Forbes Hall: Fall Work Party: Brains, Brawn, Burgers & “Beer” - Oct. 1

Saturday, October 1, 2022 – start time 10:00 am

Join us for a fun day working with your friends and neighbours to get Forbes Hall ship-shape, ready for the busy season!

Please contact info@forbeshall.ca to let us know you’re coming to help out.
Lunch will be served to all those who turn out! (Another reason to let us know you’ll be coming.)

Lots of jobs to be done; gutters cleaned, windows cleaned, screens installed, storage organization, chairs to be moved & their feet to be installed, sweeping and cleaning the pavilion, making sense of bits and pieces, organizing and tidying the basement, and cleaning the basement floor.

Looking forward to seeing lots of happy, helpful faces on Saturday, October 1st.

Remember to let us know you’re coming: info@forbeshall.ca

Ann Dickie
Thetis Island Community Association

ThINC Newsletter: The Ripple

ThINC's fall issue of The Ripple is now out! Our summer employees, Connelly Stirling and Linnea Barrett wrote two great articles that outline some of the things ThINC got up to during the summer. A few paper copies will be put around the community: the post office, ferry terminal, and at Forbes Hall library. 

To see the digital copy, please follow the link below:

https://www.thetisislandnatureconservancy.org/single-post/the-ripple-sept-2022-issue

Happy fall!
Charlotte, 

Education and Stewardship Coordinator, ThINC

We’re Back! Soup’s On Starts Up on Wednesday, October 5, 2022

An energetic team is looking forwarding to seeing the community gather together on Wednesdays through the Soup’s On season.

If you’d like to join us as a volunteer, please contact Don Sinclair for more information.
To all of those who have recently joined us and to those who are the long-standing backbone of this program, our sincerest thanks!

See you on Wednesdays...
Ann, Don & Shirley

Mondays at the Library

There are 52 Mondays a year. There are 14 left in this year. It follows Sunday and comes before Tuesday. Is it the first day of each week or the second? When is this Monday and next Monday?  Are they the same?

The library is open from 10am to 1pm today- that is this Monday and next Monday. The following Monday as well.

Let’s not quibble… Monday is Monday.

Hope to see you at the Library!

Georgina
Friends of the Library

Jollity Weekly Order Reminder

It's the week for True Grain Bakery Orders.
Please submit dairy and bakery orders today by noon.

Home grocery delivery, eggs, produce etc. all available on our order form:
www.jollityfarm.ca/order-form  or  orders@jollityfarm.ca

If you are looking to stock up your pantry with garlic, tomatoes or corn for winter, let us know and we can sort out bulk orders for you.

With thanks from your local farmers!

It's Pond Lining Day @ Jollity Farm!

Pretty exciting after all these years of working towards this goal!

We will begin at 11am today.
There is limited parking so please use lower parking lots if possible.
This is not a small child or dog friendly event.

Thank you to everyone who called or wrote to volunteer. 
We look forward to seeing you and celebrating with BBQ sausage-in-a-bun when the job is done!

Sunday Library

Welcome to the island library Sunday 1-4.

Celine will be the library attendant. 

Come and browse our large collection, sit on the patio, or have some tea.

See you there.

Reminder: Meet & Greet with Jesse McClinton - CVRD Candidate for Area G

Meet & Greet with Jesse McClinton - CVRD Candidate for Area G
I'm hosting a meet and greet on Sunday the 25th at Forbes Hall at 2:30 pm.

Everyone is welcome and can RSVP here: https://jessemcclinton.com/events-2/
Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/5abyeQKKe

Wait another Week

We are going to delay campfire permits for another week.  Those who have already applied for a campfire permit do not need to apply again - we will send out your permit for October on the first. If you have not already applied, you can go to www.thetisislandfire.ca and select Fire Permits on the left side of the home page. You will be sent your permit on or after October 1st if the weather cooperates and we can drop from EXTREME fire hazard rating to HIGH.  

In the meantime, propane campfire appliances do not require a permit. 

If you have any questions about High Hazard Activities during the EXTREME rating, please check our website for details. 

TIVFD

School Zone Sign

Many of you will have noticed the bright yellow School Zone signs the fire department had purchased to help keep our community children a bit safer.  

But you may not know that Emcon Road Services and our road maintenance contractor Joe Lange donated the time and labour to fit and place the signs to remind drivers to slow down. 

Thank you, Joe and Emcon. 

TIVFD

Saturday Library

I, Ken Redman, will be your friendly and welcoming librarian for today. 

As such, I would like to invite anyone who has been reading Yuval Harari’s books( Homo Sapiens, Homo Deus) to come along to our reading space and talk a bit about his ideas. For example, I would love to discover what another Islander might think about Harari’s assertions regarding humans as bio/chemical algorithms, his AI concerns as we move toward super computers which might talk to each other sans human actions… among a couple of his ideas. 

Hope to see… someone to help me out. 

Of course, simply seeking and changing books is always welcome! 

Ken

ThINC AGM Reminder - Sunday, Sept 25th at 2pm

Dear fellow Thetis Islanders,

A friendly reminder that ThINC's Annual General Meeting is this Sunday, September 25th at 2 pm in the Nature House at the Portal (254 North Cove Road). 

Join us to hear about our activities over the year and what we have planned for the coming months, share some refreshments, and vote (or join!) our Board of Directors.

On the day of the AGM, please park at Heneage House or the Fairyslipper Forest Nature Reserve parking lot and walk down. 

We're grateful for your past and ongoing support for nature and conservation on Thetis Island. We look forward to seeing you on September 25th.

The ThINC team