Orville Gerberding Memorial Volunteer
of the Year ~ Mark Herburger

Round-Up Director Dennis Hunt, Mark Herburger and Round-Up Director Bill Quesenberry.

Mark has been a Round-Up volunteer for 15 years.  He is the man behind the scenes. You don’t have to ask him to do anything, he’s already fixed broken boards and repainted them, changed light bulbs or fixtures that have burned out, cleaned stalls and on a daily routine cleans the cowboy’s room.

He has hauled our dust control material all the way from Portland and then helped apply it. Just about every night after everyone has gone home here comes Mark at 9:00 PM back to the shop with his headlamp on packing four different colors of paint and usually wearing a little of each color – where has he Continue reading…

Category: People & Volunteers

By KATHY ANEY
East Oregonian

Sally A. Hopper. Photo contributed by the Hopper family.

Sally Hopper never got too far away from the Pendleton Round-Up — she even had a condo that overlooked the Round-Up grounds.

The veteran Round-Up office manager left work a week ago Wednesday and failed to show up on schedule on Friday morning. A co-worker and a police officer found her on the floor in the aftermath of a stroke. Hopper, 62, was flown to a Portland hospital, but died Wednesday morning. The death leaves a huge void for the Round-Up and Happy Canyon, which have shared her for 30-plus years.

“She was really the heartbeat of the Pendleton Round-Up,” said Randy Severe, president of the Round-Up Association. The personable Hopper attended her first Round-Up as a babe in arms, watching from her family’s box in the south grandstand. “She never missed a Round-Up,” said her mother, Pat Hopper.

Sally started working in the Round-Up office as a high school student. After earning her teaching degree at Oregon State University, she tested the waters with other Continue reading…

Category: News & Updates, People & Volunteers

ATHENA — Cheyenne Williams of Athena is the queen of the 2010 Round-Up, it was announced this morning. Serving as princesses will be Paige Bailey of Joseph, Alexandria Featherstone of Pendleton, Nancy Platt of Pendleton and Kelsey Wrightson of Hermiston. The court for the centennial Round-Up was introduced to the media at a breakfast at the home of Dr. Doug and Heather Corey, also hosted by Steve and Susan Corey, Joan Corey and Dr. Tom and Ellyn Weeks.

Rodeo President Randy Severe expressed pleasure with the five young women.

“Round-Up is very pleased to introduce this very talented group of young women who will beautifully portray the image of our centennial celebration,” he said. “Their own family histories and traditions have mixed well with Round-Up and our greater Eastern Continue reading…

Category: News & Updates, People & Volunteers