New Island Business ~ Uppercase Living

Nicole Chiasson 
Independent Demonstrator
Uppercase Living
250.436.1266

Our vinyl expressions are meant to share words of encouragement with everyone who sees them.  Whether you give them as a gift or put them in your own home or business, they're sure to have a positive impact no matter where you put them.

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Supper's On ~ February 2nd

Join us for a Community Supper!

Saturday Feb 2nd - Forbes Hall - 5:30 - 7:00PM

$12 per person, pay at the door

Menu:

Tourtiere

Red Cabbage & Apples

Roasted Carrots

Chocolate Bread Pudding

Coffee, Tea & Juice

To reserve, click here to e-mail or call 250-246-4079

Scottish Country Dancing

Any one interested in participating in Scottish Country Dancing is invited to the Community Hall on Tuesday evenings at 7:30p.m. e will be starting to learn a new dance this week so this is a good time to come along and get involved. It's excellent physical and mental exercise......and lots of fun! Hope to see you there.

Andy Keir

Movie Night

Coming this Friday!   The 1981  French movie, ‘DIVA’ will be shown at 7:30 at the Hall.  It is a wondefully done thriller with several interconncected plots.  It also features American soprano, Wilhelmena Wiggins Fernandez singing the most beautiful aria from ‘La Wally’.  This singer is the thread  which holds the plots together. Although it is an older movie, it holds up well and is worth seeing, even if you have seen it in the past.  

Sandy Alexandre

Burns Night ~ Thank You

On behalf of TIMA thank you to all who attended our second Burns' Night at the community hall on Saturday evening. The event was a huge success

due to a welcoming, involved audience and the wonderful preparations and presentations by the many individuals and groups participating in the evening.

THANK YOU TO ALL.

Andy Keir

Soup's On ~ January 23rd

Wednesday, January 23rd

Forbes Hall 11:30AM ~ 1:00PM or 'til we run out!

Menu:

Moroccan chicken, chickpea and coriander soup (and Vegetarian option)

Olive oil Fan tail buns

Assorted goodies

Tea and Coffee

Tea & Pot of Gold Coffee

See you Wednesday. 

For more information on Soup's On, click here.  

Robbie Burns Attendees, please note...

Beverages for sale:  Beer, Wine $ 4.00, Scotch Whisky $ 3.00, Ginger Ale $1.00. Coffee, Tea, Juice and Water provided   No ticket refunds after Tuesday, Jan. 15th . See you there. 

Carpet Cleaning and Saturday Globe & Mail

We are having our carpets cleaned by Ding's carpet cleaners (recommended by Valley One carpets). If anyone is interested in having their carpets cleaned and sharing the job please contact us at goksenin46@gmail.com .

Thanks

Suzanne Sarioglu

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SATURDAY GLOBE AND MAIL

Are you interested in the Saturday Globe and Mail? 

If so, please contact Vicki Walker at 246-9126

Digital Magazine Subscriptions through VIRL

Do you have a library card with the Vancouver Island Regional Library?  If so you are eligible to receive free magazine subscriptions on your computer, laptop or device! 

The VIRL has joined with Zinio to provide this service.  Not all magazines are available, but there’s a pretty good selection.  Go to the VIRL homepage and look for the Zinio link.  Be sure to take the 17-minute tour as it will save you some bother. 

I didn’t and it took me a while to sort out how to view magazines on my iPad.  And residents on the “Dark Side”, don’t despair!  I haven’t checked it out, but I understand from the tour that you can download a magazine to your laptop or device (using the Community Hall’s WiFi?) and have it available offline.  The tour also says they will provide technical help, which I’m sure the librarians are able to do as well. 

The VIRL has many interesting services, such as free downloadable music, ebooks, etc.  It could be well worth your time to check out what’s available.

Pat English

Recycling Difficult & Unusual Items ~

I came across this blog posting on the great info-web and thought it would be good to share with you all.  We'll try and get more info regarding some of the specific programs and keep you posted.

What to do with stuff you no longer want? First rule: if it's not irreparably broken, donate or resell it. But what if nobody wants it? Recycling hard-to-recycle items isn't as tricky as you might think!

Find solutions for some of the most common challenges — including lights, eye glasses, cell phones and mattresses — in my FAQ's section.

Regional and provincial departments are getting good at summarizing local options. The Recycling Council of British Columbia's

Recyclepedia, streamlines information from all major non-profit recycling associations in the province.

Click here to go to site.

Stephanie Cottell

Playground Opening

Official Playground Opening

Wednesday January 16th ~ 12:15 at Soup's On

Conservation Covenant Information Meeting: ThINC

Do you have a special ecosystem or species on your property you would like to protect? Have you heard about conservation covenants and want to know more? 

All Thetis Island property owners are invited to join Kate Emmings, Ecosystem Protection Specialist for the Islands Trust Fund, and Mary Reher and Andy Nowak from Pender Island, to hear about conservation covenants and the Island Trust Fund's Natural Areas Protection Tax Exemption Program (NAPTEP). Kate will give an overview about conservation covenants and the NAPTEP program. Andy and Mary will share their experience with establishing a conservation covenant to protect an arbutus-lined ridge and mossy forest on their Pender Island property. The covenant protects important habitat for Common Nighthawks, a federally-listed threatened species. Your questions are welcome. Tea and cookies will be served.

Date: Sunday, January 20

Time: 1-3 pm

Place: Forbes Main Hall 

For more information contact Ann Eriksson at 250-246-8176 or email ThINC@thetisisland.net.  This event is sponsored by the Thetis Island Nature Conservancy.