Plugging in a ride for a downtown carnival

August 24, 2010 | 10:18 p.m. CDT

John Cole plugs in the power source for a strip of lights on the "House of Rock" ride for a carnival run by Wade Shows that is set to open Thursday and close Sunday. The carnival is on South Providence Road near Broadway, in the parking lot of the former Osco Drug.

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