Many Choices this Weekend for Recreation, Support, Entertainment and Service

Friday, Sept. 11

San Juan County Land Bank Commission Meeting 8:30 to 11:20 a.m. at the Council Hearing Room, San Juan County Legislative Building . Public Hearing for Proposed 2010 Expenditure and Acquisition Plan. Public comment time: 9 a.m. at 55 Second Street, Friday Harbor.

An Evening of Comedy, produced by Orcas Island Recreation Local talent provides skits, singing, improv, music and laughter. At the Orcas Center, 7:30 p.m.

“Brilliant Traces” at the Grange at 7:30 p.m. Full length play with Melinda Milligan and Norm Stamper playing characters who inhabit an Alaskan cabin during a blizzard. Tickets are $10 and available at Darvill’s or at the door. For additional information, contact Doug Bechtel at 317-5601 or doug@orcasactors.com

Saturday, Sept. 12

15^th annual Orcas Center/Island Market/Red Rabbit Farm Golf Classic. Begins at 9:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast. 11 a.m. tee time with lunch at the turn. Immediately following the game, there will be an awards ceremony and hearty buffet reception catered by Red Rabbit Farm. Registration is $125 and includes greens fee, goodie bag, continental breakfast, lunch, reception buffet, hosted wine and beer bar, and a raffle ticket. Non-golfers are invited to join the fun at the reception, at a cost of only $25All net proceeds of the Golf Classic support Orcas Center programs and operations. Go to www.orcascenter.org for further information

United Way Day of Caring, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Join members of Lions, Kiwanis and Odd Fellows 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the registration tent next to Orcas Center. United Way board members will provide coffee and cookies for the cleanup crews on the school’s Vitality Trail, at Orcas Center and the Senior Center.Call 378-4121 for further information.

Orcas Viking volleyball team plays its home opener on Saturday vs. Seattle’s University Prep. Varsity match starts at 1 p.m. and JV follows at 2:30 p.m. In our first match of the season we’re going up against a bigger, non-league school. Comfortable seating is available in the new gym, so come on out and help us “Rock the Box!”

Writer’s Roundtable, 1 to 3 p.m. Judith Miller will lead a discussion of ”Laying in Food for the Winter: Hunting and Gathering Techniques for Writers.” Free – all are welcome.

OPAL Community Land Trust Annual Auction and Soiree at 5:30 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Parish Hall. Contact Judy Whiting at outreach@opalclt.org .

“Island Grown, Island Raised,” benefit dinner/auction for Kaleidsoscope Childcare Center. 5:30 p.m. For tickets or donations, call 376-2484 or mail PO Box 1276, Eastsound WA 98245.

An Evening of Comedy, produced by Orcas Island Recreation. Local talent provides skits, singing, improv, music and laughter. At the Orcas Center, 7:30 p.m.

“Brilliant Traces” Play at the Grange at 7:30 p.m. Full length play with Melinda Milligan and Norm Stamper playing characters who inhabit an Alaskan cabin during a blizzard. Tickets are $10 and available at Darvill’s or at the door. For additional information, contact Doug Bechtel at 317-5601 or doug@orcasactors.com

Sunday, Sept. 13

Cascade Summit Bike Challenge. Riders can choose between destinations: the Cascade Falls Trailhead – 1 mile, the Mountain Lake Shelter – 2.2 miles, and the Mt. Constitution Summit – 5.7 miles. Registration cost for the ride is $30 per individual; kids 12 and under pay $15.Check-in for the ride is at 10 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 13 at the Cascade Lake Day Use Shelter in Moran State Park. The ride begins at 10:30 a.m.Those who register can get a free Friends Summit Bike Challenge T-shirt (shirts sizes not guaranteed if registered after Sept. 1).The registration form is available at Wildlife Cycles, Eastsound Sporting Goods and online at www.friendsofmoran.com

“Poisoned Waters,” Hedrick Smith’s two-hour PBS documentary on Puget Sound and Chesapeake Bay, is being shown at the Orcas Center, starting at 4:30 pm. Supper will be served between the two hours. Tickets are available at Darvill’s, Orcas Public Library and Orcas Center. $10 each. Only a limited number are left.