Years ago before Cal Ranch bought the parking lot next door and the buildings there was a different store here, it was Smiths grocery store and the Carnival would use the large parking lot for the yearly Carnival. Ken and I would take our daughter over there each year and go one some of the rides.
There were quite a few rides here for the kids and the adults.
We went at night a few times too. But we stopped going when Ken was asked if he needed some extra work by one of the guys who was helping to set up the Carnival. He said sure and went over to one of the small buildings and got hired to help set up all the rides.
The thing was, he saw who else got hired. A bunch of the homeless guys in the area got hired to set up the rides and most of them got told what to do and had NO supervision as they were being set up. Then to top it off, it was the homeless people in the area who were operating all the rides, taking the tickets and manning the ticket booth.
The last time Ken and I took our daughter to this Carnival we noticed that a few of the homeless guys were drinking on the job as they switched the rides on and off. That was the last straw for me and we didn't go again.
But A company bought this property they used to set up on and they moved the carnival to another location. I have no idea if they are still using local homeless people to set up and operate the rides but I wouldn't doubt it.
