Reminder: Ping Pong on Thursday

Come join us at Forbes Hall for Ping Pong Thursday nights from 7:00 pm ‘til we get tired or 9:00 pm, whichever comes first…

Ping Pong Team

Bingo Night! Friday March 15th

6:30 - 8:30 pm (returning to original schedule) at Forbes Hall

Come join us for a fun night of Bingo. Meet your neighbour. Win massive pots, some approaching $10. Drinks and snacks of course will be available. Unsupervised play area for younger children. If you think not liking bingo is a reason to skip it, you are wrong.
25 cents per card per game.

Prize money is the total collected. 10 games (about 2 hours total)

1. One line any direction
2. Three Horizontal Lines
3. BNO
4. Pyramid
5. The letter T
6. Four Corners
7. The letter X
8. Large Picture Frame
9. Small Picture Frame
10. Blackout

See you there!

Webcam Update

As everyone will have noticed by now, the webcam has been down for some time. The camera is still functional, but its software seems too old to communicate with the newer web hosting systems. So we are in the process of buying a new camera, and will get it going as soon as we can.  

Many thanks again to Sony at Capernwray for handling this for us all.- 

Veronica

TIRRA Comunications

Free and For Sale

Thank you everyone who has shopped at my free store at the corner of Foster Point and Burns Road. More items added daily. 

Anyone need a full-size box liner for an older Ford truck? It's there for the taking. 

A small book shelf?

I have a few things going up for sale. 

Make me an offer on a Craftsman radial arm saw. How about a heavy jointer/planer? 

Also have an old-fashioned wood burning kitchen stove. Not a fancy, ornate one. Pretty basic. $100 obo A photo is on the Thetis Island classified site.

Donovan 246-4695 donbsaul@hotmail.com 

For Sale: Old-fashioned Wood-burning Kitchen Stove

$100 obo

donbsaul@hotmail.com (250) 246-4695

For Sale

StarWars toys/collectibles/Lego sets:

Harry Potter castle set with figures $100.00

Lone Ranger Lego set with figures $70.00

Darth Vader Mask $10.00

StarWars Cantina figures set $25.00

Misc. Star Wars figures$10.00

Also

Paddle board with paddle, pump and repair kit. Included.$500.00

Beautiful, Red, Leather Lazyboy recliner. Clean. No rips or tears. $300.00

Text 2502520699

Reminder: Soup’s On: Wednesday, March 13th Forbes Hall

11:30 am until 1:00 pm (earlier if we run out!)

Gather at Forbes Hall for a very Thetis Island lunch!

Menu:
Portuguese Bean Soup with Sausage
Vegetarian: served without sausage
Sourdough Bread
Assorted Goodies
Teas and Coffee

Suggested donation of $7 for soup, bread, treats and teas & coffee.

Everyone is welcome to join us, seniors, seniors who don’t think they’re seniors, workers, families, and everyone who just wants a mid-day meal!

Menu remainders for take-out when available.

The Soup’s On Team

From the Library...

I need to clarify the TICA library online catalogue. The fiction and DVD catalogue items are for information only. You cannot tell if the item is out or check it out online. You must come into the library to look at the shelves and borrower’s card box.

New books:
Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls. Fiction
The Overstory by Richard Power fiction. Pulitzer Prize
The Women by Kristin Hannah fiction
The Lost Garden by Helen Humphrey. Fiction

Enjoy,
Celine

Cedar Beach Pizza Last Calls

Cedar Beach Pizza is open until and including Sunday March17. We will then be closed for a few weeks because of hip surgery. I will drop a note when we reopen.

At this writing we are fully loaded with all your favorite toppings. Perhaps a little Spinach in honor of St Patrick's Day!?!

Thanks for your support,
Virginia
250-246-9770

Reminder: March 13th, 1-3pm Advanced Care Planning

On March 13th (after Soups On) Marcela from Island Health will be coming to Thetis Island to host a session on Advanced Care Planning.

·      The difference between Power of Attorney (POA) and Health Care Representation.

·      The difference between an Enduring POA and one that is not designated as such.

·      The difference between Health Care Representation Agreements under Section 7 (RA7) and Section 9 (RA9) of the Health Care Representation Agreement Act.

·      The difference between Health Care Representation Agreements and what used to be known as a Do Not Resuscitate Order (DNR), and what is now known as the Medical Orders Scope of Treatment (MOST).

·      Basic Wills and the difference between designating an executor and a POA.

·      Which professionals are needed for what.

·      What people need in their circumstances and why.

·      What happens if they haven’t done some or all of the above and something happens.

Please put this on your calendar, it is something that we all need to listen and learn about.

Contact the following if you have any questions:

David Reay
davidreay@telus.net 778-899-3216
Jeannine Caldbeck
chief11@telus.net 250-252-0544

Forbes Hall Health Services Group

Reminder TIMA Annual General Meeting

5 PM, Tuesday, March 26th, 2024, Forbes Hall

TIMA

Lisa Vernon
Secretary

Bat Friendly Reminder :- Keep Watch for Bats in the Woodpile

If you are like me, you are getting down to the last couple of rows in your woodshed for this year. The stack of nicely split wood that you put undercover last year is a very attractive hibernation location for some of our local bats. They can crawl a long way in through those crevices towards the rear few rows where a nice, cool, stable temperature regime exists, perfect for a hibernating bat.

You come along to take an armload back to the house for that evening fire, it’s dusk and a bit difficult to see. Pulling out that last piece, Oh my! A Bat! He is moving very slowly, is he hurt? What should I do?

Likely he is not hurt but, he is hibernating. The heart rate of a hibernating bat is about 10 beats per minute and only 1 breath per hour, whereas to fly, his heartrate needs to increase to 1000 beats per minute. This is why he is slowly crawling and not flying.

The best you can do is, wearing thick gloves, move him on a piece of firewood to another location in your woodshed that you won’t be using this year. This way your bat can crawl back into a crevice that won’t be disturbed again this season. When it warms up and insects start flying your bat will leave the woodshed joining others in the bat community and roosting elsewhere for the summer season.

And of course, “anything bat” you can call or email me,
Rob Welsh: 250-246-1547 rmwelsh@telus.net