Strawberry Tea ~ June 22nd

The Thetis Island Parents' Association (TIPA) and TICA Cafe cordially invite community members to our end of year school celebration and strawberry tea on Wednesday, June 22 at 1pm, at Forbes Hall.

Beginning at 1 pm there will be a short school program of awards and acknowledgments of our elementary students, staff and school champions, and a small student art display. This will be followed by the Strawberry Tea with live musical accompaniment courtesy of some of our young piano students who are taking lessons from Lynn Hunter.

The Strawberry Tea (hosted by TICA Cafe) is $5 for angel food cake with strawberries, whip and special strawberry sauce (!) with coffee, tea or lemonade. All proceeds support our community center.

We look forward to celebrating with you!

 

Help a Teen on Thetis ~ August 2016

Looking for youth of 15 or 16 to buddy with our niece from France for a week or two in August.  Her goal:  to improve her English while experiencing Canadian lifestyle and nature, perhaps make a new friend!  Potential for a reciprocal arrangement.

email for more info: jan.fesnoux@gmail.com

Saturday Market at Thetis Island Marina

Saturday Market at Thetis Island Marina & Pub in the park 10AM to 2PM every Saurday through to September.

Annual TICS & TIVFD Soccer Match

The annual TI Community Soccer & TIVFD Hosers soccer match took place Wednesday evening on the beautiful soccer pitch by the sea, at Capernwray.  Good times and good sportsmanship were in abundance!  Well done teams!  

Thank you to EVERYONE who came out to play and support the annual TICS (Thetis Island Community Soccer) versus TIVFD (Thetis Island Volunteer Fire Department) soccer challenge! It was a fabulous showing on both sides with players aged 5 to 60 (or maybe more but who is counting). The TICS narrowly came out on top with a 5-3 win, with the help of several Thetis Elementary soccer alumni. High scorer was Timothy Kempe with 3 goals. 

The TIVFD's Loughlin Kerr O'Connor won the Parents' Gratitude Award for his sportsmanship and care in not tripping on any of our little TICS! This was a first ever soccer game for several of our young students and they left inspired. Thanks to Referee Andy Keir as well as timekeepers, score keepers, organizers, refreshment providers, fire truck drivers and fans. See you again next year!

TICS Coaches ~ happy with the final score!

~ thanks to Ron & Kelly Bannister for the photos ~

TIRRA AGM ~ Thursday, June 23rd 7PM

Our Thetis Island Resident's and Rate Payer's Association Annual General Meeting will take place Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 7:00 PM.

TIRRA Executive

Summer Soiree & Auction ~ Celebrating Community ~ Aug. 6th

Saturday August 6th 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

All Proceeds Benefit the Thetis Island Community Fund & the Thetis Island Community Association

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