It is time to dust off your camera and start submitting your photographs for the third annual AANR-NW Photography Contest. Please take this opportunity to share your beautiful and stunning photos. And win cash prizes and accolades. The contest will have several categories. For each category that has at least five entries, there will be a $75 prize. The Grand Prize winner will be $150. The online deadline for submissions is July 12, 2020. If you wish, you can bring a print of your submission, with a digital copy, to the AANR-NW Convention at Sun Meadow Resort by July 15, 2020. You must own any photo that you submit. You must have a photo release for anyone in any of the photos that you take. The rules and how to submit your photos can be found at https://www.aanr-nw.org/2020-photography-contest If you have any questions, please contact photos@aanr-nw.org
On a Nude Beach With My Parents, Baring Almost All
Sometimes, being on a nude beach can be freeing, even if you don’t bare it all. Little Beach in Hawaii is featured in a story in the New York Times.
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Northwest Meet and Greet on the Big Nude Boat 2020
For those going on the Bare Necessities 2020 Big Nude Boat on the Carnival Legend this month, let’s get together at the pizzeria at 2:00 pm on February 25, the first full sea day. The pizzeria is in the buffet area on the Lido deck. This will be an opportunity to see old friends and meet new friends from the Pacific Northwest. I will be in cabin 5219 and will post up-to-date information and changes on our door. If you have questions, please contact me at karen.lahey@aanr.com.
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Utah Judge Rules Against Topless Woman
A husband and wife had both removed their tops while installing drywall in their own garage when her stepchildren came in. She was charged with three counts of lewdness involving a child. These charges could carry a sentence of up to one year in jail and ten years on the sex offender registry. Being on this registry would prevent her from seeing her step children.
A Salt Lake City judge, Kara Pettit, rejected a challenge to these charges that the law was unconstitutional, saying, “The Court finds the government has an important interest in enacting laws to protect the health, safety, welfare, and morality of children, and to prevent them from being exposed to lewdness,”
You can read more about this case in Utah Judge Rules Against Woman Who Was Topless in Her Own Garage
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Upcoming AANR Mid-Winter Board Meeting
by Karen Lahey – AANR Member Trustee
The 2020 AANR Mid-WInter Board Meeting meets this coming week at Suwannee Valley Resort in White Springs, Florida. The AANR Board meets in person twice each year, once in February and once in August, while we do work via email and phone during the rest of the year.
I am your AANR Trustee and will be representing you at this meeting. You can download the reports package from the https://www.aanr.com/members/member-downloads after you login to the website. As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, please let me know. My email is karen.lahey@aanr.com
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Protected: February 2020 NudeScene
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Beaches Foundation Fundraiser
You can get your raffle tickets for the Beaches Foundation Institute Fundraiser at https://beachesfoundation.org/fundraiser/. Beach Education Advocates for Culture, Health, Environment & Safety (B.E.A.C.H.E.S.) Foundation Institute aims at establishing amicable and mutually beneficial working partnerships with government, business, naturist beach advocacy groups and the public to design, establish and manage designated clothing-optional or naturist areas at public beaches
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Does the US have a problem with topless women?
BBC News published an in depth article about the top-free movement in the US on January 8, 2020. Does the US have a problem with topless women describes the successful Top-Free movement in Colorado. The online article includes other interesting links about nudism.
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The US Supreme Court Refuses to Hear “Free the Nipple” Case
On Monday, January 13, the US Supreme Court refused to consider an appeal by three women who were convicted for violating an ordinance in the city of Laconia, NH that makes it illegal to show bare female breasts in public. The New Hampshire Supreme Court had ruled that it didn’t discriminate against women, even though its definition for nudity is different for men than for women. See the NY Times story. https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/01/13/us/13reuters-usa-court-topless.html for more information.
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It’s that time of year again! Hidden Springs Bare Bowling
Sunday night, January 26 from 6:30 to 9:00 PM
6:15 is a good time to arrive. The door may be closed after 7:00. Let us know if you will be arriving late.
The location is the same as it has been. If you need to be reminded of it, use the email just below.
We hope you can attend this fine long-running Portland-area nudist activity.
The bowling cost has not increased in years and won’t now. It is $13 per person, in advance, including shoes, if you have an AANR or Naturist Society membership. Others, $15 in advance. At the door, $5 more.
You can send the money, before noon on the day of bowling, by PayPal to the treasurer, to this email:
hiddenpaypal@hiddenspringsnudist.org
Or to this phone 360 616 1369.
You can also use that email address to tell us you are coming (appreciated, but not required).
You may pay at the door. It’s $5 more. But check to see if there is space beforehand!
Email address for information or to get address for sending a check: eventsinfo@hiddenspringsnudist.org
We have the whole place, and you can be freely nude everywhere—alleys, food area, rest rooms, social area! Nice place!
About young people:
Families are welcome to bring children of all ages. People under 18 should be with a parent. We even have a special price for those under 18, of ten dollars, if you pay in advance.
***** We want the bowling location to be available only to those attending. Feel free to tell others about our bowling night, but they should email us and introduce themselves before learning the location. *****
For the location, or for other information, please send an email to
eventsinfo@hiddenspringsnudist.org
We welcome all genuine nudists/naturists— families, couples, singles–experienced nudists and first-timers!
****** When inquiring, if you haven’t before, please introduce yourself in 3 or 4 sentences, including name, age, and naturist experience if any, to the email address above.
We warmly welcome new people, and need to have more folks come—to cover our rental of the place. We hope you understand that we have to be a little careful about giving out the location. Thanks.
The club website is www.hiddenspringsnudist.org