September 26 ~ Coastal Wildfire News

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Soup's On ~ Yahoo!

The first event of the season will be on Wednesday, September 27th at Forbes Hall.

11:30 AM to 1:00 PM or until the soup runs out, whichever is first.

The Menu:

Green Pea Soup, with or without Ham

Poppy Seed and Sesame Seed Rolls

Assorted Baked Goods

Pot of Gold Coffee (Thanks Nan)

Selection of Tea

Interesting Conversation

Still only $5.00

If there is enough available after guests are served, "Take Out" will be available

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone

and a funny bone. Reba McEntire

The Bridge Group welcomes you to join them in the Library at 1:00 PM

And the Scottish Country Dancers start at 4:00 PM. You do not need to be Scottish! New dancers welcome!

GAS FITTER & PROPANE STOVE INFO WANTED

I am needing a new stove and considering switching to Propane.

Curious if anyone knows a gas fitter/ plumber who comes to the island?

I am also curious how folks find using propane and the propane service in comparison to just getting electric?

Kathleen McGarvey

mcgarve@gmail.com

Reminder: Elena Ilina Violin Concert Sunday Oct. 1

To celebrate the start of the golden season, please, come and enjoy the violin concert by Elena Ilina on Sunday, October 1st, at 3 pm at the Forbes Hall.

It is a family friendly event by donation. 

Library Items Missing ~ Please Check Your Shelves

A reminder from your local librarian that there are many materials missing from the library.  Here are a few titles.

The Thirst - Jo Nesbo

The Unwomanly Face of WW 2 This book was set aside for a patron and borrowed without signing the card.

Orphan Black season 1 disc 1 

Many materials have been out for a VERY LONG TIME.  Please check around and see if perhaps you need to return something so someone else can enjoy the material.

Thanks,

Celine

Cranberry Fundraiser Halfway to Goal

We’re almost half way to our goal of $500.  Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to get a great product delivered to Thetis with 40% of the profit going directly to our students! 

Yellow Point Cranberry Farm in partnership with Thetis Island Elementary School and Jollity Farm will be selling cranberries just in time for Thanksgiving as a fundraiser for the Thetis Island Elementary School students. 

Available for purchase:

500g Bag Fresh Cranberries - $5.00

1Kg Bag Fresh Cranberries - $8.00

10Kg Box Fresh Cranberries - $65.00 (Stock up...cranberries freeze great and are excellent for winter baking and smoothies!)

250ml Jar Cranberry Sauce - $8.00  (makes a great stocking stuffer)

Please place your orders online by emailing TIPAorders@gmail.com

Deadline for online orders is September 26th

Cranberries will be available for pick up & payment, Saturday October 7th at Jollity farm between 10AM and 1PM.  

Learn more about this local family owned cranberry farm and this delicious super fruit.

http://www.yellowpointcranberries.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgyGnfiRM3M

Free Drywall

We have one and a half sheets (4'x8') of waterproof drywall left over from a renovation. Free to anyone who would like it. Call Tracy or Mark at 250-714-9876 or 250-816-3474.

TIPA ~ Fresh Cranberries Fundraiser

Fresh Local Cranberries For Sale ~ Fundraiser!

Yellow Point Cranberry Farm in partnership with Thetis Island Elementary School and Jollity Farm will be selling cranberries just in time for Thanksgiving as a fundraiser for the Thetis Island Elementary School students. 

Available for purchase:

500g Bag Fresh Cranberries - $5.00

1Kg Bag Fresh Cranberries - $8.00

10Kg Box Fresh Cranberries - $65.00

250ml Jar Cranberry Sauce - $8.00

Please place your orders by one of the following options:

1. online by emailing TIPAorders@gmail.com , deadline for online orders is September 26th

2. In person at Jollity Farm this Saturday, September 23 between 10AM - 1PM.

Cranberries will be available for pick up & payment, Saturday October 7th at Jollity farm between 10AM and 1PM.  

All funds raised go directly to supporting your local elementary school students!

 

TIPA Refundable Recycling Program

The Thetis Island Parents Association (TIPA) is a small group of 12 families with children attending Thetis Elementary school. The majority of funding that we raise to support our little school comes from a long established returnable bottles program. The program is run in cooperation with TIRRA's waste transfer facility.

Most of the time, contributors follow our simple sorting guidelines (more or less). But sometimes, garbage, broken glass, even soiled diapers are added to our bins. This gets tricky for us and is kind of gross! Other times, large boxes or bags of waste or recyclables are left at our returnables depot, which clutter the space and get soggy in the rain, creating more work. 

School families are grateful for the community support and cooperation that makes our refundable program successful.  With an estimated 150,000 containers going through our system per year, the cumulative extra sorting time for the families at the receiving end adds up to A LOT!

This message is a friendly reminder that our program is based on mutual benefit - meaning we all need to do our part for the system to work. We thank you for your continued support and ask you to place only recyclable bottles in our containers and refrain from leaving materials outside the labelled receptacles. 

Kelly Bannister, TIPA President

 

CVRD Burning Bylaw Update

The following article should have been included in the Fall issue of the Quarterly.

My apologies for the fact that it did not.

Carol Sowerby 

Thetis Island Improvement District…Update on the CVRD Area G Burning Bylaw

I am writing as a follow up to the CVRD meeting at Forbes Hall on June 15, 2017. 

Area G director Mel Dorey copied me on a note he sent to CVRD staff recently, which is quoted below:

“Could you please proceed with writing the backyard burning bylaw for Area G excluding Thetis Island. After meeting with the residents of Thetis it is my impression that they do a really good job in supervised burning with their fire permitting by the fire department. The only improvement that I would like to see on Thetis is that they not backyard burn in the months of December or January which are the worst months of poor air quality in the Cowichan Valley. Those months should be reserved for wood stoves only, in my opinion. If at a later time we want to add Thetis to the bylaw, then it should be done then”. 

On behalf of the Thetis Island Improvement District and the Thetis Island Volunteer Fire Department we would like to know what residents and property owners think of adding December and January as non-backyard burning months. Please direct any responses or opinions to Keith Rush, keithrush17@gmail.com text or talk to 250.732.2766.

Meals Out at Capernwray

Capernwray Harbour invites you to join us for meals! Our kitchen serves a wonderful menu of home cooked meals three times a day (Mon-Fri) - Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.  We also serve a mid-morning Brunch on Saturdays and a Formal Dinner on Sunday evenings, we would welcome you to stay for our Sunday evening service as well if this would be of interest to you.  

Please phone us at 250-246-9440 or email us at chbc@capernwray.ca  to arrange a meal with us as often as you would like.  We would request that you let us know in advance if you would like to join us and our costs are $10/breakfast or lunch/person and $15/brunch or supper/person.  Thank-you and we look forward to hosting you!

Thetis Island Marina ~ Sunday Special

Sunday Night Dinner Special 5pm-7pm

Pork Roast Dinner served with garlic mashed potatoes and fresh veggies $16.95

Reservations recommended

Please phone us at: 250-246-3464