Art for All ~ August 4th & 5th

Mark your calendar for Thursday August 4 and Friday August 5

10 AM to 5 PM

This pre-Soiree Art Sale will take place at Forbes Hall.

No admission charge; everyone is welcome! Make bids on the items you like, or consider the “take me home now” pricing.

Are you downsizing or making changes? Consider donating art work to this fund raiser event. Contact Dee Smith at donella123@aol.com or 250.246.9770. If you have an easel to loan us for display, it would be very much appreciated near the dates of the event..

ART FOR ALL is a fundraiser for the Thetis Island Community Association and the Thetis Island Community Fund.

(The Soiree Dinner [see below] will take place on Saturday, August 6. Contact Don Sinclair or Ellen Rush for tickets and to make a table reservation so you can be seated with your friends.)

Phone Books have Arrived!

So sorry for the delay, but the new edition of the Thetis Island Phone Book is now available for sale at the Post Office. 

It will also be available at the next few Saturday Fairs and Markets, and always from Veronica - just call at 250 246 1509 or email veronica@thetisisland.net.  I hope there are no mistakes or omissions, but if there are, let me know and I'll post corrections in the Quarterly and espokes.

Rainfall Stats ~

The last six months:

Q-4 2015             Q-1 2016

Oct   103              Jan  229.5

Nov  135              Feb 136.1

Dec  269              Mar 200.3

T      507                    565.9     1072.9

8 YR

Avg 342                      369        711

 So far for the second quarter of 2016:

April 15.7mm  8 year avg.  41.7

May  13.5mm  8 year avg.  41.4

Keith Rush

Carbon Monoxide Alarms

If you have a fuel burning appliance in your home (wood, propane, etc) you need a Carbon Monoxide alarm.

CO detectors will alert for both long exposures to low concentrations and short exposures to high concentrations. There are several deaths and many more hospitalizations yearly in BC due to carbon monoxide poisoning. The Fire Chiefs Assoc. of BC is lobbying the Province to make CO alarms mandatory in every structure with a CO exposure (garages, dwellings etc).  If you don't have a CO alarm now, you soon will be required to have one.

But if you already have a carbon monoxide detector did you know that the gas sensors in CO alarms have a limited and indeterminable life span, typically two to five years. The test button on a CO alarm only tests the battery and circuitry, not the sensor. CO alarms should be tested with an external source of calibrated test gas, as recommended by the latest version of NFPA 720. Or replace your existing CO monitor with the newer technology CO alarms and put a date on it for renewal.

TIVFD

Saturday Fair

Don't forget the Saturday Fair this Saturday June 11th and every Saturday until Sept. 3rd. 10 to 1pm

Lots of wonderful things to buy.

Pick something up for Dad! Father's Day is June 19th.

You will find us at # 70 Pilkey Point Road.

Wanted ~ Summer/Fall Rental

Looking for a house/suite to rent for the summer and into the fall.. potentially longer, for a single person, non-smoking, and no pets.

karajbeggs@gmail.com

Wanted Two Small Bikes for Visiting Grandchildren

Looking to buy or borrow 2 small bikes for our grand-children.

Michelle Roy, 778-867-8585

Summer Soiree & Auction ~ Celebrating Community

Saturday August 6^th 5:30 pm

Tickets $30, choice of BBQ salmon or steak

For Tickets, contact Ellen Rush  ellenrush@gmail.com 250-416-0013 or,

Don Sinclair sinry@telus.net  250-246-4291

Dinner served under the blue summer sky in the tennis court

Guitar & vocals by Bob Pickell

Refreshments chosen by Keith Rush

Art Auction Thursday & Friday, August 4^th & 5^th

Open to the Entire Community

Info: Contact Dee Smith donella123@aol.com

All Proceeds Benefit the Thetis Island Community Fund

& the Thetis Island Community Association

Looking for Thetis Accommodation ~ Sept 16 & 17

We are getting married at Overbury on the weekend of September 16th and 17th

There will be approximately 15 guests that need accommodation.  Is anyone on the island interested in doing a private rental for that weekend?

laura_girardi@hotmail.com

Canada Day ~ Flea Market & Pancake Breakfast

On Friday July 1st TICA will be holding a pancake breakfast and Flea Market at the Community Centre.

If you have not reserved a table for the Flea Market now is the time to do so. These tables go fast!

If you are interested contact Gloria at 250-246-3091 or quackf@telus.net.

Garage Sale

Garage sale 117 pilkey pt. Rd 9 am till 1 today

Thank you all who came to the Saturday market at the pub it was a great day

Hello from Henry Mook!

Henny wants you to know she misses you, that after fracturing her leg and spending some time in the hospital, she has been moved to 250-709-3080, at 250 Cairnsmore Street in Duncan, for a couple of months at least. She says she wants you to be good in her absence .... Or if not.... Be careful.

Mary