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CALGARY (CP) — John McAfee. gazed around his $25-million amusement park, showing all the pride ofa father towards Ms new- born baby,

The official opening | near _Calgary.of Calaway. Park, “albert’s answer -.to Disneyland, WAS, acheduled for Sat., June 26 and McAfes frowned, adding:

totally turned. of by this facility."

There are a few who don't " goin for rollercoasters,’ log slides, haunted hotsés and garishly-painted -Fred

Filntstone villages amack up against thé scenic Rocky _ develop so they: hide what

Mountain foothills. -

One of them is Mary Luzi, who first lost a battle to stop _ the amusement . park

altogether and -then lost in. ~~her bid to ban _MaAfee’s 31- ’ metre-+high “rollercoaster. 7 certainly - an

"It's eyesore,". Lusi gaid in a telephone Interview. “Our

. back windows look’ right at. it. ih

MeAfee, a former. Red Deer, Alta.,. lawyer, ad- mitted “if Llived a half mile -

7 “Fun at Calaway Amusément Park. -

“Some. people. are: going to “be

away from thissite ... and 1 was sitting there looking at this corks¢rew roller- coaster, rd be unhappy

- too.”

“He has. palnted the . §3- milion. structure, including its two upside-down loops, in brown earth tones to blend in with the foothills, .

Lunt is grateful but can't

“help: asking: | “What. does

that do when there are still purple and.red roofs, along

"with oranges, ‘yellows and

a blues?" - MeAfee has urged, her to ~ be patient; to walt until the

thousands of dollars worth

‘ of trees, bushes and land--

acaping have e chance to

she doesn't like..

' There were. “other residents, he said, who believed: his development

‘plang called for nothing ‘more than “taking a field,

paving.a strip and sticking a

‘midway in there.” - '; But McAfee sald most - . have been- won over since

then bythe ponds,. water- falls, suapension bridges and inlaid-brick walkways on the 2+-hectare site.

. Vvestors

“Yes, there are unhappy people, And yes, I'll never be able to make all of them happy. -But I think @ lot of

_them are resigned to the

factit's here and they are ai feast pleased. with. the quality _ of the develop- ment,” *

Mcafee suid the quality of =

about 400 large-scale

amusement parks in: the:

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United’ States, . plus Canada’s Wonderland north of Toronto have helped. them achieve success as all- . round, family aitractions.

“They're alot more than. hast a midway: anda few:

rides." .

McAfee and ‘15 othe® | in’ — from Alberta, ‘British Columbia

ago by paying: Hanna- . Productions ~

Barbara $500,000 for the rights to

Fred Flintstone and’ other -

Bedrock City cartoon characters, or.

The characters provide -

one of two: themes for everything at Calaway. The

other facilities concentrate : on a Victorian motif.

$11.95 to get into the: park, ‘ almost

attractions. The one-price- ©

_for-all. system -has. eeved :

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ts free |. except. for food outlets,.. ff games where prizes can be. -

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