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July 15, 2004
Alas, No More
There will be no more skinnydipping allowed in McDonald County, Missouri. (McDonald County is immediately north of Bentonville, AR, in case you were wondering.)
Nudity is now officially barred on Mc-Donald County waterways after the county commission approved an ordinance Wednesday banning public nudity at rivers and creeks....The ban on public nudity at streams and rivers went into effect Wednesday. Violation is punishable by a fine up to $1,000, or by a fine to be determined by a court.
Officers assigned to waterways patrol will begin enforcing the nudity ban immediately, according to [county sheriff] Evenson’s press release. "No grace period or learning curve will be allowed. We have no plans to write warnings, citations will be issued from this day forward," Evenson said in the press release.
Allegedly, the previous law was gender-neutral, so both men & women were allowed to go topless.....something its author(s) obviously didn't think through. Which had apparently been somewhat of a headache for local law enforcement trying to calm down the increasingly wild crowds on the Elk River.
Sounds like McDonald County, which has a reputation among us locals as being the asshole of Missouri, may be trying to clean up its act.
Civilization. It's a good thing.
Posted by Rita at July 15, 2004 06:42 AM