Mondays at the Library

There are 52 Mondays a year. There are 14 left in this year. It follows Sunday and comes before Tuesday. Is it the first day of each week or the second? When is this Monday and next Monday?  Are they the same?

The library is open from 10am to 1pm today- that is this Monday and next Monday. The following Monday as well.

Let’s not quibble… Monday is Monday.

Hope to see you at the Library!

Georgina
Friends of the Library

Jollity Weekly Order Reminder

It's the week for True Grain Bakery Orders.
Please submit dairy and bakery orders today by noon.

Home grocery delivery, eggs, produce etc. all available on our order form:
www.jollityfarm.ca/order-form  or  orders@jollityfarm.ca

If you are looking to stock up your pantry with garlic, tomatoes or corn for winter, let us know and we can sort out bulk orders for you.

With thanks from your local farmers!

It's Pond Lining Day @ Jollity Farm!

Pretty exciting after all these years of working towards this goal!

We will begin at 11am today.
There is limited parking so please use lower parking lots if possible.
This is not a small child or dog friendly event.

Thank you to everyone who called or wrote to volunteer. 
We look forward to seeing you and celebrating with BBQ sausage-in-a-bun when the job is done!

Sunday Library

Welcome to the island library Sunday 1-4.

Celine will be the library attendant. 

Come and browse our large collection, sit on the patio, or have some tea.

See you there.

Reminder: Meet & Greet with Jesse McClinton - CVRD Candidate for Area G

Meet & Greet with Jesse McClinton - CVRD Candidate for Area G
I'm hosting a meet and greet on Sunday the 25th at Forbes Hall at 2:30 pm.

Everyone is welcome and can RSVP here: https://jessemcclinton.com/events-2/
Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/5abyeQKKe

Wait another Week

We are going to delay campfire permits for another week.  Those who have already applied for a campfire permit do not need to apply again - we will send out your permit for October on the first. If you have not already applied, you can go to www.thetisislandfire.ca and select Fire Permits on the left side of the home page. You will be sent your permit on or after October 1st if the weather cooperates and we can drop from EXTREME fire hazard rating to HIGH.  

In the meantime, propane campfire appliances do not require a permit. 

If you have any questions about High Hazard Activities during the EXTREME rating, please check our website for details. 

TIVFD

School Zone Sign

Many of you will have noticed the bright yellow School Zone signs the fire department had purchased to help keep our community children a bit safer.  

But you may not know that Emcon Road Services and our road maintenance contractor Joe Lange donated the time and labour to fit and place the signs to remind drivers to slow down. 

Thank you, Joe and Emcon. 

TIVFD

Saturday Library

I, Ken Redman, will be your friendly and welcoming librarian for today. 

As such, I would like to invite anyone who has been reading Yuval Harari’s books( Homo Sapiens, Homo Deus) to come along to our reading space and talk a bit about his ideas. For example, I would love to discover what another Islander might think about Harari’s assertions regarding humans as bio/chemical algorithms, his AI concerns as we move toward super computers which might talk to each other sans human actions… among a couple of his ideas. 

Hope to see… someone to help me out. 

Of course, simply seeking and changing books is always welcome! 

Ken

ThINC AGM Reminder - Sunday, Sept 25th at 2pm

Dear fellow Thetis Islanders,

A friendly reminder that ThINC's Annual General Meeting is this Sunday, September 25th at 2 pm in the Nature House at the Portal (254 North Cove Road). 

Join us to hear about our activities over the year and what we have planned for the coming months, share some refreshments, and vote (or join!) our Board of Directors.

On the day of the AGM, please park at Heneage House or the Fairyslipper Forest Nature Reserve parking lot and walk down. 

We're grateful for your past and ongoing support for nature and conservation on Thetis Island. We look forward to seeing you on September 25th.

The ThINC team

What's Fresh @ Jollity Farm? Open 10-2

Breakfast pastries are on the menu again this week :)

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Corn

Salad

Braising greens including kale, chard and mild heirloom mustard

Arugula

Basil

Parsley

Eggplant

Cucumber

Zucchini

Tomatoes

Ground Cherries

Onions

Garlic

Potatoes

.... and more

Kombucha on tap:

Citrus Ginger

Raspberry Lemonade

Coffee beans:

Fresh stock from Caffe Fantastico

See you at the farm!

Christmas Market - December 3rd from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Forbes Hall

Break out the glue sticks!  Sharpen the saw blades!  Put on your apron and get ready because it’s time to start thinking “Christmas Market”!  

Yes, the Christmas Market is back in the Hall this year and we’re looking for vendors.  What crafty skills have you got up your sleeve?  Do you do woodwork?  Bake?  Knit?  Sew?  Carve?  Paint?  Draw?  We’d love to have you join us.  

If you have questions, you can contact Eleanor Vandergaag at roneleanorv@gmail.com .  

More information will follow, but in the meantime, start planning what you could add to this fun social event. 

Christmas Market Team

Thetis Still in EXTREME Hazard Fire Rating

BC Wildfire has been receiving a lot of flack about their decision to lift the campfire ban in the Coastal Region this week, and in our area, it is well deserved.  We continue to remain in EXTREME Hazard for activities near and in forested areas and continue with the High Hazard Activities ban.   

I have just attended the Environment &Climate Change Canada (ECCC) video seminar on the present and forecasted weather patterns for the coming months, and the southern tip of Vancouver Island and more notably the Gulf Islands remain in this very dry pattern, and we are “susceptible to late season wildfire” as the autumn wind patterns increase.  This is not great news for us as we are expecting only very limited precipitation Friday/Saturday and the amounts might not be enough to move the needle down to HIGH yet.

For the extended forecast, we are going to be in a La Niña pattern again…the third time in a row and only the third Triple Dip La Niña on record.  This next month should be drier and warmer than average on the coast and then colder and wetter than average for November and December.  We are still at Drought Level 3 at this time.

If we get our big wind events in October this year, expect more power outages than the norm due to stress on the deciduous and coniferous root systems from the drought and the state of the canopy leaf cover.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck 

TIVFD