RUSTLING UP SUPPORT TO REVIVE WESTERN TOWN; PRESERVATIONISTS SEEK TO REBUILD EX-MOVIE LOT.Byline: Gloria Gonzales Daily News Staff Writer Gregg Anderson knows where John Wayne fought a climactic cli·mac·tic also cli·mac·ti·cal adj. Relating to or constituting a climax. cli·mac  ti·cal·ly adv.Adj. 1. gunfight in the western ``Fort Apache,'' and where Johnny Weissmuller Johnny Weissmuller (June 2 1904 – January 20 1984) was an American swimmer and actor who was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. swung from fake vines as Jungle Jim, before he was cast as Tarzan. He'll show those places to City Council members and parks board members when he takes them on a tour of Corriganville Park on Saturday, trying to bolster support for reopening the park. ``Gregg knows every rock and every branch in Corriganville,'' said Jeff Johnson, the public member of the Rancho Simi Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish. Open Space Conservation Agency. ``We want to give them the red-carpet tour of the site, so they can see that we're doing a lot and that we're ready to move ahead.'' While consideration to open the park is not yet on the council's agenda, Johnson and Anderson - both members of the Corriganville Preservation Committee - would like to reopen it this summer. But that would take a financial commitment of $82,600 from the city and the parks board. Built in 1937, the 188-acre park was operated by actor Ray ``Crash'' Corrigan as a movie back lot and later as an amusement park amusement park, a commercially operated park offering various forms of entertainment, such as arcade games, carousels, roller coasters, and performers, as well as food, drink, and souvenirs. until it closed in 1966. At its peak, the park attracted about 22,000 visitors per year. Westerns and adventure films, including ``Fort Apache,'' ``Ambush'' and ``Gunfight at Dodge City'' brought Hollywood legends like Robert Taylor Robert Taylor or Bob Taylor may refer to:
The park has been closed to the public since 1988, when the city and the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District purchased the land. The Rancho Simi Open Space Conservation Agency, the city and the park district have planned an ambitious western-theme park and exhibits for the area. Plans involve rebuilding the movie sets, including a full-scale western town, most of which were destroyed by fire in 1970. ``Opening the park to the public now would put us a step toward the first phase of development,'' said David Hugo, spokesman for the park's preservation committee. ``It's going to take between 5 (million) and $6 million for the full development, which includes rebuilding the original town site built to today's codes.'' Corriganville preservationists hope that opening the area to the public will stimulate interest in the park, which would in turn help fund-raising efforts Noun 1. fund-raising effort - a campaign to raise money for some cause fund-raising campaign, fund-raising drive crusade, campaign, cause, drive, effort, movement - a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported . Hugo also noted that the public now uses the park illegally, which makes the land vulnerable to vandals. The $82,600 would cover the cost of new and repaired fencing, portable toilets, protective railings and other safety measures safety measures, n.pl actions (e.g., use of glasses, face masks) taken to protect patients and office personnel from such known hazards as particles and aerosols from high-speed rotary instruments, mercury vapor, radiation exposure, anesthetic and and a year-round caretaker, Johnson said. Several groups are ready to begin work in the park, including the Trailblazers and Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Rotary Club, he added. The Trailblazers would repair and build hiking trails, while the Rotary Club has committed $100,000 to create a youth camp. |
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