Thetis Island, BC
Canada
49oN x 123o40'W
Late May Sunset ~ Keith Rush
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Thetis Island Community Association
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Who's Who of Thetis Pets Registry
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Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 7:33AM 20 - 1.5" to 2.5" stainless steel worm drive hose clamps, 1/2" thick for $25. I bought the wrong size from Amazon. I thought I would see if anyone on Thetis has a use before I return them.
Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 7:30AM Open Saturday 10am to 1pm
This week's harvest list from our farm co-operative:
Rhubarb*
Spinach*
Leeks
Strawberries (limited)*
San Marzano tomatoes
Cherry tomatoes
Long English Cucumbers
Cilantro
Parsley
Sprouts - Sunflower and Pea Shoots*
Kale
Eggs
All items with * are Certified Organic, everything else is grown organically with regenerative farm practices.
With thanks,
Jollity Farmers
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:34AM April 2024: 44.6 mm
April 2023: 83.7 mm
• Average April: 57.8 mm
April 2024 YTD: 506.0 mm
April 2023 YTD: 390.8 mm
• Average Year to Date: 431.6 mm
Lowest April: 21.1 mm in 2021
Highest April: 130.5 mm in 2022
Keith Rush
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:34AM 6:30 - 8:30 pm 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)
· One line any direction
· Three Horizontal Lines
· BNO
· Pyramid
· The letter T
· Four Corners
· The letter X
· Large Picture Frame
· Small Picture Frame
· Blackout.
See you there!
David Reay
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:32AM May 8th, 7:00-8:00 Forbes Hall
Adam Sandell is a GP and medical advisor to the BC Ministry of Health on MAID, and he provides teaching and training on MAID. He’ll be giving a talk and answering questions on MAID eligibility, law and practicalities.
Canada’s medical assistance in dying (MAID) law seeks to respect personal autonomy for those seeking access to MAID, while at the same time protecting vulnerable people and the equality rights of all Canadians.
Presented by the Forbes Hall Health Group
For further information please contact
· David Reay, 778-899-3216 davidreay@telus.net
· Ann Dickie dickie.ann@gmail.com
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:32AM Saturday May 25th 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.
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
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:28AM Tickets go on Sale Today - Wednesday, May 1st
$30.00
Contact Ellen Rush @ ellenrush@gmail.com or 250 416 0013
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Doors Open 6:00 pm
Dinner Buffet 6:30 pm
No Host Bar
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Donations accepted Saturday, May 11th through Sunday, May 26th
E-transfers to thompson.peggy80@gmail.com (auto-deposit)
Cheques made out to, and mailed to: Ann Dickie (PO Box 36, Thetis Island)
Cash donations may be made at the event or in advance: please use an envelope and include your name and email. Contact dickie.ann@gmail.com to arrange for pick-up or delivery, if not attending the event.
There will also be opportunities at the event to donate.
Please use WRAP in the message or memo spaces for your e-transfers or cheques.
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No tax receipts will be issued for any donations in association with this event, all donations and net proceeds from the event will be given to Women Refugee Advocacy Group (WRAP) which is not a registered charity. This dinner and fundraising event will support the work being done by WRAP https://womenrefugeesadvocacyproject.ca/ (Vancouver), who will send all funds directly to front-line humanitarian relief. See Backstory link below.
WRAP, their partner NGO in Halifax (https://nonstatetorture.org) and supporters have been holding fundraising events since the start of the Russian invasion to financially support those who provide food and supplies to displaced women and families in war-torn areas of Ukraine. Herstory link below.
Backstory
Herstory
Ann Dickie
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:27AM After a lot of effort, the Thetis Island Marine Association has completed the mapping of the existing buoys in Telegraph Harbour.
We have been working with transport Canada to help keep our harbours safe.
Over the years - Some moorings have transferred ownership and/or have been abandoned.
Mooring owners are required to upkeep their moorings and have the proper identification, or they may be subject to removal.
Why it is Important to Comply with the Regulations?
1. You can be fined for not meeting the requirements set out in the regulations and standards.
2. In the event of an accident, private buoy owners may also be found liable for any damages resulting from negligence respecting their private buoy.
3. Transport Canada has now been given additional resources to enforce regulations so it is important to comply with these regulations and there is increasing pressure for moorage.
Currently about half of the moorings in Telegraph Harbour are non-compliant:
Step one:
Check this link to view mooring information, confirm that your information is correct. Please contact TIMA via email with updated information. (Jaime White and Chris Rennie map)
https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1VMIRt7O6xFcVV3HSrtnuIGOqqAid0Mw&ll=48.98165829225659%2C-123.66984026686707&z=18
Mooring requirements are quite prescriptive and can be found on the TIMA website on the Thetis Island Community website in community groups Thetis Island Marine
https://www.thetisisland.net/tima/
Moorings must be identified physically on the mooring float with who is the current owner and contact information- updates can be sent to thetisislandmarine@gmail.com
For further comments or questions please reach out!
Thetis Island Marine Association
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:26AM Looking for exterior framed door and a small sliding door.
If you have one email Catstubs123@gmail.com
Theresa
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:26AM Do you have a cardboard stash waiting to go to recycling.? We're looking for large, clean, brown cardboard (no coloured ink) with no or minimal packing tape for garden purposes.
Call Ann or Gary at 250-246-8176 or email ann.eriksson4@gmail.com
We will pick it up.
Thanks in advance!
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 8:25AM Everything works although colours are a bit off. Comes with a few extra ink cartridges.
If no takers it will go to recycling.
Thanks,
Karl Unger
text 403-710-6472
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 10:30AM A personal favourite, sweet woodruff is a gently spreading plant with predictable progression. Since planting it in 2020, it has increased its coverage, but not greedily so (unlike some! - I’m looking at you, Primrose).
Our sweet woodruff is now on full display at the PAG, but it will only present its delicate flowers for a short while before closing up shop the remainder of the year. For any interested observers, the PAG will be open Tuesdays between 3-5pm (more on PAG open hours as the summer progresses).
To read about its culinary and medicinal uses (and for pictures), see: https://www.thetisislandnatureconservancy.org/single-post/plant-of-the-week
