Gypsy Dancers, Thank You!

To all who attended, volunteered, donated, performed and otherwise supported our first ever Thetis Island Harvest Hafla, the Gypsy Dancers of the Salish Sea send a Great Big Thank You! Together we raised a little over $1250 for ThINC’s Lower Burchell Hill Nature Reserve Project.  And had so much fun!

Winter Beauty Planters from jollity FARM

Maria Nunn of Ladybird Gardens is putting together beautiful winter planters to brighten up your yard. Our planters from last year went right through the winter and put out glorious blooms all spring long. Call or email with questions and to order:250.416.6736 or info@jollityfarm.ca

Small $26  Large $36 

Click here to visit our blog to see a few photos of last years planters. 

Thank you! 

Elisabeth & Noah Bond
JollityFARM

Scottish Country Dancing

If you'd like some exercise for your body and brain come join us on Tuesday evenings at Forbes Hall. We dance from 7:30 p.m. until about 9:15p.m. 

You do not need a partner or any special dress  or footwear, but you must bring a sense of humour as we do have lots of fun!

Hope to see you there.

Andy Keir

TICA Plant & Bulb Sale

Thetis Island Blooms ~ Saturday October 4th ~ 1 - 4PM

Bulbs, perennials, seeds and other assorted goodies.

If you are donating plants for the sale you can call Gloria 250-246-3091 to come and pick them up, or if you would like to drop off your plant donations you can do so on Saturday Morning between 9 and 11.

Don't forget there is coffee and dessert too!

Thank you

TICA Team

Photos from last night's Hafla ~

courtesy of Irene Kroke

Click on image to view gallery of photos.

Opa! Opa! from last night's Hafla

Crock Wanted - Borrow or Bu

We would like to make a batch of sauerkraut in a old style crock. Does anybody have one we could borrow or buy?  

Doreen / Michael svstleger@gmail.com

Special Ping-Pong Session this Sunday Evening

Because of a very active hall schedule, we will be playing ping-pong this Sunday evening, Sept. 28th 7 - 9PM.

Next week we resume our normal schedule of Friday evenings (7-9 pm) and Sunday afternoons  (2-4pm).  Join us for some exercise and good fun.  Beginners welcome.

Matt Hess 

 

Fire Prevention Week Oct 5 ~ 11

Do you have a working smoke alarm?  

Do you need a working smoke alarm?  

We want you to have a working smoke alarm!  

We will give you a working smoke alarm, FREE!  

E-mail smokealarm@thetisislandfire.ca with your name and Lot number and we will put one in the drop box at the postal boxes with your name on it.

Fire Prevention Week 2014 is Oct. 5th to 11th  WORKING SMOKE ALARMS SAVE LIVES.

Thetis Island Fire Dept.

Ping Pong cancelled (again) this week ~

Once again, ping-pong is cancelled due to another hall activity.  Join us next week at the usual times on Friday evening (7-9) and Sunday afternoons (2-4).  We are hoping to play at the end of this weekend -- watch for further notices.

~~ Matt Hess (frustrated ping-pong enthusiast)

Last Sunday Market for this Year

Drop by for the last Sunday Market for this year

Telegraph Harbour Marina

9am to 1pm

Baking, Veggies, Arts and Crafts, Eggs, Native Arts, and much more

See you there!

Sunday Market Gang

Proposed Lower Burchell Hill Nature Reserve & your Taxes

We at the Thetis Island Nature Conservancy (ThINC) would like to share some information in response to recent

questions regarding how your taxes would be affected by the proposed acquisition of the Lower Burchell Hill Nature Reserve.

 

As outlined in our project  information available at www.thetisislandnatureconservancy.org, and posted at various locations on the island, once funding is in place and the acquisition has been finalized, the title will be held by the Islands Trust Fund (ITF). This means there will no longer be taxes due on the land. ThINC will establish a management plan in partnership with the community. The plan is for the reserve to be a low impact nature reserve. No camping, no trailer parks.

 

There will be minimal costs for the yearly management of the reserve, and those costs will be covered by ITF which gathers its funds from throughout the Trust area. There will be no tax increase specific to Thetis Island. Average annual costs covered by ITF’s base budget ranges from $300 for monitoring to up to $1.5k -$2k if, for example, fencing was needed or invasive species removed. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch with us at ThINC@thetisisland.net or to contact Jennifer Eliason at 250-405-5191 or jeliason@islandstrust.bc.ca.

Suzanne Sarioglu