The Pendleton Round-Up Foundation has awarded scholarships to five young people to help continue their education. Pendleton High School seniors Allison Frey, Michael Hales, Tracey LeGore and Molly Murry along with Cheyenne Ward, a 2008 graduate of Pilot Rock High School, have each received $1,000.

“I wish I had more scholarships to give,” Judge Ron Pahl, the Round-Up director who chairs the scholarship committee said. “The caliber of the applicants is very high. This community should Continue reading…

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Swearingens to lead the 2009
Round-Up Westward Ho! Parade

Wayne and Mervin Swearingen

Brothers Mervin and Wayne Swearingen of Pendleton will serve as grand marshals for the 2009 Westward Ho! Parade to be held Sept. 18. Parade Director Billy Lorenzen announced the grand marshals at the Introductory Party held Saturday (March 28) at the Red Lion. The parade had two grand marshals only once before, in 1969 when Walt and Sid Seale of Condon led the procession.

“This whole rodeo goes on because of its volunteers,” Lorenzen said. “They have 95 years of volunteering between them. Kids start out by selling programs. You guys have gone Continue reading…

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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 Continue reading…

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PENDLETON – The Pendleton Round-Up will have a new face soon, as work has begun to clear the way for a plaza that will feature a wider sidewalk and two ticket booths set back from Southwest Court Avenue.

“We did surveys and one of the things that kept coming up was to get rid of that prison-looking fence,” Round-Up Director Tim Hawkins, who is co-chairing with Mike Thorne the committee tasked with making the improvements, said. “What precipitated this was we applied to the Oregon Continue reading…

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10% STOREWIDE DISCOUNT

What:
2 Day Rodeo Lover’s Sale – Enjoy 10% Storewide Discount!

When:
Thursday, February 12th from 8:30am – 5pm
Friday, February 13th from 8:30am – 5pm

Where:
Round-Up & Happy Canyon Hall of Fame Gift Shop, 1114 SW Court Avenue, Pendleton OR

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Round-Up donates more than $20K to
help those battling breast cancer

From left to right: Tanya Weinke and Tia Gentner of St. Anthony Hospital, Round-Up President Randy Severe and Herb Bitting, of the Cancer Community Renewal Project.

PENDLETON, Ore. — In three short years, the Tough Enough to Wear Pink campaign held Thursday during the Pendleton Round-Up has become a tradition that helps local women in their battle against breast cancer. In 2008, the event raised a total of $20,271.98. That amount was divided equally between the Cancer Community Renewal Project and St. Anthony Hospital. All money will go to area women fighting breast cancer.

“There’s a song that ladies love cowboys,” Round-Up President Randy Severe said. “Well, cowboys love ladies too. We have a deep appreciation of women and their strength.”

Cancer has touched the two women who spearhead helping in the battle against breast cancer at St. Anthony Hospital. Respiratory Services Manager Tia Gentner and Tanya Weinke, EKG/office assistant, lost their mothers to cancer. Continue reading…

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Congratulations Bill and Wayne for 50 years of volunteerism.

Thank you for your dedication and support.

Wayne Swearingen, Grounds & Programs

Bill Ledbetter, Fence Crew

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Efforts for large-scale improvements at both the Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon grounds received a major boost with a with a $500,000 grant from the Meyer Memorial Trust. $300,000 of the funding will support the Pendleton Round-Up Centennial Grandstand project and $200,000 of the funding will support the reconstruction of the roof structure at Happy Canyon that was previously removed for safety reasons. The Round-Up grant is contingent upon a $300,000 community fundraising match.

The Pendleton Round-Up Association has developed plans to replace the west end seating with new grandstands that will complement the existing historic structures while providing cover and adding convenience and safety features to the complex. Happy Canyon is working on a multi-phase grounds improvement project with the first Continue reading…

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20 | Play Cowboy

Courtesy of Seattle Metropolitan Magazine www.seattlemet.com

The Pendleton Roundup in ­Pendleton, Oregon, is rodeo done in a huge way, with parades, a cowboy breakfast, music, art, and a pageant of Native American arts and culture. The rodeo itself draws the top cowboys in the land. The stately Pendleton House (541-276-8581; pendletonhousebnb.com) on Main Street serves full breakfasts and has an English garden and a wide front porch. Elaborate tunnels under the city once housed Pendleton’s seamy side, and Pendleton Underground Tours (800-226-6398; pendletonundergroundtours.org) offers narrated tours year-round, with ­period-dressed mannequins lending an eerie realism to the former brothels and card rooms. Need a woolly Pendleton blanket to keep your cowboy warm? Tours of the Pendleton Woolen Mill (pendleton-usa.com) are held on weekdays.
Drive time 4 hours, 27 minutes
When to go Second week of September

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PENDLETON -The Women’s Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA) has presented their Large Rodeo Committee of the Year award to the Pendleton Round-Up Association.

Publicity director Carl Culham, Randy Rae Britt and President Randy Severe.

The award was given at the Committee Reception held by the WPRA at the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Convention on Thursday December 4^th, 2008 at the South Point Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.  President Randy Severe and publicity director Carl Culham were on hand to accept the award from Randy Rae Britt, a member of the WPRA board of directors.

Severe said the Round-Up Association is proud to accept the award.

“We certainly appreciate the efforts of the WPRA and all they’ve done to advance the sport of rodeo,” he said.  “We believe the Round-Up is a world class Continue reading…

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