New ferry schedules from Tokey's Hoe and Rite Good Dump

Thetis Based Earth Moving Companies (Richard DeMarco and Steve Howard)  have produced a new ferry schedule as a courtesy for Thetis islanders.

It is made of durable card stock.  One per household has been sent out Thursday and Friday in the mail and extras can be picked up at the Thetis Ferry Bulletin Board, Mail pickup area and the Marina. Please feel free to take one for each car and for your fridge.

This schedule is more “user friendly” and easier to read for your convenience.  Hope these are helpful to you. 

Rite Good Dump and Tokey’s Hoe

Richard and Tess DeMarco

FAC ~ Interesting Article

Please find below a link to the Cortes Island Newspaper and an article by Ralph Nursall.  Ralph was an FAC member and a former Regional Director for Cortes Island.  He really tells it how it is.

www.cortesisland.com/tideline/show6789a/Ferry_Tales_a_continuing_saga 

Keith W. Rush 

Chemainus-Thetis -Penelakut FAC

Ferry Schedule Changes April 28th

A reminder folks that the ferry schedule changes Monday April 28th starting with the 6:15 AM sailing from Thetis. 
Regards
Keith Rush
CTP FAC

Wanted: A Used Canoe

Wanted a 'used' canoe for romantic evening paddles with Keith &Eddie.

Contact Ellen @250-246-0557 or ellenrush@gmail.com

Forbes Hall Clean-Up Day ~ Saturday, May 3rd

Put Saturday May 3rd on your calendars as it is the annual "Clean-up Forbes Hall Day."

We are looking for volunteers to help us give the hall a good spit and polish.

We only ask for 4 hours of your time and will reward you with coffee and cookies.

 

If you like gardening instead of vacuuming Lesley and Randy Buhr have work for you!

No need to wear designer clothes as this is a get down and dirty job.

Remember that is Saturday May 3rd, 9am to 1pm.

 

Also needed is someone knowledgeable about the wall hanging to give it a bit of a tidy up.

Thank you

contact me if you have any questions @ 250-246-3091

Gloria Taylor

Hall Maintenance 

Thank You to Thetis Islanders & First Responders

I wish to thank all the residents of Thetis Island who sent thoughts and prayers and well wishes to Richard after his recent accident.  It has now been six weeks into his healing and he is doing amazingly well. He broke 13+ ribs, punctured his lung, had a grade 3 concussion with a brain bleed damaged his adrenal gland, broke some small bones in the small of his back, and had top to bottom bruising after a fall off our roof.

The Community support and caring has been amazing and im sure that has helped in his recovery. He has a long way to go but is very motivated.

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  This is a caring community and a great place to live. 

Special thanks to Karen Michie for driving me to the hospital, and Rick Gregerson for cleaning up all Richards tools, and to Leanne Cone for taking care of our animals. Thanks also to Steve LaVigne and his dad for cutting some firewood for us.

Extra thanks go out to Thetis Island First Responders.  Please consider volunteering to this worthwhile endeavour.

On another note.. PLEASE ALWAYS USE SAFETY EQUIPMENT.  Life is precious.

Thank you all.

Richard and Tess DeMarco

Help Needed with Hen Saddle Sewing Project

I'm looking for someone to make 7 hen saddles which are used to protect the hens' back from the roosters claws when breeding. I've provided a link below that explains step by step how it's made. If you think this is something you may be able to assist me with please contact Travis at Jollity Farm.

clayton.ts@gmail.com or 604-338-9232

http://backtobasicliving.com/blog/make-a-chicken-saddle/

Travis Clayton

Thanks You from the Sinclairs & Kastings

The Kasting and Sinclair families would like to extend our thanks to everyone who came to Jo Ateah's Memorial Gathering on Monday, April 21st. We especially would like to thank Nettie Hayter, Gloria Taylor, Shirley Burr, Nan Beal, Lucy Hayward and Edith Williams for their thoughtful contributions.

We also appreciated hearing stories that we had never heard before about Auntie Jo and her parents, Rupert and Laura Forbes. It was interesting to see how so many people were and are connected throughout the generations.  

Thank you all. 

Colleen Kastings

TVFD ~ We Need Your Name! List Lost!

Throughout the past several years the TIVFD has supplied residents who have water storage tanks over 1,000 gallons with a fire department fitting when requested.  This fitting allows the fire department to draw water from the tank during a fire emergency on the property or nearby.  

Unfortunately, when our hall computer crashed and destroyed our records, we lost the list of residents to whom we had supplied the fittings.

If you received a fire department fitting for your water storage tank, please let us know and we can build the list again.  Send a note to chief11@telus.net

Thank you.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Thetis Island Volunteer Fire Department

Camera Club Meets Monday April 28th

Camera Club meets this coming Monday 28th April  

7 to 9pm at Forbes Hall - everyone welcome!

Carol Sowerby

Aikido Lessons Available but Lodging Needed

I'm hoping to travel to Thetis Island this summer with a couple of Japanese guests. One is a 6th degree black belt, an Aikido Shihan (master teacher), in his seventies and the other is his interpreter and a highly ranked Aikido practitioner as well. This will be a much anticipated first time visit to Canada for both of them. We are planning to be on island between July 21st and August 15th. We will be holding weekday Aikido classes on island and be off to teaching engagements on the weekends.

We have a host for the time we are on Thetis in August, but are still in need of accommodations during July. Does anybody have a vacant cottage for the last couple weeks in July or need house sitting? I have excellent references; just ask around. Our trip from Japan will be extremely expensive so money will be a little tight. We would like to barter for lodging if possible. 

I have tools and both my interpreter friend and myself have lots of experience in all aspects of construction and gardening. If you think that you could accommodate us please contact me in Tokyo at islandsedge@yahoo.com 

Grant Babin

Composting Toilet for Sale

Sun-Mar composting toilet for sale. New they are listed as over $1800 on their web site. Asking $500

Call 250-246-4303 or 250-510-8647

Rod & Myrna