Repair Fair June 1st, Forbes Hall 10-2

The Repair Fair will be a community event where we come together to fix or learn to fix our broken possessions. Thetis Island is blessed with a number of people with a variety of skills. We are reaching out to islanders to come and share their skill and wisdom in a variety of areas. Ideally, we would like to cover the full range of items that need to be repaired, from small engine repair and/or maintenance, to sharpening knives, tools and chainsaw blades, to bicycle and boat maintenance, to mending clothing and darning socks. The list goes on.

Do you have a skill you wish to share? Do you have a repair area that you would like to include? Ranging from assessments to tutorials and demonstrations, with some on the spot minor repairs

Please contact us if you have any ideas or wish to participate.

David Reay 778-899-3203 davidreay@telus.net

Vicki Walker 250-246-9126

Bobcat Services

On-island BobCat SKIDSTEER services. Road and driveway surfacing and grading, loading, backfilling and brush clearing. 

Call or text to arrange for an estimate. 

Doug Darling 

250-210-4042

2024 Thetis Island Improvement District Trustee Election Update

Four people have put their names forward to stand for the two open Improvement District trustee positions.

They are: 

• Fred Adair
• Ian Ralston
• Dixon Strachan
• Michelle Sutter

There will be an advance poll at Forbes Hall from 10 AM until 12 noon on Saturday, April 20, 2024 for residents who wish to vote prior to the May 4th Improvement District AGM.  

On Saturday, May 4th, 2024 there will be an additional voting opportunity from 10 AM to 11 AM at Forbes Hall. 

The poll will close at 11 AM.  

The Improvement District AGM will start at 11 AM. 

To be eligible to vote you must be:

• A Canadian citizen
• 18 years or older
• A resident of BC for at least six months prior to the vote
• Own land in the Improvement District  

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.

Keith Rush 

Chair

Board of Trustees

Thetis Island Improvement District

From the Library...

The library has a friend on duty:

Saturday 10-1, 

Sunday 1-4, 

Monday 10-1.

There is a lovely little patio with comfortable chairs.

Enjoy.
Celine

Hay for Sale

$12 a bale,
Call or Text: Dawson Burdick,
(250) 809-7698

Medical Assured Loading on BC Ferries (MAL)

Everyone should by now know how the BC TAP form (the Provincial Travel Assistance Program for medical reasons) allows a patient free travel on the ferry to get to a specialist medical appointment on Vancouver Island.  

But did you know that BC Ferries has a MAL (Medical Assured Loading) program allowing you to go to the head of the ferry lineup for assured loading? This may be critical during overload situations.

Here is the link with the criteria on how to obtain a MAL and that page also has a link on how to obtain a TAP, which you must also have at the same time: https://www.bcferries.com/book-sailings/medical-assured-loading 

J. Caldbeck

Forbes Hall Health Services Group

Expansion of Conservation Covenant on North Pender Protects Habitat of Rare Species

https://mailstorm.caorda.com/campaigns/pz546hv113b57/web-version/hb296hnqsq68d

Ongoing, Self-serve Plant Sale

There are starter plants like lettuce, cabbage, onions, celery, viola, some herbs and more.

There are also two trees for sale - Gingko and Catalpa

And there are some dried herbs and seasonings and Granny D’s fire sauce.

For a complete up to date list email darsenau@gmail.com

161 Pilkey Point Road at the top of the driveway in front of the White Peony building.

Thetis Island Students in a Musical

Two High School students from Thetis Island will be in the upcoming musical at Duncan Christian School called “At the Hop!”

The show will run from May 2-4. 

On May 3-4, tickets will be $15 for adults, and $10 for children.

On May 2nd, the show will be a Dinner Theatre, raising funds for Mexico Missions for next year’s Grade 12 service trip. 

Tickets are $30 per person, with dinner at 6pm and the show at 8pm.              

The ticket price includes dinner, show, and door prizes! 

Only 200 tickets will be sold, so make sure to buy your ticket quickly! Tickets can be purchased from the High School office by calling 205-746-3654 or from Caleb Galbraith through his mom, April Galbraith at agalbraith@capernwray.ca or 250-732-2758.

May 2: Dinner Theatre 6pm, show at 8pm

May 3: Show at 7:30pm

May 4: Show at 2:30pm & 7:30pm

We hope to see you there.

April

Garage Sale

Multi home Garage sale Saturday 10 am -2:00 pm

53 Foster Point Road-across from ferry 

Parking on Vivian Place Road 

Please No early birds

LEGO, LEGO manuals, toys, StarWars stuff, long-board, paddle board, boogie boards, games, cobble hill puzzles, home decor, must see furniture, jewelry, fishing stuff, tools, knight’s helmet, sword, furniture and more.

Bingo Night: April 12th

Community Bingo, Friday April 12th  6:30 - 8:30 pm  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)

1. One line any direction
2. Three Horizontal Lines
3. BNO
4. Pyramid
5. The letter T
6. Four Corners
7. The letter X
8. Large Picture Frame
9. Small Picture Frame
10. Blackout

See you there!

David

Save the Date: Humanitarian Relief for Ukraine Fundraiser - May 25th

For more than two years, since Ukraine was invaded by Russia, Ukrainians’ everyday lives have been crushed as the war rampages on. Communities of civilians are doing without shelter, food, hygiene items, school, and baby necessities.

A small group of very determined Canadians has found a way to get aid directly to some of these communities, whenever possible. On Thetis our community can make a big difference to the lives of those living in wretched circumstances.

Please join other Thetis Islanders at a fundraising dinner with net proceeds of tickets going to this very grassroots initiative.

Tickets will go on sale at end of April, and there will be opportunities at the event to make donations, or prior to if you are unable to attend the event on May 25^th. This is a stand-alone initiative, not connected with any Thetis Island organization, and proceeds go to organizations without Charitable status.

Please read the attached documents to find out more about how these groups organized, and which ways earlier donations contribute relief for so many folks.

More information will follow in the coming weeks.

Ann Dickie

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