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8 - Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, June 11, 2003 Basic Black by Arthur Black NUDES IN THE NEWS I see my good friend Judy Williams is in the news again. Well, maybe not 'good friend'. We only got together once, for about an hour. Mind you, we were both naked at the time. Judy does that a lot - hang around in the buff, I mean. She's the Canadian rep for the International Naturist Action Committee. She's also spokeswoman for Skinny- Dippers Nude Recreation, a group that likes to get together together of an evening at a public swimming pool in Surrey, BC, shuck there duds and frolic, sans benefit of Jantzens. Used to like to get together and do that. Surrey city council council has pulled the plug on their unadorned get-togethers by denying pool-rental rights to the group, even though the skinny-dippers have been renting the pool once a month for half a year. So what happened - white- water orgies in the shallow end? Hordes of squinty old guys in stained raincoats clog ging up the spectators gallery? Nah. Nothing happened. The nude swims were always closed to the public anyway, and - news flash for Surrey city council - nudists are not what you'd call a high-flying, party-down kind of people. By and large, they are as sedate and non-threatening as your Aunt Marge at a Strawberry Social. The participants participants in the Surrey skinny dip were mostly family types and group members ranging in age from eight months to 88 years. One lifeguard says that 'the nudies' were the pools best-behaved customers. customers. What probably happened is what usually occurs when civic authorities come up against the idea of naked human bodies being exposed in public - the civic authorities authorities freaked and fell all over themselves in a rush to throw a blanket over the whole situation. situation. 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Judy is an avowed and unabashed nudist. nudist. In the summer months she spends as much of her spare time as possible avoiding tan lines on Vancouver's famous Wreck Beach. Wreck Beach, in case you haven't heard, is a 'clothing optional' recreational venue. Actually, it would be a brave soul who would venture onto the beach with clothes on. The naked denizens would hoot and razz you right back into the trees. Back when I had a radio show on CBC, I heard about Judy Williams and decided I wanted to interview her. I called her up. Would she be willing to come to the studio? No, she said,, would I be willing willing to bring my microphone and tape recorder to Wreck Beach? I agreed. She told me to meet her at such and such an entrance at 12 noon sharp. "Oh, and one more thing" she said. "Be naked. I will be." Judyjudyjudy. Where were you when I was a hormone- besotted youth in high school? It was a lovely spring day as I recall. The sun was shining, shining, the seagulls were mewling, mewling, the sailboats were scudding scudding across the bay and I was standing there, in front of Judy Williams, dressed only in a ball cap and a Sony tape recorder. And what did Judy Williams look like? Was she a brazen temptress? A Playboy centrefold? A Salome? Naw. 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Now is the time to review the short list of alternative ways to carry out the Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project that incorporates this input. Come and tell us what you think. For more information, phone 905-885-0291 or toll free 1-866-255-2755 And how did it feel to be butt-naked in amongst acres of butt-naked sun worshippers. worshippers. It felt...grand. Eventually. Eventually. Oh, initially there was much folding of arms and flapping of hands and crossing crossing of legs, but gradually you realize that naked human bodies bodies en masse are about as erotic erotic as a convention of plumbing plumbing contractors. Besides, Wreck Beach is nothing if not egalitarian. It features tall folks, short folks, old and young and fat and skinny folks. Doesn't take long to figure out that you really have nothing to hide, so you might as well let it all hang out. Everybody else is. 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