Canoe and Row Boat For Sale

1.  15'8" orange Frontiersmen canoe, as new, with two paddles.  $850.00
      

2.  11' Lapstrake rowing boat with two  7' oars.  $2500 OBO. 

 
      Please call Lorie at 604-561-0702 for more information. 

Sunday Library Hours

Celine will be covering for Sunday library 1-4.  Come on in and have a visit.
Tea & cookies will be available
All are welcome

Friends of the Library

From the Library...

New to the collection:

Cats dvd
Belfast dvd winner Toronto Film Festival

The love story of Missy Carmichael fiction. Beth Morey
Precious cargo by  Craig Davidson. My year of driving the school bus.  371
Garden of letters by Alyson Richman fiction. WW II Italy
Framed in Fire by Iona Whishaw #9 in the Lane Winslow series historical fiction mystery

Enjoy!
Celine

ThINC Nature House: Sun, Aug 14

10:00 am start: Nature Connections with Marcia Aftimus and Ian Ralston at the Nature House (adult)
Explore the five pathways of connectedness: contact, beauty, emotion, meaning, and compassion, to develop a closer relationship with nature. The day will start with an awareness walk through the forest, followed by a meditation and visualization with one of the beautiful Thetis Cards. These cards depict various flora and fauna of Thetis and harness their healing connection through meditation; they were developed by Ian, Marcia, and Regina. After the meditation we will spend time in contact with the plant of the chosen card, and then express what we experienced and felt using air dry clay or sketching, or in other ways, to remind us in our lives how it is to be present in nature. The session will close with open conversation about our experiences. This workshop is limited to 10 participants, please contact connelly@thetisislandnatureconservancy.org to book your spot.

Note: As the forest walk will start at the gate of the Portal, it may be easiest to park at Fairyslipper Forest and then join us at the top of the hill.

2:00 pm start: Family Nature Afternoon - Orienteering at the Nature House (all ages)
Develop your orienteering skills by partaking in a Treasure Hunt around the portal! Young navigators will work with a map and compass and use them to find treasure! For craft, we will colour in the maps and add landmarks and a legend. There will also be time to explore the seaquarium!

You're Invited! Public Town Hall Event - Aug 18 – Mill Bay Community Hall

Alister MacGregor
MP - Cowichan - Malahat- Langford

Join me and representatives from Parks Canada, local first nations, and community stakeholders on Thursday, August 18 6:00pm - 8:00pm for an in-person update on the National Marine Conservation Area (NMCA) and freighter anchorages issue. 

A NMCA for the Salish Sea would be monumental in the fight against freighter anchorages, and I am excited to help bring forward new information, directly from Parks Canada, on this project. 

I encourage you to attend the live event at the Mill Bay Community Hall (1035 Shawnigan Lake-Mill Bay Rd). For those who can't attend in person, I will also be streaming the event live on my Facebook page. 

Private Member's Bill C-250

Two Smart Hubs for Internet Connection

They didn't work well in our location. $200 each. They use the Telus Cell towers so if you have reasonable cell service, otherwise I don't believe there is any point trying them. There is also an antenna available. So for instance if you have one bar of signal strength it may raise that to 2-3 bars for better reception, $150. Email littleislander@protonmail.com. Please use smart hub as the subject.

ThINC Nature House: Sat, August 13th

10:00 am start: Weaving Ivy Baskets at the Nature House (ages 10+)
Learn how to make a basket out of the invasive species, English Ivy. Ivy is notorious for invading and damaging native ecosystems, you can remove it to create a beautiful, lightweight basket! Supplies are limited for this workshop, so we will work together to create a few weavings for the Nature House!

Note: Photosynthetic Biodiversity with Andrew Simon has been moved to Saturday, August 20th

COVID Vaccine Clinic Sept. 7th

The all-ages (6 months and older) COVID vaccine clinic Sept 7th is a go. 

For those who wish a COVID vaccination (booster or first/second) please e-mail covidclinic@thetisislandfire.ca  with full name, date of birth, phone number and preference for time slot 10-12 or 1-4.

We will try our best to accommodate your wishes re time.

Currently please do not attempt to register using the online registration. 

Michelle Sutter

Forbes Hall Health Services Committee

Post Office will be Closed Saturday Aug. 13th at Noon

This is a one off.  I need to get some important things taken care of and Zola has to finish up with her former employment.

Fred

Yoga with Karen - EARLIER 8am CLASS ON SATURDAY

Teaching sweet heart opening flow on Saturday at 8am, all are welcome, and all classes by donation for the Hall, 

love 

Karen

kareneroff@gmail.com

Memorial Service for Ursula Kasting

Saturday, August 13th at 11 am at the Community Centre.

Those wishing to pay their respects are welcome.

We are asking everyone who would like to attend to wear a mask. 

From the Kasting Family

Sunday Church

The "on screen" speaker this Sunday the 14th is John Piper
The title is " Putting on Christ", Romans 13: 11-14
10 AM at the Community Centre, all are welcome.
Further info...Ernie 250 252-0144