8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL July 26, 2017
Carnival Safety in Question City Vehicle Hit in Crash
The site of the car crash from last Wednesday.
By Zach Silva
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Some of the rides from the carnival at Bohemia Mining Days that some users say were unsafe.
Bohemia Mining Days carnival faces safety concerns
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
and he said he, or his kid, was on the ferris wheel
and bolts fell out of the seat.”
Fellow BMD attendee Matt Gibson also said
he had questions regarding the rides’ safety and
noted “…the operators could care less about the
people on the rides.”
Haas however, said that many of the rides that
people have complained about are computer op-
erated, including the seatbelts. “We inspect our
rides every day and then the state inspects them as
well. We have to follow strict guidelines and meet
certain safety standards,” she said. She also ad-
dressed rumors that the ferris wheel at this year’s
carnival was 70 years old.
“I don’t have it in front of me but I would say
it’s 50 years old,” she said. “But those rides under-
go a special inspection by the state and we comply
with that,” she said. “I hire someone on my staff
that inspects for the state and obviously they don’t
do our state inspections because of the confl ict,
but we take safety very seriously. My children
ride these rides.” She also noted that, according
to her records, Rainier did not receive complaints
through the customer service representation that
was present at this year’s fair. Both Rainier and
BMD staff were expected to meet after press
deadline to discuss the complaints and investigate
avenues to move forward.
The carnival came to town but some folks are
glad it’s gone.
The annual Bohemia Mining Days (BMD) car-
nival camped at Bohemia Park is one of the largest
draws of the four-day festival. However this year,
dozens took to social media to complain about the
quality and safety of the rides, prompting carnival
and BMD leadership to meet and investigate the
claims.
“Safety is our number one priority,” said Crys-
tal Haas, partial owner and human resources con-
tact for Rainier Amusements, the company that
provided the carnival to BMD.
The company has two separate traveling carni-
vals, one led by Haas and the other by extended
family members. And while Haas said the com-
pany takes every complaint seriously, she noted
that not all complaints carried the weight of truth.
“I had a woman call me and say there was a
problem with the seatbelt on one of the rides. But
that ride wasn’t in Cottage Grove. It was in Battle
Ground Wasington with me,” she said. “She then
called back saying it was a different ride.”
BMD coordinator Cindy Weeldreyer told The
Sentinel that, in her experience, there are a hand-
ful of carnival-goers every
year that complain about the
rides.
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rumors of carnival safety and
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Rochelle Clark said she
from our staff
attended the BMD carnival
as a teenager and returned
members.
with her young children this
year. “My son rode the ride
Family owned and operated for over 47 years.
that took them pretty high up
and he said his seatbelt came
undone while it was going
and he had to hold it against
him,” she said. When she ap-
proached the ride’s operator
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belts cannot come undone un-
less she undoes them. “Then
we saw my husband’s friend
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Last Wednesday a City of
Cottage Grove truck that was
hauling a trailer was rear end-
ed.
Two city workers were
driving the truck when they
were at a stop sign getting
ready to turn when they were
rear ended by an individual
driving a 2006 BMW. Multiple
witnesses said that the driv-
er of the BMW was on their
phone at the time of the crash.
All individuals were fi ne but
the trailer that was carrying
four large pieces of landscap-
ing equipment was totaled.
The truck, a 1996 Chevrolet
that has 143,000 miles on it,
was also damaged with total
damages close to $5,000.
Picture from the crsah. These
two images were obtained
by the Sentinel via a public
records request.
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MIRACLES”
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