A summer full of fun events in Tillamook County kicks off with the 68th annual Tillamook County Rodeo and 38th annual Dairy Days Parade on June 27 and 28.
Rodeo-related events begin on Friday at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds as girls and young women compete for the titles of
Miss Tillamook County Rodeo and Junior Miss Tillamook County Rodeo and participate in the ever-popular Little Tillys pageant.
The rodeo itself kicks off at 7 p.m. on Friday, with the first night of the “biggest little show on the coast,” featuring barrel racing, breakaway roping, steer wrestling,
tie down roping, and, of course, bareback bronco and bull riding. Gates open at 4 p.m. on both days and tickets cost $20 for adults at the gate or online at tillamookrodeo.com.
On Friday, kids under ten enter for free with a paying adult, while on Saturday children under five enter free and tickets
June Dairy Parade:
Saturday, June 28, 2025 Parade begins at 11 a.m.
Grand Marshal
Ray Monroe
Honorary Grand Marshal Kaylan Sisco
List of parade entries, in no particular order, there may be more entries after this list is published:
1st Security BankTillamook Branch
2025 Miss NPRA & 2025 Teen Miss NPRA
Aubry DeRoest & Reegan Bills
A+ Creations
A1 Painting
SATURDAY AUGUST 23RD
for those ages five to ten cost $10.
On Saturday, focus turns to downtown Tillamook, with the YMCA Milk Run starting the day bright and early at 8 a.m. The annual preDairy Parade tradition features a 10K run, 5K run or walk, and two-mile run or walk. The race starts at the Tillamook
YMCA at 610 Stillwell Avenue. Registration costs $41.70 before June 22, and $51.70 thereafter.
Once the Milk Run is complete, the Tillamook Chamber of Commerce sponsored, 68th annual June Dairy Parade will start rolling through town at 11 a.m. With a theme of “Moovin Thru
the Seasons,” the parade promises a smorgasbord floats to entertain the whole family. The second night of the rodeo will start at 7 p.m., with champions decided in the various events and Miss Tillamook County Rodeo and Junior Miss Tillamook County Rodeo crowned at the halftime.
Ruby Walker w/horse Al Kader Shriners
American Legion Post
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Astoria Clowns
Bay City Fire & Rescue Bay City Pearl & Oyster Festival
Benton County Fair & Rodeo Queen Morgan Young Camaro Club of
Oregon CARSON
Chuck Lawrence-Duck Truck
City Sanitary Service
Coast Wide Ready Mix
Columbia County Fair & Rodeo Horses:
Queen Sydney, Princesses Avery & Annika
DeSwarts Collection:
Car-Truck-Tractor
DirectLine IT LLC
Eternalflowersbybianca
Fitch Tech Solutions
Garibaldi Coast Guard
Color Guard
Hampton Lumber Truck & Car
Chloe Rieger is the 20-year-old daughter of Natalie and Coby Rieger of Tillamook OR. Chloe grew up in Tillamook just south of town on Bewley Creek Road, which is” her little slice of heaven”. She has two younger brothers, Carsen and Callan, who have kept her on her toes since they were born. Chloe keeps a busy schedule, continuing her education, running her own business as an Esthetician, coaching volleyball, and she recently has taken on the challenge of learning breakaway roping. Chloe raised and trained her current horse Ruby, by herself, from the young age of twelve. It was a life-changing experience, and they have been inseparable ever since. Horses have taught her so much about life and caring about something other than herself. Chloe is always up for an adventure, and she can’t wait for the upcoming year of rodeos, meeting new friends and memories to be made.
Ellie Ryan is the 16-year-old daughter of Marc and Julie Ryan of Hillsboro OR. Ellie is an active member of Washington County 4-H showing goats, rabbits, turkeys and horses. She is also an OHSET member where she competes in equitation and gaming, but her favorites are the cow events. Ellie is a Junior at Mountainside High School where she balances academics with athletics as a varsity track & field and crosscountry athlete.
Ellie is proud and honored to represent the “The Biggest Little Show on the Coast”, the Tillamook County Rodeo as their Junior Miss for 2025 She looks forward to sharing her love for rodeo, meeting new people and inspiring the next generation of riders.
Ruby Kendrick is 6yearsold and attends Nestucca Valley K-8 School. Ruby enjoys spending her time helping at the dairy farm with family and playing TBall. Since Ruby was little, she attended many rodeos while watching her cousin Piper as the previous Tillamook County Rodeo Jr. Miss. She loves anything to do with the outdoors and animals, especially her chickens!
2025 Little Miss Tilly Brinlee
Brinlee is 7 years old from Sandlake Oregon. She has an older brother Landen and a stepbrother Caleb. Brinlee’s mom is Monique, her dad is Sam and her bonus parents are Marc and Elizabeth. Her #1 hobby is wrestling but, she also enjoys riding her quad or bike, playing soccer with her friends and just being outdoors. Brinlee is looking forward to being a Little Miss Tilly because she wants to learn more about horses, make new friends and one day she hopes to be a barrel racer
The 2025 Tillamook County Rodeo has lined up a events that will wow attendees. Participants will be showing off their amazing skills during the 2-day event while competing to prove who is the best and go home with the winning prize.
The rodeo events will push competitors to their limits in these physically exhausting challenges. Muscles will be pulled, stretched and pushed mercilessly as they strive to come out on top, earning themselves the winning scores and a year’s worth of pride to go with it.
Bareback riding is one of the most physically demanding events. Cowboys will be put to the test, trying to stay aboard their horses. A special rigging made of leather that meets PRCA safety specifications, resembling a suitcase handle, will be all the rider has to keep himself atop his horse as they burst forth from the chute.
This event has no judges but instead relies on time to determine a winner. Barrel racing is a simple yet graceful event, a stopwatch timing the women as they ride as fast as possible around the course, consisting of three barrels. The fastest time will be the one to win.
Not only are the women who participate in this event skilled but so are their horses. Together they spend hours practicing and perfecting themselves for this event alone. Because of how finely tuned the skills of the cowgirls are, the event
is timed to the hundredth of a second. The clock stops the instant the horse has completed the pattern.
A variation of calf roping, in breakaway roping a mounted rider ropes a calf but does not throw and tie it. Calves wait in a chute with spring-loaded doors. The rider waits next to the chute atop his horse. When it’s time to go, the rider will attempt to lasso the neck of the calf. Once accomplished the horse is signaled to stop and the rope is tied to the saddle horn using a string. The string breaks once the calf reaches the end of the rope, marking the end of the run.
This hair-raising event shows off a cowboy’s fearlessness as he sits on the back of a wildly bucking 2,000-pound bull. Only one hand is allowed to help the rider stay atop the bull while they attempt to last eight seconds.
The event is scored by judges based only on their ability to stay aboard the bucking bull. If the cowboy touches the bull or himself with his free hand, he will not be given a score so it’s vital that he keeps a firm grip on his braided rope, which wraps around the bull’s chest.
This classic event requires strength but also grace and precision timing. Technical skills are vital for successfully making it through this challenging event. Rider and horse must be perfectly synchronized as a fluid ride is essential.
Judges will score based
on the horse’s bucking, the cowboy’s control and his spurring. In order to get a good score, the rider must maintain perfect control and position while riding for eight seconds.
The objective is to get the steer down as fast as possible. A steer wrestler must maintain his balance and have perfect timing to be successful as he slides down the right side of his galloping horse and hooks his arm around the steer’s right horn, wrestling the massive animal to the ground. Once the steer is on its side and has all four feet in the same direction, the cowboy’s work is done.
This two-person event requires perfect timing and cooperation between highly skilled individuals. This is the only true team event seen in Pro Rodeo and practice makes perfect. Countless hours of practice allow teams to successfully rope a steer following a set of challenging rules.
This event can be traced back to the Old West when cowboys would need to quickly immobilize sick or injured calves in order to get them veterinary treatment. Being able to quickly do this was a thing of pride among ranch hands and easily developed into an event. Being fast and accurate with a rope is the way to win this competition. A cowboy attempts to quickly throw his loop and catch the calf while mounted. The cowboy will dismount and rush to the calf and throw it by hand, a move called flanking.
The Oregon Dairy Women proudly announce the crowning of the 2025-2026
Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassadors. Cydney Stables, representing Yamhill and Polk Counties, was named the 2025-2026 Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador, while Anna Wismer, representing Washington County, was crowned Alternate Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador during a ceremony Tuesday night at the Oregon Dairy Farmers Convention.
Stables, 22, is the daughter of John and Carla Stables. A 2021 graduate of Amity High School, Stables is a fifthgeneration dairy farmer with deep-rooted ties to the dairy industry. She grew up working on her family’s dairy farm and her grandparents’ dairy in Banks. She exhibited dairy cattle in both 4-H and FFA.
Stables is currently a senior at Graceland University in Iowa, where she is studying Agricultural Business, Business Administration, Communications, and Economics with a minor in Plant and Animal Science. After graduating this spring, she hopes to pursue graduate degrees with career aspirations in extension services or higher education.
Wismer, 18, is from Gaston and is the daughter of Melissa and Adam Wismer. A 2024 graduate of Gaston High School, she is currently a first-
Mitchell received $15,600 for her year of dedicated service, during which she personally educated over 10,000 students about the dairy industry at schools and community events.
The other state finalists included outstanding young women from across Oregon: Tayva Forman of Lake County, Baily McDonald of LinnBenton Counties and Madyson Grimes of Tillamook County. McDonald was honored with the 2025 Congeniality Award.
year student at Portland Community College, studying Agricultural Sciences. Wismer is the seventh generation of her family’s dairy farm, where she was raised. She also exhibited dairy animals in 4-H at the Yamhill County Fair and the Oregon State Fair. Both young women will spend the next year traveling throughout Oregon, attending fairs, town meetings, and public events as
representatives of Oregon’s dairy farmers. They will also visit schools across the state, educating students about life on a dairy farm and the nutritional benefits of dairy products.
Upon being crowned, both Stables and Wismer received scholarships to support their educational pursuits. Outgoing Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador Mackenzie
Oregon Dairy Women (ODW) is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization with the main objective to promote the dairy industry. The ODW mission is to promote greater use of all dairy products through outreach and educational programs.
Since 1959, the Oregon Dairy Women’s Dairy Princess Ambassador Program has served as the premier advocate for the Oregon Dairy Industry in collaboration with the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association and the Oregon Dairy Council. The ODW award scholarships and provides financial support to 4-H and FFA programs, Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom, Oregon Ag Fest, Summer Ag Institute, Adopt-aFarmer and judging teams.
2025 Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador Contestants. Front row from left: Baily McDonald of Linn-Benton Counties, recipient of the Congeniality Award, Cydney Stables of Yamhill- Polk Counties, 2025-26 Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador and Anna Wismer of Washington County, 2025-26 Alternate Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador. Back row from left: Madyson Grimes of Tillamook County and Tayva Forman of Lake County. Photo Credit: Hannah Preston, Moments by Hannah Photography.
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Club Queen: Katie Brant
Model T Pig & Fords
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