The Port of Orcas Commissioners heard from the Dog Park Board at their Oct. 9 meeting about the construction of a shelter in the park at the southeast side of the Port property and voted to allow the construction.
The Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce will hold its Annual Membership meeting on Thursday, Oct. 30 at the Outlook Inn’s New Leaf Café in Eastsound. Chamber members, and non-members interested in joining, are encouraged to attend. “This is the perfect opportunity to meet and socialize with other business members, as well as hear about all the exciting events unfolding for the Chamber,” says the Chamber’s Executive Director, Lance Evans.
Orcas Power and Light Cooperative invites all members to attend the annual Ambassador’s Legislative Kick-Off meeting. There are meetings scheduled on Orcas, San Juan and Lopez Islands:
The San Juan County Council last week delayed its decision on whether to raise the price islanders pay for the control of noxious weeds following a tug of war over the potential fee increase.
The Orcas Christian Saints placed first at the Milo Invitational, in Eugene Ore., took away the Co-Champion title in the Spokane Flag Football Championships and tied for second in their most recent trip to Santa Cruz, Calif., where they played teams from California, Utah and Colorado.
The Orcas Island Historical Museum announces that Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 pm, Dr. Michael Wilson, of Douglas College and Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, will present the latest findings regarding the 11,760-year-old Ayer Pond Bison antiquus specimen that is a part of the Museum’s collection.
A Seattle man who raided a local woman’s bank account to finance a shopping spree was sentenced to five months in jail after pleading no-contest to three counts of felony theft.
On Oct. 20, the San Juan County Council voted to deny the public right-of-way franchise requested on Sept. 29 to allow a water pipeline to divert water from a Crow Valley well to Dolphin Bay acreage. For more details, go to www.islandssounder.com “News”
San Juan County Sheriff Bill Cumming has responded to a spate of political sign vandalism on Orcas and Lopez Islands, saying “We would ask that islanders be good citizens and good neighbors and allow people to express their political preference without being harassed.
An Orcas Island man will serve four months in jail, or on work crew, in connection with the break-in and theft of computer equipment from an Eastsound business in July.
Following a series of town hall meetings last week on San Juan, Lopez and Orcas islands, the County Council’s stormwater sub-committee set aside three proposed funding tools and opted for a hybrid instead on Oct. 13.
At the Oct. 14 Fire Commissioners’ meeting, Orcas Fire Chief Mike Harris explained the revenue projections portion of the Fire District’s budget for 2009.
