graduated from Ashland H.S. in 1967. Joe worked with the Hops Picking Machine installation crew 1969-70. Joe had always loved trucks, and bought his first Log truck in 1972. He added a second truck and driver in 1987. Joe’s favorite hobbies are hunting deer/elk, and bowling. Joe not only hunts, but cuts, grinds, wraps the meat, and has kept the family supplied with meat for years. His love of bowling began at a young age, and at age 12, was California State Champ. He had coached the Ashland H.S. girls bowling team for 5 years, which led to the State Championship in 2000, with youngest daughter Jessica anchoring the team. A proud moment , to be sure! Joe has bowled six sanctioned perfect 300 games, and has a high 3-game series of 846. Debbie was born in 1951 in Oregon City, the “middle child” of 3 siblings. She was active in 4-H, competing yearly at local and state levels in knitting, sewing, and cooking. Her family lived on a 10-acre farm with horses, cows, chickens, cats and dogs. Her dad rode in the performing Clackamas County Sheriff’s Posse drill team that was once featured on the TV show, “You Asked For It.” The posse exists today as a search & rescue team. Debbie’s love for horses was born of her experiences as dad’s favorite “tag-along” while cooling off his horse after performing events at rodeo’s and horse shows. Debbie is a past honored queen of the now-extinct Job’s Daughters organization. Her family moved to Medford in 1969, her senior year in high school. Her parents bought the Oldsmobile dealership then called Weiler Oldsmobile. Debbie graduated from OSU in 1974, with a degree in Clothing & Textiles. She worked at Sears for 3 years prior to giving birth to their first daughter. She says the best years of her life were being involved with their daughters’ school activities, being a”forever homeroom parent” and PTA co-president for two years. Presently, her passion is studying the Bible, especially involving politics, and world events that relate to end times Bible prophecy. She has completed ten 10 week course’s in Beth Moore’s studies, and leads a women’s Bible study group. Joe & Debbie were married in May 1975, 3 years after meeting at Emigrant Lake, Ashland, Or. They have 3 grown and married daughters and 3 grandchildren. They loved watching their girls play sports in school, and spent 10 years working in the concessions for Ashland H.S. football season. They attend Applegate Christian Fellowship, Ruch, Or, and have made several week-long trips to a church sponsored orphanage in Carmen Serdan, Mexico. An unimaginable experience and love for these 20 special-needs orphans. Joe drove a log truck for over 20 years before being displaced by “the owl,” and he and Debbie subsequently operated theTexaco/Shell for 15 years (1993-2008) in Jacksonville, Or.. Joe started driving for Titan Trucking out of Milwaukie, Or, delivering local freight in the Rogue Valley, in 2009. Debbie loves loving on her grandchildren. Their new-found hobby together is street rodding in RVSR with their 1934 Oldsmobile. Joe is presently treasurer of the club and Debbie is the Clothing chairman for the Rod & Custom Show.
Steve Mitchell - Secretary - Steve was born in 1949 in Buckeye, AZ and raised in Vallejo, CA. Steve too was one of those crazy car kids in his early years of high school by owning four different old cars in his senior year alone. While working at a gas station, he would find these cars not running or a project and finish it just to turn around and sell it for his next car. He did this until he went into the Army in 1969. After the Army he became a Journeyman Carpenter out of Local 180. In 1978 Steve became a building inspector and later a building official serving four different jurisdictions in the bay area over a span of 28 years.
Marilee was born in 1954 in Berkeley, CA and raised in El Sobrante, CA. Marilee’s love for children took her to college to received a degree in early childhood education which resulted in her operating a licensed day care out of their home for 12 years. She is currently working as a teachers aid for a bay area school.
Steve and Marilee first met and dated briefly in 1977 and met by chance again in 1981, and married in 1983. They have been involved with real estate and being landlords for more than 20 years. Marilee has been supportive of Steve’s hobby that still involves him finding old cars or trucks that give him great pleasure to bring back to life. He has completed 10 so far that she is aware of. We like to travel all over the US and take in as many car shows as possible. We also enjoy spending time with our Granddaughter Alyssa.
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