ENCLAVE IS CLOSING"
Here's how things will work over the next week or so: (subject to change)
Wednesday night will be SKALES. Cross and rain are presenting. Well worth the trip, they do a great presentation.
Next weekend will be the last parties. Both nights are play parties. Same rules as always. Same prices as always (15$ for members/$20 for guests) Same hours (8pm - 2am)
Sunday, the 9th, at noon, we'll be having a "going out of business" sale. Raffles, auctions and a kick asss BBQ courtesy of Blackwulf and MtDancer. Just about everything in the building can go. In addition to a few bucks to put towards the debtload, anything we sell I don't have to move and pay storage on. So, here's your chance to own a little piece of things. And it's not just the play equipment. There are some really nice couches, tables, artwork, chairs, etc in there. Easily nice enough for home use, if you needed furniture for your house. Some of the artwork is racy, but much of it is nice enough for home use.
For a gallery of auction items click here
Our address is: 6040 E 50th, Commerce City.
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NCSF Media Update - June 11, 2007
Self-proclaimed dominatrix pleads guilty:Woman released after spending several weeks in jailby Keith Epps The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA) June 11, 2007 A self-proclaimed dominatrix who spent nearly six years on the run after being indicted in Stafford is free once again. Patricia Helen Meehan, 57, who was picked up May 8 at her home in Hagerstown, Md., recently pleaded guilty to two charges in Stafford. She was released after spending several weeks in jail. Meehan pleaded guilty in Stafford Circuit Court earlier this month to keeping a bawdy place and manufacturing marijuana. She received a total of six years in prison, all of which was suspended. Two other charges, prostitution and crimes against nature, were dropped. According to court records, Meehan lived in Aquia Harbour in 2001 when Stafford detectives raided her home and seized numerous bondage devices, whips, sexual aids, client databases and marijuana plants. [continued] To read this entire article, go to: http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2007/062007/06112007/0611dom To respond, write to: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it MySpace Blabbing KOs Custody Bidby Arthur S LeonardGay City News June 7, 2007 It had to happen sooner or later. Heedless of the consequences, a parent engaged in a hot custody dispute chatted away on MySpace, revealing her private life as a pagan, bisexual S&M enthusiast and drug-user. She even admitted that she had gone on a drug "hiatus" during her lawsuit, but planned to resume her old ways when the case was over. Was this any way to win custody of a five-year-old child? The case is Dexter v. Dexter before the Ohio Court of Appeals, 11th District, reviewing a ruling from the Portage County Court of Common Pleas, which switched custody from the mother to the father, who had remarried since the divorce. Based on the mother's testimony and her MySpace revelations, the Common Pleas judge found her "lifestyle" unsettling for somebody raising a five-year-old, and the guardian ad litem appointed by the court to look after the child's interests concurred, finding she had a better relationship with her father, who also offered a better home environment. It didn't help that Mom was accused as well of taking steps to interfere with Dad's visitation rights, by moving and getting an unlisted phone number not supplied to him. On appeal, the mother argued that the trial court should not have given consideration to anything on MySpace or regarding her private sexual conduct at all, pointing to court decisions that a parent's sexual orientation is not a proper ground for denying custody. But Judge Mary Ann Trapp, writing for the appeals court, disagreed, pointing out that if the child woke in the middle of the night while her mom was engaged in these activities, there could be problems. [continued] To read this entire article, go to: http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18444344&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568860&rfi=6 To respond, write to: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Ex-dominatrix now whipping up laughsby Redmond CarolipioInland Valley Daily Bulletin (Southern CA) June 7, 2007 YOU CAN TALK to Norma Jean Riddick. Really, it's OK. Sure, she's busy being an actress, singer, marketing director, comedian and life coach. Oh yeah, and she used to be a dominatrix. Don't let that frighten you, either. "I've had friends tell me this, that people in general are scared of me," she said. "And I don't know why, because I'm really nice. I think it's the people out here. I think I give off confidence. I'm from New York, so I'm going to speak my mind." She's an East Coast woman, born in New Jersey and grew up in Watertown, N.Y. There, she started acting at age 18, even snagging a few lead roles in a few productions despite having no previous acting training. She's also not bashful when it comes to talking about her past life as dominatrix, which provided her with a rare look at people and the lives they lead. "I was raised in a dysfunctional family. I married young, and I went through a LOT of physical and emotional abuse with both of my husbands," she said. "I became a dominatrix to empower myself. It was like, `Here is a job where no man - nobody - can hurt me.' " While she eventually stopped, Riddick said there was plenty she learned about herself, as well as other people who have no outlet for their alternative tastes. "I learned that I didn't need it, that I just needed to get a ... backbone," she said. "And in the end, I was able to help a lot of people - it was like my own brand of therapy. I've had people just come in and cry on my shoulder." Since then, Riddick has used her life experiences to forge ahead in her multiple careers as well as provide advice for any problem or issue one would bring up to her. "I empowered a lot of people then," she said. "This time, it's for me." [continued] To read this entire article, go to: http://www.dailybulletin.com/entertainment/ci_6078087 To respond, write to: the author at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or the editors at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Kink in the System:Commerce City is taking the Enclave BDSM club all the way to the Supreme Courtby Joel Warner Denver Westword (Denver, CO) June 6, 2007 The Colorado Supreme Court may soon have an opportunity to consider masochism and municipal code. After Commerce City denied a local private BDSM club a sexually oriented business license, the club's owners, Michael R. and Deb O'Keefe, took the city to court ("Fit to Be Tied," April 12). The Colorado Court of Appeals found in their favor and ordered the city to award the Enclave an official SOB license ("Legally Binding," April 19). Despite its beating in court, Commerce City isn't ready to submit. Last week the city announced it would appeal the decision to the Colorado Supreme Court. "We intend to ask the Supreme Court to hear the case, and if they do, we believe we have a shot at getting the Court of Appeals' decision overturned," says Commerce City Assistant City Attorney Tom Merrigan. "We filed for a motion of extension of time to file a [Supreme Court Appeal]. The Supreme Court granted our request for an extension of time. That means we have until June 25 to do that, and we expect to do that sooner. I also take that as a sign that they have some interest in the case." The fact that Michael and Deb's case may make it to the state's highest court sets an encouraging precedent for kinky communities nationwide. "This is big for the BDSM community," says Susan Wright, spokesperson for National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. Municipalities have usually been able to quickly close down controversial BDSM clubs on what Wright calls "administrative trivia" - such as whether all fire and zoning codes were met - without facing the political quandary of whether to consider the BDSM activities themselves. But because Michael and Deb made sure every operation at the Enclave was above board, Commerce City has to attempt to take the fight to the highest court in the state. "We're right, that's why we're still here," says Michael. "Commerce City is just dragging this through the courts, hoping we'll go bankrupt." If that's the case, he has some bad news for city officials: "We have had twice as many members come down since the Court of Appeals decision. People feel safer now that the court has said we are entitled to be here." [continued] To read this entire article, go to: http://www.westword.com/2007-06-07/news/kink-in-the-system To respond, write to: This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it Jury convicts man in sex slave caseby Holly DanksThe Oregonian (Portland, OR) June 6, 2007 A jury took 80 minutes Tuesday to unanimously convict a former Hillsboro man of kidnapping two women off Portland streets and holding them as sex slaves nearly two decades ago. Vance Jay Roberts, 53, will be sentenced Aug. 3 on eight counts of first-degree kidnap, two counts of sexual penetration with a foreign object, four counts of first-degree sodomy, six counts of first-degree rape, three counts of first-degree sexual abuse and one count of possession of marijuana. As Washington County Circuit Judge Timothy P. Alexander read the unanimous verdicts of the nine-woman, three-man jury, Andrea Hood cried tears of relief that were 17 years coming. "I'm satisfied," said Hood, who was a 17-year-old prostitute when Roberts grabbed her off Northeast Sandy Boulevard in 1990. "I feel vindicated. I feel a great sense of closure." The first victim, Michaelle Dierich, was 20 in September 1988 when she was kidnapped after agreeing to perform a sex act for $30 on Roberts in his white Datsun truck on what was then Northeast Union Avenue. She said Roberts kept her locked in a closet when she wasn't chained to a bed, sexually abused her for a week and forced her to call him "Master X." Roberts testified most of Tuesday morning, saying the women went with him willingly because he offered them at least $200 a day to have sex with him at his Northeast Olympic Street home. He contended that Dierich made up the kidnapping story because they got into an argument when he dumped her in Portland and ended up not paying her. He said Hood jumped out a window when he caught her trying to steal his money after she had been at his house about a day. Both were free to go anytime and were never kept locked up or in handcuffs, Roberts maintained. "That was just for the Hollywood shots," he said, noting that the women posed naked and in chains for Polaroid photos "like a movie star would." Roberts added that he was putting soundproofing tiles on the walls of his bedroom closet so it would look more like a dungeon in bondage photos. Lawrence Taylor, Roberts' current court-appointed attorney, told jurors that they should not believe the victims because they were prostitutes who used drugs and were known not to tell the truth. [continued] To read this entire article, go to: http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/06/jury_convicts_man_in_sex_slave.html To respond, write to: the author at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or the editors at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it HOW TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Feedback letters are an effective way to convey a positive image of alternate sexual practices such as SM, swinging, or polyamory. You can help to correct negative social myths and misconceptions about these types of practices. These letters help achieve the advocacy goals of the NCSF. Generally, for a letter to be published, it's important to include your name (or first initial, last name), city and daytime phone (for verification only). For more information, see: http://www.ncsfreedom.org/media/writelettertoeditor.htm Please alert us to positive, negative or neutral stories about SM, swinging and polyamory at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it ### A project of NCSF and ITCR: The Foundation of NCSF National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) is a national organization committed to altering the political, legal, and social environment in the U.S. in order to guarantee equal rights for consenting adults who practice forms of alternative sexual expression. NCSF is primarily focused on the rights of consenting adults in the SM-leather-fetish, swing, and polyamory communities, who often face discrimination because of their sexual expression. National Coalition for Sexual Freedom 822 Guilford Avenue, Box 127 Baltimore, MD 21202-3707 410-539-4824 This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it www.ncsfreedom.org |
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