Knitted Lap Throws

Tickets will be sold today Wednesday at soups on for the beautiful, knitted lap throws. They would be great for those cold chilly days on the ferry. All proceeds to go to the Community Hall. 

The raffle tickets will be drawn at the Christmas Market on the 2nd of December mark it on your calendars.

Many thanks from the Friday knitting and Craft group

From the Library! Great news from the Library!

Marjan and I are putting the TICA library online! This will take some time of course. If you have materials to return, please leave them on the checkout counter so I can put them in the system.

If you would like to access it from home, some fiction has been entered, go to
LibraryThing.com/catalog/TICA library. If it does not work, let me know.
The library has a public computer connected to a printer.

Maybe see you at Soup’s On.

Celine

Island Health Immunization Clinic - Forbes Hall – November 9th

On Thursday, November 9th, Island Health will be holding an Influenza and COVID-19 immunization clinic at Forbes Hall Community Centre.

COVID vaccine will be for the new strain XBB.1.5

All BC residents 6 months and older can get a free flu and/or COVID-19 vaccine.

Everyone, including children, must be registered. If you’ve ever had a COVID-19 vaccine, you are already registered. If not, register at www.getvaccinated.gov.bc.ca

Invitations to book are being sent out to citizens registered in the get vaccinated system. Once they receive their invitation to book, they can follow the link or call the Provincial call centre at 1-833-838-2323

Choose Thetis Island – Forbes Hall to attend the Thetis Island Clinic.

Only one appointment per person needs to be made. If the person is eligible to receive both vaccines, they will be able to get both vaccines. Some people may not be eligible for COVID-19 vaccine depending on when their last immunization was. Also, only one invitation per person will be sent, whether they get one or two immunizations.

This posting includes answers to many questions we have received about the clinic, registering, and the actual vaccine. If you have other specific questions regarding your own vaccine or appointment, please call 1-833-838-2323.

More information regarding the clinic will be sent out as received.

Forbes Hall Health Services Group
Michelle Sutter, Sharon Moloney, Ann Dickie, Kathleen McGarvey, David Reay, Jeannine Caldbeck, Shirley Burr

Post Office News

Finally, concrete news on the PO boxes. We are fairly high up the queue to get the back loading boxes we need. I am asking for three hundred. We have to wait until an office or other retail post office upgrades or closes. This enables us to acquire their boxes. When I get further word, we can then discuss the installation process. I have put in the word that I will take the green PO boxes off their hands when this goes ahead. Those of you that asked this is not going to happen soon, but I am hopeful for something this spring.

Post office hours:
Monday to SATURDAY; 1000 to 05:00 PM; CLOSED 12 noon to 12:30 PM

Due to the interim ferry schedule our driver is getting here at around 4:00 PM. That means most of the parcel sorting does not get done until the following morning. In the past we were able to have everything sorted by 1000 the next morning. Aim for after 11:00 if you want to be sure that all of the parcels are sorted. Things will go back to normal when the Kuiper comes back into service (if they go back to the old schedule).

Please bring your tags for parcels. We can all use the exercise going up and down the stairs. Sometimes the customer search just does not catch the parcel. Coming in and saying that you have a parcel with no tag and no tracking number is not helpful and more and more of you are starting to do this. When it is just Liz and I we can take the time. When there are three or four people waiting, no.

Enjoy the Pumpkins!
Fred

Petition for Better Tax Credit for Volunteer Fire Fighters

Thanks go to the 66 islanders who signed the national petition to raise the volunteer fire fighter tax credit from $3,000 to $10,000. This would allow tax relief of about $450 to fire fighters giving more than 200 hours to their communities.

If you signed the petition that was circulated at Soup’s On, did you know that you can also sign the electronic petition and you get counted twice? And those who didn’t sign the paper copy, you could sign the online electronic form. Here is the link:
https://petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Sign/e-4594

Thank you all for your continuing support of our local volunteer fire fighters and all of the small volunteer departments across the country.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck
TIVFD

Firewood Needed

We are looking for a cord or 2 of firewood (willing to pay for delivery, just needs to be dumped as we can stack) for our home on Foster Pt Rd. 

Any leads please contact me at 250.619.9207 or john@coopergroup.ca 

Thetis Marine Mechanic

Looking for a marine mechanic on Thetis (if possible) to perform preventative maintenance and repair on my 4.3l Merc inboard/outboard. 18.5 ft Sea Ray. 

Accessible in a heated garage on Thetis. Please reach out if you can assist or know someone.

John 250.619.9207 john@coopergroup.ca 

Wednesday at the Pub

Come join us, our fish and chips are on special.

See you at the Pub.
Thetis Island Marina Resort team

For Sale: Deep Sleep Enabling Adjustable Bed Frame, with Head & Foot Incline, Wireless Remote Electric Bed

We had a problem with our bed which our vacuum had touched the wiring, we figured it out the next morning. After contacting Wayfair they had already sent us a whole replacement bed instead of just the motor like we had discussed. It is waiting for me to pick it up in Nanaimo in the next few days, I will be sending it back unless someone on Thetis has an interest in it. The price from Wayfair is $600 which is half of what Sleep Country is selling it for. 

Elevating my feet when lying on my back has helped with swollen feet & the slight elevation has helped with back pain until I get up at least. Anyone with mobility issues knows the difficulty getting out of bed & this has made everything so much easier. I'm waiting for another pickup in Nanaimo soon so if anyone is interested, please let me know before I need to go there. 

The firm mattress from Sleep Country like mine are $400 & up which isn't included.  

Ralph 

rsmith1960@gmail.com

Foot Care Clinic – Forbes Hall – Friday, November 10

LPN Burnet (Burnie) Nicholson will be taking clients for a two-day clinic on November 10th and 11th at Forbes Hall.

Please contact Burnie directly to book your appointment.
burnet@telus.net
778-587-5050 text or call

Basic Foot Care includes:
Lower Legs and feet nursing assessment
Toenail cutting and reduction.
Callous/Corn reduction and education/interventions to decrease or eliminate recurrence within LPN scope of practice.
Hang nail /ingrown nail mitigation.
Foot massage and moisturizing of skin
Diabetic foot assessment and basic care
Basic wound care/dressing changes/pressure point mitigation
Referrals to complex foot care health professionals

Fee per client: $75 with appointments taking 1 hour generally.
Minimum clients to proceed: 6 per day
Maximum clients for the 2-day clinic: 12 

Forbes Hall Health Services Group / TICA

ThINC - PAG Annual Appreciation Event - Sunday, Oct 29th

Thetis Islanders and visitors, you are invited to the 4th People's Apothecary Garden Appreciation Event this Sunday, October 29th. 

Feel free to pop by anytime between 1-3 pm - Lot 62, North Cove Road. There will be some tasty snacks, hot apple cider, and a cracklin' fire. Please BYO-mug!

Hope to see you there!
Charlotte and the ThINC Team

Disappointed

Apparently, all the thieves aren't on the water! I've been doing a bobcat job on Forbes Road and was awaiting the delivery of a load of gravel Monday afternoon. I left my truck and trailer at the job site on Forbes Road about 11 am. I returned after Fran delivered the gravel at 5 to find someone had stolen my tie down chain, tire blocks and jack stand - they must have been in a hurry because they only took one of the two stands.

I usually leave my keys in the truck - as someone said to me 17 years ago when we moved here "we leave the keys in the car because you never know when someone will need it". 

No more. Times have changed. And not for the better.

Doug Darling