Ping Pong

Reminder: Ping pong on Thursday …Come join us at Forbes Hall for excellent exercise , and fun..., that is table tennis. Thursday nights from 7:00 pm ,till we tire or 9:00 pm whichever comes first… Mary & Matt

Forbes Hall Welcomes You during Hydro’s Planned Power Outage Friday, November 24

BC Hydro is planning an all-day power outage on Thetis Friday, November 24. 

Forbes Hall will be open for warmth, WiFi and other activities from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm during the outage. 

From 9:00 until 10:30 – please feel welcome to drop by – there won’t be anyone to host you being there, but the hall will be open.  

From 10:30 am until Noon, a Pre-Sale Event of the Calendar and Notecards will be happening – drop by and get yours ahead of the Christmas Market! 

Also, in the morning starting at 11:00 am, Emily from Telegraph Harbour Marina will be helping us welcome folks to Forbes Hall by having some lovely treats to share. 

During this time, the bridge group will be playing, and coffee & tea will be on.  Maybe even some soup!

Following 1:00 pm the hall will continue to be open until the Knitting and Craft Group is finished for the day, they usually wrap up about 4:00 pm.  Again, you are welcome to drop by, enjoy the warm space, make yourself at home.

Note: The 9:00 am Strength and Mobility Fitness group (Assembly Hall) and the 2:00 pm Knitting and Craft Bee (Library) will meet as usual. Please be respectful of these groups and their space as they continue with their activities. 

Ann Dickie

Facilities Co-ordinator

The Toroa, the Boat that Pete Built

In the late 50’s Pete Rees built the beautiful sailboat, Toroa.

The current owners of the boat who live in Monterey, California, are researching the history of the boat, and got in touch via www.thetisposts.ca (the Blog), following their discovery of the memorial announcement for Audree.

Pete and Audree’s nephew, is contacting the owners to help them with their research on the Toroa.

Please enjoy the lovely photo of the Toroa they have shared – she’s still going strong 60+ years after being built.

Ann Dickie

Editor

REMINDER - Pioneer Work Party - RSVP TODAY!

Please join us for our fall work party, Saturday November 25th, at Pioneer Pacific to set the camp site up for the winter. We will be doing some yard work and fall gardening, as well as some firewood splitting, and packing up our waterfront equipment for the season. We will also have some indoor cleaning and painting projects. We plan to break the day into two sections with a free lunch at 12:00 - 1:00 PM. Come for the morning from 9:00 AM to Lunch, come for the afternoon from 12:00 to 4:00, or come for the whole day! We will have a presentation and update about what is currently happening at Pioneer Camp during lunch. RSVP by November 23, 2023, to agall@pioneercamp.ca or call 250-210-1785.   Please indicate the number of attendees and if you have any dietary restrictions with your RSVP if you would like to join us for lunch. Andrea & John Gall Pioneer Pacific Camp

Free: Vintage 3/4 Metal Bedframe

Painted pale blue. A hard-to-find mattress can go with it.

Celine
250-246-4349
Valestrands@gmail.com

Thursday at the Pub

Thursday Special burger and choice of side for $15.

Come join us.
Thetis island marina resort team

Friday, November 24th: Thetis Island Marina Closed due to Power Outage

Due to the scheduled power outage on Friday November 24th the post office, the store and the pub will all be closed …sorry for any inconvenience.

Thetis Island Marina Resort team.

Soup’s On: Wednesday, November 22nd at 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:

Barley Vegetable
Cornbread
Assorted goodies
Teas & 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

Post Office Closure Friday Nov. 24th

Due to the all-day power outage on Friday the Post Office will be closed. It will be open on Monday for parcel pick-up, but no new mail will be available until Tuesday Morning due to late delivery.

Help Getting Back into the Workforce

Are you looking for help getting back into the workforce?

Do you know someone who needs a leg up?

Are you an employer and interested in wage subsidies and other employee supports?

On Wednesday November 29th, 10:30-11:30 at Forbes Hall, Johnna Puusa from WorkBC will be discussing the many supports that the BC Government provides to help people return to the workforce.  Assistance can come in many forms and often can be customized to an individual's requirements.

If you are looking to rejoin the workforce, or know someone who is looking, this is an important meeting to attend.

This talk is sponsored by the Forbes Hall Health Services Committee, please contact David Reay (778-899-3216) if you have any questions

Ferry Webcam Repair

Finding a new camera is turning out to be a more complicated task than first anticipated (although we will continue to search), but we have managed to reroute and repair the feed from the existing camera to thetisisland.net. If anyone is still having problems getting the image of the ferry line-up at https://www.thetisisland.net/ferry/index.html please let us know at veronicashelford@gmail.com   It should refresh every three minutes without issues now.

Many thanks to Sony Falardeau for taking me through the steps in the code to get the camera to send the pictures directly to thetisisland.net. And very many thanks to Tim French for maintaining a separate domain for many years after he ceased to need it, so that the webcam image could keep coming through. Not to mention his having found us the camera and set it up in the first place! It's been a boon and a blessing to the island for many years now. Thank you again Tim!

Veronica Shelford  for TIRRA Communications

Share Delivery?

I am purchasing two pallets of Bio Burn compressed wood chips (no glue, burns clean)this weekend for my wood stove. If you are interested in purchasing wood bricks to be delivered this weekend, call or text Spencer Atkinson, 250-891-7309and he will give you the pricing/information. Or check out the Bio Burn website https://bioburn.ca/

It would be great to share the delivery costs. We were very pleased with our purchase last winter.

Jeannine Caldbeck