Thetis Island Elementary Top Ten Winner ~

Thetis Island Elementary is one of Science World's BC Green Games Top Ten Elementary School Winners.  The school receives a $1000 prize for their Salmonids in the Classroom and Beyond Project.

Click here for a link to the winners page & the project.

Kelly Bannister

Congratulations to all the students for winning the prize! You make our whole island proud of your accomplishments.

Jeannine

Extinguisher Clinic and New Fire & Life Safety Trailer

The TIVFD is pleased to be able to bring the new Cowichan Valley Fire Chiefs' Association Fire & Life Safety Trailer to Thetis Island on Friday, May 9th.  The Trailer will be available to the school children in the morning, with Sparky giving a tour and a fire safety seminar.

The trailer will then be available for all residents to check out in the afternoon, starting at 1:00 o'clock.  At the same time, we will be putting on our annual Fire Extinguisher Clinic with live fire training by Aggressive Fire Safety.  Yes, there will be door prizes drawn again this year!  Bring your home fire extinguishers to the Fire Hall for a free inspection.  New extinguishers will also be available to purchase as well.

Wait, there's more!  Do you have the required Lot Number posted at the head of your driveway, numbers visible day and night from both directions and at least 6" (150 mm) in height?  Aggressive Fire Safety is selling Lot Address stakes that can be made up for your lot number, and you can order one when you come to the fire hall to practice extinguishing a fire with the training extinguisher.

And for those of you with a sweet tooth, Sidney Rukus from Chemainus (daughter of Fire Chief Neil Rukus) will be selling Girl Guide Cookies in front of the Thetis Island Fire Hall at 296 Mission Road, while the Extinguisher Clinic is on.

Mark May 9th on your calendar.  See you there!  1 pm for the extinguisher clinic.

Thetis Island Fire Dept.

For Sale: 16' Necky Looksha Kayak

Price of $800 includes a good paddle and a spray skirt.  It can be seen on Thetis.

Please call me at 778 679 4448 

Sandy

Giant Hogweed

This weed (also called Giant Parsnip) may appear again on Thetis.  It is known on Central & Southern Vancouver Island, the Fraser Valley & Lower Mainland, as well as the Gulf Islands.  Nasty, nasty, nasty!

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Library Fundraiser ~ Reminder Busy Day ~ Saturday April 19, 10-3

Saturday will be busy on our island.  So one last reminder about the

Library Fundraiser at Forbes Hall.

Come check out the new paint and floor in the Hunter Room,

--enjoy some great food from the 3 Divas,

---relax with a chair massage

----and purchase your new phone book.

The book sale, cafe and chair massage will all contribute financially to our lovely library.

There is also a display of Carole Sowerby's beautiful photographs in the Hunter Room.

See you Saturday April 19, 10-3.

Celine

Ping Pong ~ rescheduled this week ~ Sunday 2-4PM

If you happen to be in the library this Sunday afternoon don't be alarmed if you hear peels of laughter coming from Forbes Hall.  Ping-pong has been rescheduled to Sunday from 2pm to 4pm, because of the Library book sale.  

We hope you'll look in and give it a try.

Matt Hess

The New Phone Books are in ~

The new phone books are finally here! 

They will be available for sale at the Book Sale at Forbes Hall on Saturday, April 19th ($5 each) and after that they will be at the Thetis Island Marina store and post office. 

The ferry schedule on the back is the new one, which doesn't come into effect until April 28th, so don't discard your old book (or at least the back page) until then!

Veronica Shelford

The New Phone Books are in ~

The new phone books are finally here! 

They will be available for sale at the Book Sale at Forbes Hall on Saturday, April 19th ($5 each) and after that they will be at the Thetis Island Marina store and post office. 

The ferry schedule on the back is the new one, which doesn't come into effect until April 28th, so don't discard your old book (or at least the back page) until then!

Veronica Shelford

Reminder ~ Memorial Gathering for Jo Ateah

The Memorial Gathering for Jo Ateah at Forbes Hall 11 - 2 on Monday April 21.

Donald Sinclair

the Quarterly ~ e-mail address

Please note that items for the Quarterly sent to quarterly@thetisisland.net are NOT getting through to me so please send anything for the next Quarterly - deadline May2nd - to me at: sowerby@seaside.net

Thanks, Carol Sowerby

Leaders of Tomorrow Awards

Six of our island youth received an award and were celebrated at the Leaders of Tomorrow Awards this past April 11th in Duncan.  This program, sponsored by Volunteer Cowichan, enables individuals or community organizations to publicly recognize youth volunteers who provide a variety of invaluable services.  Our very own Tegan Luckham was the Youth Speaker at the Award Event this year.  Tegan spoke about the importance of volunteering, and how it can benefit the community as well as the individual.

Thank you to Fire Chief Jeannine Caldbeck and the rest of the Thetis Island Fire Fighters, for training and nominating these 6 youth from our Fire Department.  A special thank you to Anne-Marie Koeppen, Coordinator of Volunteer Services and her team at Volunteer Cowichan for organizing this special event.

Myla Frankel

 

Front Row - Left to Right 

Anne Marie Koeppen, Coordinator of Volunteer Services, Volunteer Cowichan

Jeannine Caldbeck, Thetis Island Volunteer Fire Chief

Tegan Luckham, Volunteer Fire Fighter

Aislinn Cottell, Jr. Volunteer Fire Fighter

Sarah Bowman, Jr. Volunteer Fire Fighter

Jacob Frankel, Jr. Volunteer Fire Fighter

Back Rown - Left to Right 

Christian Zinser, Rookie Volunteer Fire Fighter

Regan Bueckert, Rookie Volunteer Fire Fighter

Library Open House

Book Sale, Food Sales - Library Fundraiser, Chair Massage & Phone Book Sales

A reminder that Saturday will be exciting at Forbes Hall.  Come down and enjoy some food (a fundraiser for the library) while you check out the library upgrades. A library fundraiser book sale is the place to get some great new reading material.  Dawn will be there to give you a relaxing chair massage.

See you on Saturday, April 19th 10-3.

New in the library

Death on Blackheath - Anne Perry - Historical Fiction

Midwife of Venice - Roberta Rich - Historical Fiction - Did you know there was slavery in the Mediterranean in the 1500s?

12 years a Slave - DVD

The Defector - Daniel Silva

Mandela Long Road to Freedom DVD

Front Yard Gardens - Liz Primeau

Superfood - David Wolfe

The Allegra Series - Barbara Lambert - Historical Fiction

The Book Thief - DVD

Note: If the material has a card (most DVDs do), please sign and place in box. If not, use the red sign out binder. 

Happy reading and viewing

Celine