The week ahead: "Memory and Emotion" to final "Great Expectations" Matinee

Sunday, Oct. 18

Leadership San Juan Islands Open House, 10:30 a.m. to noon at 70 Langell Lane. Learn about the county leadership class beginning its 6th year in January 2010. 376-6020.

Crossroads Lecture 2 p.m. James McGaugh, “Memory and Emotion: The Making of Lasting Memories” at the Orcas Center. Tickets at Darvill’s.  $10. A limited number of complimentary tickets will be made available before each lecture.

FEAST banquet 6 p.m. Slideshow, dinner and musical entertainment. Tickets at Smith & Speed, Darvill’s, and The Funhouse. There will also be a booth at the Saturday Farmers Market on Oct. 17 for late buys. Tickets will be $25 for adults and $15 for kids.376-7177.

Acoustic guitarist Jim Scott will perform an evening of his songs of peace, and the environment on Sunday, October 18th at 7:00 pm at the Orcas Grange.  Sponsored by the Orcas Island Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, which meets the second and fourth Sunday of each month at the West Sound Community Club. For more information, call Margot Shaw at 376-3441 or go to www.orcasislanduu.org.

Monday, Oct. 19

Orcas Island Public School Parent Meetings for Kindergarten and 1^st grades in Mathew Chasnoff’s classroom at 5:30. Childcare is provided and a Spanish translator will be present.

Parent meetings for Grades 11 and 12 will be at 5:30 in the 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 Isla McKetta, fiction, and Bill Keep, poetry 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.

Tuesday, Oct. 20

Free Lunch and Food Bank at the Orcas Island Community Church, 12:30 to 2 p.m. Open to all.

Rescheduled Orcas Island Public Middle School Parent Meetings for 7^th and 8^th grades. 6:30 p.m.Due to staff illness, the school was forced to re-schedule from an earlier date.  The event begins in the cafeteria for an introduction and demonstration of the Skyward Online Parent/Student Access System.  This will be followed by sessions with each of the teachers.  376-2284.

Wednesday, Oct. 21

Town Hall ,at  Eastsound Fire Hall, 4 to 6 p.m. State Initiatives and County Propositions on the Nov. 3 ballots to be discussed by Richard Fralick, Gene Knapp, County Auditor Milene Henley and County Administrator Pete Rose. Also continuing county budget crisis, the Uplands’ Critical Areas Ordinance, the Shoreline Master Plan Update and other important issues facing the County.376-2898.

Thursday, Oct. 22

Orcas Island School District Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m. at the school library. 376-2884.

Great Expectations at the Orcas Center 7:30 p.m. Great Expectations will be performed Thursday-Saturday, October 15-17 and 22-24. All performances are at 7:30 pm EXCEPT for the final performance on Saturday, October 24, which is a 2 pm matinee.
Tickets for the play are $16, $12 for Orcas Center members, and $8 for students. For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.orcascenter.org or call or 360/376-2281 ext 1 during box office hours, Thursday-Saturday, noon – 4 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 23

The Orcas Island Community Foundation is holding an Endow Orcas meeting from 8 a.m. to noon in the Madrona Room at the Orcas Center. This session is open to all Orcas nonprofit staff and board members and will offer a general overview of the Endow Orcas program. 376-6423.

Camp Orkila Fall Festival and Haunted Hayride.Fall Festival from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Big Red Barn for climbing the wall, bow and arrow practice at the archery range, pumpkin carving, face painting, cider pressing, and other fun games .Hot dogs and hot apple cider to eat.

Kiddie Hour Haunted Hayride from 6:30-7:30, bring the little ones for a low-key tractor tour around the farm, with just a dash of Halloween surprises.

Haunted Hayride from 7:30-9:00, for the brave of heart, departing from Foxfire field. 376-2898.

Great Expectations at the Orcas Center 7:30 p.m. See Thursday, Oct. 22.

Saturday, Oct. 24

Great Expectations at the Orcas Center at 2 p.m. See Thursday, Oct. 22

Sunday, Oct. 25

American Legon Pancake Breakfast, 8 a.m. to noon 376-4987.

Professor Amanda Byron will present a talk on her experience with a truth and reconciliation dialogue about the Holocaust at 11 a.m. at the West Sound Community Club. Sponsored by the Orcas Island Unitarian Universalist Fellowship,call 376-8007.