Rainfall Stats: May 2025

May 2025: 44.1 mm

May 2024: 34.7 mm

Average May: 37.6 mm

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May 2025 YTD: 422.6 mm

May 2024 YTD: 540.7 mm

Average YTD: 466.1 mm

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Lowest May; 6.3 mm in 2018

Highest May; 89 mm in 2010

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May 31st, 2025 rainfall: 11.4 mm

Keith Rush 

Lost – Mouth Guard – Saturday May 31st

My house guest lost her upper teeth U-shaped plastic mouth guard on Burchell Hill/Fairy Slipper trails yesterday afternoon.

If any walkers come across it, please rescue and call/email Virginia V 
at 250-984-3033 (land line, can leave message) or vjvclue@gmail.com.

Postings while E-SPOKES is Unavailable

Please send postings to editor@thetisposts.ca while e-spokes is unavailable.

They will be posted on this page and Thetis Community Posts FB Page (unless directed not to be).

Thanks

Ann

Mailing Problems for eSPOKES

Sharing on behalf of eSPOKES

Our MailerLite account is "under review."

This means we cannot send our daily email this morning, June 1, and for some unknown time.

Claire Hess, 

eSPOKES volunteer

POSTPONED UNTIL TOMORROW, JUNE 1st! Cemetery Clean Up

On Saturday May 31st from 10-3, St. Margaret’s Cemetery Committee will be having its annual maintenance day. The cemetery is a vault of island history and is the permanent home for many of our forebears. From tidying up headstones, to general landscaping there will be a range of projects to suit everyone's interests and abilities. We welcome all Islanders.

Please plan to come by and join us, we encourage everyone to join. If possible, please bring small garden tools for general landscaping and/or scrub brushes and water pails to clean grave markers. We would encourage you to contribute to the picnic lunch, where we will remember and celebrate the lives that came before us.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

David Reay
Thetis Island Cemetery Committee
H: 250-246-1593
E: davidreay@telus.net

Sunday Church

The "on screen" speaker this Sunday the 1st is Erwin Lutzer.
Be Doers of the Word, James 1:19-25.

10 AM at the Community Centre, all are welcome.
Further info---Ernie 250-252-0144

For Sale: Mercury 25 hp

First of the season peonies; create your own bouquet $2 per stem.

At the entrance to Overbury, 288 Forbes Road from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Arlene Kasting

Weekend Specials at the Pub

We've got some great weekend specials for you this week!

For lunch we have a SALMON BLT on focaccia with lemon aioli.

And we've got another great three courses to choose from for dinner.

Appetizer:

CRABCAKES

Served with chipotle dip

Entree:

MIXED GRILL PLATTER

Ribs, steak, and double smoked sausage with a grilled Caesar salad, grilled asparagus, and potatoes

Dessert:

BLACK FOREST AND LEMON CURD PARFAIT

Cherry, lemon, and decadent chocolate cake

See you there!

Kelsey, Chef Murray, and the Pub Team

Telegraph Harbour Pizza

Treat yourself to delicious pizza this Friday and Saturday evenings! Please note that we are offering for take-out out and all orders must be placed in advance.

Choose from the following:
Hawaiian
Meat lovers (3 meat)
Taco pizza
Butter chicken
Pepperoni
Fungi pizza (mushroom)
Veggie

Pre-order your pizza today by 4pm and enjoy a fantastic meal at home, or have a picnic here on the grounds! Call or Text the Cafe (778)-744-7565

For Sale

Garmin GPS. Large screen. Excellent condition. No subscription required. $75
Spring free trampoline with safety net $800
50-inch plasma TV by Samsung. Comes with stand and remotes. $150
Yamaha Saxophone $350
Antique wooden chest (black) $75
Surfboard - good condition $275
Old wooden paddle $20
Old wooden oar $20
Big antler $40
Custom long board. Excellent condition. Must be seen. Complete. $230
Hoverboard $325. Was close to $1000 new.
The complete history of surfing -nat young $20
Antique school bell. Excellent condition $7
Medium wicker basket with wooden handle. Good for slippers or yard or why. $20
Chris
Text 2502520699

Press Release: 2025 May - Become a Citizen Scientist - REGIONAL

One, Two, Three, Four - Let’s Count Bats!

Become a Bat Citizen Scientist and Participate in the BC Annual Bat Count

May 30, 2025

Thetis Island, BC. The BC Community Bat Program is calling for volunteers to get involved in the BC Annual Bat Count.  Starting June 1^st, bat biologists and volunteers will be enjoying late nights, counting bats at maternity roosts throughout the province.

“It’s an amazing experience, staying up until the darkness sets in while counting bats,” says Rob Welsh, Thetis Island coordinator for the BC Community Bat Program. “All your senses come alive at dusk.  You hear the birds quieting down, see the light disappearing and the stars starting to shine, your skin feels the coolness of the night.  All the while you are focusing on one spot as you count the bats one by one.”

Female bats roost together in summer and raise their young in maternity colonies.  Most of the species of bats in BC only have one pup per female.  Pups are born in June and learn to fly in about 3 to 6 weeks depending on the species. The males do not help with raising the young and usually roost by themselves in large trees, rock cliffs, boulder fields, or barns and buildings.

“The Annual Bat Count involves sitting outside a bat maternity roost at sunset, and for an hour, counting all the bats that come out of that roost to forage for insects,” says Welsh.

Last year, volunteers conducted 1089 counts at 268 roost sites across the province. “The data collected is really important as it helps us know how the bat populations are doing in BC,” says Welsh. “We usually do 4 bat counts at every roost site – two in June to count just the females and two more starting mid-July when the pups are learning to fly.” 

Begun in 2012, the Annual Bat Count is the only long-term monitoring program focussed on bat summer roosts in BC. The counts help biologists monitor bat populations and track impacts to or recovery of species. If populations decline, it could indicate impacts from white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fungal disease that has decimated bat populations in eastern Canada and USA. The fungus that causes WNS was detected in 2022 in the Grand Forks region of BC, but WNS itself has not been detected yet in BC. 

Bats in BC are key predators of many night-flying insects. They are essential parts of BC’s ecosystems and provide billions of dollars of economic benefit by helping control agricultural, forest, and urban insect pests.

Please report a bat colony or sign up to help with bat counts at rmwelsh@telus.net, or call 250-246-1547. In partnership with the BC Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, the BC Community Bat Program provides information and promotes local stewardship and citizen science. The program runs thanks to funding from the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation, BC Conservation Foundation, and the Thetis Island Nature Conservancy. You can find out more about the BC Community Bat Program and options for helping local bat populations at www.bcbats.ca.

Photos:

Volunteers from the Sunshine Coast Community Bat Program counting bats from a bat box tower. Photo by Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project.

Volunteers ready to start counting bats that will emerge from the gable vent.  These conservation-minded homeowners manage their house to safely allow the bat colony to live in the attic.  Photo by Alexis Olynyk. 

Contact:

Rob Welsh, REGION Coordinator

BC Community Bat Program

www.bcbats.ca

E. rmwelsh@telus.net

250-246-1547

Sea Life Centre Drop-In This Saturday, May 31st - Featuring the Moon Snail

Hello Thetis Islanders!
This Saturday, May 31st, join Amelia for a fascinating deep dive into the world of the mysterious... Moon Snail!

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Drop-In at the Sea Life Centre, Telegraph Harbour Marina (all ages)

Swing by the Sea Life Centre anytime between 1 and 3 PM and get to know the marine critters around Thetis Island. This week we will learn all about the Moon Snail and how they house and protect their eggs from predators. Art projects, hands-on learning, and fun for all ages!

Have questions? Reach out to Amelia atamelia@thetisislandnatureconservancy.org