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Swampwater Stompers plays on top of a circus wagon as it makes its way through Peru’s Circus City Parade on Saturday.
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Peru Amateur Circus performers wave to the crowd and spray water out of their squirt guns during the parade.
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A pair of elephants brings up the rear of Peru’s Circus City Parade on Saturday. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
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A steam calliope made up part of Peru s Circus City Parade. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
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Courtlynn Crowe, right, catches Skyler Miser in the flying trapeze act, the final act of the Peru Amateur Circus, on Friday. Crowe is the first female catcher in the circus’ history.
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Courtlynn Crowe puts on makeup as she gets ready to perform in the Peru Amateur Circus on Friday.
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Courtlynn Crowe stretches before performing in the silks act during the Peru Amateur Circus on Friday.
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Courtlynn Crowe laughs with her fellow Peru Amateur Circus performers as they get ready for Friday night s performance.
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PERU, Ind. â When the Peru Amateur Circus made the decision to call off all its performances last year due to COVID, circus officials knew it would be a painful blow to the nonprofitâs finances.
But John Kirk, who serves on the board of the Peru Circus City Festival, said no one knew how big of a blow it was until a couple months ago, when circus officials started crunching numbers.
âWithout the revenue of ticket sales from last year, and the potential impact COVID will have this year, we find ourselves in a tough position,â he wrote in a Facebook post. âWe are facing a very real possibility of having to close our doors permanently.â
PERU – When the Peru Amateur Circus made the decision to call off all its performances last year due to COVID, circus officials knew it would be a painful blow
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Community Howard Health medics check a man in the 700 block of South Union who was complaining of fever and trouble breathing on April 7, 2020. With the fear of COVID spreading, medical crews were being overly precautious early in the pandemic.
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Sophia Good looks up at her alpaca during the llama and alpaca show at the Howard County 4-H Fair on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. Kelly Lafferty Gerber | Kokomo Tribune
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Workers prepare to build ventilators at the GM manufacturing facility in Kokomo, Indiana, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, where GM and Ventec Life Systems are partnering to produce Ventec critical care ventilators in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.