Gerry Smith Celebration of Life

Dear All,

Thank you so much to those who attended Gerry's Celebration of Life Tuesday whether virtually or in person. In all there were about 70 people. Many of us, (including his son!) learned more about what sort of a chap he was. 

Sorry about the sound issues for those there virtually - my fault. Serena is making a final version of the video that she will upload to YouTube in a week or two's time. There those who couldn't hear it well may do so. Also, if anyone has photos they would like to include in the video please send them to her asap at serenats@outlook.com.

Love to all, Jeremy.

Welcome Back Dunfield Park!

Thank you, Paul, for taking such good care of our sign for Thetis Island Marina.

Kevin O

From the TICA Library...

A Friend of the Library will be at the hall from 10-1, Wednesday.

Enjoy the lovely space.

Celine

BC Ferries Free Booking for Medical Travel Explained

BC Ferries has just put out a notice explaining their Free Medical Travel policy and procedures. It wasn’t very transparent before. This should answer some of your questions. 

https://www.bcferries.com/news-releases/bcferries-makes-medical-travel-completely-cost-free 

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Thetis Island Vol. Fire Dept.

Forbes Hall Exercise and Stretch Fitness

Tuesdays-9:30- 10:30, doors open at 9:15 for set up

Fridays- 9:15-10:15, doors open at 9 for set up

No running no jumping warm up.

We use weights and/or bands, floor mats or chairs. All at your own discretion.

Stretches to finish up.

All abilities welcome.

Questions? 

Contact Michelle Sutter at acanthurus61@gmail.com or 

Eleanor Vandergaag at roneleanorv@gmail.com   

Ukulele Group

We will meet at the Hall at 4:00PM.

Practice the D7, G7 and C run. 

See y’all this aft.

Best,

Ken

Country Grocer (previously 49th) Grocery Pick-up

If you are wondering... we still pick up grocery orders each Thursday.

We've chatted with Country Grocer and the process is still the same.

Place your orders by phone before 11am on Wednesday morning. They will shop for you and we'll pick up on Thursday.

Please confirm you have placed an order with us by Wednesday eveningwith an email to orders@jollityfarm.ca .

Remember to give Country Grocer your Lot # when you place your order. 

With thanks,

Jollity Farm

St. Margaret's Cemetery Annual Work Party

The St. Margaret's Cemetery Committee is organizing a work party for Sunday May 7th, 9:30 - 12:00. At noon we will break for a picnic lunch and an opportunity to share stories about the lives of the people buried in the Cemetery.

The invite goes out to the entire island community. Many of the graves have loving caretakers, but there are a few whose family and friends are no longer here or unable to take care of them. It is our hope that members of the community would be willing to come out and look after these graves.

I don't know of a better way to spend a morning than taking time out our lives to spend taking care of the memory of people who are now part of our rich island history. 

If you are interested but have questions, please feel free to contact me. 

David Reay

St. Margaret's Cemetery 778-899-3216

From the Library

The library is open from 10-1 on Monday with a Friend of the Library available. 

As always, the library is open when the hall is open for an activity.

Celine

Librarian

Jollity Weekly Order Reminders

Please submit orders for local dairy and organic baking by Monday at 5pm.

If you have questions or want to give a new product a try, just let us know (we have a few extra milks and yogurts in the fridge this week).

You can use our weekly order form online or send an email with your requests and/or questions.

https://www.jollityfarm.ca/order-form

Regular hours this week - Home Delivery on Thursday evening and farm market Open Saturday 10-1pm.

With thanks,

Jollity Farmers

Post Office Boxes Update

We are in the works but the more pressure we can apply as a community the quicker we can make this happen. The individual I am working with asks that anyone who wants a post office box to call this number: 1-800-267-1177 

You will be asking to get a post office box, but they are all full. When can Thetis Island expect more boxes? 

As many of you that want a box as possible can phone in and get on record the easier it will be for my Canada Post contact to put our case forward.

Thanks for the cooperation,

Fred

Post Office General Information

Hours of operation:

10:00 to 17:00 (5:00PM). The opening time same as the store.

Lunch:

12:00 to 12:30. No service available at this time. 

End of Day

From 16:45 (4:45 PM) to 17:00 we do the end of day. Counting cash and shutting down the computer and getting the daily printouts. This all takes time. During this time, we can give out parcels (we can scan the tags the next day) but we will not be able to send parcels or perform any cash transactions because the computer is shutting down.

Any questions just ask, 

Fred and Lis