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Cross country runners pitch in to help project
Hands On Oregon recently got a boost of muscle when the Oregon High School cross country team ran by Conover Square. Hector Carreno, Lee Hadick, and Rick Ryland were landscaping the south side of Conover with the goal of having it completed before AOP. As the team ran by, Ryland teasingly hollered, “We have extra […]
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Ogle County Life 10-13-2017
OREGON – On Oct. 5 Rick Ryland, president of Hands On Oregon (HOO), received a call from the president of Tip Top Roofing and Construction Company from Sycamore, who are putting up the steel siding on Conover Square. The estimated cost would be $15,000 more and that does not include how we are going to […]
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Conover Square project is nearing completion
By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecounty news.com Hands On Oregon is ready to finish its Love Our Flag project at Conover Square. HOO President Rick Ryland said Monday that the siding supplies are ordered, and installation should begin by the end of September. “After months attempting to work out the logistics for installing a solar wall, the […]
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Oregon Republican Reporter 1-12-17
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Anonymous donor gives $15,000
By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecountynews.com Just when Hands On Oregon (HOO) was running short on funds, an anonymous donor came through with a sizable contribution. HOO Board member Rick Ryland said Monday that just under $100 remained in the fund earmarked for making repairs to Conover Square. However, when he checked the bank balance another $15,000 […]
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Sessions aimed at finding what residents want
By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecountynews.com Two of the organizers of Oregon Together are hopeful that a series of upcoming planning sessions will reveal what Oregon residents truly want for their community. Steering committee member Terry Schuster said five upcoming community planning sessions are aimed at getting participants to share their goals and dreams for Oregon. “There’s […]
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First Project – Love Our Flag
PROJECT COMPLETED! Hands On Oregon completed our first project in the fall of 2017 just in time for Veteran’s Day! We dedicated the flag with the residents of the City of Oregon on Saturday, November 11, 2017. [ms_video mp4_url=”http://handsonoregon.com/FlgDed-Smallest.mp4″ ogv_url=”” webm_url=”” poster=”” width=”100%” height=”100%” mute=”no” autoplay=”no” loop=”no” controls=”yes” class=”” id=””][/ms_video] Repair Conover Square’s South Wall […]
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Volunteers help fix wall at Conover
By Vinde Wells vwells@oglecountynews.com A century-old building in Oregon is getting some much-needed repairs thanks to its owner and a brand new volunteer organization. Lou VanderWyst, owner of Conover Square, and Rick Ryland, a board member of Hands On Oregon, spent the day before Christmas shoring up the sagging south side of the former piano […]
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Oregon Republican Reporter 11-19-2015
Oregon Republican Reporter; Nov. 19, 2015