Friday, May 28, 2010
Circus is not coming to town
By CELIA NISSEN, Staff Writer
There will be no Human Slinky, Clown Swinging or jugglers on unicycles in Milford next weekend.
Vidbel’s Olde Tyme Circus, a family owned and operated circus, was scheduled to be in town June 5 thanks to a sponsorship from the Milford Knights of Columbus. The circus was canceled last week after organizers learned of the town’s requirement to put circus personnel through criminal background checks.
The town informed circus manager Mike Goci on May 19 about the need to run background checks on everyone in the circus dealing with the public – everyone from ticket- and souvenir-sellers to concession people and wandering vendors. The town wanted the background check completed by noon May 21, according to Goci.
There will be no Human Slinky, Clown Swinging or jugglers on unicycles in Milford next weekend.
Vidbel’s Olde Tyme Circus, a family owned and operated circus, was scheduled to be in town June 5 thanks to a sponsorship from the Milford Knights of Columbus. The circus was canceled last week after organizers learned of the town’s requirement to put circus personnel through criminal background checks.
The town informed circus manager Mike Goci on May 19 about the need to run background checks on everyone in the circus dealing with the public – everyone from ticket- and souvenir-sellers to concession people and wandering vendors. The town wanted the background check completed by noon May 21, according to Goci.
Has the town conducted criminal background checks on all the people that live there too? How preposterous!
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