Forbes Hall Spring Clean Up Day: Saturday, May 24th 9:30 am

Join us this Saturday to get the Hall and grounds ready for both the Celebration Event and for summer!

Work starts at 9:30, it’s okay if you come a bit later.

A light lunch has been planned to thank the wonderful volunteers who step up to help.

Here’s an equipment list that may be helpful: gloves, secateurs, shovels, trowels, wheelbarrows (we have 1, a couple more would be great), rakes, an extra weed eater and appropriate safety gear.

Saturday’s Job List:

• Weeding and Gardening: lots of small areas to be worked on.
• Sports Court perimeter.
• Take down screens, wipe clean, replace after windows are done.
• Window Washing: wash windows inside and out. All equipment and training will be provided.
• Wiping down of all windowsills, inside and out.
• Beverage Station: clean all drawers, cupboards and shelves. Sort items when restocking.
• Plateau area by parking: weed-eat area.

We are looking forward to seeing an eager team!

See you Saturday. 

Thanks,

TICA Board

Volunteer Call Out: Community Celebration, June 14th

TICA is looking for volunteers to help out with this event. We are trying to keep the time by individual volunteers to as short as possible, so that everyone can enjoy the evening. Most of these volunteer jobs will be assigned for an hour or so.

Please contact info@forbeshall.ca or ellenrush@gmail.com
If you’d like to help out, here are some of the areas we need a bit of help with:
Set Up and Take Down (Friday, June 13 and Saturday, June 14: chairs, tables, stage, tents, etc.)

Decoration Assembly (simple): one or two people to unfold and secure the many paper flowers and fans on Thursday June 12 or Friday June 13, in preparation for the decorating volunteers to hang.

Decorating: Saturday June 14 morning: making the event areas colourful and exciting, lots of ready-to-go décor, see above.

Children’s Activities: friendship bracelet beading, games etc., 5:00 – 6:30+ pm.

Soft Bar Servers: soft beverages, dessert and concert snacks, 5:00 - 9:00 pm.

Bar Servers: SES/SIR permit holders needed for this one (we can help you get permitted) 5:00 – 9:00 pm.

General Maintenance and Tidying throughout the event (getting trash and recycling into the right places)

Looking forward to a wonderful event in Celebration of the Thetis Island Community.

Thanks,

Ellen Rush and Ann Dickie

Reminder: Sea Life Centre Launch - This Saturday!

Join us this Saturday, May 24, from 11 AM – 2 PM at Telegraph Harbour Marina for the grand opening of the Sea Life Centre—a celebration of local ocean life and marine discovery!

Questions? Contact us at info@thetisislandnatureconservancy.org

Sunday Church

The speaker this Sunday the 25th is Wayne Lee.
Enter at the Straight Gate, Matthew 7:13-15.

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

June Fire Permits

Yard Waste Fire Permits will end on May 31st. There will be no new yard waste outdoor fire permits issued until the Fall.

Evening campfires permits are available for the month of June upon application at www.thetisislandfire.ca. Follow the link on the left to the Permit page. Please allow at least 48 hours for the permit application to be processed.

As the conditions change, and possibly rapidly, solid fuel campfires will be banned and permits cancelled. However, propane campfire appliances will be allowed, and no permit is required.

Propane campfires create no sparks or embers and can be shut off immediately if required. This makes propane campfire appliances safe to operate even in a complete fire ban. And you can still happily char your marshmallows over the fire.

Thetis Island Vol. Fire Dept.

Post Office Schedule During Strike

The post office will be open regular hours Friday, May 23 & Saturday, May 24. Friday, May 23 there will be no mail delivery.

Moving forward the PO will be open Monday and Saturday regular hours and be closed Tuesday to Friday.

There will be no regular mail deliveries. Any government cheques will be available in the PO or personal PO box when they arrive on either the Monday or the Saturday.

Fred

Specials at the Pub

This week for lunch, we've got a DOUBLE JALAPENO SMASH BURGER with double patties, cheddar, jalapeno aioli, lettuce & tomato with your choice of side.

And for dinner we’ve got a great 3-course line-up for you.

Appetizer:
WAGYU BEEF RAVIOLI in a white wine and mushroom cream sauce.

Entree:
SURF AND TURF with a 3oz beef tenderloin, prawn skewers, roasted baby potatoes, parsnips, and carrots with a bearnaise sauce.

Dessert:
CLASSIC CARROT CAKE with candied carrots

It looks like we're headed into a beautiful weekend so hopefully we'll see you on the patio!

Kelsey, Chef Murray, and the Thetis Island Pub Team

Headlong Hearts Concert: Forbes Hall, June 14

Headlong Hearts is a Vancouver-based roots band composed of five seasoned veterans of the West Coast live music scene. A decades-long musical trust, they write great original songs, sing in stacked harmony, and deliver ace musicianship on guitars, violin, banjo, mandolin, bass and drums.

The Headlong Hearts musicians are entertainers first and are always focused on making a great experience for audiences. The band just released its latest full-length album of original music titled “Creatures of Habit” in March 2025.

General Admission: $12,
Child’s Menu Ticket (ages 5–10): $6,
Kids under 5: free

The event tickets include Children’s Activities, BBQ Dinner, Soft Bar, Dessert and the Concert
No-host Bar

Tickets available through forbeshall.ca or contact Ellen Rush at ellenrush@gmail.com

Note: Tickets will not be sold at the door.

To help us with planning, please reply or buy your tickets by May 30th.

Thanks,

TICA Board

Ping-Pong Cancelled This Week

Our usual Thursday evening ping-pong session is cancelled this week due to a temporary shortage of hosts.

Matt Hess

Re-establishing Bull Rushes in the Valley - Shq'ula'tth'us

Late in 2023 fluffs of bull rush seeds were poked into the soft earth and allowed to float naturally along the water courses along the east side of the valley. 

Now, in 2025 there are four clumps of rushes, and more reseeding was done this past weekend, poking and floating. There is evidence of 4 rushes having bloomed last year, so that is rewarding!

Vaccine Clinic May 27th

Many of you will have received your invitation to register for your COVID booster. The current criteria are those over 65, those over 55 with Indigenous background and those immunocompromised.

The nurses will also give COVID vaccine to someone who requests it who is outside of the above spring booster criteria e.g. under 65 years of age. You will have to arrange an appointment time with the nurses on May 27th. The clinic opens at 10.

We request anyone wishing a booster outside of the criteria to let us know so the nurses bring enough vaccine. Please email Michelle Sutter acanthurus61@gmail.com or text 250 613 8289. We need this information by Sunday May 25th. If we do not receive your request there is a possibility there will not be enough vaccine.

A reminder that if eligible you can also receive the measles vaccine. Measles can be a lethal disease, and “natural immunity” can cause life threatening or lethal illness. Vaccination is a much better way to get immunity….

Michelle Sutter
Chair, Forbes Hall Health Services Group

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