Thetis Island, BC
Canada
49oN x 123o40'W
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 1:06PM Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 1:05PM For Sale- Evinrude Outboard 20 HP- 1991
Electric start, long shaft.
Remote controls included.
Major service 2014.
Carb reconditioned.
New- electronic ignition, thermastat, impeller, plugs, syn. gear
oil-have receipts.
Lightly used, stored undercover.
Reason for selling- motor too small for boat.
$800.00 obo
Tel. 250 2464968
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 1:01PM All older, in working order: Chest freezer, washer and dryer, 30" stove, white
Can send pictures along if you would like to see them. Need to be gone sooner rather than later.
Please call 250-758-2334 or email higginsgroup@shaw.ca
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at 12:59PM Here's a great green nettle treat for St. Patrick's Day:
http://veggiedesserts.co.uk/nettle-and-lemon-cake-with-lemon-icing-and-blackberries/
Friday, March 13, 2015 at 4:48PM Friday, March 13, 2015 at 8:33AM We did it! I am delighted to let you know that the Blue Dot Declaration in support of the right to a healthy environment was passed unanimously by Trust Council on Wed.
Peter and Jean Gelwicks of Salt Spring Island gave a short presentation. There were only a couple of questions. Bill from Salt Spring and myself handed out Blue Dot label pins to all the Trustees as a reminder. During the New Business session of Trust Council, Tony Law made a motion to pass supporting the Blue Dot Declaration. After a few trustees spoke in favor of the motion, it passed unanimously. They also passed the motion to support the declaration at the Union of BC Municipalities (UBCM) Conference which the Trust attends every year. The UBCM passing this Declaration will be the next important step in getting this initiative closer to its goal of being entrenched in the Constitution.
At that point our Premier Christy Clark will find it hard to ignore. It was because of all your support that this passed.
Click here to view the Declaration.
Thank you Thetis Islanders for your support of this great initiative.
Suzanne Sarioglu
Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 5:03PM Islands Trust Council Approves 2015-2016 Budget.
http://www.islandstrust.bc.ca/media/307070/2015-2016-approved-Budget.pdf
Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 10:53AM The Fire Dept. is looking for a good used vacuum cleaner for the Drill Room carpet.
Must be a "canister" type and not an upright model. We don't have the time to fix an old broken one (we already have one of those) so if you are trading up to a newer vacuum, consider letting us have your current canister.
Thanks! TIVFD
Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 10:49AM YOGA CANCELLED
Once again Thursday yoga is cancelled – March 12th 9:30-10:45; one instructor is away to play and the other is just returning from an extended vacation and adventure. So next week Dawn with be teaching Tuesday’s yoga class, and Sonya will be back with all kinds of new inspiration and stories for Thursday’s class.
Beginners and newbies are always welcome, we match our class to who is there and what they would like to focus on, or we gently guide you through poses and breath work to ground, stretch and strengthen our mind, body and spirit.
Come on out for some spring inspiration, we would love to see you.
Warmly, Dawn and Sonya
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 4:21PM This question has been asked in relation to the Lower Burchell Hill Nature Reserve Project. To answer this question ThINC has applied the protocol that the Islands Trust Fund has used in relation to conservation covenants to a hypothetical acquisition. The answer is yes, but you won’t notice it, the increase is microscopic. Here’s why.
A hypothetical property on Thetis Island, let’s call it Property A, with an assessed value of $540,000, is sold to a conservation organization for a nature reserve and as a result, becomes property tax exempt. What happens to the $3,656.69 tax previously paid on Property A? Taxation income to taxing authorities is not reduced by tax exemption programs; the ‘loss’ is shifted to other properties throughout the appropriate taxing authorities (i.e., across the Province, the Regional District, the Islands Trust Area, or Thetis Island.) Here’s an example of the math for 2014 taxes for Property A (based on real numbers from a real tax notice for a developed residential property. An undeveloped property will be less.).
The provincial school tax for Property A in 2014 was $1,248.26. There were 1,954,952 other taxable properties (folios) in the province in 2014, and as the tax shift for provincial taxes such as for schools from Property A would be distributed across the entire province, the increase for each folio would be $1248.26 /1,954,952 folios which equals $0.001 per folio, virtually 0.
Similarly, the Thetis Islands Trust Area Levy on Property A of $420.51 would be distributed across the other 22,470 folios in the Islands Trust Area for an increase per folio of $0.02.
The following chart shows the hypothetical estimated tax shift for all the tax categories listed on Property A’s 2014 tax notice. The chart shows that the creation of a nature reserve on Property A will increase other Thetis Island property owner’s property taxes by less than a loonie.
Any questions or comments about this analysis can be directed to Ann Eriksson at 250-246-8176. Thanks for your interest.
