The Stevens County Times
Stevens County Times Extra
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Spectacular new ride for the Stevens County Fair By Rae Yost Stevens County Times amily Fun Shows will bring a spectacular ride to the Stevens County Fair Aug. 7-12, midway owner Greg Hughes said. The ride 1,001 Nachts is classified as a spectacular ride in the amusement industry, Hughes said. “In our business there are spectacular, major and kids rides,” Hughes said. 1,0001 Nachts a pendulum style ride that
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reaches about 65 feet at its top height, Hughes said. Rides swing up and swing down but do not go upside down, he said. The ride acts like a flying carpet, Hughes said. “It is a thrill ride,” he said. “It goes high in the air and into a free fall.” Hughes owns Family Fun Shows with his wife, Gail. The carnival has been a fair midway staple for many years. The Hughes invested a few hundred thousand dollars in the new ride
because they want to keep the carnival fresh. And, Hughes said, he was looking for a ride that would be attractive to kids and the 40 plus crowd. The ride coming to the Stevens County Fair “sat near the front of the midway at the Minnesota State Fair since 2012,” Hughes said. “It had been there since 2010.” The ride’s owner bought a new 1,001 Nachts for the state fair. Hughes bought the older
rider. The ride has been set up since the carnival season started. “I think it’s been a smashing hit,” Hughes said. Although it’s a spectacular ride, Gail made sure the ride will still only cost one ticket, Hughes said. The couple is committed to making the carnival rides affordable, Hughes said. Gail convinced him that one ticket per ride was still appropriate for the 1,001 Nachts ride, Hughes said.
Traveling with the Carnival Family Fun Shows owner started with midway at 14
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By Rae Yost Stevens County Times He was 14 when he left home to join the traveling carnival. “At a very young age I decided what I wanted to do and who I wanted to marry,” Greg Hughes said. More than 40 years later, Hughes is still married to the woman who was his girlfriend when he was 14. And he never left the carnival.
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