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Bare Facts Copyright 2013 Lake Edun Foundation, Inc Bare Facts Copyright 2013 Lake Edun Foundation, Inc. Official Publication of the Lake Edun Foundation, Inc. August 1, 2013 Box 1982; Topeka, KS 66601 ! e-mail: [email protected] ! Website: www.lakeedun.com 38N 58' 7" North; 95N 47' 56" West The Doctor Is In Astronomy And Camping Merge While we all appreciate the beneficial impact sunlight has on The Lake Edun Foundation has really contributed to the vitamin D production in our bodies, we also realize it can Topeka area farm environment by planning a myriad of have a harmful impact on our skin. For the fourth year, our outdoor activities that have invariably brought rain during the friendly Dermatologist will visit our special place to check us month of July. Mother Nature and the Weather Forecasters for some of those harmful side affects. have teamed up to put a “damper” on Music, Astronomy, We encourage all our supporters, and, because this is so Camping, and several other plans. important, even our detractors, to put this on their calendar However, we were able to sneak one in this weekend with the and be present for this FREE screening. When it comes to Astronomy Campout. As the tension rose, we had rain the day skin issues, early detection is critical. before, cloudy skies in the earlier day, BUT a clearing blue If there is anything your are particularly concerned about be sky at sunset brought out the stars. (Not just our star Astrono- sure to ask. Even if you think all is well, it is wise to be sure. mer, but actual heavenly bodies). Telescopes, Binoculars and Monoculars allowed us to orient on the North star, find Venus A few years ago, he ‘strongly’ suggested one of our support- (at first thought to be a ringless Saturn), plus the famous ers have his own doctor check one area ... SOON. He did. It Sagittarius constellation wherein hides the center of the Milky turned out to be deadly melanoma. Fortunately, it was Way Galaxy and the tremendous Black hole there. detected early enough for successful treatment. Families and singles there enjoyed the evening looking at We hope everyone will take advantage of this free screening. heavenly objects, but other things also emerged. When an Items We Need IPad with astronomy programs on it was brought out, our two youngest star gazers stole the show by demonstrating that As we approach the end of a wonderful season, we reflect on even a 4 year old can quickly master a complex digital some of the items we could use to make our special place platform and enlarge/diminish/find galaxies and even close even more spectacular. We hope our supporters will consider one program to open another without ever seeing that if they have access to some of these items: computer before. Naturally this rising star became the focus. One of our mowers has become unreliable. Perhaps someone Her family had only visited once before (last year on a star is upgrading their mower or no longer requires one. We gazing outing also). We all became friends and suddenly would like to have a ZTR but any riding mower with a connections of people with like-minded Naturist qualities minimum of 40" cut will do. blossomed before us. This is what our activities really are We have many lounge chairs everyone appreciates. These about. Connections made can last a lot longer than a simple came from a country club that was upgrading their pool chairs season of outdoor activities. It is our hope we will see that as the season ended. If you know of some chairs being kind of interaction occur many more times as visitors not only discarded, offer to help ‘take them to the trash.’ and call us. participate but find bonds and connections they may have missed in the Textiled world. Five gallon buckets are always useful. Oh yeah, for those of us camping the rain came around 2AM We have a number of wooden cable spools we use as tables. and lasted well into the next morning when camp was broken. Most are showing significant signs of age and should be But this time a grand time was had by all, and I am still replaced. amazed at our youngest visitors abilities to bring us to a focus Consider The Board Of Directors of family-friendly nude recreation. The Lake Edun Foundation is governed by a volunteer Board DON’T FORGET of Directors who are responsible for setting policy and major Aug 3; Sat; Night; Astronomy (camp with the astronomer) administrative responsibilities. It is comprised of members Aug 4; Sun; Afternoon; Seminar: Photography elected during our Annual Meeting to serve for one year. Aug 10; Sat; 12-3; Open House Aug 10; Sat; 4; Dermatologist Screening It is important that we have enough active Board members to Aug 11; Sun; 4-6; Board of Directors distribute the work load and thus, not over-burden any single Aug 17; Sat; 2-5; Body Painting member. It is also important members of the Board are able Aug 17; Sat; Dusk; Drum Circle to represent, and speak for, our many different member Aug 24; Sat; Music groups: young, old; male, female; single, couples, families. Aug 24; Sat; Massage We hope all our supporters will give serious consideration to Aug 30-Sept 2; Labor Day Weekend becoming an active member of our Board. It is one way to Sept 15; Sun; 4-6; Board of Directors give back to an organization we all appreciate so much. A list Sept 21; Sat; 8-10pm; Sauna of Board responsibilities will appear in an upcoming issue. Sept 29; Sun; 7-9pm; Sauna Coming In August (And Beyond) lured us into thinking medicine would always save us and we had to do nothing to preserve our health. Although August is the final month of our traditional ‘sea- son’, typically we have several weekends of great weather This was a temporary delusion that is coming back to bite up st before the snow flies. We hope all our supporters find time in the 21 century. The number of chemicals we have intro- for one final visit to our special place. duced into the environment and into our food supply stresses the body’s ability to maintain health. Further, the pathogens We are particularly pleased to see so many new visitors, some are becoming resistant to antibiotics, widespread obesity is a with their families. We hope they will all decide to become plague that leads to increased heart disease and diabetes to regular visitors and annual supporters of LEF. name a few of the signs that our health can’t come out of a Our final Open House of the year will be from Noon until 3 pill bottle. on Saturday, August 10. Be sure to tell others who may be Instead, healthy living is something that we all need to curious about Naturism. During our Open House, we ask embrace. What this means is cut the calorie intake by about everyone to remain clothed so reluctant visitors will have no half, stop smoking, only moderate alcohol consumption, and fear of seeing any nudity. Later that afternoon, we will have get some exercise! It’s true, death will find us all, but we a return visit from our Dermatologist. Don’t miss this. don’t have to give death a helping hand. The next two weekends will be busy with music, body Naturism is about affirming life, the goodness of the body, painting (a favorite with kids of all ages), and massage. and living in harmony with each other and the natural world. Because of inclement weather, we rescheduled our popular This is a struggle, but a worthy one. Does it mean that if any final photography seminar for Sunday, August 18. person doesn’t choose to adopt all these features of a gener- ally healthy lifestyle they can’t be a naturist? No, but it does Of course, we expect Labor Day Weekend will be busy with mean a choice not to avail yourself of all the benefits that everyone wanting to squeeze in one final dip in the lake. We naturism has to offer. hope many of our supporters will be on hand. This brings me to this short critique of modern naturism I With temperatures and humidity at typical Kansas levels, it is came across. I think there is a valid point worth considering difficult to realize we have saunas on the schedule, once by this writer. [Ed.] again. These are a great way to relax and have some quiet discussion with other like-minded folks. Plan to join us for at I agree! I definitely need to take this advice to heart. How least one through the cooler months. about you? Naturism And Health “When did naturism stop being about health? Back when naturism started, it was all about health. People did calisthen- Naturism began as one of many groups known collectively as ics, ate vegetarian, and learned about healthy ways to live. The Life Reform Movement in early 20th century Germany. Life reform arose out of a deep dissatisfaction with sweeping “Things were a bit regimented and I’m not suggesting we go changes that had transformed Germany from a rural to an back there. However, we now seem to be almost the exact industrial and city centered society over the course of thirty opposite. years. Youth despised both the pomp and superficiality of the “The stereotype is the fat guy sitting by the pool drinking imperial court, but also the pervasive Victorian morality.
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