Domaine Jasmine Winery Open This Weekend

We are opening this coming long weekend for the summer season.

Our tasting room and wine sales will be open Saturdays and Sundays from 12-4 p.m.

Off hour wine sales are available for pickup or delivery by phoning ahead.

Come out and taste our latest release, the 2013 Pinot Gris, made from grapes grown organically in our vineyard.

We also have the 2012 Pinot Noir for sale.

Denis & Coleen

Gone!

Free black and maple Ikea chest of drawers and wardrobe in good condition. Can be picked up this weekend. Please contact me at lyn624@gmail.com if interested.

Or call Lyn at 604 551 7744

Thanks Lyn Porter

Interent Safety for Parents

Parents/Guardians:

Law Enforcement Officer, Darren Laur, will be presenting Internet Safety for Parents tomorrow, May 13th from 6:30-8:30pm in the Multi Purpose Room at Chemainus Secondary School.  Babysitting is available.

We hope to see you there.

Ms. Sian Peterson, Principal

Plot Preparation Contractor Needed

As many of you know in the community long time resident Kevin Hughes left the island earlier this year. Kevin was contracted by St. Margaret's Cemetery for a number of years to prepare the plots for the interment of cremated remains.  With his departure from Thetis we are in need of a person who would be willing to take up this position. The job would require this person to be on call to prepare the site when necessary. This generally happens 3 to 4 times a year.  We usually give about a week’s notice and ask that the plot be ready no more than 2 days before the actual interment. This is a paid position at $50.00 per job  and normally takes about one hour  depending on the plot location.

Those interested, please contact Suzanne Sarioglu 246-9965 or sarioglu@telus.net

Yoga Club News

Whew, does time fly by fast these days - most days I feel like the kid at the end of a kite string in gale force winds…  If I get up earlier in the morning the wind doesn’t seem as strong, so here I am at 5 am typing some Yoga Notes and News.

We formed a Yoga Club two weeks ago and we now have two yoga teachers -  Dawn Gordon and Sonya Pitcairn.  I am excited to have another yoga teacher on island I sure hope I can create some time to get to her classes too.  Dawn is going to continue teaching the Tuesday morning class and in June Sonya is going to restart the Thursday morning class.

Currently the times are 9:30 – 11:00 on Tuesday, and today’s class will end at 10:45 – May 13th.

However, we are exploring different options- either shortening the class to 75 minutes or shifting the time to begin at 9:15 so that people can catch the 11:10 ferry if they need to go off island before noon.  Let me know what you think?

The Monday Yin Yoga is not happening until September, there simply are not enough hours in the day and islanders are too busy with gardening, boating, golfing, yard work and more to commit to yet another activity, so we will just wait until fall to begin this class.

I will send out another email with further details by the end of the week.  Enjoy the warm spring days, come stretch those aching gardening muscles, it feels so good!!

You can reach me, Dawn Gordon, at dawn_gordon@telus.net or 250-210-0826;  I am the main contact person for the yoga club.  

PS:  If you have a special event and would like yoga in your home or space let us know we are happy to accommodate as best we can in our full schedules.  Yoga before a wedding what an honour.  I get to share a theme of love poses on the grass of Overbury Resort, facing west over the Pacific Ocean, to guests who have flown in all the way from Venezuela, how special.

Nameste,

Dawn

Sea to Seed Potluck

Jollity Farm and ThINC are thrilled to sponsor the Thetis Island stop on the

Sea to Seed Tour, a journey of farming community

Thetis Island details:

Date: Tuesday May 20th

Location: Jollity Farm, 90 Pilkey Point Rd

Time: 6 pm Potluck (local food encouraged) followed by live music and more!

Cost: $10 (kids free)

Local musicians, farmers, producers, and  artisans are welcome to participate in any way!

Bring your own plates, cups, and cutlery please!

Reserve your tickets in advance:

Contact Stephanie Cottell 250-246-5269,  stephanie.cottell@gmail.com

This spring a group of local (and musical) farmers and "localisation" enthusiasts are embarking on a sailboat tour of communities along the coast to share stories and build relationships. 

 Click here to watch their event trailer and read more about the project

Click here for the Thetis Island FB event page.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Capernwray Yard Sale

Shimmy Mob ~ Success!

On International Belly Dance Day (May 10th, 2014) we took part in an international shimmy mob. We danced for the community and visitors of Thetis Island, raised (quite a bit of) money for the Cowichan Women Against Violence Society (Duncan, BC), and had a lot of fun dancing for our cause. Thanks to all our sponsors, volunteers, donors and everyone who gave us a smile :)

Gone !

 I have two potted fig trees for sale.   The larger (for $40) is about 120” tall in a half a whiskey barrel that is about 24” wide and 19” tall .  The smaller (for $20) is 76” tall in a plastic barrel 16” tall and 19” wide.  The buds are breaking, so they should be transported soon.   Call Rodney Badger at 246-4676 if interested.

Gone!

I have five panes of tempered glass 28” x 76” x 3/16” and one pane 24” x 28” x 3/16” to give away.  The catch is that you have to transport them.  Call 246-4676 if interested.

Friday Fire Fun

Friday May 9th is the Fire Extinguisher Clinic and the chance to tour the new Cowichan Valley Fire & Life Safety Education Trailer at 1:00 pm.  Bring your fire extinguishers to the Firehall on Mission Road for a free check up and take part in the live fire lesson on using an extinguisher.  New fire extinguishers will be available to purchase and you can order a reflective regulation-size Lot Number sign from Aggressive Fire Safety.  There will be a couple of nifty door prizes and Sidney Rukus from Chemainus Girl Guides will be selling Girl Guide Cookies.  Due to tides and the size of the trailer, we have it on Thetis for only one day.  See you at the Firehall on Friday!

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Thetis Island Fire Dept.

Post Office News

Just a few reminders surrounding changes at the post office.

The postal rates went up March 31. Regular letter stamps are on a two tier system.

Here are the current prices for quick reference - all before tax:

Domestic stamps: $1.00 each when you buy them in singles, or

$0.85 each when you buy them in booklets of 10

Letters weighing 30-50 grams and US stamps are $1.20

oversized letters under 100 grams are $1.80

International stamps are $2.50 each

Also to prevent more waste coming to Thetis island please contact me at the Post Office if you don't wish to recieve any flyers (Unaddressed Admail). A lot of people are leaving flyers on the table by the Postal boxes. Please take them home with you as the wind tends to blow them around. There used to be a plastic bag for the flyers but too many times people were dropping their garbage (ie: Apple cores, popsicle stcks, tin cans...etc) into the bag.

Thanks all!

Kevin, your friendly neighbourhood postmaster