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Erich Schuttauf, Executive Director

Labor Day Weekend

This holiday typically marks the end of the summer season; kids have gone back to school, cooler weather isn’t long to follow.  From all of us in the AANR office, we deeply hope you have an enjoyable and safe weekend, and that you get to spend at least some of your weekend naked, too.

In observance of the holiday our offices will be closed on Monday, September 1, 2008.

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E-Bulletin August 28, 2008 - Volume 2, Issue 18 San Onofre Nudists Get Reprieve Late in the afternoon on August 27, Orange County California Superior Court Judge Sheila Fell issued a final ruling affirming that nudity is legal at Trail 6 at San Onofre State Beach. The ruling also includes other clothing-optional areas within the state parks and states that officials must conduct hearings prior to making any changes in its enforcement policies regarding nudity. The Naturist Action Committee had sued state parks officials over a proposed law that could have ended nude recreation at San Onofre’s Trail 6, which has been popular with nudists for over three decades. Click here to read more or read the Final Ruling here

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A California Superior Court has ruled today in favor of the Naturist Action Committee (NAC) in its lawsuit against the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR).

In today’s ruling, the court declared, “Dept of Parks must comply with the provisions of the California Administrative Procedures Act before it makes any changes in its enforcement.”

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“until the administrative process is completed, Parks shall maintain the status quo, and enforce the Cahill Policy as it has done since its issuance and subsequent interpretation by the Harrison letter, at Trail 6 in San Onofre State Beach.”

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DATE: August 20, 2008
SUBJECT: Judge postpones ruling in NAC’s San Onofre lawsuit
TO: Naturists and other concerned citizens

Dear Naturist,

The Naturist Action Committee wishes to update you briefly concerning an intermediate step in the battle to preserve a portion of San Onofre State Beach for clothing-optional use.

As many of you are aware, today is the day a California Superior Court had designated for issuing a ruling in the lawsuit the Naturist Action Committee (NAC) has filed against the California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR). Earlier this year, DPR had attempted to bypass state law regarding changes to public regulations, as it moved to end the traditional clothing-optional use of a small portion of San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County.
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San Onofre nudist beachgoers win reprieve

By Terry Rodgers
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

8:39 p.m. August 19, 2008

SAN DIEGO – Nudists who congregate at the remote southern end of San Onofre State Beach can still let it all hang out, at least for a while longer.

A tentative ruling Tuesday by an Orange County judge has halted plans by the state Parks and Recreation Department to crack down on nudity after Labor Day.

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The Friends of Playalinda Beach Group have been having trouble with the Superintendent of Canaveral National Seashore and the Chief Ranger for the past year.  Attempts to resolve problems by F of P have yielded no success.  Letters to the Southeast Regional National Park Service Director have resulted in no success, either.

A letter from the Regional Director to Florida’s U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, who has been brought into the dispute, contained many errors and negative innuendoes on the issues involved.

This has led the F of P no recourse but to petition its elected officials for a solution. That solution is to obtain a designated naturist beach with signage to eliminate user conflicts, once and for all time.

Please print extra copies for your club members, your friends and family members, have them sign them and mail to the address at the bottom of the Petition. They currently have over 950 signed Petitions.  There goal is 1500.  These will be delivered to Florida’s US Senators.

Thanks for your support
Richard Mason, Florida Naturist Association

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RECALL PETITION

By signing this document, I am adding my name to the list of users of Playalinda Beach, Canaveral
National Seashore who petition the National Park Service and the U.S. Government to remove Carol A. Clark, as superintendent, and Eric Lugo, as chief ranger, by dismissal or reassignment to other NPS facilities where they will not be in conflict with visitors who represent federally legal lifestyles and philosophies that differ from their own.

Signature:_________________________________________________________________________

Print Name: _____________________________________________________________________

Residence Address: _________________________________________________________________

Street and number: _________________________________________________________________

City, State and Zip: __________________________________________________________________

Email address: ______________________________________________________________________

Date signed: _____________________________________________________________________

Email to:  Playalinda2000@aol.com

Mail to:
Bob Allen
Friends of Playalinda
190 E Olmstead Drive #E3
Titusville, FL 32780

E-Bulletin August 14, 2008 - Volume 2, Issue 17

Powerade Ads Feature Nude Olympians

In the spirit of the original Olympics, when athletes participated in the buff, the new ads for  Powerade sports drink feature nude Olympic athletes at the top of their game. Coca-Cola Great Britain launched the new campaign ahead of the Beijing Olympics. The ad campaign was designed to “give people the chance to see the real make-up of an athlete and their muscle and power, celebrating the body and spirit,” said Catherine Sleight, marketing director for Coca-Cola Great Britain, which launched the ads. Click here to read more and view the photo

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Once again the State of Virginia is in the news for intolerance toward nudists.  From the State that tried to outlaw nudist sumer camps now comes another story of nudist repression.

Recently appearing on Delmarvanow.com was a story, Vocal Nudists battle to bare it on the beach.  The story gives the general background of Donn & Cindy Murphy’s visit to Virginia and Assateague Island where they were cited for public nudity.

Although they were on Federal Property, part of the National Seashore, they were cited by the Federal Park Ranger under 50CFR which allows the Feds to cite based on local laws, in this case, a County ordinance that prohibits public nudity.

Donn & Cindy are the owners of a Nudist Resort in Mexico, Playa Sonrisa, and  took the advice of some of their guests at their resort that there was a nude beach on Assateague Island.  Unfortunately, it has been years since it was common there.

Once arriving, they took many precautions to avoid offending anyone with their skinny-dipping, including a 2-mile walk up the beach, and judiciously scouting the area for others before stripping for a swim..

The web article mentions that the Murphys wrote an open letter to the  “citizens and legislators of Virginia”, but stops short of actually providing the actual letter.  Murph has graciously allowed permission to print the complete letter here.

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Last week marked the 17th anniversary of the nude beach at Haulover Park near Miami. Here is a report of the activities from Richard Mason, co-founder & President of South Florida Free Beaches, and one of the parties most influential in convincing Dade County to designate a clothing optional beach.

On Friday, Saturday and Sunday, July 25, 26, 27, BEACHES Foundation and South Florida Free Beaches had a 3 day festival celebrating the 17th Anniversary of Haulover Beach Park’s designated Naturist family beach.

All three BEACHES Foundation’s chickee huts were in use as well as 6 canopies set up for various uses.

Two chickee huts were set up as bars, serving made on the site, Margaritas, and other mixed tropical drinks, Smoothies, fresh fruit bowls and draft beer, The third chickee hut had a massage therapist soothing out body kinks.

We had one canopy with two massage therapists from Educating Hands, donating their services.

Three canopies were set up by So., FL. Free Beaches and The Naturist Society to dispense educating material, answer questions and signing up beach users to our new SFFB/FNA’s email newsletter. Extra back date N Magazines were given free to serious beach visitors.

A professional DJ played music for two days to the delight of the beach visitors. The beach was packed with in excess of 8,000 visitors.

The Miami Herald had a reporter there on Saturday and the CBS/TV’s local affiliate was on the beach on Sunday.

Neither BEACHES or SFFB had notified the media of the event, proof of the media having employees visiting the beach as naturists.  Flyers had been handed out on the beach for a week by BEACHES.

More to follow.

Richard Mason

SFFB/FNA