Congratulations to Tim Cain,
Pendleton Round-Up’s Volunteer of the Year

Tim Cain with President Randy Severe.

PENDLETON -The Pendleton Round-Up honored a long-time volunteer, presenting  Tim Cain as the rodeo’s volunteer of the year for 2008. Cain received the award Saturday, Feb. 21 and the annual barbecue honoring

all Round-Up volunteers.

The award is given in the memory of the late Orville Gerberding, a long-time rodeo volunteer who also served on the board of directors. It was presented to Cain by Round-Up President Randy Severe who applauded all the volunteers who help stage the rodeo the second full week of each September.

“This award is all in honor of the volunteers,” Severe said. “It’s a challenge to pick the outstanding volunteer of the year, because there are so many but this year we did pick the best. There are so many volunteers and we are sure grateful to have them. I want you to know Round-Up wouldn’t exist without them.”

Cain has worked in concessions and the Let’er Buck Room for the past 36 years. The announcement came as a surprise.

“I had no idea,” Cain said. “It’s kind of a surprising feeling, you know. You thought you were winding down a little bit and then to have something like this done for you, it’s very impressive.”

While Cain might be ”winding down” he said volunteering for Round-Up will remain important to him.

“I still think about it all of the time,” he said. “It’s one of those times of the year that you work your tail off, but still enjoy every minute of it, and then you’re looking forward to the next year.”

The Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon is held the second full week of September in Pendleton, Ore.  The Round-Up began in 1910 and is recognized as one of the oldest and most prestigious rodeos in the world and has won the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association’s 2003 Large Outdoor Rodeo Committee of the Year Award, and the Women’s Professional Rodeo Association’s Large Outdoor Rodeo Committee of the Year Award in 2008.  The Happy Canyon Night Show is a colorful display of Indian pageantry and tradition and takes place every night of Round-Up.  A week full of activities, including parades, concerts, PBR bull-riding competition, barbecues, dances, gambling and numerous other events begin Saturday, Sept. 12^th and continue through Saturday, Sept. 19^th. For more background information about the Pendleton Round-Up, Happy Canyon Night Show and its many ancillary events, visit www.pendletonroundup.com.