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Wednesday, January 6, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Foundation helps paint school gym
Thanks in part to a grant
fro m T he R oundhouse
Foundation the Sisters
Elementary School gymna-
sium received a fresh coat of
paint over the holiday break.
In October, The
Roundhouse Foundation
trustees worked with both
Becky Stoughton, the prin-
cipal at Sisters Elementary
School, and Leland Bliss,
director of operations for the
Sisters School District, to
support some projects at the
school. It is important to the
Foundation to leverage each
grant made so those grants
make a larger impact on the
community as a whole.
“Think of it as the ripple
effect,” said trustee Kathy
Deggendorfer. “Funding
some key improvements
at the school will help to
enhance the learning envi-
ronment for students, which
will improve school pride,
which makes the community
stronger.”
The gymnasium-painting
project has been on the facili-
ties list for quite some time
— it just hadn’t been a prior-
ity. With a grant of $15,000
The Roundhouse Foundation
was able to fund the painting
of the gym over the break as
well as a few other projects
slated to be finished through-
out the school year. The
grant will also fund painting
“The Loft,” a meeting room
above the gymnasium used
by teachers, staff and par-
ents; adding a fresh coat of
paint on the bathroom doors
throughout the school; the
installation of two new water
fountains with the ability to
photo by erin borlA
Tim Wonderly’s painting crew refurbished the Sisters Elementary School
gymnasium over the holiday break.
fill water bottles; and a new
sink for the art room.
The gymnasium was a big
job — working through the
District office beginning in
November, the job went out to
bid. Tim Wonderly Painting
Co., a local Sisters business,
got the job. The old pale blue
and white walls were covered
with a soft cream with brown
trim to mimic the high desert
colors of the Sisters commu-
nity. The darker color on the
bottom will help to protect
the wall from shoes, balls and
other gym-related hazards.
“What a great way to start
the new year,” says Becky
Stoughton. “People have
already been down to the gym
to check it out. The commons
is too small for our all-school
assemblies anymore; a new
gym with fresh colors allows
our students and staff to show
off their school with pride. “
The
Roundhouse
Foundation is a Sisters-
based private foundation.
The Foundation’s goals are
to fund collaborative, com-
munity projects that celebrate
the arts and heighten com-
munity awareness in areas
including the arts, environ-
ment, social services, and
community leadership. For
more information visit www.
RoundhouseFoundation.org.
Writing competition
open for submissions
The Waterston Desert
Writing Prize 2016 is now
open for submissions.
Applicants can submit online
through April 1.
The prize honors creative
nonfiction that illustrates
artistic excellence, sensitiv-
ity to place, and desert lit-
eracy, with the desert as both
subject and setting. Inspired
by author and poet Ellen
Waterston’s love of the high
desert of Central Oregon,
a region that has been her
muse for over 30 years, the
prize recognizes the vital role
deserts play worldwide in the
ecosystem and the human
narrative.
Submission guidelines
are available at the Writing
Ranch website: www.writing
ranch.com/waterston-prize-
for-desert-writers.
The prizewinner will
receive a $1,500 cash award,
a reading and reception at
the High Desert Museum in
Bend, and a four-week resi-
dency at PLAYA at Summer
Lake.
Rebecca Lawton, win-
ner of the 2015 prize, said,
“The honor of the Waterston
Desert Writing Prize and the
time at Playa are both strong
medicine for a writer’s soul.
I feel forever changed by
my time, both with the sup-
porters of the prize and in
the high desert that inspires
it. I encourage desert writ-
ers to study up on the roots
of the prize, apply for it, and
give back to it — large in its
impact, it has deep ties to
community and place.”
The prize is funded from
an endowment managed
by the Oregon Community
Foundation, with the impe-
tus for the creation of the
endowment provided by
actor Sam Waterston, after
whom the prize is named. As
the endowment for the prize
grows, so will the annual
prize amount. The $1,500
cash award for the 2016
Prize is an increase from the
$1,000 award in 2015. Tax-
deductible donations can be
made to the Waterston Desert
Writing Prize, a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit organization, and
mailed to P.O. Box 640,
Bend, Oregon 97709.
For more informa-
tion about the Waterston
Desert Writing Prize, visit
the Writing Ranch website,
email info@writingranch.
com, or call 541-480-3933.
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