ThINC Announcement: Meet Our Amazing Summer Team!

Hello Thetis Islanders, 

We’re thrilled to announce that ThINC has hired two wonderful individuals to support our spring and summer programs! 

Amelia Marshall joined us this week and has already jumped into our community science initiatives and lent a hand with chipping for the People's Apothecary Garden. She’ll also be helping with preparations for this summer’s Nature House program.

In July, we’ll be welcoming Iliana Cutten, who will be helping to bring the Nature House back to life. After last year’s break, we’re looking forward to a summer full of energy, learning, and connection.

Keep an eye out over the next couple of months for updates on our summer programming and the occasional pre-season activity. And if you see Amelia out and about, don’t hesitate to say hello - she’s eager to meet the community!

Wishing you all a joyful start to the season and hoping you're enjoying this beautiful spring weather.

Warm regards,

Charlotte,

ThINC Stewardship and Education Coordinator

Pizza at Telegraph Harbour: Friday & Saturday

Available for takeout at the Telegraph Harbour Café — this weekend!

We’re proud to continue Virginia Lamb's delicious legacy and excited to grow the menu as we adapt her recipe to our ovens.

Available Fridays & Saturdays – Pickup Only – $24.95

Takeout only to start: Enjoy your pizza dockside, on the lawn, or take it home in a box — the choice is yours!

This week’s menu:

1. Ham & Pineapple Island Classic

2. Mediterranean – Veggie delight with coastal flair

3. Pepperoni 

*Gluten Free option available *

To order, call Telegraph Harbour Café 778-744-7565 and press 2!

This Week @ the Pub / Thetis Island Regatta

This Saturday we're hosting the Thetis Island Regatta. If you head to the water Saturday afternoon, you may be able to see them sailing by and give them a wave.

And Saturday night, we'll have live music to celebrate their sail, so come enjoy our feature SALMON BURGER and listen to some tunes! 

We'll be running our SALMON BURGER special all Friday and Saturday.

And don't forget that Sunday is MOTHER'S DAY!

We have a lovely 3-course special available from 4:30 to close on Sunday to spoil the women in your lives. You can choose to enjoy all three courses or pick and choose your favourites. 

Appie: PRAWN AND GOAT CHEESE CAPRESE SALAD

Chilled garlic prawns, basil-infused goat cheese, beefsteak tomatoes, with balsamic reduction

Entree: BEEF WELLINGTON

Puff pastry, red wine demi, parsnip and potato mash, and seasonal vegetables 

Dessert: CHOCOLATE LAVA CAKE

Decadent chocolate cake served warm with vanilla ice cream

Drinks: STRAWBERRY ROSSINI - Prosecco with strawberry puree

SPANISH COFFEE - Coffee with rum, Grand Marnier, and Kahula, topped with whipped cream

Hope to see you out this weekend!

Kelsey, Chef Murray, and the Thetis Island Pub Team

TODAY: Culvert Repair on Kenwood Drive

We are replacing the culvert on Kenwood Drive today (Tuesday).
Expect delays or use Meadow Valley Road (the gate is promised to be open!)

Cheers,

Emcon Joe

Canada Emergency Alert Test

The Canada Emergency Alert Test will be broadcast in BC on WEDNESDAY May 7th at 1:55 pm.

If you have signed up to receive Emergency Alerts on your phone or mobile device, you should receive it.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck
Thetis Island Vol. Fire Dept.

Short-term Volunteer Needed @ Forbes Hall Community Centre

Could this be you?

Our regular volunteer who maintains the grass areas at the Hall is going to be on holiday for most of May and part of June.

TICA is looking for a volunteer to do this work during this time period.

TICA now has an electric lawn mower and trimmer that can be used for this purpose. Perhaps once or twice would be sufficient. Orientation to the equipment will be provided.

There will be a Spring Cleanup at the hall on May 24th, so that could be an excellent time to do this lawn care.

If you would be able to help during this period, please email Don Sinclair at sinry@telus.net.

Thank you!

Free Step2 Play Kitchen

My girls have had hours of play over the last year with it, and we hope that it can bring some joy to another island family.

It’s in quite good condition and is suitable for outdoor or indoor use.

Happy to deliver it to you.
Text for photo.

Penelope 604-240-9334

Free Quilting Items

PVC quilting rack and cutting matt.

Call or text
Virginia at 1-250-537-7030

Hay for Sale

Hello all, we have still more hay for sale!

We are pleased to offer help loading and with delivering on Thetis.

We have been dialling in on our hay quality the last couple years,
and I’ve received good feedback.

We are asking 12 dollars per bale.

Please contact Dawson at (250) 809-7698 if interested.

Thank you.

Garage Sale

When: Saturday, May 10, 8:00am – 1:00pm

Where: Marylyn’s Kusina (69 Pilkey Point Rd.)

What: *household goods, *glassware, *tools, *gardening materials,
*lots of odds’n’ends!

Karl & Ana Kruze

TIRRA Annual General Meeting, Saturday: May 24 at 2pm

The official notification for the TIRRA Annual General Meeting went out by email on Saturday to all landowners and members from 2024. If you should have received it and didn't, please check your spam folders, and if it's not there, please let me know at veronicashelford@gmail.com. It may be that you've had an email address change that isn't recorded in the bulk mailing program. The notification is also posted at TIRRA's webpages, at https://thetisisland.net/tirra/tirra-office.html.

As a reminder - this is an incredibly important meeting for the future of TIRRA - which is to say, the future of ANY garbage management on Thetis, any input on the state and maintenance of our roads, the trails system, the cemetery, the phone book, espokes - the list goes on. The work is not onerous, but it does need to be done. Please consider standing for one of the roles in the executive board ranks.

And remember the "snippets"! You can find them again at https://www.thetisisland.net/tirra/whatwedo.html

TIRRA executive board

Cemetery Clean Up May 31st

On Saturday May 31st from 10-3, St. Margaret’s Cemetery Committee will be having its annual maintenance day. The cemetery is a vault of island history and is the permanent home for many of our forebears. From tidying up headstones, to general landscaping there will be a range of projects to suit everyone's interests and abilities. We welcome all Islanders.

Please plan to come by and join us, we encourage everyone to join. If possible, please bring small garden tools for general landscaping and/or scrub brushes and water pails to clean grave markers. We would encourage you to contribute to the picnic lunch, where we will remember and celebrate the lives that came before us.

Please contact me if you have any questions.
David Reay

Thetis Island Cemetery Committee
H: 250-246-1593
E: davidreay@telus.net