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>> In the spirit of the nude issue, here is some advice from an expe-
rienced nudist if you’re considering dipping your toes into the life-
style. “Pull your drapes and try it at home,” says Shirley Gauthier, a nudist
and member of The Willamettans nudist club for 53 years. On an average
day, when you get home after work, “What’s the fi rst thing you do when you
walk through the door?” she asks. “You take off your shoes. Well just keep on
going,” she says. “Practice nudity and just see how it feels on you.”
>> Want the behind-the-scenes story of Eugene Weekly ’s new blowup
doll collection? Subscribe to “EW Extra” (Tuesdays) for spicy takes on the
local scene, “Local and Vocal” (Thursdays) for what’s in the paper this week,
“What’s Happening” (Thursdays) for events around Lane County and “Activist
Alert” (Wednesdays) for upcoming protests, marches and organizing! Find
all the newsletters at EugeneWeekly.com/newsletter.
>> Longtime local videographer Tim Lewis, of Picture Eugene, was document-
ing police activity at Washington-Jeff erson Park when he was aggressively
approached by a Eugene Police Department offi cer advising him if he didn’t
back away, “I am going to take you to jail.” Lewis says he was troubled not
only by that interaction but also by seeing another man, who was with
EPD as a public information offi cer but wearing a vest emblazoned
“press,” fi lming closely. Local news outlet Doublesided Media was the fi rst
to report on Lewis’ video of the interaction. EPD said at the time that the
PIO was “capturing video for purposes of sending post-operation footage
to media. People don’t always know what ‘PIO’ stands for, so ‘Press’ identi-
fi es him as someone not involved in making arrests and not a police offi cer.”
Eugene Weekly followed up with EPD who tell us, “We have had incidences of
people in non-police units being challenged and put in precarious situations
when people thought they were police offi cers.” However, since the incident
“prompted questions and some concerns, which was never our intention, we
will switch his wording on the back to ‘videographer.’”
>> Fire season is here — a fact made clear by the recent wildfi re just outside
Oakridge and fi re weather alerts. If you don’t have Watch Duty, check out the
app, which alerts users to nearby fi res at WatchDuty.org.
>> Bob Keefer, EW ’s arts editor emeritus, has been having a very
good year. In 2024 he retired as arts editor to work full time at his land-
scape and nature photography, which he’s been showing in galleries and
museums around the West. So far in 2025, he’s had solo shows at Eugene’s
Midtown Arts Center and at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg. This
Friday, August 22, a new exhibition of his work opens with a reception from
4 pm to 7 pm at Mindpower Gallery in Reedsport. Bob will give a gallery talk
and demonstration at 5:30 pm. Drop by — or read all about it on Oregon
ArtsWatch, which ran a story this week about him and his work.
>> The Keseys and the Grateful Dead go with the Eugene vibe like the tang
of patchouli and Nancy’s Yogurt. Springfi eld Creamery announced its
co-founder Sue Kesey died August 18. Sue, and co-founder and husband
Chuck, might be as famous for their probiotic creamy goodness as they are
for saving that goodness via the legendary benefi t Grateful Dead “Field Trip”
concert at the Oregon Country Fair site a little over 50 years ago on August 27.
>> Morsels: Lion and Owl has announced it has purchased The Paddock
off East Amazon in south Eugene. “Same heart, new home,” the beloved local
eatery that started off in an Airstream trailer posted on Instagram.
>> Oregon lost a jazz queen August 5 when Nancy King, she of the
rose-colored glasses on stage and world-renowned for scat singing,
died in Portland. Raised outside Springfi eld, King, then known as Nancy
Whaley, won the Springfi eld “Miss News Photographer” competition in 1958,
and her fi rst instruments were drums. It was in Portland where King made
her mark. King sang with the likes of bassist Ray Brown and vocalists Dee Dee
Bridgewater and Diana Krall. She was named to the Jazz Society of Oregon’s
Hall of Fame in 2001, and she received the Jazz Master Award from the Port-
land Jazz Festival in 2013. King was 85.
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