Solid Waste Yard Job Posting

Applications invited for the yard assistant job at the solid waste depot

Reporting to the Yard Manager, the Yard Assistant carries out duties that support achievement of operational outcomes for the solid waste depot. Outcomes include: secured site; opening and closing on time; safe operations and good relationships involving residents, staff, volunteers and contractors; tidy site and environmentally responsible operations; garbage and recycled materials appropriately sorted, stored and accessible for contractor hauling and volunteer back hauling; and, a creative work site.

We believe that an effective yard assistant will already have, or will show aptitude in the following areas: awareness of solid waste management and eagerness to learn more; demonstrated tact, team work and safe work practices (Worksafe BC Guidelines); self-starter and motivated. The yard assistant will have practical skills applicable to depot operations and will perform physical labour (e.g. Baler operation, moving bales and bins) in all weather conditions. The yard assistant may act for the Yard Manager from time to time, when necessary.

Hours of work: seasonally variable and dependent on level of Depot activity. On average 8 hours a week throughout the year, as scheduled by the Yard Manager, generally 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturdays and Wednesdays. 

Wages: $20/hour plus standard employment benefits.  Basic WHIMS certificate (knowledge of hazardous goods handling), or be willing to obtain the certificate.

There will be a 6 month trial period.

Applicants are asked to prepare an application letter addressed to TIRRA which describes why they feel they are especially suited to the job described. Short-listed applicants will be interviewed, and appointments made in early June 2015.

Please send application letters by June, 1st 2015, to

Corresponding Secretary, TIRRA

Box 14-1

Thetis Island, BC

V0R 2Y0

Solid Waste Management Committee

Free Windows

We have a number of used double pane aluminum windows and pre-hung interior doors available for free on Thetis. Please call 250-758-2334.

Tracy Higgins

Plate Tamper for Rent

Thetis Island Property Services

Available for rent on Thetis Island 

20" x 22"  Plate Tamper $50/day - will also deliver/pickup for $20

We accept Debit, VISA & MC

Sjoe & Nicole

250-246-2564

TIMA ~ The Big Event ~ Burgers, Ballads, and Beer

Dear Friends:

Here's the latest marine report. Entertainment storm approaching. Please mark it on your calendar and come prepared, with or without life-jackets.

Cheers,

Gary Geddes

Burgers, Ballads and Beer (aka an evening of nautical tunes and tales)

Thetis Island Marina

Friday, May 29th ~ 7:30PM

Join the TIMA crew and sundry salty types for a hilarious soirée of nautical music and unshipshape anecdotes about life, laughter and folly on the briny deep, shared by the sly, the shy, the outgoing and the outrageous. 

Here are the names of a few folks who’ve hinted, threatened, agreed heartily or are currently being coerced (as in keel-hauled) to play music and/or give you a 5-minute or so account of some humorous or humiliating adventure on high seas, low tides or impertinent reefs: Lynda Poirier, Darron Stepple, Simone Luckham, Dave Pethick, Petra Accipiter, Maureen Loiselle, Mike Ferguson, Gerhard Wanney, Tom Taylor, Bob Pickell, Vicki Walker Gerry Smith, Hortenza Nawatzki, Wayne Loiselle, Dale Burkholder, Michel Filion, Gary Geddes, Freya Fullner, and that’s just for starters.

Peter Luckham has agreed to act as MC, be witty, and use the boat-hook when necessary.

If I’ve missed your name or if you have a 5-minute anecdote and would love to be included, let me know by phone or email. No audition required. Or just show up at the soirée and volunteer to be part of the open mike at our floating opera. Tell Peter you want to share a story.

Also, if you know a Thetis Island stowaway with a tale that must be told, bully him or her to share that story. And let me know and I’ll help arrange to have this secret sharer Shanghaied (240-246-8176; gedworks@islandnet.com). 

Lots of folks will be arriving early for dinner. If you can’t make it for dinner, come up the gangplank in time to find a seat for the 7:30 launch. If the weather’s good, we may have our event outdoors in the covered area.

Special dinner price offered by Paul Deacon...burger and beer $15.00

Parts of Ship: Itinerary for TIMA’S Floating Opera

Dinner: 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Burgers, Ballads and Beer 7:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Peter Luckam, MC:

Part One

1. Music by Bob Pickell and friends: 15 minutes

2. Boarding Party: Maureen Loiselle, Mike Ferguson, Simone Luckham, Gary Geddes

3. Tales and Tunes by Wayne Loiselle: 10 minutes

4. Flotilla the Fun: Gerry Smith, Lynda Poirier, Darron Stepple, Hortenza Nawatzki

5. Singalong: 10 minutes of sea shanties by passengers and crew, with help from Petra Accipiter and Vicki Walker 

Splicing the Main Brace: Intermission (10 minutes)

Part Two

6. Music by Bob Pickell and friends: 10-15 minutes

7. That Sinking Feeling: Dale Burkholder, Freya Fullner, Dave Pethick, Ann Eriksson

8. Muster Stations: Michel Filion, music by Tom Taylor, Gerhard Wanney, and an open mike for those who forgot to sign up.

9. Abandon Ship: MC final remarks and gathering on the afterdeck for all-night jam session (just joking . . .).

6'6" Dinghy for Sale

6'6" Dinghy with wheel-a-way for easy launching $275.00 

Del Mitchell

250-246-3030

Islands Trust CAO to Retire

Click here to find a news release re Islands Trust CAO to Retire in 2016. 

TICA Thanks ~

The Thetis Island Community Association Board and fund raising volunteers wish to thank all Thetis Islanders for your continued support  in TICA fundraising activities.

A big thank you to all who purchased spring plants and who joined us for lunch on Saturday.  A great time was had by all.  The event was truly a success. TICA raised $1600.00.

All proceeds from TICA  fundraising  events go to maintaining and improving Forbes Hall and grounds.

We could not do it without you! 

Once again thanks for showing great community spirit.

Reminder ~ Special TIRRA Community Meeting: Mosquito Issues on Thetis Island

Date: Saturday, May 30th, 2015

Time: 3:00-5:00 PM

Location: Community Hall

TIRRA has been working on a mosquito mitigation strategy since the nuisance issue was raised last fall. 

For TIRRA to proceed further, we need your approval to develop a Pest Management Plan (PMP) through the Ministry of Environment. 
Please click here to read the online reports prior to 30th May as we just won't have time to review during the meeting.  

We hope there will be a good turn out, especially of those residents who are deeply affected by the mosquito problems.

NOTE: After a question/answer period, TIRRA Executive will be proposing an option. The motion could be as simple as: 

"Moved that TIRRA Executive develop a Pest Management Plan"

TIRRA Executive

Islands Trust Community Stewardship Nominees

Please click here to view the news release re Seventeen Island Nominees for Islands Trust Community Stewardship Awards. 

Thank you.

Jas Chonk

Exec/TAS Secretary, Islands Trust

Girl Guide Cookies

Girl Guide Thin Mint Cookies

Yummy, Yummy, Yummy! Preorder now and enjoy these traditional tasty cookies while helping support local Canadian Girl Guides!

The Dogwood Trefoil Guild, Adult Canadian Girl Guide Unit (Chemainus-Ladysmith-Thetis Island) is raising money for our Bursary Fund, available to local Girl Guides who are going on to secondary education opportunities.

$5.00 per box. Order from Dee Smith or Virginia Lamb  .....  donella123@aol.com or lamb929@telus.net

Chemainus Secondary School Prom ~ May 15th 2015 ~ Chemainus

2015 Chemainus Secondary School Prom, held May 15^th in Chemainus

Congratulations to Jacob Frankel and Kyle Strachan!

Domaine Jasmin ~ Open Saturday

Please join us on Saturday for a tasting of 3 new wines as we open our tasting room for the season. Buy any, as many of these three upstarts in support of the Thetis Island Nature Conservancy (ThINC) as we pledge half the amount of our opening day sales. 

See you on Saturday.

Denis & Coleen