PARKS AMERICA INC
S-8, 2000-05-11
MINING & QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS)
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                                                       Registration No. 33-

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    Form S-8

                             Registration Statement
                                      Under
                           The Securities Act of 1933

                               PARKS AMERICA! INC.
             ------------------------------------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         Washington                                           91-1395124
- -----------------------------                          -------------------------
(State or other jurisdiction                              (IRS Employer
  of incorporation)                                       Identification No.)

        Box 1400, Eagle, Idaho                                     83616
- ----------------------------------------                         ----------
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)


                           Stock Issuance Pursuant to
             Long Range Corporate Planning and Business Development
             -------------------------------------------------------
                            (Full title of the plan)

                                                              Copy to:
             Dr. Larry Eastland                            Hank Vanderkam
             Parks America! Inc.                         Vanderkam & Sanders
                  Box 1400                             440 Louisiana, Suite 475
             Eagle, Idaho 83616                          Houston, Texas 77002
               (208) 463-1300                              (713) 547-8900
         ----------------------------
        (Name, address and telephone
         number of agent for service)


     Approximate  date of proposed sales pursuant to the plan: From time to time
after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

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                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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 Title of securities            Amount to be   Proposed maximum    Proposed maximum     Amount of
  to be registered               registered   offering price per  aggregate offering  registration
                                                  share (1)              price            fee
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<S>                             <C>            <C>                <C>                 <C>

Common Stock, $.0001 par value     750,000        $ 6.00             $4,500,000        $1,305.00
===================================================================================================
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(1)  Calculated  in  accordance  with Rule  457(c)  solely  for the  purpose  of
     determining  the  registration  fee.  The  offering  price  is based on the
     average bid and asked price as reported on the Nasdaq  Electronic  Bulletin
     Board on May 1, 2000.
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                                     PART I

                INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS


ITEM 1. PLAN INFORMATION

     Information  required by Item 1 is included in  documents  sent or given to
participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.

ITEM 2. REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION

     Information  required by Item 2 is included in  documents  sent or given to
participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.

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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

     The following  documents filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the   "Commission")  are  incorporated  by  reference  into  this  Registration
Statement and are made a part hereof:

     (a)  The  Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended
          June 30, 1999.
     (b)  All other  reports  filed  pursuant  to Section  13(a) or 15(d) of the
          Exchange  Act since the end of the fiscal  year  covered by the Annual
          Report referred to in Item 3(a) above, including,  but not limited to,
          the Company's  quarterly reports on Form 10-QSB for the fiscal quarter
          ended  December 31, 1999 and Form 10-QSB for the fiscal  quarter ended
          March 31, 2000.

     All reports and other documents  subsequently filed by the Company pursuant
to Sections 13(a),  13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended,  prior to the filing of a  post-effective  amendment which indicates
that all  securities  offered  hereby  have been sold or which  deregisters  all
securities  then  remaining  unsold,  shall  be  deemed  to be  incorporated  by
reference  herein  and to be a part  hereof  from the date of the filing of such
reports and documents.

ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

Common Stock

     General.  The Company is  authorized to issue  30,000,000  shares of Common
Stock, $.0001 par value per share.

     The holders of the Common Stock are entitled to receive  dividends when, as
and if  declared  by the  Board of  Directors,  out of funds  legally  available
therefor. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company,
the  holders of the Common  Stock are  entitled  to share  ratably in all assets
remaining  available for  distribution  to them after payment of liabilities and
after provision has been made for each class of stock, if any, having preference
over  the  Common  Stock.  The  holders  of the  Common  Stock  as such  have no
conversion,  preemptive or other subscription rights and there are no redemption
provisions applicable to the Common Stock.

     Voting Rights. The holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one vote for
each share held of record on all matters to be voted on by  stockholders.  There
is no  cumulative  voting with  respect to the election of  directors,  with the
results that the holders of shares  having more than fifty  percent (50%) of the
votes for the election of directors can elect all of the directors.

     Dividend  Policy.  To date,  the Company has not paid any  dividends on its
Common  Stock.  The  payment of  dividends,  if any, in the future is within the
discretion  of the  Board of  Directors  and  will  depend  upon  the  Company's
earnings,  its capital  requirements and financial  condition and other relevant
factors.  The Board does not intend to declare any dividends in the  foreseeable
future,  but  instead  intends to retain all  earnings,  if any,  for use in the
Company's business operations.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

     The Company's Articles of Incorporation, as amended, eliminate the personal
liability of directors to the Company or its  stockholders  for monetary damages
for breach of  fiduciary  duty to the extent  permitted by  Washington  law. The
Company's  Bylaws provide that the Company shall have the power to indemnify its
officers  and  directors  to  the  extent  permitted  by  the  Revised  Code  of
Washington.  The Revised Code of Washington authorize a corporation to indemnify
directors,  officers,  employees or agents of the corporation in  non-derivative
suits if such party acted in good faith and in a manner he  reasonably  believed
to be in or not  opposed  to the best  interest  of the  corporation  and,  with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
his conduct was unlawful, as determined in accordance with Washington law.
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     The provisions  affecting  personal  liability do not abrogate a director's
fiduciary  duty to the  Company and its  shareholders,  but  eliminate  personal
liability for monetary  damages for breach of that duty.  The provisions do not,
however,  eliminate  or limit the  liability of a director for failing to act in
good faith, for engaging in intentional misconduct or knowingly violating a law,
for authorizing  the illegal  payment of a dividend or repurchase of stock,  for
obtaining an improper  personal  benefit,  for  breaching a  director's  duty of
loyalty,  which  is  generally  described  as  the  duty  not to  engage  in any
transaction  which  involves a conflict  between the interest of the Company and
those of the director, or for violations of the federal securities laws.

     The provisions  regarding  indemnification  provide,  in essence,  that the
Company will  indemnify  its directors  against  expenses  (including  attorneys
fees),  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in connection  with any action,  suit or proceeding  arising out of the
director's status as a director of the Company,  including actions brought by or
on behalf of the Company (shareholder derivative actions). The provisions do not
require a showing of good faith. Moreover,  they do not provide  indemnification
for liability  arising out of willful  misconduct,  fraud,  or  dishonesty,  for
"short-swing"  profits  violations  under the federal  securities  laws, for the
receipt of illegal  remuneration or if the director received a benefit in money,
property  or  services  to  wich  the  director  is not  legally  entitled.  The
provisions also do not provide  indemnification  for any liability to the extent
such liability is covered by insurance.

     The provisions  also limit or indemnify  against  liability  resulting from
grossly  negligent  decisions  including grossly  negligent  business  decisions
relating to attempts to change control of the Company.

ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED

     Not applicable.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS

     4.1  Consulting  Agreement  dated  April 20,  2000 with  Shipwright  Assets
          Limited
     5.1  Opinion  and consent of  Vanderkam  & Sanders re: the  legality of the
          shares being registered
     23.1 Consent of Vanderkam & Sanders (included in Exhibit 5.1)
     23.2 Consent of Mark Bailey & Co. Ltd.

ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS

     (a)  The registrant hereby undertakes:

          (1)  To file,  during  any  period in which  offers or sells are being
               made, a post-effective  amendment to this registration  statement
               to include any material  information  with respect to the plan of
               distribution   not  previously   disclosed  in  the  registration
               statement  or any  material  change  to such  information  in the
               registration statement.
          (2)  That,  for  the  purpose  of  determining   liability  under  the
               Securities Act of 1933,  each  post-effective  amendment shall be
               treated  as  a  new  registration  statement  of  the  securities
               offered, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be
               deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
          (3)  To file a  post-effective  amendment to remove from  registration
               any  of the  securities  that  remain  unsold  at the  end of the
               offering.

     (b) The  undersigned  registrant  hereby  undertakes  that, for purposes of
determining  any liability  under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934  (and,  where  applicable,  each  filing of an
employee  benefit  plan's  annual  report  pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the
Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934)  that is  incorporated  by  reference  in the
registration  statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

     (c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons of
the  registrant  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  provisions,   or  otherwise,  the
registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act
and is, therefore,  unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such  liabilities  (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director,  officer or controlling person of the registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such  indemnification  by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements  for  filing  on Form S-8 and has  duly  caused  this  registration
statement  to be  signed  on its  behalf  by  the  undersigned,  thereunto  duly
authorized, in the City of Eagle, State of Idaho on the 11th day of May 2000.

                                     PARKS AMERICA! INC.


                                     By: /s/ Larry Eastland
                                        ---------------------------------------
                                     DR. LARRY EASTLAND,  Chairman of the Board

     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
registration  statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the date indicated.

   Signatures                  Title                                Date
  ------------                -------                              ------

 /s/ Larry Eastland        Chairman of the Board of Directors     May 11, 2000
- ------------------------   (Principal Executive Officer)
DR. LARRY EASTLAND

 /s/ Robert Klosterman     President, Treasurer and Director      May 11, 2000
- ------------------------   (Principal Financial and Accounting
ROBERT L. KLOSTERMAN        Officer)




                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT

     This consulting  agreement (this "Agreement") is made the 20th day of April
2000 by and between Parks America! Inc., (the "Company"),  and Shipwright Assets
Limited (the "Consultant").

                                    RECITALS

     WHEREAS,  the  Company  wishes to engage  the  Consultant  with  respect to
certain aspects of its business;

     WHEREAS,  the  Consultant  is willing to make  available to the Company the
consulting services provided for in the Agreement as set forth below;

                                    AGREEMENT

     NOW  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of  the  premises  and  the  respective
covenants and  agreements of the parties  herein  contained,  the parties hereto
agree as follows:

     1.   TERM

     The term of this  Agreement  shall  commence  on the date hereof and end on
     June 30, 2001.

     2.   CONSULTING SERVICES

     (a) Long range corporate planning and business  development,  including but
     not limited to the development of corporate strategy,  market direction and
     implantation of business plans;

     Review and analysis of potential markets and customers in such markets.

     Review of operations and analysis of deviations  from the business plan for
     such markets.

     (b) Compensation.  In consideration of the consulting services set forth in
     paragraph 2 (a), and subject to the terms and  conditions  set forth herein
     the Company  hereby  agrees to issue to  Consultant  750,000  shares of the
     Company's  Common stock (the "Shares") and register such shares at the time
     of  initial  issuance,  or  immediately  thereafter,  on Form S-8 under the
     Securities Act of 1933.

     (c) Issuance.  Issuance and delivery of the Common Stock shall be within 45
     days of the full reporting date of the company,  at which time, the Company
     shall deliver to the Consultant:

          (i) the certificate or certificates evidencing the Shares to be issued
          to the Consultant and the respective dates,  registered in the name of
          the Consultant; and

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          (ii) evidence  that the Shares have been  registered on Form S-8 to be
          filed upon issuance of the Shares to the  Consultant,  registering for
          resale thereof.

     (d) Expenses. During the term of the Consultant's engagement hereunder. The
     Consultant  shall be  entitled  to  receive  prompt  reimbursement  for all
     reasonable  expenses  incurred by the  Consultant  in  performing  services
     hereunder, including all travel and living expenses while away from home on
     business at the request of and in the service of the Company, provided that
     such  expenses  are  incurred  and  accounted  for in  accordance  with the
     policies and procedures  established by the Company,  and that any expenses
     in excess of $500.00 have been pre-approved in writing by the Company.

3.   CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

     (a)  Confidential   Information.   In  connection  with  the  providing  of
Consulting  Services,  hereunder,  the Company may provide the  Consultant  with
information  concerning  the Company which the Company deems  confidential  (the
"Confidential  Information").  The  Consultant  understands  and agrees that any
Confidential  Information  disclosed  pursuant  to  this  Agreement  is  secret,
proprietary  and of great value to the  Company,  which value may be impaired if
the secrecy of such information is not maintained. The Consultant further agrees
that he will take  reasonable  security  measures  to  preserve  and protect the
secrecy  of such  Confidential  Information,  and to hold  such  information  in
confidence and not to disclose such  information,  either directly or indirectly
to any person or entity during the term of this  agreement or any time following
the expiration or termination hereof; provided, however, that the Consultant may
disclose the  Confidential  Information  to an assistant to whom  disclosure  is
necessary for the providing of services under this agreement.

     (b)  Exclusions.  For purposes of this  paragraph 3, the term  Confidential
Information shall not include  Information which (i) becomes generally available
to the public other than as a result of a disclosure  by the  Consultant  or his
assistants,  agents or advisors, or (ii) becomes available on a non-confidential
basis to the  Consultant  from a source other than the Company or it's advisors,
provided  that  such  source  is not  known to the  Consultant  to be bound by a
Confidentiality  agreement with or other obligation of secrecy to the Company or
another party.

     (c)  Government  Order.  Notwithstanding  anything to the  contrary in this
Agreement,  the  Consultant  shall not be precluded  from  disclosing any of the
Confidential  Information  pursuant  to a valid  order  of any  governmental  or
regulatory authority, or pursuant to the order of any court or arbitrator.

     (d) Injunctive  Relief.  The Consultant  agrees that,  since a violation of
this paragraph 3 would cause irreparable  injury to the Company,  and that there
may not be an adequate remedy at law for such violation,  the Company shall have
the right in addition to any other  remedies  available at law or in equity,  to
enjoin the  Consultant in a court of equity for violating the provisions of this
paragraph 3.


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4.   REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

     The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Consultant that as of the
date hereof and as of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the  transactions
contemplated hereby):

     (a) Existence and  Authority.  The Company is a corporation  duly organized
and validly  existing in good  standing  under the laws of its  jurisdiction  of
incorporation  and has full power and authority to own its respective  property,
carry on its  respective  business  as no being  conducted,  and enter  into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement and to issue and deliver the Shares
to be issued by it hereunder. The Company is duly qualified as a jurisdiction in
which it is  necessary  to be so  qualified  to transact  business as  currently
conducted.  This Agreement,  has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action, executed, and delivered by the Company, and constitutes the legal, valid
and  binding  obligation  of the  Company,  enforceable  against  the Company in
accordance  with  its  terms  subject  to  applicable  bankruptcy,   insolvency,
reorganization,  moratorium  or other  similar laws relating to or affecting the
rights of creditors generally and to general principals of equity.

     (b)  Authorization  and  Validity  of  Shares.  The  Shares  have been duly
authorized and are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable
and free of any  preemptive  rights.  THE  Shares  are not  subject to any lien,
pledge, security interest or other encumbrance.

     (c)  Authorization  of  Agreement.  The  Company  has taken all actions and
obtain all  consents or  approvals  necessary to authorize it to enter into this
Agreement.

     (d) No Violation.  Neither the execution or delivery of this Agreement, the
issuance  or  delivery  of  Shares,  the  performance  by  the  Company  of  its
obligations  under this  Agreement,  nor the  consummation  of the  transactions
contemplated  hereby will conflict  with,  violate,  constitute a breach of or a
default  (with the passage of time or otherwise)  under,  require the consent or
approval of or filing with any person  (other than consent and  approvals  which
have been  obtained and filings  which have been made)  under,  or result in the
imposition  of a lien on or securities  interest in any  properties or assets of
the Company,  pursuant to the charter or bylaws of the Company, any award of any
arbitrator  or  any  agreement  (including  any  agreement  with  stockholders),
instruments, order, judgement, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation to which
the  Company  is party or to which any such  person  or any of their  respective
properties or assets is subject.

     (e)  Registration.  The Shares have been,  or will be upon the filing of an
S-8 Registration  Statement,  registered pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and all applicable state laws.

5.   FILINGS

     The Company shall furnish to the Consultant,  promptly after the sending or
filing  thereof,  copies of all reports  which the  Company  sends to its equity
security  holders  generally,   and  copies  of  all  reports  and  registration
statements  which the Company files with the Securities and Exchange  Commission
(the "Commission"), any other securities exchange or the national Association of
Securities Dealers, Inc. ("NASD")

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6.   SUPPLYING INFORMATION

     The Company shall cooperate with the Consultant in supplying such publicity
available  information  as may be  reasonably  necessary  for the  Consultant to
complete and file any information reporting forms.

7.   INDEMNIFICATION

     (a) The Company shall indemnify the Consultant from and against any and all
expenses  (including  attorneys'  fees),  judgements,  fines,  claims,  cause of
action,  liabilities  and other amounts paid (whether in settlement or otherwise
actually and  reasonably  incurred) by the  Consultant in  connection  with such
action, suit or proceeding if (i) the Consultant was made a party to any action,
suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that the Consultant  rendered advice or
services pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) the Consultant acted in good faith
and in a manner reasonably believed by the Consultant to be in or not opposed to
the  interests  of the  Company,  and with  respect  to any  criminal  action or
proceeding,  had no reasonable  cause or believe his conduct was  unlawful.  The
termination of any action,  suit or proceeding by judgment,  order,  settlement,
conviction,  or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,  shall not, of
itself, create a presumption that the Consultant did not act in good faith in or
not opposed to the best  interests  of the  Company,  and,  with  respect to any
criminal action or proceeding,  had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not indemnify the
Consultant with respect to nay claim, issue or matter as to which the consultant
shall have been adjudged to be liable for gross negligence or willful misconduct
in the performance  other duties  pursuant to this Agreement  unless and only to
the  extent  that the  court in which  such  action  or suit was  brought  shall
determine upon  application  that,  despite the adjunction of liability,  but in
view  of all the  circumstances  of the  case,  the  Consultant  is  fairly  and
reasonably  entitled to indemnity for such expenses  which such court shall deem
proper.

     (b) The Consultant shall indemnify the Company from and against any and all
expenses  (including  attorney's fees),  judgements,  fines,  claims,  causes of
action,  liabilities  and other amounts paid (whether in settlement or otherwise
actually and reasonably incurred) by the Company in connection with such action,
suit or  proceeding  if (i) the Company was made a party to any action,  suit or
proceeding by reason of the fact that the Consultant rendered advice or services
pursuant to this  Agreement,  and (ii) the  Consultant did not act in good faith
and in a manner reasonably believed by the Consultant to be in or not opposed to
the  interests  of the  Company,  and with  respect  to any  criminal  action or
proceeding,  did not reasonably believe his conduct was lawful.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing,  the  Consultant  shall not indemnify the Company with respect to
any claim,  issue or matter as to which the Company  shall have been adjudged to
be liable for gross  negligence or willful  misconduct  in  connection  with the
performance of the  Consultant's  duties  pursuant to this Agreement  unless and
only to the extent that the court on which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjunction of liability, bu in view
of all circumstances of the case, the Company is fairly and reasonably  entitled
to indemnify for such expenses which such court shall deem proper.


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8.   INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS

     It is expressly  understood and agreed that this is a consulting  agreement
only and does not constitute an employer-employee relationship. Accordingly, the
Consultant agrees that the consultant shall be solely responsible for payment of
his own taxes or sums due to the federal, state, or local governments, overhead,
workmen's  compensation,   fringe  benefits,  pension  contributions  and  other
expenses.  It is  further  understood  and  agreed  that  the  Consultant  is an
independent  contractor  and the  company  shall  have no right to  control  the
activities  of the  Consultant  other than during the express  period of time in
which the Consultant is performing  services  hereunder,  and that such services
provided   hereunder   and  not  because  of  any   presumed   employer-employee
relationship. The Consultant shall have no authority to bind the company.

     The parties further  acknowledge that the Company's  services hereunder are
not  exclusive,  but  that  the  Consultant  shall be  performing  services  and
undertaking  other  responsibilities,  for and with other  entities  or persons,
which may directly or  indirectly  compete with the  Company.  Accordingly,  the
services of the  Consultant  hereunder  are on a part time basis  only,  and the
Company shall have no discretion,  control of, or interest in, the  Consultant's
services which are not covered by the terms of the Agreement. The Company hereby
waives any  conflict of interest  which now exists or may  hereafter  arise with
respect to Consultant's current employment and future employment.

9.   NOTICE

     All  notices  provided by this  Agreement  shall be in writing and shall be
given by facsimile  transmission,  overnight  courier,  by registered mail or by
personal delivery,  by one party to the other,  addressed to such other party at
the applicable address set forth below, or to such other address as may be given
for such  purpose by such other  party by notice  duly given  hereunder.  Notice
shall be deemed properly given on the date of the delivery.

                  To Consultant:         Shipwright Assets Limited
                                         200 South Knowles Ave.
                                         Winter Park, Florida  32789

                  To the Company:        Parks America! Inc.
                                         Box 1400
                                         Eagle, Idaho 83616

10.  MISCELLANEOUS

     (a) Waiver.  Any term or provision of this  Agreement  may be waived at any
time by the party entitled to the benefit  thereof by a written  instrument duly
executed by such party.

     (b) Entire  Agreement.  This  Agreement  contains the entire  understanding
between the parties hereto with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby,
and may not be amended,  modified, or altered except by an instrument in writing
signed by the party against whom such amendment,  modification, or alteration is
sought  to be  enforced.  This  Agreement  supercedes  and  replaces  all  other
agreements  between the parties  with respect to any services to be performed by
the Consultant of behalf of the Company.

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     (c) Governing  Law. This  Agreement  shall be construed and  interpreted in
accordance with the laws of the State of Florida.

     (d) Binding  Effect.  This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of
the  parties  hereto  and their  respective  heirs,  executors,  administrators,
successors and assigns.

     (e) Construction.  The captions and headings  contained herein are inserted
for  convenient  reference  only,  are not a part  hereof and the same shall not
limit  or  construe  the  provisions  to which  they  apply.  Reference  in this
agreement  to  "paragraphs"  are to the  paragraphs  in this  Agreement,  unless
otherwise noted.

     (f)  Expenses.  Each party  shall pay and be  responsible  for the cost and
expanses,  including,  without  limitations,  attorneys's fees, incurred by such
party  in  connection  with  negotiation,  preparation  and  execution  of  this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

     (g)  Assignment.  No party  hereto may assign any of its rights or delegate
any of its obligations  under this Agreement without the express written consent
of the other party hereto.

     (h) No Rights to Others. Nothing herein contained or implied is intended or
shall be  construed to confer upon or give to any person,  firm or  corporation,
other than the parties hereto.

     (i)  Counterparts.  This  Agreement may be executed  simultaneously  in two
counterparts,  each of which  shall be  deemed  an  original,  but both of which
together shall  constitute on and the same agreement,  binding upon both parties
hereto, notwithstanding that both parties are not signatories to the original or
the same counterpart.

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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties have executed this  Agreement on the date
and year first above written.


                                            PARKS AMERICA! INC.

                                            By:/s/ Larry L. Eastland
                                               ------------------------
                                            Its: Chairman


                                           Shipwright Assets Limited

                                           By:/s/ Thomas Tedrow
                                              -------------------------
                                           Its:Managing Director


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                               Vanderkam & Sanders
                               440 Louisiana, #475
                                Houston, TX 77002
                               713-547-8900 phone
                             713-547-8910 facsimile

                                  May 11, 2000


Parks America! Inc.
Box 1400
Eagle, Idaho 83616

         Re:      Form S-8 Registration Statement

Gentlemen:

     You have  requested  that we furnish you our legal  opinion with respect to
the legality of the following described  securities of Parks America!  Inc. (the
"Company") covered by a Form S-8 Registration  Statement, as amended through the
date  hereof  (the  "Registration  Statement"),  filed with the  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission for the purpose of registering  such  securities  under the
Securities Act of 1933:

     1.   750,000  shares of common  stock,  $.0001  par  value  (the  "Shares")
          issuable pursuant to a Consulting  Agreement dated April 20, 2000 (the
          "Agreement").

     In connection with this opinion,  we have examined the corporate records of
the Company, including the Company's Articles of Incorporation,  Bylaws, and the
Minutes of its Board of Directors and Shareholders meetings, the Agreement,  the
Registration  Statement,  and such  other  documents  and  records  as we deemed
relevant in order to render this opinion.

     Based on the  foregoing,  it is our opinion  that,  after the  Registration
Statement  becomes  effective  and the Shares have been issued and  delivered as
described  therein,   the  Shares  will  be  validly  issued,   fully  paid  and
non-assessable.

     We  hereby  consent  to the  filing of this  opinion  with  Securities  and
Exchange  Commission  as an exhibit to the  Registration  Statement  and further
consent to statements made therein  regarding our firm and use of our name under
the  heading  "Legal  Matters"  in the  Prospectus  constituting  a part of such
Registration Statement.

                                                     Sincerely,

                                                     VANDERKAM & SANDERS

                                                     /s/ Vanderkam & Sanders



                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT





As  independent   certified  public  accountants,   we  hereby  consent  to  the
incorporation  by  reference  in the  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 of our
report relating to the financial statements of Wincanton  Corporation (now Parks
America!  Inc.),  which report  appears in the  Company's  Annual Report on Form
10-KSB for the year  ended June 30,  1999,  and to all  references  to this firm
included in such Registration Statement.

                                                 /s/ Mark Bailey & Co. Ltd.

                                                 MARK BAILEY & CO LTD.








Date: April 20, 2000
Reno, Nevada



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