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A video circulating on social media showed a carnival worker applying duct tape to the Ferris wheel at the McKean County Fair this past week. Fair board president Tanya Okerlund explained that the tape repair was a temporary measure undertaken to secure a broken light bar long enough to unload passengers.
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By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com
August 15, 2025
Official explains duct tape repair on McKean County Fair ride
SMETHPORT, Pa. — A late-night video circulating on social media showing a carnival worker repairin...
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