Fire Weather Forecast from Coastal Fire Centre

Thurs-Sat: A ridge of high pressure has moved over the province. Temperatures throughout the Coastal Fire Centre will rise to above normal with mid 20s to low 30s north to south. Thursday afternoon and evening, weak thunderstorms could develop with a risk of wet lightning in areas of Vancouver Island, north Cascades, Manning and Tweedsmuir Parks. The risk is low.

CONFIDENCE/DISCUSSION: High confidence with the overall pattern, lower confidence on the thunderstorms/lightning. The fire risk will build through today and Friday. Subsides starting Saturday.

Sun-Mon of next week: Cooler and more unstable conditions are expected for the end of the weekend and start of the week, thanks to a low-pressure system moving from the Gulf of Alaska.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Thetis Island Vol. Fire Dept.

What's fresh @ Jollity Farm

Open Saturday 10am to 1pm

Mixed salad greens - beautiful and flavourful blends this week!

Lettuce heads, Kale, Chard, Cherry tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, Baby cucumbers, Radish, Carrots, Garlic Scapes, Cilantro, Red Beets... more farm fresh goodness is coming every week.

On the Kombucha taps this week:

Seasonal special - Local strawberry Hibiscus plus Citrus Ginger

If all goes to plan, we'll be cooking up some sausage rolls for market this week, along with a fresh batch of Jolly Green Sauce.

With thanks,

Jollity Farmers

Do you have fresh Grass Clippings?

We could use some fresh grass clippings to mulch our onion beds.

If you have a pile or plan on making a pile, we'd love to come and collect it.

Thanks

from Jollity Farm

info@jollityfarm.ca or text 250.415.0101

Canada Day Pancake Breakfast: Monday, July 1st @ Forbes Hall

Ping Pong on Thursdays

Come join us at Forbes Hall for ping pong Thursday nights from 7:00pm till we get tired or 9:00 pm whichever comes first…

Mary Forbes on behalf of the Ping Pong team

Temporary No Parking by Ferry

Please do not park on the west side (water side) parking for the ferry from Friday evening to Saturday afternoon.  The owners of Lot 1 will be falling some overhanging trees for safety reasons on Saturday.  The area will be coned off on Friday evening.  

Many people don’t know that the parking on that side is actually on private property and the owners want to make sure the area is safe.

Please park your vehicles on the other side of the road or on Vivian Place.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck 
Thetis Island Vol. Fire Dept.

2025 Thetis Island Calendar

It’s not even halfway through 2024 and we’re already thinking about a 2025 follow-up to this year’s beautiful Thetis Island Calendar.

Browse through photos you’ve taken in the past; take some more through the summer! We will be doing a “Thetis through the Seasons” calendar for 2025 and are excited to see some beautiful images, once again.

You can start sending them as soon as you like, we’ll hold them in a file until early fall when we will sort through them, finding the special 12+ to create 2025’s calendar.

Images to be sent to info@forbeshall.ca, 1 MB or larger.

We're looking forward to seeing what Islanders have been snapping!

TICA Board

Fruit Recovery & Processing Project

Hello,

We are looking at bringing together interested fruit pickers and matching them up with residents with unpicked or excess fruit.

A second stage would be to preserve the fruit and explore different methods of preservation (ie: canning, freezing and dehydration).

If possible, we would set up teaching events for people to learn how to preserve safely and efficiently. We would look to create a method to share the end product with homeowners that provided the fruit.

We are still at the exploration stages but will need to get started soon for this year's harvest season.

If you are interested, please contact me or Jim Moloney. We will need to organize a planning meeting in the near future to work out the details.

Thanks,

David Reay, davidreay@telus.net

Jim Moloney, jimolo46@gmail.com

Reminder from Coastal Fire Centre

The Province shut down open burning for Category 2 and 3 fires (yard waste/burn piles) last month (May 17th) in the Coastal Fire Centre region.

Also prohibited are the activities listed below (Wildfire Act, Section 12):

• Fireworks;
• Sky Lanterns;
• Binary Exploding Targets;
• Burn Barrels or Burn Cages of any size or description; and
• Air Curtain Burners.

Campfires with permits from the TIVFD are still being allowed until June 30th. We will be assessing the fire danger for campfires in July at that time.

If you want to be really safe and enjoy a campfire atmosphere during a complete shutdown this summer, it’s a great idea to purchase a CSA Approved campfire appliance that uses propane. No smoke, no embers, no sparks, and you can even char your marshmallows on them. A propane campfire appliance does not need a campfire permit.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck 

Thetis Island Vol. Fire Dept.

Forbes Hall Nurse Practitioner Clinic Closed: Tuesday, 2 July

Nurse Practitioner, Erin Van Wieren, will be away the first week of July.

Brittany Morrison will provide virtual and telephone locum coverage on Tuesday, 2 July.

Also, no virtual or telephone appointments will be taken for Thursday, 4 July.

Appointments can be made by calling 250-739-5700, extension 54814.

Forbes Hall Health Services Group

Thetis Infrastructure Task Group - Public Meeting at Forbes Hall: 7 pm Tuesday, July 2nd

The Thetis Infrastructure Task Group is made up of TIRRA (Thetis Island Residents and Ratepayers Association – Solid Waste Yard), TIPC (Thetis Island Port Commission – Community Dock & Boat Launch), TIID (Thetis Island Improvement District – TIVFD/Firehall) and TICA(Thetis Island Community Association – Forbes Hall Community Centre).

For the past 6 months our group has been working with the CVRD on their funding, planning, and assistive work for Thetis Island. Each year Thetis Island pays about 1/3 of Area G’s taxes, yet we only make up 1/4 of the population. Most funding goes to services Thetis Island residents rarely access.

We would like to hear from the community. Property Tax Day is July 2^nd and we thought it appropriate to hold the meeting on this date.

There will be brief introduction statements by each of the four groups, and a 10-minute financial presentation by Paul Duncan before we open the floor to you. All concerns, questions and ideas will be recorded for use in our future meetings with the CVRD.

Looking forward to seeing you!

Thetis Infrastructure Task Group

Ann Dickie, TICA; Keith Rush, TIID; David Reay, TIPC; Gord Prescott, TIRRA; Wendy Hinsperger, TIRRA; Paul Duncan, Financial Analyst

A Friendly Reminder…

Hot pavement reminder for your pooch...

If it's too hot for YOUR bare feet, then it's too hot for THEIR paws!

Conditions can change quickly so don't leave your pet in the car alone...

Ralph Smith