Saturday's Community Fair ~ August 24th

August 24th - Forbes Hall - 10AM 'til 1PM

Fresh Baking at the Cafe - Cinnamon Buns, Raspberry Scones & Rhubarb Muffins as well as Coffee, Tea and Soft Drinks

The Community Fair is open to all - bring your garage sale items to sell here!  

Artisans welcome to show & sell your wares.

This week: Alec's Venture - Dee Smith

My nephew, Alec Lamb, had a plan.....while he was in California he purchased some really great jackets and shirts and other clothing with a variety of sports team logos on them. Tragically, he died before he could carry out the sale of these all new items. They will be on sale on Saturday in the Pavilion at the Community Fair, Forbes Hall. 10 AM to 1 PM, August 24. Proceeds will be donated to charity. 

Dee Smith

All Vendors, please contact Ann Dickie at 250-246-4079 to let us know you're coming.  Please arrive by 9:30AM for set up.

Live Jazz Duo at the Firehouse Winebar in Duncan

Hi there folks! 

Please pass along the info to those who'd like a night out with live Jazz. Tonight at the Old Firehouse Winebar @8pm featuring Zandra Burns & Pat Coleman. 

It's going to be a great evening! 

I Miss You Thetis Island :)

Zandra

Request for Ride to Courtenay

Hi,I'm a woofer at Jollity Farm, wondering if  anyone is going up-island towards Courtenay area in the next week? I was looking to go Tuesday, but it is flexible - just want to see if it is a possibility!
Thank you mountains (and flowers and veggies)

Faye Paul

Ride to Sidney / Victoria Needed this Saturday

Hello,

This is Anais, I'm a guest at Jollity Farm. I was wondering whether I could hitch a ride with someone this coming Saturday, from Sidney (or Victoria) to Thetis?

Contact: anais.gerber@network.rca.ac.uk
Thanks in advance!

Anais

FAC Update

3 Documents:

Traffic Stats

Traffic Graphs

Hollingshead Summary

Good morning,

 

Please see attached BC Ferries traffic for the month of July and a synopsis by Brian Hollingshead below.  As Brian notes below we had a gorgeous rain free month, which unfortunately did not result in increased ridership for Route 20.  Route 20 continues to buck the trend of the rest of the system and for the month we were off -1.86% for passengers, and -2.88% for vehicles, which leaves us at -1.77% for passengers and -2.01% for vehicles year to date for the first 1/3 of the fiscal year.  It will be interesting to see if this trend will be mentioned in the next round of community consultation scheduled for late fall...

 

Regards

 

Keith Rush

CTP FAC

Thetis Island AA Meetings

Thetis Island discussion group meets each Monday night at 7 pm in the library at Forbes Hall.

This is an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous which lasts for 1 hour. Last week we had 3 men and 3 ladies from the Chemainus group attend our meeting along with our 4 regular members. 

Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety.

Eddie Rush - Poster Pup

Friends of Furries is pleased to announce that Eddie Rush is the 2013 Poster Dog for this year’s DNA my dog fundraiser.   Eddie Rush was chosen from several interesting applications for our Poster Dog, and you may see one of them as next year’s poster dog...they’re automatically entered in next year’s contest.  Eddie wins a free DNA my dog profile, and everyone in the community will be able to guess what it says about his family tree. 

 

We asked Keith and Ellen for photos and some background on Eddie...they tell us that Eddie is a Mexican street dog they adopted in Saylulita Mexico 3 years ago and they think he’s about 5 years old.  While they were sleeping, Senor Eddie proved he’s a poet laureate and sent us this information about his life before he came to Thetis Island via his friend Maggie Speelpening of Seattle:

Mosquitoes ~ Discussion Continued

from Ann Eriksson:

My two bits about mosquitoes. It is highly unlikely that the geese will eat Roughskin Newts as they are very toxic to any potential predators. So if the newts are declining on Thetis, which would require a long-term study to know for sure, it is likely from some other factor. One would think more ponds would mean more newts. I saw one on my property last summer. They congregate in large numbers after breeding, which occurs in ponds, so that was likely the source of the 'road kill' of the past. They ma now be breeding in other ponds not close to roads or some other factor that we are not aware of. Roughskin newts are a common amphibian on the BC coast, partly because of their toxic nature, and are not listed as a species at risk, but it is always good to keep tabs on things as the world changes.

As for the mosquitoes, they like moisture and a certain level of heat (too dry and they can't survive), so my guess is that the wet June followed by the immediate and unusual heat of July is the culprit. This is not just a Thetis problem, my family on Galiano has the same complaint. Scientists are concerned that the increase in global temperatures and corresponding increase in seasonal rains will increase the number and range of mosquitoes and mosquito-born illnesses.

Fish, newts, frogs, bats all eat mosquitoes in great numbers so the most natural way you can tackle the problem, is to make sure your ponds have fish and/or frogs and and encourage bats to live on your property by building bat houses. Anyone up for a bat house building workshop in the spring?

Ann

August 19, 2013

Ann Eriksson, Thetis Island Nature Conservanc ThINC@thetisisland.net

Compassionate Communication Workshop ~ spaces left

There's still space left in the Compassionate Communication workshop next Monday, August 26. This is to let folks know they can still register.

Thanks very much,

Mitch Miyagawa

*COMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP*
 
Monday, August 26, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Forbes Hall, Thetis Island
 
In both our work and our personal lives, we all want to relate to people 
with compassion and respect, while not being “pushovers”. 
*Nonviolent Communication* (NVC) is a heartfelt way to listen, speak, and 
live empathically – with others, and with the many voices and aspects of 
ourselves.
 
Through structured activities using real situations, you will begin to:
• Shift from judgments and anger toward those on “the other side” to shared 
understanding
• Develop self-empathy and take responsibility for your present moment
• Express your feelings and needs with authenticity and without blame and 
criticism
 
Workshop fee*:* $90. Includes materials and snacks. Please bring a lunch.
(*We want to make this training accessible to as many people with different 
financial resources as possible, while supporting ourselves to continue 
sharing this work. If cost is an obstacle, please contact us.)
 For more information, and to register:

mitch.miyagawa@gmail.com
250-538-7696

2013 Summer Soiree & Art Auction

What a blast!  Thanks to all who participated - this was an amazing success!

To view more photos, click here.

Photos courtesy of Kelly Bannister

Recipe for the Chicken Appetizer ~ Soiree 2013

Click here for the recipe for the chicken wings we sold as part of the appetizer plates at the Soiree. These were super popular, we even sold the extra ones we'd made "just in case".

Mosquitoes ~ Discussion Continued

Roy Pickford and Bob Davies used to spread a "friendly" bacteria in the slough to control the mosquito larvae.

The original flap on the culvert was made by Bob Davies, consisting of a piece of plywood wedged in place by a big rock. Ken Bolster improved on this by making a hinged metal flap which allowed the water to flow out of the slough but restricted the salt water flowing back in on high summer tides.

He replaced it at least twice but it's rusted out again. According to Ken the mosquitoes (larvae? eggs?) can live in the mud 7 or so years.

Comes a high tide over the mud and hey presto - salt marsh mosquitoes in abundance!

Pat English