About this old newspaper clipping:

It was 1987, only 2 years after hitting the streets as a sign painter with a full head of hair,  I volunteered my talents by painting two CSU logo's onto a washer and dryer pair that had been donated to CSU's athletic department.  They were to be raffled off as part of CSU's annual fund-raising campaign and CSU naturally wanted the Rams logo on them.
This was just before cut vinyl lettering hit the scene when hand lettering ruled the planet! 

"Let's do this inside of Sears"...

I suggested it might help bring more attention to the washer and dryer for the auction if I painted the logos right there, inside of Sears at the Foothills Fashion Mall in Fort Collins, Colorado.  Of course, somebody called the Newspaper and so they showed up, and it gave the "Rams Good-Time Auction", and my new business a very beneficial boost in local awareness.