75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2009 Regular Session
 
 
                            Enrolled
 
                   Senate Joint Resolution 39
 
Sponsored by Senator NELSON, Representative JENSON;
  Representative G SMITH
 
 
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up was first held in September 1910
as a festival of farmers, ranchers and local Indians gathered to
celebrate the end of harvest; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up Association was formed by a
group of farmers, ranchers and businessmen with a purpose to plan
and finance an annual rodeo; and
  Whereas today the Pendleton Round-Up is still produced by the
Pendleton Round-Up Association with a mission to celebrate
Pendleton's frontier spirit and to keep the real west alive; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up has throughout its history been
manned wholly by volunteers who have numbered as many as 1,000;
and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up generates an estimated $22
million annually for the region's economy through events that
attract more than 60,000 people to Pendleton, which has a
population of approximately 17,000; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up is well-known as a world-class
rodeo; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up is 100 years old and the
association has planned a centennial celebration to take place
from September 11 to 18, 2010; and
  Whereas the centennial celebration will be the largest
celebration ever to take place in Pendleton, attracting visitors
from all over the country and the world; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up is the largest special event
celebration in Pendleton, encompassing more than 30 different
events during a one-week period; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up is a true feat of sport in the
most traditional sense of rodeo due to its traditional events,
old-time wooden bucking chutes and one-of-a-kind green grass
arena bordered by a dirt track; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up has resisted the modern-day
notion of advertising in the arena in favor of a family friendly
atmosphere; and
  Whereas since the very first show, the Pendleton Round-Up has
hosted an Indian Encampment of more than 300 teepees housing
families that have participated for generations; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up sets great store by its 94-year
partnership with the Happy Canyon Indian Pageant and Night Show,
where the epic drama of the old west unfolds nightly with a live
cast and original score; and
  Whereas the 100-year-old Pendleton Round-Up Westward Ho Parade
is one of the last remaining parades allowing no motorized
vehicles with pneumatic wheels, in the tradition of the old west;
and
  Whereas the Main Street Cowboys shows on Main Street are billed
the 'Greatest Free Show in the West' providing family
entertainment nightly; and
 
 
 
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  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up is home to the world-famous
Let'er Buck Room, where old friends reunite and new friends
abound; and
  Whereas the award-winning Pendleton Round-Up and Happy Canyon
Hall of Fame preserves the show's historical artifacts and
stories on permanent display year-round and is one of the few
museums in the country dedicated to a single rodeo; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up court of five accomplished young
horsewomen represents the Round-Up and the region, traveling more
than 5,000 miles to make more than 150 appearances; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up events support charitable
purposes including educational scholarships, youth sports,
togetherness through donation of hundreds of rodeo tickets to
families with children, a special Children's Rodeo for
exceptional youngsters and cancer research; and
  Whereas the Pendleton Round-Up is set to launch another century
of community service and traditional entertainment, preserving
the spirit of the real west, the State of Oregon and the entire
region; now, therefore,
 
Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of
  Oregon:
 
  That we, the members of the Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly,
recognize and honor the Pendleton Round-Up Centennial Celebration
in 2010 and encourage all Oregonians to participate in the
weeklong celebration planned from September 11 to 18, 2010, and
'Let'er Buck '
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                                Adopted by Senate April 22, 2009
 
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                                       Secretary of Senate
 
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                                       President of Senate
 
 
                                  Adopted by House May 11, 2009
 
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                                        Speaker of House
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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