Summer Soirée & Art Auction

We're now on full count down to this year's mega fundraising event, the Summer Soiree & Art Auction!

Tickets are now only available on a waitlist basis (call Ellen if you want to be put on the waitlist), art is starting to arrive, Keith is ready to pick up the beverages, and the preparation of the meal has already started!  Even a couple of folks are learning their lines - I guess we'll find out more about that on Saturday night :)

Here's a sneak peek at the evening's menu:

Appetizers:

Farmhouse Chicken Wings, Tortilla Wraps, Japanese Pickled Vegetables, Asparagus & Ricotta Stuffed Phyllo, Roasted Yam Rounds with Black Bean Cream.  There will three plates of different assortments available.  $5 per plate, serves 2 as a light appetizer.

Dinner & Dessert (included in the event ticket)

Pulled Pork with BBQ sauce on a Ciabatta Bun, served with Coleslaw, Roasted Corn Salad, Black Bean & Quinoa Salad, and a slice of Pineapple.

Vegetarian option: main course salad, using the Black Bean & Quinoa Salad as a base, with added Grilled Vegetables and Fresh Herb Marinated Baby Bocconcini, other salads & pinapple remain the same.

Dessert: Raspberry & Lemon Tiramisu

Looking forward to this amazing event with live music byMichael Booth-Palmer, as well as Andy McCormack providing music for the after dinner dance!

Wildfire News ~ June 7, 2013 edition

The latest issue of the Wildfire News from the Coastal Fire Centre can be downloaded from http://www.thetisislandfire.ca/newsletters/2013-August-2-Wildfire-News.pdf It has good information about camping without the traditional wood fire!

Come & Shake her Paw!

on the occasion of Edith's 90th Birthday!

Forbes Hall tea party.  2 pm Monday Aug. 5th

Local History Book for Sale

20th Anniversary Edition!

The Lives Behind the Headstones:
Glimpses into the history of Thetis Island
through the lives of the people buried
in St. Margaret’s Cemetery

Compiled and edited by Sheila Kelsey, first published in 1993,
this little island classic continues to be a favourite gift and keepsake
for Thetis Island residents and visitors alike. This compilation of life
stories of the early settlers on Thetis Island was created by Sheila to
help “keep alive the memories of all these people who form part of the
fabric of our island’s history.”

Copies are available for purchase locally at the Capernwray Pump House
Gift Shop, Thetis Island Marina Post Office and Telegraph Harbour Marina
Bistro Café, and also in Duncan at Copycat Printing & Design Ltd.

Proceeds from sales of this book go to St. Margaret’s Cemetery to help
provide for its upkeep. The St. Margaret’s Cemetery Board thanks you for
your support.

Community Fair ~ Saturday August 3rd

In conjunction with the Library's Book & Bake Sale !

Drop by and peruse a variety of goods from Artisans and Boot Sales.

Also:

PEGG BOY'S SPORTING EQUIPMENT 

Out of the back of our truck at the Community Fair.  Best buys ever on huge collection of sporting equipment we have used over the years. See you tomorrow.

No! It has NOT rained enough!

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Thetis Island Fire Dept.

Easels Needed For Art Auction

Easels needed for displaying art at the 2013 Summer Soiree & Art Auction.  

If you have one or more that we can borrow for the event, please contact Pauline at 250-416-0286 

Ride to Victoria Needed

My name is Anais and I'm currently staying at Jollity Farm with Elisabeth and Noah. I am going down to Victoria for the weekend and I was wondering whether there was anyone on the island who was also heading thereon Saturday (August 3rd) and could give me a ride?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Anais

250-416-6736

A Fire Reminder

Please remember that despite what the store clerk tells you, fire bowls and tiki lamps are NOT okay during a complete fire ban.  Fire bowls burn wood and give out sparks, even with a grate over the campfire.  Tiki lights have been known to blow over and ignite serious fires during fire season.  And of course, no fireworks or other incendiary devices...this includes sky or wedding lanterns which normally are a can of sterno or diesel fuel or even a candle that is attached to a paper lantern that will lift into the sky with the hot air produced.  Lovely to look at up in the sky, but when they come down...disaster.  

Although most Thetis Islanders are aware of these restrictions, some visitors are not and don't notice the information signs.  Wednesday evening a concerned resident reported seeing flames and hearing crackling at a location on the harbour.  The fire dept. responded and found it was an uninformed part-time resident having a campfire on his deck.  We assisted the person in extinguishing the flames and explained the fire ban.  We thank that caller for reporting his concerns to  911.  

Please be vigilant...your fire department would rather respond to a minor call than a major conflagration!

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Thetis Island Fire Dept.

Box 14-6, Thetis Island

BC, V0R 2Y0

Coastal Fire Ban

There is a Coastal Fire Ban on all fire INCLUDING campfires except in the "fog zones" marked purple (Ucluelet/Tofino etc.) starting at noon on Thursday August 1st.  

Here on Thetis Island, the complete fire ban INCLUDING campfires continues, and we ask that you report any smoke sightings to 911.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Thetis Island Fire Dept.

Book Donations

Hi everyone...I thank everyone for donating books to the library sale.

I should have mentioned that some books are not useful to us.  These
would be old school books, books in poor condition, and magazines.

There is a book bin at Byng's Creek that any of your old reading
materials can go into.  There is an organization that takes all of the
books from there, sorts them, and redistributes them.  It's a great
way to deal with them and it is where remaindered books from the sale
will be going. 

Thanks,  

Sandy Alexandre

Missing Book

H.M.S. ULYSSES BY ALISTAIR MCLEAN

A few weeks ago we ordered a book from Amazon which, despite a very thorough search of the house, has gone missing.  I suspect I scooped it up with the library books and left it with the book returns.  We’d very much like to get it back.  If you have picked it up from our local library please let me know.   

Thanks, Cecilia  250-246-3013