SKOWHEGAN -- Feel like braving the scary new "Remix" ride on the midway this year at the Skowhegan State Fair?

How about the new "Polar Express," or the Ferris wheel or the tilt-a-whirl?

Well, rest assured, say midway, fair and state safety officials, you and your loved ones are going to be in good hands.

Inspections, licenses and permits make sure every nut and bolt is in place, every bearing is greased and every wire is properly grounded when the fair opens Thursday morning.

There will be no sharp edges and no loose ends, they say.

"We're in a business that is no different than trains, air planes and buses and taxicab companies -- when you're in a business and you put people in motion, obviously you don't want any accidents," Eugene Dean Jr., second-generation owner of Fiesta Shows of Seabrook, N.H., said. "We do everything in the world to prevent those."

The 190th Skowhegan Fair opens Thursday with 4-H shows in the morning, exhibition halls, pig racing and Circus Hollywood.

The Fiesta Shows midway opens at noon today for $1 ride per ride day and a $1 gate admission.

Ride prices for the rest of the run of the fair are $19 for unlimited rides or $15 with a discount ride coupon.

Daily gate admission is $8 on Fridays and Saturdays and $6 for the other days.

The fair runs daily through Sunday, Aug. 16.