Week 3 at SVH

This past week was filled with July 4 celebrations. Here are some photos from the Loggerodeo festivities that lasted all week in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. plus an unrelated feature.

Chance Shrader winces as he is bucked off a bull on July 4, 2013 at the Sedro-Woolley Rodeo. Despite the violent nature of bull riding, Shrader says he has no fear of the sport. Brooke Warren / Skagit Valley Herald

(From left) Carmen Gomez, Ceci Galindo and Claribel Marin do jumping lunges during a cross training workout on July 3, 2013 at Urban Fitness in Mount Vernon, Wash. Brooke Warren / Skagit Valley Herald

Conner and Lily Schulthess watch their shadows as they dance to the Troy Fair Band at the Loggerodeo Street Dance on July 3, 2013 in Sedro-Woolley, Wash.
Brooke Warren / Skagit Valley Herald

Ryan Welch (left) and Joe Jones pull the hoods of their patriotic morphsuits over their heads before starting the Great Sedro-Woolley Footrace on July 4, 2013. “It’s almost being naked, but not,” Jones said.
Brooke Warren / Skagit Valley Herald

A member of the Sedro-Woolley All Stars squirts water at the crowd during the Sedro-Woolley Fourth of July parade.
Brooke Warren / Skagit Valley Herald

Master Sgt. Shane Inman (center) speaks to Sgt. Matthew Gegner (left) and Sgt. Allan Henderson (right) before leading the parade in Sedro-Woolley, Wash. on July 4, 2013. The parade is part of the oldest Fourth of July celebration in Washington.
Brooke Warren / Skagit Valley Herald

Town-Sanctioned Graffiti

Town council members, race organizers, volunteers from local organizations and random folks interested in joining the effort spread across Gothic Road extending up to Mt. Crested Butte brandishing spray paint, giant stencils and house paint after dark on Aug. 19. The town councils of both Crested Butte and Mt. Crested Butte sanctioned tagging the road to show support for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

Cones were set up to direct traffic while people painted racers’ names and images and words of support on the road.

Ozzie Scott and Jeff Scott tag the phrase “peace love bike” on the road. The Father-Son team went on a 36 hour tour to the front range and back to Crested Butte to tag all the passes for the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

Chad Murray drags a stencil for a Belgian flag to a new location while Crested Butte’s Mayor, Aaron Huckstep, directs traffic. “We have a distinctive climb,” said Huckstep. “It was a really decisive move in last year’s race.” This, he said, is why Crested Butte wanted to show their passion for cycling by painting the road, which can be seen from helicopters filming the race.

Grant Spear paints a Colorado flag on the road.

Chad Murray spray paints the road under the light of his headlamp.

One volunteer for the road graffiti bikes up the “Pitchfork Pinch,” the area they tagged, which has a 13 percent grade, to the next spot he will paint.