SOLD For Sale: 2 Pear Trees

I have one Comice and one d’Anjou pear tree for sale at $40 each.  Both are about 6 feet high with a 2” girth at the base of the trunk.  They need to be planted in the ground or larger pots asap before the buds break.  Both have produced pears the last two years. 

Call Rodney Badger at 246-4676 or email at rabadger@mac.com .

Need Someone to Take Dog Across on Monday

I am wondering if there might be someone who would be able to walk (or take in vehicle) Sara, my older & very mellow dog, over on the 8:05 ferry to Chemainus or the 1:50 ferry back to Thetis on this coming Monday, the 20th. Ernie will be at the ferry on Thetis and my mom on the Chemainus side, so it will just be a hand off. She has a vet appointment.

Thank you, Michelle

250-715-8942 or michelle@mlblack.ca (as Livi and I are on the mainland).

Michelle Black

Restarting School Reading Program

We are starting a Shared Reading Program with Thetis Island Elementary Students and Adult Community Members.

There are 14 students from Kindergarten to Grade five.  The reading would take place on Wednesday afternoons from 12:30-1:00 and on Friday afternoon from 1:45-2:15.  Community Member Volunteers can choose to come one or both days. 

There will be a short information session on March 22nd at 12:30 in the library.

If you are interested in Shared Reading with our young children from Thetis Island, please contact:

Genny Redman

250-246-2465 or email me at gkredman@gmail.com  

jollity FARM news ~ Spring Equinox Flower Sale and Open Farm March 25

Come Welcome Spring at jollity FARM!

Spring Equinox Flower Sale and Open Farm March 25th, 10am-12:30pm

Order your spring blooming bedding and container plants by March 22nd for pick up at this event!

Here's a link to the event details and a list of available plants:

http://www.jollityfarm.ca/farm/__trashed/

Here's the jollity FARM Veggie and Flower starts order form. (We need your order in by April 5th :)

http://jollityfarm.ca/pdf/plantstarts_orderform_2017.pdf

And, in case you're not a member yet, here's a link to the Farm Sustainer Club Membership form (annual registration deadline March 31):

http://jollityfarm.ca/pdf/sustainerclub.pdf

Looking forward to seeing you at the farm! 

Sunday Tai Chi & Ping Pong Cancelled this Week

This Sunday, March 19th, both drop-in Tai Chi and ping pong are cancelled due to another booking of the Hall.

Matt Hess

New HP LASERJET Pro MFP (Black & White) Printer

Brand new, in the box, black & white HP M127fn Laser Jet Printer for sale.  Purchased in Dec. --reg. price approx. $250, paid $80 on sale.  Would like to recoup the $80 but will take best offer.

Lynn 250-246-9926

Outdoor/Yard Work Available

Hello THETIS ISLANDERS!!

It is time once again for spring clean up and that includes your chimney!

I am available for rubbish removal, dump runs, yard care, light building, general repairs, landscaping and lawn care, gutter cleaning, and whatever else you may need done. Lots of references available.

Clean, honest, and funny!

Michael Marini - The Misfits 250-436-0393

Telegraph Harbour Marina ~ Yard Work Needed

Beginning the first week of April, Telegraph Harbour Marina is looking for individuals to help with yard work.

Compensation according to experience. Please reply via email if interested, thank you.

email: sunny@telegraphharbour.com

Power Outage Notice: Planned Maintenance

Notice of an upcoming power outage impacting all of Thetis and Penelakut Island (as well as a portion of Ladysmith). The outage is scheduled Saturday April 8 from 10am to 2pm.

We need to switch off power in your area for about 12  hours while we conduct system maintenance. To keep our crews and the public safe, power must be switched off while we complete this important work.

Where: All customers on Penelakut Island and Thetis Island

When: Saturday, April 8, 2016

Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

To protect your equipment from damage during the outage, please turn off all lights, electrical heaters, major appliances and unplug all electronics. We’ll restore power as soon as we can.

Visit http://bchydro.com/outages

or call 1 800 BCHYDRO (1 800 224 9376) for more information.

http://bchydro.com/

Smart about power in all we do.

News Release - Islands Trust Council Approves 2017-2018 Budget

Islands Trust Council Approves 2017-2018 Budget; click here to view.

BC Ferries News Release ~ April 1 Tariff Adjustment

BC Ferries announced their April 1st fare adjustments yesterday...please see the highlights below as supplied by Darin Guenette of BC Ferries

1.   Vehicle and Passenger Tariffs – Routes 1,2,30

•        +1.9% all vehicles fares, 

•        no increase to passenger fares

2.   Vehicle and Passenger Tariffs – all other routes, (including Route 20 Chemainus-Thetis-Penelakut)

·        No increase to passenger and vehicle fares (including commercial vehicles…).

3.   Reservation fees (Routes 1,2,3,30 &17)

·        Reservations made 7 or more days from travel date - reduced to $10.00 (from $15)

·        Reservations made 1-6 days prior to travel - reduced to $17.00 (from $18.50)

·        Day of departure reservation - reduced to $21 (from $22)

4.   Reservation change fees (Routes 1,2,3,30 &17)

·        Reduced from $9 to $5, in order to encourage customers to change their reservations rather than leave them unused       

5.   Freezing over-length rate for private vehicles

•        No increase for ‘greater than 20ft’ per foot rate.

6.      New  extra wide pricing band for Vehicles >= 13ft wide on routes 1,2 & 30 only

•        100% increase per additional ft  ($13.24)

7.    Increase to Assured Loading booklets

•        +$10 per trip

•        Book of 10 $1450 to $1550

8.   Reduced Group Pax requirement to 10 

•        previously a group needed to be 16 or more people in the same vehicle in order to receive a group discount

9.   Proceed with increasing Northern cancellation rates

•        Doubling of current cancellation rates; Route 10/10S were $30, Route 11 was $15; will now be $60/$30 respectively.

•        Result of previous analysis and FAC discussion, as a way to discourage ‘frivolous reservations’ being made.

Note: that although BC Ferries had forecast a need to increase all fares for the entire Performance Term, and the Commissioner approved a max of 1.9% increase, we determined that we did not need to increase most fare categories for the upcoming fiscal year.

Keith Rush Co-Chair 

Route 20 FAC

Outdoor Burning Permits required from April 1

Outdoor Burning Permits for yard piles, incinerators and campfires are required from April 1st. Permits will be available on-line at http://thetisislandfire.ca/  or in person our garbage/recycling centre during open hours after April 1st.

Industrial burn piles require both a Provincial Registration number and a TIVFD burn permit as well as a site inspection.

TIVFD