TIVFD ~ Hand Piled Yard Waste Permits Opening

Small hand-piled yard waste fires will be allowed with permit starting Saturday Sept. 21st.  Please obtain a permit by calling the Permit Pager between 9 am and 5 pm: 250-715-9131 and follow the voice instructions.  

Click here to apply online.

We urge you to NOT burn leaves...these can be composted or spread in the forest to nourish the soil, and piled leaves make a great winter mulch for shrubs, trees and plants.  

Thetis Island Fire Dept.

ThINC Harvest Moon Dance

Only a few more days left to reserve your tickets for Saturday's Harvest Moon Family Dance. Come out and enjoy a real old fashioned barn dance with the Mount Benson Ceili Band and Victoria dance caller Doug Paterson.

Doors open at 5 p.m., lasagna and caesar salad for sale by Don and Nettie starting at 5:30. Dancing starts at 6:30. Fun door prices. Costumes welcome. This is an alcohol-free event. 

Tickets are available on Wednesday and Saturday morning from Stephanie and Vicki at the  Recycling Depot.

Ann Eriksson

Clothing Swap, Sewing Bee ~ The Beehive

Save the Date for a fall clothing swap and sewing bee (from here on in, referred to as ‘The Beehive’)

Location: Forbes Hall on Saturday, October 26th. 

This is a day long event, though feel free to stop by for as little or as long as you like. This even is BYOSM (bring your own sewing machine).  Bring ideas for a new creation, or tart up old favourites with patches or a new sexy hemline. For those of you terrified of needles and the thought of sewing has you running for the hills, this is most importantly of all, a social event! Come to chat, relax and hang out.

This is a good opportunity to share ideas, learn a new sewing skill and have fun upcycling your fall wardrobe. 

Everyone is welcome, there is no cost.  Questions?  Ellen Rush, 416-0013 or ellenrush@gmail.com

Missing Tote

Someone inadvertently took a clear plastic tote labelled Globe Subscribers from the recycling yard.  It's needed and I'd be pleased if it was returned...no questions asked.

Thanks

Vicki Walker

Fishing Trip Openings

Several of us have organized a fishing trip to the Swiftsure Banks off Port Renfrew for Tuesday Sept 17 & 18th.  3 places have opened up.

The group of 9 (6 right now), all from Thetis, is leaving Tues on the 10:35 ferry for Port Renfrew.  We are traveling in the Lamb's 12 passenger van.  We have reservations at the West Coast Trail Motel for that night.  Fishing is in 2-26 foot alum boats with cabins and heads, 4 to a boat.  We will go for the day and fish for both salmon and halibut. The group returns home to Thetis Wednesday night.

Cost is about $400 double occupancy with a full group.  Call Virginia and Andy Lamb for more information 250-246-9770.

Cedar Beach Pizza ~ Open Again

The Pizza Lady is back from the wilds of Alaska.  Cedar Beach Pizza is open most days.  We try to be flexible so do call ahead (min of 2 hours please).
We make our crusts from scratch.  This is not a volume business so for "must have"  orders please consider not being disappointed and order a few days ahead.
We do make Gluten Free and Dairy free pizzas.  Goggle cedar beach pizza or access us via the Thetis Island website.
Virginia Lamb
Cedar Beach Pizza and Small Group Catering
250-246-9770

Seniors' Dinner Menu ~ September 22nd

Make your reservations for the September 22nd Event!

The deadline is 5PM Wed Sept 18...so the cooks can shop!

email donella123@aol.com or pop a note in the Drop Box to Dee, Box 16-2

Seating at Forbes Hall is at 5:30 PM Sunday the 22nd.

Each Senior 55 and over may bring two guests. Dinner Fee $18

Refreshments are Available

Menu

Watermelon, Olives & Feta Salad

Barbequed Moroccan Chicken

New Potato Herb Salad

Roasted Cauliflower, Zucchini & Broccoli with Cumin & Coriander

Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce

Pot of Gold Decaf Coffee, Tea, Punch

From The Seniors' Committee

DNA my Dog ~ Fundraiser for Friends of Furries

Friends of Furries DNA my dog FUNdraiser ends Saturday, so there's just a few days left to get your guess in.  Eddie will be making a final appearance at the recyling and garbage yard this Saturday between 10 and 11 am.  See you there.

Kathleen McIsaac

Sunday Market continues ~

With the great weather and several more boating rendezvous, the vendors at The Summer market will continue to deliver through Sunday September 29th ! Neighbourly hospitality synonymous with the olden days!

Best wishes
Marilyn Pegg

Firewood for Sale

Firewood for Sale

Mixed Fir and Arbutus

18 to 20 inches long

Split and delivered

$200.00 a cord

Call Tom on his cell phone 250-732-3091

FAC ~ BC Ferries update

Good day,

  

I thought it might be time for a brief update on the BC Ferries file. 

  

As you may remember MoTI (Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure) issued an RFP (Request for Proposals) earlier in the summer to conduct the second round of 'consultations' with ferry dependent communities.  We expect to hear who the successful bidder is shortly.  Personally. I will be surprised if it is not Judy Kirk of Kirk and Company who did the previous round of public meetings.  The public consultations on any proposed service reductions will likely take place later this fall...I will keep you posted as we receive information from BCF and the Ministry.  We, the FACC (Ferry Advisory Committee Chairs) are still trying to get a meeting with the new MoTI Minister Todd Stone.

 

Please find attached (pdf file) some terrific work by Brian Hollingshead and members of the FACC.  You will find a short recap of the 'user pay' legislation (2003) and how that principle, even though the language was removed with the amendment to the Coastal Ferry Act in 2012, is alive and well...and results in ferry dependent communities continuing to struggle to remain viable with fares that have long since past the 'tipping point' of affordability.  Brian spells out where the money comes from for BCF for Performance Term 3 (PT3) and what we might expect going forward in the face of continued declining ridership.  In other words a reality check into who is really paying what to make this system work. 

Click here to view the More User Pay document.

 

Any questions, please call...

 

Best Regards

Keith Rush

New Worktable at Forbes Hall

A big thank you to Ron Bannister for stabilizing the worktable in the kitchen at Forbes Hall.  It does everything we hoped that it would!