From: v024971@plato.lsvl8.stortek.com (Robert J. Waddell)
Newsgroups: rec.nude
Subject: CO in Kona?
Date: 3 Sep 92 15:18:53 GMT
Organization: StorageTek

My mother was just visiting from Hawaii this week, and knowing my
lifestyle, she brought me this clipping from the "West Hawaii Today" dated
Monday, Aug. 19, 1991. If anyone from the "Big Island" is reading this how
about posting an update regarding this situation. I'm sure that a lot of people
would like to know the status of this beach. Mom lives south of there in
Captain Cook, and I would like to be able to enjoy some CO relaxation next time
I go over for a visit. Please note that this is a year old now.


By Ron Staton: Associated Press Writer
Kailua_Kona, Hawaii -- A report that the National Park Service is considering a
preliminary proposal to allow a nude beach at a yet-to-be developed new
national park is causing hardly a ripple here.
However, several people say they think a nude beach would be inappropriate for
a national park.

The half-mile-long beach separates part of the new Kaloko-Honokohau National
Historical Park from the Pacific Ocean.  It is located about three miles north
of this seaside village on Hawaii Island's Kona Coast.

Immediately behind the beach are the Kaloko Fish Ponds, which will be preserved
in the the new Park, which isn't expected to open for another four or five
years. The secluded wide sandy beach has been used as a nude beach for at least
10 or 15 years, although Bruno Keith a local resident, says nudism was common
there prior to World War II. Regulars say it attracts an average of 25 to 30
people a day.

The park was created by an act of Congress in 1978. However, the first
cquisiton of lands did not occur until 1986. An Interior Department spokesman
reported recently that the Park Service is seriously considering a draft
proposal to allow the nude beach to continue.

However, Gary Barbano, a Honolulu-based Park Service planner, said the draft
plan for the park is still being prepared, and there has been no recommendation
yet on the nude beach issue. George Berklacy, spokesman for the Park Service in
Washington, said he doesn't think a nude beach proposal would get any support
from the Park Service. He said the agency has received a lot of letters on the
issue, most of them opposed to a nude beach. Francis Kuailani, superintendent of
the new park, said his office has taken no position on the nude beach
issue. However, he said it may not be an issue for the National Park Service to
decide. He noted that the state of Hawaii claims ownership of all shoreline
areas up the the vegetation line. State rules prohibiting nudity do not include
unencumbered areas, and there is question whether the park makes the lands
encumbered, Kuailani said. The Park Service has no law that specifically address
nudity, he said. The nude beach is one of a dozen different issues being
addressed in the draft management plan, Barbano said. "It is no more
important-infact, less important-than the other issues," he said. He said he
expects that both sides will be heard from during the development plan review
process. "It's a place where both local people and visitors can enjoy
themselves," said a former resident who visits the beach when he returns to
Kona to see his family. "It's the only nude beach on the island, and I hope that
they don't take it away," said the former resident, who asked not to be
identified.
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