While reading this local blog, I found out that the amusement park of my youth, Joyland, in Wichita, Kansas, has been closed since 2006. Nature is reclaiming the park, and you can see more pictures of its demise at this site. 
The best thing to do when school was out in May was to take your report card to Joyland, and they would give you tickets for your grades. I seem to remember that for every A you got 4 (or was it 5?) tickets, and fewer tickets for each lower grade. The roller coaster was pretty scary, not only for its drops, but it looked like it would fall apart at any moment, even when it was running.
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Isn't it amazing that they still have the sign in place AND the old roller coaster tracks? Those are good memories of a time when our towns had entertainment locally because we didn't travel far and wide to theme parks.
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