mon., Sept. 27

Small business class: 5:15 – 7:15 p.m., Lopez Library. The Lopez Island Family Resource Center’s fall course covers the basics of how to start a small business, as well as what it takes to keep a business sustainable. It will run for eight weeks. Limited enrollment; call to inquire about space availability. Advance registration required no later than Sept. 22 and forms available online or at the Resource Center. Fee:$35, some scholarship funding available. For more information, call Patsy Haber at 468-4117.

Wed., Sept. 29

forum for the sheriff candidates: 5 p.m., Port Stanley School House.This is an opportunity to learn more about Detective Brent Johnson and Deputy Rob Nou and ask them questions.

Sun., Oct. 3

free field trip: San Juan Islands Audubon Society, 8 a.m. Meet at Otis Perkins Park, trip over around noon. Participants will be looking for last migrants heading south and arriving wintering waterfowl. Open to the public. For more info call Bob Myhr, 468-2258.

Talk: Restorative Justice, 2 p.m., Grace Church Fellowship Hall. Two experts in restorative justice will talk about how people can apply restorative justice practices to difficult issues that arise in the Lopez community, whether a conflict in the school or some other community setting or a criminal activity – any situation where people seek justice and healing. Sponsored by the Lopez Island Quaker Meeting.

WED., Oct. 6

Radio Frequency Radiation and our Health: 7 p.m., Lopez Center. Dr. Sam Milham: Physician-epidemiologist specializing in public health – 20 years as an Epidemiologist with the Washington State Department of Health – will present a medical perspective on how the recent proliferation of radio frequency radiation impacts the public’s health. He will talk about the choices people can make, personally and as a society, to coexist with this technology.

Sat., Oct 9

concert: The Garfield High School Jazz band, 2:30 p.m., Woodmen Hall. Tickets are $15 dollars, students have free entry. Tickets are available online at livemusiconlopez.com or at Blossoms, Paper Scissors and Islehaven Books.

mon.,

oct 11

Hawaiian hula workshop: 10 a.m. –noon, Woodmen Hall. Instructor Alice Rose Hibberd has been studying with master teachers Kumu Hula Kawaikapuokalani and Kumu Hula Keala Ching since 2000. As a certified teacher with a master’s in education, Alice has taught private Hula classes for girls and women on San Juan Island for more than a decade. Tickets cost $25. For more information, call 468-4038

Thurs., Oct. 14

Meeting for lopez gardeners: 10 a.m., Woodmen Hall. A representative from Wind Poppy Farms will speak about “Growing Grasses.” Coffee and other refreshments will be served at 9:30 a.m.