Sunday, January 17
Darvill’s Bookstore invites all to a party hosted by Lynne Howe and Emily Miner to celebrate Sandra Boynton’s new book and DVD. There’ll be a special screening of One Shoe Blues, fun activities, music, a Make Your Own Sock Puppet craft station, and more! 2 to 3 p.m. Bring one great sock (any size) that “yearns to become a sock puppet.”
Orcas Island Public Library to open on Sundays beginning today, noon to 3 p.m. 376-4985
Community Forum with Carl Wilkens, Aid worker to Rwanda, “One Person Can Make a Difference.” 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Orcas Center. Sponsored by the Orcas Island Prevention Partnership. Call 376-1547.
“Better Off Dead” Free Movie, free popcorn, and 1/2 price bottles of wine at the Doe Bay Cafe starting at 7 p.m. The month of “John-uary” features John Cusack. Call 376-8059.
Monday, January 18
Atsmith Salon Series reconvenes at 7 p.m. hosted by Doe Bay Resort café. Weekly literary salon with poet Drew Dillhunt and local writer Margie Doyle. Open mic participants are invited to read their original creative writing for 10 minutes.Hosted by Doe Bay Resort café. Free.
Tuesday, January 19
Toastmasters 6 p.m. at Senior Center. Improve your public speaking skills. Open to all.
Wednesday, January 20
Orcas Island Garden Club Meeting. 10 a.m. at the Madrona Room, Orcas Center.
Basic Food Application Assistance at the Orcas Library, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Small Water Systems Fees and Services – Workshop on Group B water systems for the public at the Eastsound Senior Center. Sponsored by the County Health and Community Services. For more information contact Mark Tompkins or Vicki Heater at : 378-4474, markt@sanjuanco.com, vickih@sanjuanco.com.
Bond and Levy Election on Feb. 9 is the subject of a special PTSA meeting, 5:30 p.m. at the Orcas School Library.
Thursday, January 21
Friday, January 22
Special meeting to discuss a cellular network in San Juan County, in Friday Harbor.12:15 to 1:45 p.m. at Islanders Bank in Friday Harbor.
Saturday, January 23
Orcas Schools Open House and Facilities Tour conducted by School Board members, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. continuously. Refreshments and information in the School Library. Sponsored by the YES! for Schools Committee.
On Saturday, January 23rd from 10-1pm, the Orcas Island School District
will host continuous presentations and tours of the grounds and facilities
in order to educate the community about the upcoming renovation and
construction bond that will appear on the February 9th ballot.
Ongoing presentations in the School Library by Mahlum project architect
David Mount, will give background information on the projects to be
undertaken, as well as to discuss the various costs connected with the
projects, the materials to be considered, systems that will need
renovation, such as the heating and ventilation systems, and many, many
more details that have been studied over the past four years to arrive at
the scope of the project.
During the discovery process, local builders, landscape designers,
engineers and other island and off-island contractors were consulted. The
exhaustive studies that were done allowed Mahlum to create a plan that
will not only refurbish the school’s long-standing elementary school,
built in 1946, the Old Gym, built in 1957, but will construct new
buildings for the middle school, cafeteria, library, and career and
technical education building. The conclusions are that this level of
renovation, construction and grounds work will create a safe and
sustainable campus that will last for the next 50 years.
School board members Scott Lancaster, Janet Brownell, Keith Whitaker and
Tony Ghazel will give tours of specific facilities around the campus with
information on the conditions and needs of those particular buildings and
grounds. There will be maps available in the Library with detailed
information about each location. For more information see the school site
www.orcasislandschools.org.
Coffee and bagels will be served. All materials for the Open House & Tours
will be donated by the YES, for Schools Committee.
