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Archive for the ‘News & Events’ Category
Monday, January 30th, 2012
 Turner, Oregon residents suffered widespread flooding on January 18th. With river waters rising two and a half feet over the town’s bridge, and more than 100 homes damaged by flood waters, it quickly became clear that Turner needed help. However, because the town is so small, federal funds could not be obtained. Things weren’t looking too good for this hamlet in the Willamette Valley.
Fortunately, local residents and businesses stepped up. Rick’s Fencing and Decking joined KUPL’s “Rebuilding Turner” campaign, which asked for donations of non-perishable food, cash donations, and building supplies. Rick’s Fencing and Decking donated a truckload of fencing materials—enough to erect a 100-foot fence.
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011
 Women who are recovering from addiction or other toxic situations sometimes need a safe place to live with their children while they get back on their feet. At the Stepping Stones home, newly built by Portland’s CODA recovery center, children who moved in last month lacked something essential: a secure place to play.
Rick’s was happy to step in and fill the gap. To help protect the children at Stepping Stones from nearby construction and other hazards, we donated the cedar fence materials and labor required to secure the yard with a new cedar fence.
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Friday, July 8th, 2011
 For the past several years we’ve presented a challenge to Northwest homeowners: Show us your ugliest fences. This year, after reviewing some truly terrible fences, we’ve found the worst. Corvallis, Oregon resident Sherry Newton’s dilapidated, rotten, moss- and lichen-covered fence has the honor of being named the winner of our 2011 Ugliest Fence Contest.
For having a fence in such broken-down condition and letting all of us be privy to it, Sherry will receive 100 feet of free fencing materials.
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
 Ricks Custom Fencing and Decking is proud to be sponsoring the Oregon Force girl’s fast pitch softball team! The girls of this Troutdale-based team attend schools in the Reynolds, Centennial, Corbett, and Gresham districts. They each tried out to be a part of the Oregon Force tournament team, which will play in Newberg and Clackamas. The 12U (12 years old and under) team will also take part in a tournament in Bend.
Rick’s donation will help fund the girls’ next tournament. If you happen to be lucky enough to catch an Oregon Force game, look for Rick’s Custom Fencing and Decking on the team banner! Go, Oregon Force, go!
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Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
Every now and then we’re captivated by the unique or artistic way a yard or garden makes use of its fence installation. Salem, Oregon offers a perfect example of this creativity in its historic Deepwood Estate.
Built in 1894, the Deepwood Estate is an ornate, Queen Anne-style home with 5.5 acres of unique, carefully planned gardens. In the 1930s, the owner hired the Northwest’s first female landscaping firm to design the estate’s English-style gardens; the result now stands as the only remaining publicly available example of the landmark firm’s work.
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Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Navy Corpsman Darren Miller had just returned from his deployment and moved his wife and two kids into their brand-new dream home in Pasco when he was called away yet again, to Afghanistan. Although the home was complete, the backyard was not. With no fence or lawn installed, the yard failed to meet city codes, news station KNDU reported.
“The backyard was just all dirt, so people people just kind of got used to walking through, and just kind of coming in my backyard. It was a little concerning,” said Jennifer Miller, whose husband is not expected home until Thanksgiving. “Dogs come in the yard in the middle of the night, and I find giant footprints.”
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Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
The Mt. Tabor Little League suffered a major theft last Friday night. As KATU news reported, someone stole thousands of dollars of candy and snacks from the league’s concession stand. Adding to the sting of the theft was the fact that the team had their fundraising goods taken as well. As league president Sherilynn Mobley explains in the KATU news story, the league had hoped that to put fundraising proceeds toward replacing ten teams of mold-damaged uniforms.
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Friday, May 6th, 2011
 Who would steal from a little league team?! That’s the first question that ran through many viewers’ minds when they saw KPTV’s story, “Thieves Steal from Little League Team,” on Wednesday’s 10 o’clock news. Portland Little League team The Iron Pigs had two bags of equipment stolen last Tuesday night. After practice, their coach parked his truck at the Plaid Pantry on SW 65th and Foster while he worked his graveyard shift. He returned to his truck the next morning to find that someone had jimmied open his back hatch and stolen two out of three of the Iron Pigs’ equipment bags. In all, the stolen equipment was worth $1000.
The team borrowed equipment to play Wednesday night’s game, but it wasn’t clear whether they would have to forfeit Saturday’s game for lack of bats, gloves, and protective gear. “I’m just disappointed in the community, because I know that Portland can be a better place with people that are responsible,” 11-year old Iron Pig Zander Lyons explained in a KGW story. “We are kind of down because our stuff got stolen. So we’re not doing so well but we’re working our way through,” added Iron Pigs catcher Zack Hurst.
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Thursday, April 14th, 2011
 Fences serve a variety of purposes. They can protect property, pets and children. They can add aesthetic appeal to a landscape design. And they can help improve a community.
A great example of the latter is this year’s ShareFest Tri-Cities. Last month, some 3,000 volunteers came together on a Saturday to tackle 91 different community improvement projects – among them a large, coordinated effort to build a fence for an off-leash dog area at Badger Mountain Park.
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