BC Liberal Party ~ Burger & Beer Event

April 14, 2016 Timberland Pub: 6 – 8:30 pm.

Meet and greet supporters – discuss our strategy to win Nanaimo North Cowichan in 2017 with the executive team, including Membership Chair Alana DeLong.

$25 ticket will include a burger and a beer, gluten free option available. Purchase online with a credit card or at the door with cash. 

The link for your online ticket sales: http://bclib.ca/t16882

Join us on April 14th for some good food and good conversation about the future of our riding and how we move forward. It promises to be interesting, edifying, and enjoyable! 

Alana DeLong

BC Liberal Party

Recycling Yard ~ Missing Table

Dear Community,

Not long ago a very useful metal table was thoughtfully donated to the recycling yard by a long time resident. Glen Andison spent some time getting it ship shape and setting it up as an extremely functional sorting table. 

Not long after that, this much appreciated table disappeared from the yard. It is sorely missed, particularly because it was donated with such specific intention to benefit the community. 

The Solid Waste Management Committee and recycling yard staff are hoping that it will reappear soon. It would certainly be received with much gratitude, no questions asked.

With thanks,

Stephanie Cottell

Co-chair, TIRRA SWMC

Chimney Sweep Coming to Island

Black Jack chimney sweep & services are coming out on May 13th, 2016

There is still room for a few more cleanings. They also do WETT certifications.

Phone Nicole at 250-246-2564 or Black Jack at 250-748-4011

Fire Smart Workshop ~ Saturday, May 7th

Be Prepared before the Long, Hot, Dry Summer Arrives!

Sat. May 7, 9:30 - 12:30, Community Centre

Find out how to protect your home and your neighbourhood from wildfires.

Learn how to identify, assess and reduce the potential risks of losing your home to fire.

Presented by Sybille Sanderson of the CVRD, in association with:  Thetis Island Volunteer Fire Department, ESS/LERN and TIRRA

Please attend this important workshop and GET FIRE SMART!

Canadian Cancer Society ~ April Canvassing

Thetis Island has contributed generously to The Canadian Cancer Society over the years and we canvassers are most grateful.  Many new families have made Thetis Island their new home and we would like to try a 'gentle and unobtrusive' way of contacting each and every one of you.

If you wish to donate to the Cancer Canvas 2016 Program and your Lot Number is between:

1 - 45                            - please phone Helen Bird (246-2469)

46 - 110 & 296 or 297   - please phone Tooner Knowles  (246-9626)

111 - 240                       - please phone Merry Gooding (416-0200)

241 - 411                       - please phone Simone Luckham  (246-2802) 

We would be happy to connect with you for a donation made to The Canadian Cancer Society. 

Click here for more info on what is done with the money. 

Our Team is available until the end of April.

Thank you, in advance,

Merry Gooding

Wanted: Free Pasta Machine

Hand operated. Needs to be able to make flat sheets.

Please call Simone Luckham 250-246-4802 or email simone@stonesculptor.ca

Earth Week Walk

The ThINC board invites you to join us for an Earth Week Walk on Sunday April 17th at 2PM. We'll meet at the garden behind the library at Forbes Hall and walk the same route as last year: along the Lawrence Community Trail, north on Kenwood Road and back along North Cove Rd to the hall with an optional additional leg down to the cemetery.

Refreshments will be shared in the garden following the walk. A shuttle will be available on Kenwood Rd for those who don't want to do the entire route.

Come and celebrate nature on Thetis Island with the Thetis Island Nature Conservancy.

For more information call Ann at 250-246-8176.

Accommodation Wanted

Help!!  Quack Farm has sold (which is wonderful news for Tom and Gloria!), however, my go-to accommodation has fallen through and I am looking for a new home. 

I've been on Thetis 6 years now, and am fairly active in the community.  My work and family are also here. 

If you have a place you are not using for a while and are interested in renting it out, I would be interested! I would prefer long term but that can be discussed....  References available.

Call Nettie Hayter at 246-9300 or my cell 250-510-8886.  Looking forward to hearing from you.

2016 Rainfall ~ 1st Quarter

Below is the first quarter 2016 rainfall summary, along with last year's fourth quarter.

We had a lot of rain through our rainy months. The averages are my 8 year average for those three month periods.

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   Total 1072.9

Avg: 342                        370

Keith

Keith W. Rush RPF (Ret)

keithrush17@gmail.com

Ph: 250-416-0013

Thetis Island Improvement District AGM

Thetis Island Improvement District (Volunteer Fire Protection and Emergency Response Services)

NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the Thetis Island Improvement District will be held at 10:00 AM on Saturday, April 23, 2016 at Forbes Community Hall, Thetis Island, BC

This public meeting is to receive the audited financial statements for 2015, to report on the operations of the Fire Department, the Improvement District, related issues, and whatever other items of business may be raised.

There will be a nomination and an election to fill 1 positions of trustee, the term of office is three years.

Please plan on attending the Thetis Island Improvement District AGM.  Light refreshments will be served.

Signed: Keith Rush

Chair, Thetis Island Improvement District

Last Call for CRTC Input

RE: CRTC Hearings His-Speed Access; *Service Providers, TELUS and Satellite Issues.

This is the last reminder. If you have any (brief) comments to add for our CRTC Teleconference and Hearings please submit them to me no later than, Friday, April 8th in the AM.

We need to have our submission; correspondence/statement to CRTC sent to them as soon as possible.

Thanks to those of you who have already submitted your input, and concerns to me.

The CRTC Public hearings begin April 11th. Thetis Island's concerns will be discussed, Monday, April 18th, 7:30AM (our time). Obviously, we are one of many across Canada.

Thanks!

Steve Frankel

blueheronisland@gmail.com

PH# 250-246-2099

Mosquito Tips from TIRRA

With recent rains and temperatures warming up, now is the time to again check around your home and property for mosquito larval habitat.

• Look for standing water in old tires, buckets, tarps, boats, anything that can hold water. Empty or drain the water out.

• Refill your birdbath with fresh clean water.

• Cover or screen rain barrels.

• Check your gutters for blocked or partially blocked downspouts. Clean your gutters so there is no standing water, sludge or decomposing material that larvae love to feed on. 

Mosquitoes can lay hundreds of eggs in less than an inch deep of water. It takes about a week for the larvae to hatch. Shallow water can warm up quickly in the sun and provide perfect habitat for mosquitoes to lay eggs over and over again in the same location, multiplying the nuisance.

Thank-you,

TIRRA Executive