Solstice Celebration

THETIS ISLAND WINTER SOLSTICE COMMUNITY
POT-LUCK FEAST & CELEBRATION

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21ST, 2013
THETIS ISLAND COMMUNITY CENTRE

DOORS OPEN AT 5:30PM
CANDLE LIGHTING CEREMONY AT 6PM

We invite you to join us again for this year's winter solstice community
pot-luck feast and celebration.

Please bring something for the pot-luck (and include a small card with a
list of ingredients) Coffee, tea and juice will be provided.

Once again we will have bins for collecting non-perishable food item for
Harvest House for those who wish to donate.

We would be delighted if you would share a piece of music, a song or two,
a poem, a dance or a story to celebrate this magical time of year, the
longest night and the return of the light.

Our theme this year is "Stars", and as always we'd love to see
some starry, shiny, glittery winter costumes so dress up or simply bring
your shining selves.

We are using tickets again this year so please get yours asap, as we
reached our limit last year.

There is no charge for tickets - however we really appreciate donations to
help cover our start-up costs.

Tickets available by emailing Janice Young  jeyoung@uvic.ca

Or contacting any of us on the Solstice planning committee!

Janice Young, Stephanie Cottell, Dawn Gordon, Carol Sowerby & Alisha Rennie

Look forward to seeing you there!

Lawrence Spring Farm ~ Sausage Available

1.25# packages of Mild Italian Beef Sausage available - $7.80 per package.

It's a lovely thing to serve island grown foods to your Holiday guests.

Please contact Ann or Bill @ 250-246-4079

for more info, click here.

Robbie Burns Night ~ January 18th 2014

The popular Robbie Burns Night is only a month away - so mark your calendar and reserve a ticket !

This event is sponsored by TIMA, so TIMA members have priority to reserve a ticket until December 22nd, after that it's first come, first serve.

Tickets are $ 25.00 and are sold until January 12, limited seating.  Tickets include the traditional Burns Supper expertly prepared by Nettie Hayter, Nancy, Rick and Don Sinclair.  Elaine Vallis will entertain us again with her Scottish Highland dancing and of course there will a piper as well as the usual Burns toasts and speeches.

To reserve a ticket, please make the cheque payable to: TIMA and send it to  Simone Luckham, Box 59, Thetis Island V0R 2Y0   

questions: simone@stonesculptor.ca     250 - 246- 4802     

Tickets are non-refundable after January 12 2014  and any special dietary requests need to be made when making your reservation. 

January Beehive

Mark your calendar for the January Bee Hive, sewing bee and clothing swap on Saturday, January 11^th from 10 – 4 at Forbes Hall

This is a great opportunity to sew, visit, share ideas and learn new skills. 
Questions?  contact Ellen Rush  ellenrush@gmail.com

Infant Car Seat Available

Backwards facing infant car seat available.  

Call Hortenza at 250-246-4968

Thetis Island Marina & Pub ~ Holiday Hours

Please click image to view our Holiday Hours.

Thank You for your Donations ~

Thank you to everyone who donated money, food and other goods to the Cowichan Neighbourhood House Association for their Christmas programs.

A generous total of $505 plus many thoughtful items were collected by the school and delivered yesterday to Neighbourhood House to assist our neighbours in need this season.

If anyone who donated money wants a charitable tax receipt, please contact me to arrange as they are only issued by Neighbourhood House upon request at this time of year because of their workload.

Thanks,
Kelly Bannister

Letters of Support Sought for Richard Jerman of Penelakut

Request for letters of support from friends of Richard Jerman of Penelakut Island.

https://www.greenparty.ca/media-release/2013-12-12/greens-express-deep-concern-first-nations-man-threatened-deportation

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/u-s-born-man-faces-deportation-from-penelakut-island-after-37-years-1.757890

Many of you may have heard that Richard was detained by Canadian Immigration.
He has lived on Penelakut for 37 years, is married to Maria George, has four children and 14 grandchildren. Thanks to the efforts of his Family and many Friends he is home again. The Penelakut Band has even offered to adopt him so that he can stay and Elizabeth May has also extended her support.
But he must go through a long process to retain his residence in Canada.  Any letters of support will help him stay here and at home with his Family.  So if you know Richard and would like to help here is a general outline of what is needed in the letters:

Letters to:  The Minister of Citizenship & Immigration
Regarding:  Richard German

Identify yourself, where you are from, how you know Richard, how long you have known him, what is his character, and how does his staying benefit the community.

If you mail your letter to Richard at his address below within the next week or so, he and his lawyer will present them as a group to the Immigration authorities in about ten days.  Richard extends his appreciation and thank you to you all!

Richard's address:
Box 11430
Clam Bay Road North
Chemainus BC V0R 1K6

Thank you very much!

Nan Beals

Soup Cessation Seasonal Singing

Hello All,

If you love the carol season and miss the community Christmas concert, several of us are going to hang around after Soup's On and sing some carols together.  

We will have a few carol sheets for those who can't remember all of the words.  This is not a formal gathering...we just feel festive and this is the last Soup's On before Christmas.  

Please join us.  We will commence when the soup slurping ceases...probably close to 12:45 or slightly earlier.  

We wont rush anybody.  

See you Wednesday.

Jeannine

Forbes Hall ~ Floor Cleaning

Please note that cleaning of the hall floors will take place following the post Soup's On carolling, Wednesday, December 18.

This does not effect the Bridge group in the library. Please use the far door in the library to exit allowing the floors to dry without being tracked on.

We will be locking the front door, or placing a sign that says no entry, after the carolling that is following Soup's On.

Any questions please contact:

Gloria @ 246-3091
TICA Board Member ~ Maintenance at the Hall

An Interesting Discussion on Recycling

To listen to today's CBC The Current episode, click here to access the interview.

Steve Frankel

Soup's On ~ December 18th

Last One 'til the New Year!

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

Menu:

Vegetarian Minestrone Soup

Biscuits

Assorted Seasonal Sweet Goodies

Tea & Pot of Gold Coffee

$5 Minimum Donation

See you Wednesday.

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