Jean Challenger on Island

Jean is back on the island for a week. She is doing great and remains the poster child for healthy Thetis Island living! Jean is looking forward to seeing old friends and neighbours. If you would like to say hi, drop by the Challenger home at 213 Pilkey Point.

Robert Spencer

Desk for Sale

5ft x 2.5ft 3 drawer desk for sale $25.00

Solid and in Excellent Condition.

Contact Heather @ 250 218-1281

Large Suitcase Wanted

Does anyone have a large old hard suitcase? We would like to use it to take paintings back to Switzerland in September. The size: ideal would be 40x30" inside measure. Telephone 2469103 or email zdenekopo@gmail.com. ZDENEK

Joan Brich

Hat Lost

Lost, Sunday, August 21, 2016 somewhere on walk on paved roads (Harbour, Foster Point, Pilkey Point and Marina Drive) between Thetis Island Marina and Telegraph Harbour Marina - Beige Eddie Bauer sun hat with string tie - a long-time beloved favourite.

If found please phone 250-748-7425.

Thank you. Carolyn

More info about the ocean's colour ~ cbc.ca

NASA Satellite Image

Click here to view article.

Coccolithophore ~ making our green sea blue

Apparently we are experiencing perfect conditions for a bloom of Coccolithophore, turning our green sea blue.

To learn more, click here.

TIVFD ~ Take Care in the Heat Wave

Seniors are infamous for forgetting to drink more fluids than usual during a heat wave. Please ensure you are making yourself drink water etc. Dehydration can create serious medical problems.

Please be aware we are in EXTREME fire hazard and a spark from machinery or an ember from a tossed cigarette can create explosive fire behaviour. Thanks for reporting daytime smoke. Absolutely no open flames other than propane campfire or cooking appliances outdoors.

TIVFD

Update ~ Lawrence Nature Path

Update - the inaugral Thetis Island Trail Licence with TIRRA & Bill and Ann Dickie has been signed off as of Thursday.

Thank you Andy and Vicki for all your work on this to-date. Thank you Bill and Ann for approaching TIRRA with such a generous vision for the community!

More to come,

Thanks,

Stu Downey, TIRRA

Thetis Island Marina & Pub ~ Special Event

Saturday, August 20, 2016 

We will be showing the televised live, commercial-free CBC broadcast of the TRAGICALLY HIP - their final concert in Kingston, Ontario.

Show begins at 5:30pm; pre-show at 5:00pm.

Dinner served until 8:00pm.

What's Fresh at jollity FARM?

Open Saturday 10am - 1pm

Organically grown fruit & veggies, plus handmade sourdough bread: field cukes pickling cucumbers yellow zucchini patty pan onions pre-washed salad mix eggplant heirloom tomatoes italian plums pears

+ freshly picked, non-GMO Peaches & Cream Corn from Silver Rill in Saanich

++ autumn pansies and 1 gal. sunflowers

2016 Summer Soiree & Auction ~ a Sold Out evening!

A happy & spirited crowd gathered Saturday August 6^th for the 6^th Annual Summer Soiree & Auction. The tennis court looked particularly festive with colourful lanterns strung overhead, planters brimming with summer flowers and succulents potted in an astonishing array of recycled containers. There were babies, families, old friends and new friends all gathering to celebrate community, our community of Thetis Island.  

Carol Sowerby took individual and group portraits this year and some are featured in this article, thank you Carol!

Natasha & Brian

The Osbergs

Chad and Stephanie

“It was a wonderful evening, and it really demonstrated the strength of the community that is Thetis Island: a lot of good people, all working together towards a common goal...”

 “Our guests had never experienced such a sense of community; we talked about it all weekend long”

Robert Spencer, looking very dapper in his tux, was our MC for the evening. Thanks to Robert for keeping us on track, informed and entertained. 

Nicole Chaisson sourced many auction items for the soiree this year; both the display and the decorations featured creatively repurposed items from the recycling depot. Most notable was the large steamer trunk carefully lined with coffee sack burlap from Nan and filled with bottles of wine donated by so many different folks. 

Ann Dickie created a sumptuous summer menu and volunteers worked for days preparing the dinner by shopping, chopping, tossing, baking and finally cooking steaks on the BBQ 

Guitar and vocals were provided by Bob Pickell who entertained us with a wide repertoire of tunes. Bob also did an amazing job as auctioneer and even performed an a cappella version of All I Have To Do Is Dream to a very surprised Keith and Ellen Rush as an introduction to the auctioning of Ann Dickie’s Dinner for 12. 

The Soiree had a new format this year; the art auction, Art for All, was held two days prior to the Soiree dinner and for the first time, was open to the entire community. The art team led by the trio of Dee Smith, Donna Stadt and Celine Valestrand, catalogued, sorted, and created a Thetis Island Art Gallery in Forbes Hall. Many of the students from Thetis Island Elementary donated a carefully coloured picture of their little red school house, their way of contributing to the community – thank you! Also new, was a ‘take me home now price’ on the pieces of art which auction goers took full advantage of.  

A wine and cheese reception was held on opening day featuring wine selected by Keith Rush which of course included wine from Domaine Jasmine.

So many people helped to make the evening a success. Special thanks to the crew from Pioneer Pacific who once again came to the hall on their day off, served dinner, cleared the tables, scraped the dishes, took the dishes back to Pioneer for washing then returned them to the hall all on the same night – phew

Thanks to the generosity of many, the 2016 Summer Soiree & Auction raised $13,500. This money is shared between the Thetis Island Community Association and the Thetis Island Community Fund benefitting all islanders. 

The following is a list of sponsors who provided items for auction, our apologies if we have left anyone off this list!

Best Western Plus Chemanius Inn

Vancouver Delta Suites

Whistler Village Delta Suites

Trenholme & Company        

Audain Museum Gallery, Whistler

BC Ferries                               

Mt. Brenton Golf Course

Phil, Ken Hunter and Rhonda Andrews

Quist Meat Market

The Nanaimo Flying Club

Ian Shaw

Dave Knowles

Sandpiper Nursery

Bill & Ann Dickie

Don Sinclair

Peggy Thompson

The Dinner for 12 Team

Domaine Jasmine

The Vault Café, Nanaimo

Dinter’s Nursery

The Sharp Family

Char Aaberg

Ruth Goodbody

Petra Accipiter

Howling Wolf Farm

The Howard Family

Barton Lehr Gallery, Nanaimo

Chemainus Theatre

Sawmill Restaurant

Helen Bird

Gloria Taylor

Jollity Farm

Black Jack Chimney Sweep

Connie Schermerhorn

Nettie Hayter

Dawn Gordon

Mary & Peter Osberg

Ellen & Keith Rush

Tracy Higgins Interior Design

Sherwin Williams Paint, Nanaimo

Dean Mattson, New Image Interiors

City Tile, Nanaimo

Dragon Rock

Telegraph Marina

Thetis Island Marina

Nancy’s Fashion and Furnishings, Ladysmith

49^th Parallel Grocery, Chemainus

Doc the Barber

Chemainus Auto

Thetis Island Property Services

Thetis Island Recycling Yard

Wreckless Potworxx Bistro & Grill, Chemainus

Etc, Chemainus

Twisted Sisters

McBrides

CRV TEK, Chemainus

Chemainus Health Food Store

The Book Nook

A New Life for Camp Columbia

We would like to inform you that interests associated with the Porter Family have purchased the former Camp Columbia property. Broadly the family's intent is to conserve the critical natural habitats, and manage the property for environmental education and community participation around nature, sustainable living and conservation. Ultimately parts of the property will be open to the public and will support community events.

The family has reached out to ThINC and other organizations, such as BC Parks, Islands Trust Fund, and the Cowichan Land Trust to explore ideas for the property's future use. A steering committee has been put together, consisting of members of ThINC, the Porter Family and other interested persons in the community. The committee will be soliciting ideas from the community and like-minded organizations, and will look at projects that have worked in other communities. 

The steering committee will be coordinating an open house in late September to gather suggestions from the Thetis Island community at large. In addition to your creative ideas about how you'd like to see this amazing property used, we'd like to know about successful projects in other communities you may have experience with, and suggestions for potential partner organizations.

If you are unable to attend the open house, we invite you to send your ideas to ThINC@thetisisland.net 

In the meantime the property remains in private hands, and for liability reasons the family will need to restrict access. We would ask everyone to respect this. Watch espokes for future announcements regarding public access. 

The property also adjoins the proposed Fairyslipper Forest nature reserve. There is a strong desire for all on the committee to make the 2 projects work in harmony. We thank the community for its continuing support for ThINC's efforts to make the nature reserve a reality. 

Sincerely The Steering Committee