Something to Howl About!

Edith Hyatt's 90th Birthday Tea at Forbes Hall on Monday, August 5th, 2 to 4 pm.

Partly catered and partly pot-luck tea party finger food.  

Edith will happily accept best wishes and cards, but no gifts please.

Aikido Reminder ~ July 26th - 28th

July 26-28th is the Hope Invitational Aikido Seminar at Forbes Hall, hosted by Little Island Aikikai (our local Aikido club).

The event will bring high level Aikido instructors and practitioners from Vancouver Island and the Mainland. Classes for our Thetis Island kids Aikido program will be held from 3-5 pm on Friday, July 26th followed by an evening adults class. Adult classes continue all day Saturday as well as Sunday morning. The public is welcome to come and meet our guests and watch them practice their martial art.

Little Island Aikikai thanks TICA and all the community members who have come forward to help out in various ways to make this special event possible for our small community. 

Cell Phone Survey

Hello everyone, It is time for me to get a new cell phone contract as I am sure many of you have had to do over the years.
There are so many choices of providers and I note that reception is variable on the island depending on where you are.
It occurs to me that amongst us we have a wealth of information to assist in future choices regarding a cell phone provider in order to get the best coverage.
Rate plans and phones are different questions and will not be covered here.

I have created an online survey to hopefully answer some of the questions regarding cell phone coverage. Click on the link below to participate and thank you.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JMMHMY7

Results will be published here so we can all make better informed cell phone provider choices.

Thanks again :)
Peter Luckham

Quarterly ~ reminder & update

This is just a reminder that the deadline for the next Quarterly is coming up on the 5th of August.  If you have an event coming after that date, let me know so we can be sure to leave space for it.  And there's been a last minute switch - I will do this issue and Carol will do the Winter one, so please send all articles, pictures etc for the Fall Quarterly to me at veronica@thetisisland.net, or call me at 250 246 1509 if you want to discuss anything.  Ads should be sent to Carol at sowerby@seaside.net by the 1st of August.  Thanks in advance for all those great stories you're about to send in... :-)

Veronica Shelford

Stolen Boat

Pioneer Pacifc Camp reports a stolen boat:

It was a small grey Zodiac, with 2 oars attached and a system for landing wheels on the bottom. It had a 4-horse Yamaha outboard engine.

Contact Madie at one of the below numbers if you have any information:

phoen number: 604.818.9762

toll free number: 1.800.784.1415

toll free fax: 1.888.871.3851

camp@pioneerpacific.ca

Thetis Island Marina & Pub

Summer Hours & Welcome Back!  Click here for full information.

Camera Club

To all Thetis Island photographers ~

if any of you are interested in getting together once a month for a very informal Camera Club please join me in the Hunter Room at Forbes Hall at 7pm on July 30th. No degree of skill necessary, just a love of images and the making of them,
look forward to seeing you there,

Carol Sowerby

Water Witching / Dowsing

Is there anyone on Thetis Island that knows how to witch for water?  If so, please send me an e-mail at jsenetza@telusplanet.net

Jim

Saturday Community Fair ~ July 20th

Forbes Hall Grounds 10AM ~ 1PM

Come visit us tomorrow!

Boutique fashion items, soaps, glass works, carvings, garage sale items, Norwex, and as always, yummy baking!

If you want to be a vendor, just show up before 9:30 to be assigned a site.

Call for Art

Now is the time to plan what pieces of art you might like to contribute to the 3^rd Annual Summer Soiree & Art Auction.  We  happily accept paintings, prints, drawings, sketches, glasswork, fiber, woodworking, sculptures and other fine art.  Bring your donations to Forbes Hall on August 7, 8 or 9th from 10 til 2 pm. 

Questions?   Ellen Rush 416.0013, ellenrush@gmail.com Dee Smith   donella123@aol.com

If you are an artist, perhaps you have a piece of original work that you would like to donate or, even create something new for the auction. Original work is highly valued!

All donors of art will receive a tax receipt equal to the sale of the art.          

The Summer Soiree & Art Auction is a joint fund raiser benefitting both the Thetis Island Community Fund and the Thetis island Community Association.   

Summer Soiree 2013:

Saturday August 10^th:

Tickets: $25.00 for Adults Kids $8.00

To purchase, contact Ellen Rush @ 416.0013 or ellenrush@gmail.com

Tickets 80% sold, don’t delay!

Stewarding Our Shores

Please join us for:

"Stewarding Our Shores" a Special peakers Evening 

Thursday, Aug. 8, at Overbury Resort's Pavilion, 288 Forbes Road, 6:30-8:30 PM.

Hosted by your Thetis Island Local Trust Committee.

Our distinguished speakers are:

John Readshaw, P. Eng: "A Coastal Engineer's Look at Expected Sea Level Rise"

Ramona de Graaf, MSc.: "Not Just Another Pretty Beach: Marine Shorelines as Critical Fish Habitats"

Thetis Island Nature Conservancy: "Stewardship of Thetis' Natural Ecosystems"

 We have planned time for Q and A along with general discussion and look forward to hearing from our community. We hope to engage our "summer neighbours" as well as our year-round neighbours - especially those who own waterfront properties. We can better steward our island when we understand the natural dynamics of the land and sea. To that end we present this third Shoreline Workshop. 

Since the Community Centre will be setting up for the wonderful Summer Soiree and Art Auction, Arlene and Norm Kasting graciously offered the use of their beautiful Overbury Resort Pavilion for our evening workshop. Parking will be on Forbes Road with a walk down the driveway and across the lawn to the pavilion - anyone with mobility issues will be able to park or be dropped at the bottom of the driveway. Refreshments will be served.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday evening, Aug. 8th. 

Sincerely,

Trustees Ken, Peter, Sue, and Planner Aleksandra

Questions: call Sue: 250-416-0373 or Peter: 250-247-2063

Garage Door Torsion Spring

We have a torsion spring for a garage door left over from a project.  My understanding is that it can be dangerous to handle due to the tension in the spring.  I'm looking for a way to dispose of it safely, so please let me know if you have any tips.

Thanks,

Ellen hradmcclellan@gmail.com