Lopez Island
Lopez Chess
January 7, 2009
Put on your mid-winter thinking cap! Come play chess at the Lopez Library community room, Wednesday, January 7 at 7pm. All experience levels are welcome. Coffee and snacks provided. See you there. More info: John 468-3224 or LopezChess@gmail.com.
Lopez Island Garden Club Presents a Talk on Seeds
January 8, 2009
Meets on Thursday, downstairs below the fire station where the Senior Center is located. Lopez Island Successful Gardener, Ona Blue, presents an introductory talk on SEEDS: How to collect, store, and prepare them for germination. Coffee and goodies at 9:30 a.m. Meeting at 10:00 a.m. Please come – Everyone is welcome! Sponsored by Lopez Island Garden Club, Linda Zerbst, (360) 468-4544, or email: zeman@rockisland.com
2009 Winter “Food” Film Series
Sunday, Janury 11th & February 8th
Lopez Locavores has secured the screening rights to two independently produced documentaries that provide a strong and relevant voice about sustainability issues close to our home. You won’t find these movies on Netflix. These films present the farmers and let them talk about what they love to do, providing faces and stories behind where our food comes from. The first film, GOOD FOOD, takes you to visit local producers, farmers markets, distributors, stores and restaurants in the Pacific NW. It features familiar farm names such as Bluebird Grain Farm and Skagit River Ranch. The second is GARDENS OF DESTINY. In this film you will meet Dan Jason of Salt Spring Seeds. The film explores Dan’s garden and seed world and investigates what other experts from the agriculture milieu think about Dan’s observations. View clips at: http://www.goodfoodthemovie.org/, http://www.saltspringseeds.com/catalog/destiny_clip.htm Both films are 75 minutes. Thanks to Blossom Grocery for supplying refreshments. (See ad on front page for details).
Fisherman Bay Spit Preserve Meeting
January 13, 2009
4:00 pm-6:00 pm at Lopez Island Library. A draft addendum to the Fisherman Bay Spit Preserve Stewardship & Management Plan addressing the reconstruction, management and maintenance of the existing dock is available for comment. Copies available from the Land Bank office, 378-4402 or visit www.sjclandbank.org/plans.
Lopez Housing Options Annual Meeting
January 14, 2009
The Community is cordially invited to attend the ANNUAL MEETING of the Board of Trustees for Lopez Housing Options (LOHO), creators of the Hamlet at Lopez Village and Hamlet House, at Lopez Library Meeting Room at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Jan Sundquist is secretary for the LOHO Board of Trustees. Questions? Call Jan Sundquist at 468-3161
Peace Vigil
Every Fri from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm (across from the Love Dog) Imagine Peace…come stand in awareness at the “Peace Vigil”.
Tai Chi on Lopez
Due to a temporary closure of Woodmen Hall, tai chi will be on hiatus until January 7, 2009. From then on, it will resume its normal schedule of class every Wednesday. Advanced at 9 a.m. and beginning at 10 a.m. For more information, call Terry Marshall at 468-4340.
Lopez AA Meetings
Lopez AA meetings at the Children’s Center: Monday, Big Book, 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 12×12, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, noon. Al-Anon family group meets every Friday morning at 9:00 a.m. in the Parish Hall of Grace Episcopal Church. Women’s meeting Wednesday, 4-5 p.m. (call 468-4648 or 468-0541 for location).
San Juan Island
San Juan County Land Bank Commission
January 9, 2009
Regular monthly meeting on Friday, January 9th. The meeting begins at 8:30 a.m. and will be held in the Council Hearing Room at the San Juan County Legislative Building, 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island. Public comment time is scheduled for 9:00 a.m. The public is welcome at every monthly Land Bank Commission meeting. Contact: Diane Kinnaman 370-7655.
The Ferry Advisory Committee
January 13, 2009
Will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 8:30-10:30 am, in the Large Conference Room of the Legislative Bldg., 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor.
The Lodging Tax Advisory Committee
January 14, 2009
Will hold their regular meeting on January 14, 2009, 10:00-12:00 noon, in the Large Conference Room of the Legislative Bldg., 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor.
San Juan County Parks & Recreation
San Juan County Parks & Rec. Commission holds its regular meetings on the third Thursday of each month. Check www.sanjuanco.com/Parks/PDFs/CurrentPBAgenda.pdf for time and location.
San Juan Conservation District meeting
The San Juan Islands Conservation District meets the second Tuesday of every month except for August. The public is welcome to attend. For info call 360.378.6621 or visit www.sanjuanislandscd.org
Orcas Island
Orcas Island Marine Science Lecture Series
January 13, 2009
On Tuesday January 13th at 7:00 p.m. Michael Ulrich from the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife will give a free public lecture on sea cucumbers and urchins as part of the Orcas Island Marine Lecture Series. The program begins at 7:00 p.m. at the Camp Orkila Marine Salmon Center. The lecture is free. Please park in Camp Orkila’s upper parking lot. Shuttle service from the parking lot to the talk is available before and after the lecture.
The 7th Annual Marine Science Lecture Series is presented by program partners, the SeaDoc Society and YMCA Camp Orkila. It has been made possible through generous sponsorship by Tom Averna Deer Harbor Charters, Barbara Brown, The Gould Family Foundation and co-sponsorship by Shearwater Kayaks and Jim and Kathy Youngren.
Orcas Alcoholics Anonymous
Orcas Alcoholics Anonymous for Orcas Island has 24 hour help. Call 376-4522.
Waldron Island
Waldron Community Group
The Waldron community meeting is every 2nd Saturday of the month in the schoolhouse. The group meets at 2:30 p.m. in the winter, and 4 p.m. in spring and summer.
