Traveling from Sidney or Victoria to Thetis on the 30th?

Hello community,

We’ve got a good friend traveling to Thetis on Tuesday the 30th, and she’s hoping to find a lift from the Sidney area (or Victoria) to the Thetis ferry terminal.

Traveling with a bag and small carry-on suitcase. She’ll chip in for gas and is great company!

Please let us know if you can help, and many thanks!

Aimée & Kees (90 Pilkey Pt Rd)
2508899723 | aimee.vand@gmail.com

Free

Free for pickup at top of driveway
Elderly but working washer and dryer (broken piece on front).
Elderly oven/stove - cook top works but oven slow to heat up (likely needs new element).

Text Tina 250-661-1349 (179 Pilkey) to arrange if wanted.

(Cell coverage is spotty so may take time to text back)

Parade Picture Contest

Kids, you have a terrific chance of having your poster win the contest…the fire department hasn’t received one entry yet.  That means if you get your drawing of you riding in a fire truck on an letter sized paper, and you write your name and your parents’ contact information on the back, and you get it into the poster box in front of the firehall before 6 p.m. Wednesday, you will have a much better chance of getting to ride in the Fire Engine at the front of the parade next Saturday.  You have to be 12 years old or younger to enter.  Younger than 6 years old?  No problem…a parent or older sibling can ride with you if you win.]

Contest ends Wednesday 6 pm.  

TIVFD

Saturday Night Dance!

Join us for a fun evening of silliness and dancing at Forbes Hall this evening.
This is going to be super casual. Recorded music. Bring your own water bottle.
Shake your body and have a friendly time.

Everyone welcome.

7pm until we're tired or 10pm, whichever comes first.

Emily

Boats or Floats

In addition to the usual flotsam, jetsam, prawn floats, Styrofoam, bottles and beer cans, inter alia, Foster Point has, in recent weeks, snared a canoe and a dinghy.

If these (the boats or floats) belong to you, then please call Chris or Susan (250-897-5294 / 250-218-9256)

From the Library...

Your TICA island library is open Saturday 10-2, Sunday 1-4 and Monday 10-1.

Enjoy
Celine

Goosey Gander Sho

The Goosey Gander Shop will be open Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm both days.
Thanks to all the wonderful items brought in by Thetis Islanders and all you happy shoppers, the Shop has now re-homed 1681 items since opening last summer!

This week more new treasures from Thetis and around the world have arrived, including an excellent quality case of antique drafting tools, a butter churn and an upright vacuum.

From afar there is an ocarina from Chile, an opium bottle from China, a worry stone from Zimbabwe, a black lace fan from Spain, and three exquisitely detailed tiny miniature scenes from El Salvador. There’s also more earrings, fun dishes and casseroles and a vintage Trivial Pursuit game. Come have a look!

Thank you,
Nan Beals

For Sale: Massage Table & Oxygen Concentrator

Professional type Master Massage Table with fitted Heating Pad and Case. In 'Like New' condition. $175.
Oxygen Concentrator. Purchased last December brand new and only has 41 hours on it.

Paid $1,800, Asking $1,000

Pictures at https://www.thetisisland.net/notices2006.htm

Contact Kim Perreault at lovemyislandlife@gmail.com

Community Emergency Alert System

By subscribing to receive emergency alerts, users will get more immediate information to protect themselves and their family. Cowichan Alert is used to alert people in an affected area (anywhere is the Cowichan region, including Thetis Island) of the following types of incidents when they occur or likely to occur imminently:

• Wildfires (particularly for evacuation alerts and orders)
• Flooding
• Hazardous Material release
• Landslide / post-earthquake hazards
• Severe weather events (Environment Canada Alerts come through the system, these are usually advisories)
• Significant road closures/disruptions (Drive BC Alerts come through the system, these are just advisories not life threatening)
• Boil Water Alerts

Use this link for more information and to sign up:  

https://cvrd.ca/3369/Emergency-Alert-System

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

Thetis Island Improvement District Special General Meeting: Saturday, August 10th

The Thetis Island Improvement District (TIID) will hold a Special General Meeting Saturday August 10th at 10 AM at Forbes Hall Community Centre.

The purpose of the meeting is to obtain formal support from landowners for the recommendation by the TIID trustees to proceed with the purchase of a new front line fire engine. 

This will be done by a secret ballot vote.

Please see a list of documents and commentary in the Engine One Replacement Documents at: https://www.thetisislandfire.ca/tiid-engine1.html

We will provide more information on the final purchase price and financing plans prior to the August 10th meeting.

Keith Rush 

Chair

Thetis Island Improvement District

Sea Star Count - Thank you!

A big thanks to everyone who came out to the sea star count at Clam Bay this past weekend! T

he four teams of counters made short work of the task and contributed to community science and our understanding of sea star wasting along the BC coastline! We counted over 1600 sea stars with only around 30 that were wasting.

Also, thanks once again to the Lambs for being excellent hosts. The company was grand and the cakes delicious!

Charlotte, ThINC Program Coordinator

Coastal Fire Weather for the Weekend

Thurs-Fri: Thursday sees below seasonal temperatures, but dry weather and moderate winds persisting across the Coastal Fire Centre. Temperatures heat up on Friday, which will result in continued dry conditions. Overnight there will be fair recoveries with our relative humidity.

Sat-Mon: Consistent warm and dry weather continues into Saturday. The Coastal Fire Centre will see a new system moving in on Sunday, bringing widespread rain into the start of the week on Monday.

TIVFD