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.

Coby Flat Screen TV Fire Hazard

Click here to read hazard, and recall information.

Thetis Island Fire Department

Referendum Thanks

With sincerity I thank the voters of Thetis who made the effort to cast a ballot in the recycle referendum.  In the words of Mel Dory our CVRD director, “a very impressive turnout”.  Typically a referendum like this garners 10% of registered voters, Thetis had over 82% turnout. 

Congratulations and thank you.

Ernie Hunter,TIRRA Chair

Christmas Carol Trip Tonight

On Saturday, December 14th, 2013, the MV Kuper will make a special Chemainus Carol Ship sailing, departing the Chemainus terminal at 6:20 p.m. and returning to Chemainus at approximately 7:10 p.m.

To make this special event possible, the 6:20PM from Chemainus and the 6:50 from Thetis Island are cancelled for Saturday, December 14th only.