Loggerodeo? You mean that Fourth of July event in Sedro-Woolley that’s all about loggers and a rodeo?

Well, not quite.

To say that the 75th annual Loggerodeo has something for everyone would be just ABOUT right. The event, spanning two weekends, includes a magic show, an antique tractor show, the popular chain-saw carving, food, music, dancing and just about anything else that would count as family entertainment.

Many of the events are hands-on, too. And nothing is more hands-on than the Businessman’s Cow Milking, part of the Pro-West Rodeo for the second year.

Teams from local businesses will compete to see how long it takes to milk a cow and deliver the bottle to a judge.

“It was entertaining to say the very least,” Sedro-Woolley Riding and Racing Club President Kristen Hinton said of last year’s contest.

The biggest change this year for Loggerodeo is the venue for some of the festivities. The carnival, and the food and craft vendors have relocated to Riverfront Park.

The fireworks will go off at the park, too. Having the fireworks, carnival and the food vendors in the same location — with a lot more parking — should work in everyone’s favor, Loggerodeo President Jeanne McLennan said.

The carnival opens Friday and Saturday, in addition to Wednesday through Saturday over the Fourth of July weekend.

“The carnival is real excited about the new venue,” McLennan said.

The celebration and the ceremony will be heightened a notch or two for Loggerodeo’s 75th year.

The Grand Parade, yet another Loggerodeo tradition, is honoring the anniversary by inviting all past grand marshals to appear on the same float. In addition, a special birthday cake float will carry Nyal Thomas’ chain-saw carving of the Loggerodeo logo. The intricate piece depicts a logger riding a bucking logging truck and holding an ax.

The carving will be auctioned off Sunday, July 5, to help cover the cost of cancer treatments for Thomas’ wife, Jeannie.

The fireworks show, which begins at dusk on the Fourth of July, will be a little bigger and a little longer in honor of Nigel Clarke, grandson of Hank and Mary Geary. Clarke, 15, died in a bicycle crash in California in 2007. Hank Geary is a former chairman of the Loggerodeo board.

Cindy Clarke, Nigel’s mother, attended Loggerodeo for the first time without her son last year.

“The support of one’s hometown, after you go through a crisis, is comforting. I suppose one can say that you are home,” Cindy Clarke said of her visit last year.

For McLennan, the Loggerodeo president, the event’s 75th anniversary has a special meaning. Her father, Frank Martin, was Loggerodeo president in the 1980s.

“I have a pretty soft spot in my heart for Sedro-Woolley, and Loggerodeo was always a large part of my childhood. So it means a lot to me that it’s still thriving, and my parents are still involved,” McLennan said.

LOGGERODEO

Sedro-Woolley

FRIDAY, June 26

5 p.m.-midnight: Carnival, Riverfront Park

SATURDAY, June 27

9 a.m.-1 p.m.: Firefighters competition, Sedro-Woolley High School football field

Noon: Carnival, Riverfront Park

7 p.m.: Wild Women of Woolley performance, Sedro-Woolley Senior Center, 715 Pacific St.

MONDAY, June 29

5 p.m.: Judging for house-decorating contest. Register by 5 p.m. June 28.

WEDNESDAY, July 1

5 p.m.-midnight: Carnival, Riverfront Park (family night)

6 p.m.: Kiddies parade, Lemley Chapel. Arrive at 5 p.m.

7-9 p.m.: South End String Band, Riverfront Park amphitheater

THURSDAY, July 2

8 a.m.-4 p.m.: Antique tractor show, Sedro-Woolley Museum, 727 Murdock St.

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: Chain-saw carving competition, corner of Murdock and State

Noon-1 p.m.: Quick-carve competition and auction, corner of Murdock and State

Noon-3 p.m.: Sedro-Woolley Museum open house

2 p.m.: Whisker and beard contest, Sedro-Woolley Museum. Sign-up at 1:30 p.m.

5 p.m.-midnight: Carnival, Riverfront Park

7 p.m.: Circus of Wonders by Brian Ledbetter, Riverfront Park amphitheater

FRIDAY, July 3

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: Chain-saw carving competition, corner of Murdock and State

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Craft bazaar, Riverfront Park

11 a.m.-midnight: Carnival, Riverfront Park

Noon-1 p.m.: Quick-carve competition and auction, corner of Murdock and State

Noon-4 p.m.: Good Old Days Car Show, Birchview Memory Care 4 p.m.: Exhibition logging show by Greg Bisbey, corner of Warner and Walley streets

6 p.m.: Hot-dog eating contest, Hammer Heritage Square. Registration at 5 p.m.

7-10 p.m.: Street dance, Hammer Heritage Square

7 p.m.: PWRA Rodeo, rodeo grounds on Polte Road

7 p.m.: Circus of Wonders by Brian Ledbetter, Riverfront Park amphitheater

SATURDAY, July 4

7:30-11 a.m.: Sedro-Woolley Schools Foundation breakfast, Sedro-Woolley Community Center

8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.: Chain-saw carving competition, corner of Murdock and State

9:30 a.m.: Great Sedro-Woolley Footrace. Registration 7:30 to 9:15 a.m. at high school gym

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Craft bazaar, Riverfront Park

11 a.m.: Grand Parade

11 a.m.-midnight: Carnival, Riverfront Park

1-2 p.m.: Quick-carve competition, auction and awards ceremony, corner of Murdock and State

1 p.m.: PWRA Rodeo, rodeo grounds on Polte Road

1 p.m.: Exhibition logging show by Greg Bisbey, corner of Warner and Walley streets

3 p.m.: Circus of Wonders by Brian Ledbetter, Riverfront Park amphitheater

6:30 p.m.: Bluegrass jamboree, Cascade Middle School cafeteria

Dusk: Fireworks memorial show in memory of Nigel Clarke, Riverfront Park

SUNDAY, July 5

8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Chain-saw carving competition, corner of Murdock and State

9:30-10:30 a.m.: Church service with Pastor Vic Cline, Hammer Heritage Square

1 p.m.: Carver auction, corner of Murdock and State

Ralph Schwartz can be reached at 360-416-2138 or .