October winds bring budget discussions and preservation plans — also dance and rollerskating

Monday, Oct. 5

San Juan County Council Administrator Pete Rose 2010 Budget Presentation includes response to questions, revenue projections, pay and staffing plans and council discussion.  1 p.m. in Friday Harbor. To be continued at regular session Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 1:30 p.m.

Orcas Island Public School Parent Meetings for 4^th and 5^th grades in Room 427 Elementary School and for 9^th-10^th grades in Library. Share, network, and learn about OIPP and RTL programs and your child. 376-1566 or 376-1547.

Artsmith Salon, 7:30 p.m. at Doe Bay Resort  Café Featured writers Karen Fisher and Barbara Lewis are followed by a writers’ open mic. All creative writing welcome. The salon is free to attend and the cafe will be open for dining.
Fisher is the author of the novel “A Sudden Country”, which won many awards in 2006 including an MPBA Award, Best Fiction finalist, PEN/Faulkner Award finalist. Lewis is a freelance writer and Director of the Orcas Island Writers Festival. She is also the founding director of The Children’s Creative Workshop, a dance theater group based in Richmond, Virginia. She holds a Masters in Fine Arts in fiction writing from Vermont College.

Tuesday, Oct. 6

Free Lunch at the Orcas Island Community Church, provided by Gypsy Willow Catering and friends, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Open to all.

Orcas Camera Club at the Orcas Senior Center, 7 to 9 p.m. Conact Dave Kosiur, dkosiur@centurytel.net

Wednesday, Oct. 7

County Council to Deliberate Budget at Special Session, 8:30 a.m. to noon in Friday Harbor.

Tessa Downey, Lopez Family Resource Center staff, will be coming to Orcas to meet with individuals needing assistance filling out the Washington Basic Food Program application, processing them into DSHS. Downey will be at the Orcas Library from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Applications are available at the Library, Post Offices in Eastsound and the Orcas Ferry Landing, Home Grown , and the Orcas Market,

Orcas Cemetery District monthly meeting, 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Orcas Library. 376-4985

PTSA School Board Candidates Forum 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the School Library

Thursday, October 8

Port of Orcas Commissioners meeting at the Airport conference room, 7 p.m. Call 376-5285 for more information.

Friday, Oct. 9

Land Bank Commission’s regular meeting, at 10:30 am at the Orcas Island Fire Hall in Eastsound. Judd Cove Preserve Revised Stewardship Plan public hearing. Call 378-4402 or email: sjclandbank@rockisland.com

Rollerskating begins at 6 p.m. with Beginners at the Old School Gym. Chaperones’ kids skate free. $2 includes skate rentals. Contact Jennifer Pietsch (588-2446) or Barb Skotte (376-3930)

Orcas Dance Club holds Fall Dance, “Spin the Platters,” with Dance Instructor/DJ Lynn Richards at 8 p.m. at the Orcas Center. The cost will be $15.00 per couple, $10.00 single.

Saturday, Oct. 10

Skagit Valley College Playwriting Class begins, to run for 4 Saturdays. Contact $75. Instructor Antoinette Botsford at 376-4285 for registration information

Writer’s Roundtable, 1 to 3 p.m.  Margie Doyle will lead a discussion of “Community Journalism: Evolution, Practice and Principles.” Free – all are welcome.