ThINC AGM ~ Saturday, October 24th

Thetis Island Nature Conservancy Annual General Meeting

Forbes Community Hall, Sat. Oct 24, 2-4PM

Come join us as we review ThINC's activities for 2015!

Dark Mornings Ride Needed ~

Edith Hyatt volunteers Mondays and Thursdays at the Chemainus Thrift Shop and Ron Hyatt normally drives her to the 8:05 ferry so she can be on time for work. With the change in daylight coming, and now that Ron is 94, it is best that he doesn't drive in the dark.  Edith is looking for a ride to the ferry  on Mondays and Thursdays to the dock from her home on Klahowya Road. If you normally travel from that side of the island to the 8:05 ferry on those days Edith would very much appreciate a lift starting in November.  Please call her at 246-3038.

Jeannine Caldbeck

Draughting Table for Sale

I have a very nice Draughting Table, adjustable, sturdy. For Sale.

Michael at svstleger@gmail.com

Bioengineering Ecological Restoration Course

We have rescheduled our Bioengineering Ecological Restoration course to November 23rd and 24th. We are excited to offer this course for FREE thanks to our sponsors and funders. 

The two-day course is aimed at anyone wanting to learn more about ecological restoration options with an emphasis on bioengineering techniques. Soil bioengineering is an applied science that uses live plant materials to perform an engineering function such as slope stabilization, soil erosion control, or seepage control.

Topics to be covered include:

    * Factors involved in successful restoration

    * Successional reclamation

    * Soil bioengineering techniques

    * Regional differences in climate, soils, hydrology, plant types, and growing seasons

    * Maintenance and monitoring.

Instructor David Polster is a plant ecologist with over thirty years of experience in vegetation studies and reclamation. He has developed a wide variety of reclamation techniques for the re-establishment of riparian and aquatic habitats.

For more detailed information please visit http://www.cowichanlandtrust.ca/content/bioengineering-workshop

The registration FREE and the optional course manual is $45. Pre-registration is required. I have attached a copy of the course poster with agenda and registration form to this email for your convenience. Please feel free to pass the information on to anyone you think will be interested.

For further questions or to register for the course, please contact me by phone: (250) 746-0227 or email: info@cowichanlandtrust.ca.

Remembrance Day

You are invited to attend a Remembrance Day gathering at Forbes Hall on Wednesday, November 11th. Meet at the flagpole at 10:55 and at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month we shall remember them. Following the Silence you can lay a flower and then we will go into the community centre for the reading of In Flanders Field and a short Remembrance Day video. Also, Graeme Shelford will facilitate a sharing time. 

Soups On at Forbes Hall at 11:30 follows this gathering, so please stay and support TICA by having a $5.00 lunch and visit with your neighbours. 

TIVFD

GONE! Free Iris Corms

I have dug up my entire iris garden and have a goodly bundle of iris plants with lots of new healthy growth resting at the beginning of my driveway - 123 Clam Bay Road.  Drive up the small incline to a wide flat area on your left.  The plants are under a green tarp.  Best to bring boxes for transport as you do not want to break off the new shoots.  Take as many or ALL of them, please.  I can't tell you what the colours are BUT there are some magnificent specimens, mostly from our Dearly Beloved Quack Farm of the past.

Thanks for helping me and the plants,

Merry Gooding

Christmas Concert ~ Friday, December 11th ~ 7PM

Participants wanted! If you would like to contribute, maybe read a poem, play music, do a skit, dance, sing or bring some goodies for afterwards.....

please contact Simone Luckham 246-4802 or simone@stonesculptor.ca

Printed E-Spokes Deadline

The Printed eSPOKES is published Sundays for distribution on Mondays.  If you want your time-sensitive item to be seen by everyone, please make sure it’s submitted by Saturday night.  Right now 12 people on Thetis Island are receiving the Printed eSPOKES - plus whoever might see it on the community bulletin board.  They’d like to see your submission before it’s too late.  And if you know of a Thetis Island senior who doesn’t have access to a computer and isn’t currently receive the Printed eSPOKES, please let me know at puzzlnut@telus.net

Pat English

How the Island Voted

There was a great turnout of Islanders at the Polling Place for the election. Two hundred and eighty three ballots were cast as follows:

Martin Barker Conservative 107

Alistair MacGregor NDP 69

Fran-Jinnouchi Green 62

Luke Krayenhoff  Liberal 44

Alastair Hawthornthwaite Marxist Leninist 1 

Shirley Burr,

Deputy Returning Officer.

Jeannine Caldbeck,

Poll Supervisor.

Car for Sale

2011 Subaru Forester with touring package and only 41,000 km. Silver with Black Interior.

My son has moved to Toronto and is asking $19,500.00

call Tooner @250-246-9626

Lost Tire

16" spare with chrome rim broke off from underneath my truck, Possibly on Thetis.

Donovan 246-4695

Join Us for Dinner on Saturday?

Please let us know if you’re going to be joining us, by making a reservation, deadline 6PM on Tuesday, October 20^th. 

Payment will be at the event.

Community Dinner, 6PM, Saturday, October 24^th at Forbes Hall. 

Click here for more information and to view the menu.  

Hope to see you there,

Ann, Don & Kathleen