Rooster Rock Thank You

 

We often work at cleaning our beaches, but don’t know if it matters. Mark forwarded a letter from a fellow nudist thanking the volunteers for our work.

Hi Mark,

I wanted to thank you for all the work you do for the Rooster Rock beach. We were there after the Portland WNBR event. It was breathtakingly beautiful. We had visited many amazing places before but nothing like this. What a magical view. It was so clean and very naturist friendly. We had such a wonderful time and felt very safe. I am deeply grateful for all your hard work to make and keep this beach what it is now. Thank you so much.

If I wanted to make a small donation to support the cause, what would be the best way to do so?

Kim P.

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TopFree Success in Fort Collins

 

The city of Fort Collins, CO made a decision on September 3, 2019 to remove references to a 2015 policy from its public nudity code that barred women and girls over age 10 from exposing their breasts in public. The ban was unenforceable since February 2017, when a district court judge ruled it unconstitutional; the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that ruling 2-1 in February 2019. The city spent about $120,000 and negotiated a $202,000 payment to cover the legal fees of plaintiffs Brit Hoagland and Samantha Six. For more information, see https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2019/09/04/fort-collins-axes-topless-ban-inspired-free-nipple-lawsuit/2200123001/.

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Convention News

 

AANR-NW and AANR convention news

Jim Lahey, NW NudeScene editor

The regional convention was held at Kaniksu Ranch in July. The convention included a DJ dance, games and sports tournaments.

Here are the awards that were presented at the convention.

Member of the Year – Mike Capshaw. In addition to the many hours that Mike spends making sure that nudists are welcome, happy, and safe at Sun Meadow, Mike Capshaw has gone above and beyond in his work with preparing the graphics for our marketing materials. He has designed our banners and our brochures. Mike also stepped in to be our contact person for the AANR-NW sponsorship of the Portland WNBR. He and his team are also hosting the 2019 AANR convention and frequently hosts AANR-NW board meetings and conventions.

Member of the Year – Jim Lahey. I would like to nominate Jim Lahey for person of the year for his long and tireless service as secretary and as NudeScene editor and for his work on the AANR-NW website and on support for other club websites in the region that was above and beyond.
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President’s Award – Shirley Gauthier

President’s Meritorious Award – Donna Jennings, for her work as Vice-President and other work to support the region and the president.

Scholarship – Marie from Sun Meadow, who is now attending the University of Idaho.

Photography Awards:
Grand Prize and “At Your Club” – Robert Dashiell with the photo “Bare Buns Fun Run Start”
“Nude but Not Nude” – Mike Capshaw with the photo “At the Cafe”
“Out in Nature” – Alison with the photo “Nantucket”
“Out in Nature 2″ – Ron for the photo “Yoga Bare”
The contest winners and other entrants can be seen on the first page of aanr-nw.org.

Sun Meadow is the site of the 2020 AANR-NW convention. The Willamettans was selected as the site of the 2021 convention.
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The AANR convention was held in August at Sun Meadow in Worley, ID, here in the Northwest.

Awards that went to Northwest members and groups were:
Host Club Award – Sun Meadow Resort
Schofield Trophy, for the non-landed club that accumulates and documents the most mileage per member on visits to landed clubs in North America – Hidden Springs, 985 miles per member in 2018.
Non-Nudist Newspaper Article – “What Nudism is Really Like”, Charlotte Houston of The Daily of the University of Washington. Visit www.dailyuw.com and search for the article title.
Non-Nudist Newspaper Article – “Wear Sunscreen ‘Bare Buns on the Run’”, The Inlander, Spokane WA. Couldn’t find an online copy.
Non-Nudist TV Media Award – “Washington State Senator Rebecca Saldana addressed the Washington Senate on Social Nudism”
Non-Nudist Radio Media Award – Sun Meadow Resort, Idaho Matters
President’s Meritorious Service Award – Karen Lahey
President’s Meritorious Service Award – Kathy Smith

The 2020 AANR convention will be at Star Ranch near Houston, TX. The 2021 AANR convention will be at Suwannee Valley Resort in northern Florida.

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HIDDEN SPRINGS BARE BOWLING EVENTS

 

Sundays – Oct 13 (this is coming up soon! Reserve NOW!), Jan 26, Feb 23 and Mar 29. 6:30-9:00 p.m.

COST (Including shoe rental)

In Advance –

$13 person – AANR or TNS member

$15 person – non-AANR or non-TNS member

At Door –

$18 person – AANR or TNS member

$20 person – non-AANR or non-TNS member

HIDDEN SPRINGS INDOOR NUDE RECREATION NIGHT

Saturday, November 2- 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.

1.) This is a Family Friendly event – there will be non-nudist life guards, but usage of the facilities will be in the nude.

2.) Available facilities : 25 yard lap pool, 6 lanes 3’6” – 11’6” deep 82 – 84 degrees, 20×40 yard hot pool 92 – 94 degrees, two saunas, two hot tubs, two steam rooms, two dressing rooms with combination lockers (the state health department restricts usage of saunas, steam rooms, or hot tubs to individuals who are ages 14 and older).

3.) There is a top limit of 75 pre-registered, pre-paid attendees, who may be required to show ID upon entrance. No weapons allowed (including pocket knives)

4.) Recommendation of two towels per attendee – one for sitting on in sauna or steam room, one for drying off.

COST: 18 or older – $20 with proof of AANR or TNS membership, $25 for general adult admission with no proof of membership, $10 under 18 with accompanying registered parent.

These events are in the Portland, Oregon, southwest Washington area .

Location details for each event above will be provided upon preregistration. Contact treasurer@hiddenspringsnudist.org to register.

Please consider coming, so we can continue to have these events.

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AANR-NW Fall Board Meeting

Although the nudist season is winding down in the Northwest, we still have the AANR-NW Fall Board meeting coming up from September 27 – September 29 at the Willamettans.  The board meeting is a great opportunity to find out what is going on in the region as well as meet new people and make great friends.  All are welcome.  The Willamettans has lots to do, including entertainment on Saturday evening, if you don’t want to spend all of your time in meetings.  Come and find why AANR-NW Board Meetings are a lot of fun!

Nude Beach Clean-ups Set for September 21 and 22:

Saturday,  September 21 at 10:00 a.m. at Rooster Rock State Park. This is a clothing optional event, if you are cleaning in the nude area. It is highly suggested that you wear foot coverings and sun screen. Hats are also recommended if it is very bright. Bring work gloves if you have them. All tools and clean-up bags will be furnished.  We will be working with the Rooster Rock park staff. The Park Ranger Supervisor will have a list of projects that includes light to heavy work.  The on-line sign-up opportunity is here:

September 21:- https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I00000N1DO5

Sunday, September 22 at 1:00 p.m. at Sauvie Island-Collins Beach A parking pass is usually required and can be purchased at the store or deli after crossing the bridge to the island.  SOLVE has been able to get us some free day-of-event passes for those that volunteer. Contact the public lands coordinator for info below.  Restrooms are close and located in the parking area. We will concentrate our efforts on the gravel road parking area and litter sweeps of the beach area. Meet on the beach near the third beach opening.   Those cleaning the parking area must remain clothed. A hot dog barbeque and potluck will be held at around 3:30 p.m. Contact publiclands@aanr-nw.org for an e-mailed Collins beach parking pass or further details on these events . Be sure to bring gardening work gloves (if you have them), a hat and sunscreen and perhaps a water bottle. As mentioned, we will have cold water and sugar free lemonade.  The on-line sign-up opportunity is here:

September 22:  https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I00000F0AHp

If you are not yet an AANR member, there are two ways to join AANR.  If you belong to a club, talk to your membership chair about joining AANR.  If not, go to https://www.aanr.com/member-benefits/join-renew to become a member.  Your membership matters.

In  the  Northwest  09/19/2019 – 09/25/2019

Friday  09/20

Saturday  09/21

Sunday  09/22

Tuesday 09/24

Wednesday 09/25

In  the Northwest  09/26/2019 – 10/01/2019

AANR-NW Fall Board Meeting – Willamettans

Friday  09/27 

Saturday  09/28

  • AANR-NW – Committee Reports and Forums
  • Mountaindale Sun Resort  
    • Yoga on clubhouse deck – 11:00 am
  • Willamettans – Sunshine Festival
    • Cafe Open for Breakfast – 8:30 pm
    • Music Videos – 8:00 pm
  • Sun Meadow Resort 
    • Patio Potluck – 4:30 pm
  • Lake Bronson 
    • Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup – 9:30 am
    • Theme Potluck – 6:30 pm
    • Black Light and Body Paintin Dance –  8:30 pm
  • NiftyNude – Swim NIght at Templeton Pool – 6:30 pm

Sunday  09/29

Tuesday 10/01

Wednesday 10/02

In  the  Northwest  10/03/2019 – 10/08/2019

Friday  10/4

Saturday  10/5

Sunday  10/6

Tuesday 10/8

Wednesday 10/9

In  the  Northwest  10/10/2019 – 10/16/2019   

 

Friday 10/11

Saturday  10/12

Sunday  10/13

Tuesday 10/15

Wednesday 10/16

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GAT at the Willies

by Shirley Gauthier

Willamettans Government Affairs Team (GAT) Co-Chairs Willi Blair and Shirley Gauthier enjoyed a day tabling near the pool during Sunshine Festival on Labor Day Weekend.

Tabling was a great opportunity to raise awareness concerning the value of  an AANR membership, share recently passed AANR legislation, and promote the Government Affairs Team.

AANR-NW GAT Public Lands Chair Mike Parker recently hosted beach cleanups at Rooster Rock and Suave Island. An added surprise was that we were gifted with beach volunteers stopping by to chat and share their experiences.

Group photo-Standing left to right Toni Kapitanovich, Don Kapitanovich, George Rich, Craig Normansen, Shirley Gauthier.  Sitting left to right Willi Blair, Bob Templin, and Brian Templin.

Living Waters Spa is now Closed!

from the owners of Living Waters Spa in Desert Hot Springs, CA.

Living Waters Spa is closed..

Goodbye, farewell, it's been good, it's been real, it's been real good!

For 16 years we have been the place of rest for 13,000 of you. Now it's our turn. LWS has been sold and will no longer be a hotel. It has been our honor to love on you and be loved by you for all of these years.

We have plans to open a clothing-optional AirB&B at our home, which is one mile north of the spa. Hopefully it will be ready this spring. Updates will be emailed as they become available.

With great love and gratitude to all the staff we've had over the years who helped us create and run the spa AND to all our amazing guests who visited our "more than a vacation" oasis.

Jeff & Judy

http://www.livingwatersspa.com/
 

If you are not yet an AANR member, there are two ways to join AANR.  If you belong to a club, talk to your membership chair about joining AANR.  If not, go to https://www.aanr.com/member-benefits/join-renew to become a member.  Your membership matters.

 

In  the  Northwest  09/05/2019 – 09/11/2019

 

Friday  9/06

Saturday  9/07

Sunday  9/08

Tuesday 9/10

Wednesday 9/11

In  the  Northwest  09/12/2019 – 09/18/2019   

 

Friday 9/13

Saturday  9/14

Sunday  9/15

Tuesday 9/17

Wednesday 9/18

In  the  Northwest  09/19/2019 – 09/25/2019

Friday  09/20

Saturday  09/21

Sunday  09/22

Tuesday 09/24

Wednesday 09/25

In  the Northwest  09/26/2019 – 10/01/2019

AANR-NW Fall Board Meeting – Willamettans

Friday  09/27 

Saturday  09/28

  • AANR-NW – Committee Reports and Forums
  • Mountaindale Sun Resort  
    • Yoga on clubhouse deck – 11:00 am
  • Willamettans – Sunshine Festival
    • Cafe Open for Breakfast – 8:30 pm
    • Music Videos – 8:00 pm
  • Sun Meadow Resort 
    • Patio Potluck – 4:30 pm
  • Lake Bronson 
    • Adopt-a-Highway Cleanup – 9:30 am
    • Theme Potluck – 6:30 pm
    • Black Light and Body Paintin Dance –  8:30 pm
  • NiftyNude – Swim NIght at Templeton Pool – 6:30 pm

Sunday  09/29

Tuesday 10/01

Wednesday 10/02

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Welcome Wandering Bare

AANR-NW welcomes our newest event club to the Northwest, Wandering Bare.  Its founder, Joe Haggerty, has sent us an introduction.

Wandering Bare is fun, it’s also nice, pleasant, relaxing, refreshing, exhilarating, exciting, and enjoyable. We enjoy hiking naked and nude recreation to provide a freeing personal quest, to build a closer bond with nature.  We are a group of like-minded people who enjoy being totally natural, with the warm sun and cool breeze on your entire body. It’s an amazing sensation of total freedom.
 
Wandering Bare invites you to free your inner child! Become closer to nature! Hiking naked through forests, fields, Mountains, and valleys! We’ve hosted Naked Nature Walks at Baskett Slough, Finley, Snag Boat and Ankeny Wildlife Reserves. Wildlife Reserves are a wonderful place for walking naked. They are usually deserted, the people we have met have been friendly and sometimes curious about our group. Our naked walks have always been fun, freeing, and a way to relax and fill your soul with the joys of living.
 
Wandering Bare has also hosted Naked Mountain Biking in the Bend, OR area. Riding 20 incredible miles of naked mountain biking. Feeling triumphant, a little red from the sun and dusty, our adventures have been fantastic. Nobody took a spill, no mechanical problems, just an amazing afternoon.
 
This summer we enjoyed World Naked Gardening Day on May 4th.  We celebrated at DoLittle Pastures Farm in Lebanon, Oregon.  Gardening naked is not only a simple joy, but it also reminds us that we can be honest with who we are as part of this planet and discover a closer bond to mother earth at this family-friendly community event. If getting down and dirty in the garden wasn’t your thing. Wandering the 80 acres of forest and meadows, exploring the rustic but well-marked trails with multiple access points to Crabtree Creek.
Labor Day Weekend at DoLittle Pastures Farm we'll be enjoying Three Days of Clothing Optional Peace, Joy, Pressing Apple cider, Natural Living, Potlucks, and Music. There are several apple trees or bring your favorite apples for pressing. “BYOJ” (Bring Your Own Jug) There will be a potluck lunches and dinners. Then gather in the evening for amusement and merry-making…bring instruments, songs, stories, and obscure talents! “Why gather apples then press them to cider naked?” It’s fun! As nudists, we know doing actives naked always makes it more fun. Joining together we celebrate the freedom of nudism, the victories of summer.
 
Clothing Optional Blueberry Picking will be an annual event. Terra Fluvia Blueberry Farm in Albany, Oregon hosted a day of unlimited picking Willamette Valley’s Oldest and Bluest Blueberries! Our members said it best!
“Fantastic morning picking blueberries. The farm was great and so were the hosts. The swimming hole was perfect for skinny dipping was a nice cool off after berry picking. Thanks again.”  “Fun morning, peaceful setting, yummy berries, nice people. Thanks again” “Excellent Event, great blueberries, peaceful location. Several people did go for a swim in the river. One of our favorite naturist get togethers yet.”
 
Wandering Bare is not judgmental! We are open to everybody who enjoys nude recreation, whatever your shape or size. We are all made from the same star-stuff, you are welcome. Nudists are the most friendly and open-minded people you will ever meet. Our goal is to provide a relaxing and safe environment where all participants can feel comfortable to experience the joy of being a nudist in our great outdoors. Just like what GOD intended: “Hang out in a garden with a bunch of nudists”. Before that thing with the apple.
 
"When wearing only a smile. Be sure to smile a lot." 
Joe Haggerty
 Wandering Bare
Www.meetup.com/WANDERING-BARE
wanderingbareoregon@gmail.com

 

Winners – 2019 AANR-NW Photography Contest

Let the drum roll begin.  Congratulations to the Winners of the 2019 AANR-NW Photography Contest. 

The Grand Prize Winner of the 2019 AANR-NW Photography Contest and the winner of the "At Your Club" category is Robert Dashiell with the photo "Bare Buns Fun Run Start"

The Winner of the "Nude, but not Nude" category is Mike Capshaw with the photo "At the Cafe"

The winner in the "Out in Nature" category is Alison with the photo "Nantucket"

The other winner of the "Out in Nature" category is Ron for the photo "Yoga Bare"

 

Nude Beach Clean-ups Set for
August 24 and 25 and September 21 and 22:

Saturday, August 24 and Saturday, September 21 at 10:00 a.m. at Rooster Rock State Park. This is a clothing optional event, if you are cleaning in the nude area. It is highly suggested that you wear foot coverings and sun screen. Hats are also recommended if it is very bright. Bring work gloves if you have them. All tools and clean-up bags will be furnished.  We will be working with the Rooster Rock park staff. The Park Ranger Supervisor will have a list of projects that includes light to heavy work.  On-line sign-up opportunities are here:

August 24:  https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I00000F0AHf  

September 21:- https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I00000N1DO5

Sunday, August 25 and Sunday, September 22 at 1:00 p.m. at Sauvie Island-Collins Beach A parking pass is usually required and can be purchased at the store or deli after crossing the bridge to the island.  SOLVE has been able to get us some free day-of-event passes for those that volunteer. Contact the public lands coordinator for info below.  Restrooms are close and located in the parking area. We will concentrate our efforts on the gravel road parking area and litter sweeps of the beach area. Meet on the beach near the third beach opening.   Those cleaning the parking area must remain clothed. A hot dog barbeque and potluck will be held at around 3:30 p.m. Contact publiclands@aanr-nw.org for an e-mailed Collins beach parking pass or further details on these events . Be sure to bring gardening work gloves (if you have them), a hat and sunscreen and perhaps a water bottle. As mentioned, we will have cold water and sugar free lemonade.  On-line sign-up opportunities are here:

August 25:  https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I00000N1EH2  

September 22:  https://www.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0C1I00000F0AHp
 

If you are not yet an AANR member, there are two ways to join AANR.  If you belong to a club, talk to your membership chair about joining AANR.  If not, go to https://www.aanr.com/member-benefits/join-renew to become a member.  Your membership matters.

In  the  Northwest  08/22/2019 – 08/28/2019

Friday  08/23

Saturday  08/24

Sunday  08/25

Tuesday 08/27

Wednesday 08/28

In  the Northwest  08/29/2019 – 09/04/2019

 

Friday  08/30

Saturday  08/31

Sunday  09/01

Monday  09/02

Tuesday 09/03

Wednesday 09/04

In  the  Northwest  09/05/2019 – 09/11/2019

 

Friday  9/06

Saturday  9/07

Sunday  9/08

Tuesday 9/10

Wednesday 9/11

In  the  Northwest  09/12/2019 – 09/18/2019   

 

Friday 9/13

Saturday  9/14

Sunday  9/15

Tuesday 9/17

Wednesday 9/18

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