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6 Wednesday, December 14, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Foundation announces grants Wrestling team boasts largest turnout to date freshmen, 10 of whom wres- tled at the middle school last year. “We’re a young team,” said Downs. “The last four years the wrestlers that wres- tled for me built the founda- tion for this program, and now I have placed the pres- sure on this new group. With five veteran wrestlers gradu- ating last year, it opens the opportunities for new leaders to emerge and lead this team to becoming a mainstay at this school.” Downs told The Nugget that all of the wrestlers have the potential to do something great for the team and for themselves. “This program is no lon- ger on life-support as it was in the past,” said Downs. “It’s starting to grow. Wrestling is getting so big we are in need of more support for equipment, and a wrestling room, not just an auxiliary gym. We need a room with wall pads and more mats. I don’t want my wrestlers to get hurt. I also don’t want kids cut from the team only because my room is too small.” By Rongi Yost Correspondent The wrestling program has grown by leaps and bounds over the past five years, and this season 25 wrestlers are ready to grapple on the mats. Over the past five years, Coach John Downs has taken a program that was basically on life-support to a thriving program with four state qual- ifiers and one state placer. One senior, Tyler Surface, returns to the varsity squad this year, along with juniors Casey Warburton, Patrick Dingeman, David Perez- Sanchez, Dustin Smith, Austin Moore, Jake Stevens, Jared Richerson, Damien W i lls and Co le P a de . Sophomores Parker Ford and Dalton Ford round out the returning varsity players. Tyler Friend, junior, is new to the sport, as is soph- omore Ryon MacIntosh. Sophomore Brody Enstrom is new to Sisters High School but does have wrestling experience from his previous school. Eleven matmen are The Roundhouse Founda- tion supports creative projects and organizations that con- nect the community of Sisters, Central Oregon, and rural communities in the Northwest through art, environmental conservation, social services, community leadership and education. Arts-related grants were awarded to: Caldera; Colum- bia Center for the Arts; Crook County School District Music Program; Deschutes Public Library Foundation; Bend Soroptimist Harmony 4 Women Concert; High Des- ert Museum; Oregon Public Broadcasting; Silent Echo Theater Company; Sisters High School Visual Arts Department; Sisters Mid- dle and High School Jazz Band; Tower Theatre; Sisters Schools Foundation; Com- munity Orchestra of Central Oregon; Museum at Warm Springs; and Sisters Middle School. In the area of education and environment, grants were awarded to: Bend Sci- ence Station; Deschutes Land Trust; Sisters Graduate Resource Organization; Har- ney County Library Founda- tion; High Desert Partnership; Kids Club Harney County; Upper Deschutes Watershed Council; Sisters Elementary and Sisters Middle School Libraries; Outlaw Black and White Club; Deschutes 4-H Association; Oregon Humani- ties; Oregon State University Foundation; and Sisters High School Vocational Education. The Foundation also sup- ported Sisters High School Interdisciplinary Environ- mental Education (IEE) Pro- gram; Sisters Skate Park; Sisters Middle School Read- ing Program; Oregon Coast Aquarium; OMSI; and U of O Foundation for Pine Moun- tain Observatory. The Roundhouse Foun- dation trustees made grants in the area of social services to: Furry Friends Foundation, Sisters Elementary Coun- seling Department; Proj- ect Unify; Grant/Harney CASA Program; Healthy Beginnings; Heart Warm- ers; Kiwanis Club of Sisters; Oregon Adaptive Sports; Vol- unteers in Medicine; Oppor- tunity Foundation; OHSU Age Related Macular Degen- eration Research; and Harney County School District. The Roundhouse Foun- dation does not fund faith- based or political organiza- tions. The Foundation does not favor proposals to fund endowments or capital cam- paigns. The next deadline for grant applications is Janu- ary 3. Interested applicants can learn more at www. roundhousefoundation.org. Headed south for the winter? Call today to get your home winter-ready for your time away! 541-549-4349 260 N. 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