Today: Winter Solstice Sacred Sound Journey

Dawn Gordon and Janice Young are offering a beautiful Winter Solstice Sacred Sound Journey with crystal bowls and guided meditation, to the heart of stillness and renewal...at Forbes Hall on Friday Dec 19th, on Thetis Island 5-7 pm.

By donation and all are welcome.

Please bring yoga mat if you have, along with blankets, pillows, comfy-comfy clothes, eye covering, notebook, pen and water...and an open heart...

Knitting Craft Bee

The Knitting Craft Bee will be cancelled on Friday 26th Dec and Friday the 2nd of December. We will resume on Friday the 9th of January.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Helen and Gloria

Sunday Church

The "on screen" speaker this Sunday the 21st is Tim Keller.
Advent-The Word, John 1:1-15.

10 Am at the Community Centre, all are welcome.
Further info---Ernie 250-252-0144.

There will be a Christmas Eve gathering on the 24th at 7pm.

Looking for Used Washing Machine

Looking for a used washing machine for a friend.

Ernie 250-252-0144.
Thanks

Follow Up to the Person Stranded with the Boat

I would like to thank all the generous people who have reached out to help the person whose boat is stranded on the rocks.

Right now, the individual has a place to stay at a hotel in Chemainus. Boat removal company will be trying Saturday morning to get his boat off the rocks so he can get on his way. If you would like to help him at all, you can drop donations off at the Thetis Island Marina before Saturday morning.

Wishing you all a merry Christmas,
Jesse MacLeod

Jollity Julien Needs a Ride to Nanaimo

Julien is staying for the last market of the year this Saturday morning then he needs to get to a ferry in Nanaimo, as he is flying back to France for the holidays!

Is anyone heading that way late morning or early afternoon who could share a ride?

Thanks in advance!!

Please email Julien at julien.bidalet@myicn.fr or text/call at (236) 501-7214

Post Office Holiday hours & Regular Post Office hours

The holiday hours for the post office are as follows:

Dec 19 through Dec 24 regular hours
PO closed Dec 25 26 27
Dec 29 to 31 regular hours
PO closed Jan 1
Jan 2 forward regular hours

Hours of operation
· Monday to Friday
· 1000 AM to 0530 PM (closed from 1200 to 1230 for lunch)
· Saturday
· 1030 AM to 1200
· Closed holidays
· TDG Thursdays: Some TDG Thursdays we may be gone for about 20 minutes around 1100 to get the mail at the ferry to help the deliverer get back on the ferry.

Services
All regular postal services except bill payments and any type of money transfer. We do not have the resources to offer this service.

Red Drop Box and Post Office Boxes
· Mail is sorted into the Post Office boxes between 0900 and 1000 AM each morning
· If you want your mail to go out on a given day have it in the red box before 0900 or bring it down to the Post Office before 1100 AM
· EXCEPTION: Mail is picked up at 0900 AM on Friday therefore it you wish your mail to go out Friday get it into the Post Office (NOT the red box) before 0530 PM Thursday

Mail and Parcels
· According to regulations we are only supposed to keep mail and parcels for 2 weeks then we are to send it back. Obviously, we have not been doing that. If you are going to be away longer than 2 weeks, please let us know length of time so we can hold your mail. Depending on the length of time there could be a fee charged for parcels.
· Please bring parcel tags to facilitate retrieving your parcels
If you choose to put your on-island letters in the drop box please advise the people you are leaving them for that they are there. If you want the post office to distribute your on-island letters, put them in the red mailbox. The Post office will NOT be checking the drop box. We take no responsibility for the use of the drop box.

Fred

For Sale

Sony DVD and blue ray player. With remote. Excellent condition.
$40

Medium Dog crate
$40

Microwave
$40

Misc paddles
$20

Rubber car mats
Free

Text 2502520699
Chris

Update on Stranded Boater

Our stranded boater and his sweet dog Brody are receiving help from Emergency Support Services, so they will be able to stay at a hotel in Chemainus for the next few nights and get some staples to stay warm and dry. His boat is still on the rocks but hopefully will be dislodged on Saturday. He was so appreciative of the islanders coming to his aid and their generosity was greatly appreciated. Honestly, he was quite overwhelmed by how many strangers showed such kindness.

I’d personally like to give a huge shout out to Jesse MacLeod for all that he did to help this man. He went above and beyond to help when it was desperately needed. And it made my heart full to see our little community once again showing such kindness to someone in a time of great need.

Thank you so much
Noella Duncan

Forbes Hall Solar Panel Announcement

As of December 16th, the Solar Panels on Forbes Hall are “live”. Excess generation will feed back into BC Hydro’s grid. On Wednesday morning at 9:10 am, the panels were generating 170W, enough energy to power a phone charger or two. By mid-morning there was enough light (doesn't need to be full or direct sunlight) to support some of the heat pump / refrigerator load at 3,000W.

This is a very exciting next step in helping Forbes Hall to become both “greener” and more economical.

With this milestone achieved, TICA now awaits the receipt of the BC Hydro rebate, which can take up to two months following generation.

In the new year we will actively be looking for community volunteers to monitor generation data.

The TICA Board sincerely thanks the Community Climate Resilience Group for their initiative, Gary Geddes and Doug Fenton for leading the way forward, and Jim Moloney’s management of the project.

Finally, our thanks go to the many Islanders that found this to be a project of worth and donated generously to fund the installation.

Our sincere gratitude to all.

TICA Board 

Thank Yo

A big thank you to all of the dozen people who offered to pick up the Quarterly for me!

Shows the efficiency of e-spokes and team Thetis.

Carol

Thetis Island Nurse Practitioner Clinic – Holiday Schedule

Tues. Dec. 23 - no NP on-site. Appointments available via Telehealth/Virtual (in-person option @ Ladysmith clinic)
Tues. Dec. 30 - on-site at the Forbes Hall

Ladysmith Family Practice Clinic Holiday Hours:
Family Practice Clinic Closed December 25, 26 and January 1st.

Please do not hesitate to reach out with questions or if any clarification needed.

Thank you,
Kari Quinney
Clinical Office Assistant
250-739-5700 Ext 54814