Watch Found on Pilkey Point Road

Found between lots 165 and 410 on Pilkey Point Road, a well used but still very much working watch. 

Call James 246-8000.

New Photo for the Blog's Front Page

Hello all,

It's time to refresh the front page photo.  If you have one you'd like to share with the community, please send it along to editor@thetisblog.net

Please be sure to include the title, and your full name.  I'll rotate through them during the year, as appropriate to the seasons.

Many thanks

Ann

October Yard Waste Fire Permit Interactive Venting Index Map

For those of you wishing to use your October Yard Waste Fire Permit, the Interactive Venting Index Map is now easily available on the TIVFD website. 

Go to www.thetisislandfire.ca and click on the link below the Hazard Board graphic. 

We are in the green zone on the map: Southern Vancouver Island.  If it says NO, open burning cannot be initiated today in this zone.  If it says YES, then open burning can be initiated today. The

Venting Index must be followed even in the no-permit-required months on Thetis Island from November 1st

thru to April 1st.  If you haven’t requested your open burning yard waste permit for October, go to

www.thetisislandfire.ca and click on the on-line Fire Permit link on the left of the page. Permits are generally

granted within 24 hours but can be delayed, so plan ahead. 

TIVFD

Lia Versaevel - Candidate for Area G - Oct. 7th and 14th Meetings

As a Candidate for Area G in the CVRD, I invite voters to come over to the Library on Oct. 7th and 14th from

noon to 2 p.m. to ask questions, talk about issues important to them at the CVRD level of government, and

take time to learn about my credentials for the job at hand. Tea and treats provided.

Lia Versaevel   ><((((º>

@IslandSalishSea

778-927-4991

Public Information Meeting for Thetis Forbes Hall

https://www.cvrd.bc.ca/3124/Public-Information-Events

Tuesday, October 2 Forbes Hall (Thetis Island)

292 North Cove Rd

6:30 – 8:30pm

St. Margaret's Cemetery Work-Party

St. Margarets Cemetery needs some hardy souls to come out this week, Wednesday and perhaps Thursday, to get some important work done.

As a part of the ongoing projects for the cemetery we have ordered a couple of loads of mulch which will need to be distributed along the intercept ditch and into rainwater garden areas in the new section of the cemetery.

If you have a wheel barrow, shovel and are able and willing, WE SURE COULD USE YOUR HELP.

Plan to be at the cemetery Wednesday morning, and perhaps Thursday,  at 9am

Hope tosee you there!

Thanking you in advance.

Soup's On ~ Wednesday, October 3

11:30 - 1:00 at Forbes Hall

$5.00  Take out sold after guests served

MENU:

Butternut Squash, Carrot & Ginger Soup

Cornbread

Baked Goodies, Ice Cream

Pot of Gold Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate

It's a good idea to come early; we often

run out of soup before 1:00 PM !!!

September Rainfall Stats

courtesy of Keith Rush

ThINC AGN & Fairyslipper Forest

Thetis Islanders are invited to attend the Fairyslipper Forest Management Planning Open House and ThINC

AGM on Saturday Oct. 13th at Forbes Community Centre.

1:30-3:30 pm Open House.

Drop in to Forbes Hall to contribute your ideas to the management planning vision for the Fairyslipper Forest

Nature Reserve. Nuala Murphy, Ecosystem Protection Specialist, from the Islands Trust Conservancy will be in attendance to answer questions and receive your comments.

4-5 pm  Thetis Island Nature Conservancy Society Annual General Meeting

Join the ThINC board for a Year In Review and and election of directors. Annual Membership forms will be

available.  If you are interested in becoming a ThINC director, we'd be happy to hear from you at

ThINC@thetisisland.net or call Ann Eriksson at 250-246-8176.

Refreshments will be served. We look forward to seeing you there.

The ThINC board

 

Sign Up for Notifications on Thetis Island

Want to know what’s going on? CivicReady mass notification solution is a communication service available to

residents and visitors to receive emergency and routine notifications.

Customize how you receive notifications when you sign up.

Special Sign Up and Information Session

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 11am to 1 pm (during Soups On) – Forbes Hall, Thetis Island

Emergency Notifications may include:

• Evacuation Alerts and Orders

• Evacuation Routes

• Open ESS Reception Centres or Resiliency Centres

• Re-entry information once it is safe to return to the affected area

• Local threats

• Severe weather alerts

• Other incidents that require rapid communication        Routine Notifications may include:

• Road closures

• School closures

• Community events, etc.

The information you provide is confidential and will not be shared beyond this system. All information is

retained in Canada as per Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy legislation.

Food Dehydrator

Free to electrically-minded home:

Magic Aire II large 10-tray food dehydrator - has worked well for years,

and the fan is still good but the heating element is getting weak. 

Needs to go to someone who can fix that part.  Otherwise in perfect shape.

Phone 250-246-1509 or email veronicashelford@gmail.com

CVRD Public Information Meeting

The CVRD is holding a series of public information events across the
region to inform residents of the two proposed services that will voted on
the upcoming local government elections.
An overview of both the Drinking Water & Watershed Protection Service and
the Cowichan Housing Association Annual Financial Contribution Service to
be held on:

THETIS ISLAND on Tuesday, OCT 2, 2018 at FORBES HALL @ 6PM