Garage Sale

When: Saturday, May 10, 8:00am – 1:00pm

Where: Marylyn’s Kusina (69 Pilkey Point Rd.)

What: *household goods, *glassware, *tools, *gardening materials,
*lots of odds’n’ends!

Karl & Ana Kruze

TIRRA Annual General Meeting, Saturday: May 24 at 2pm

The official notification for the TIRRA Annual General Meeting went out by email on Saturday to all landowners and members from 2024. If you should have received it and didn't, please check your spam folders, and if it's not there, please let me know at veronicashelford@gmail.com. It may be that you've had an email address change that isn't recorded in the bulk mailing program. The notification is also posted at TIRRA's webpages, at https://thetisisland.net/tirra/tirra-office.html.

As a reminder - this is an incredibly important meeting for the future of TIRRA - which is to say, the future of ANY garbage management on Thetis, any input on the state and maintenance of our roads, the trails system, the cemetery, the phone book, espokes - the list goes on. The work is not onerous, but it does need to be done. Please consider standing for one of the roles in the executive board ranks.

And remember the "snippets"! You can find them again at https://www.thetisisland.net/tirra/whatwedo.html

TIRRA executive board

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

TICA AGM Minutes and Documents are now Posted

The minutes, financial statement, budget, and all committee reports from the 2025 TICA AGM held Saturday, April 26th are now available on forbeshall.ca

Go to https://forbeshall.ca/documents-and-records.

Thank you to all members for your continuing support.

TICA Board of Directors

Free

10-in sliding compound HaussMann Mitre Saw on stand. Approx 8 years old, could use a new blade, plus an angle adjustment.

Wooden screen door 80H X 34W few small holes.

6ft wooden step ladder well used.

Metal framed double pane windows:
71-1/4H X 33-3/8W. Four of this size. Two open at bottom.
40H X 70W slider with screen.
34H X 58-1/4W slider.

Stu Downey
Please text 250 210-2789

From the Library...

A Friend of the Library is available Sunday 2-4 with tea and treats, Monday 10-1 and Tuesday 12-1. Celine

Seeking Stationary Exercise Bike

Good day,
Well I was 30 minutes too slow this morning and missed out on yesterday’s free bike, however, I am still looking for one.

Does anyone have one in their space collecting clothes instead of miles?

Please text Dawn at 250-210-0826.
Thank you.

Pizza @ Telegraph Harbour

We’re fired up to announce that pizza is now available for takeout at the Telegraph Harbour Café — starting this weekend! A big heartfelt thank you to Virginia Lamb for passing the pizza torch to our team. We’re proud to continue her delicious legacy and excited to grow the menu as we adapt her recipe to our ovens.

Available Fridays & Saturdays – Pickup Only – $24.95
Takeout only to start: Enjoy your pizza dockside, on the lawn, or take it home in a box — the choice is yours!

This week’s menu:
1. The Tess (With our thanks) – Ham & Pineapple Island Classic
2. Mediterranean – Veggie delight with coastal flair
3. Roma Tomato & Basil – Fresh, fragrant, & a summer favorite

To order, call Telegraph Harbour Café 778-874-4765 and press 2!

TICA’s Community Celebration Event: Tickets on Sale Now

Saturday, June 14th

Event starts at 5:00 pm, with dinner served 5:30 through to 7:00 pm.

7:30 pm - Concert with Headlong Hearts, back for another Thetis Island performance (this group played as fundraisers for the Hall Expansion)!

Rain or Shine!

General Admission Tickets $12 - main menu dinner, soft beverages, dessert and concert admission.

Child’s Menu Tickets (5-10 yrs) $6 - activities, child’s menu dinner, soft beverages, dessert and concert admission.

Kids 4 and under, free - as above, child’s menu +

To purchase tickets:

Contact Ellen Rush at ellenrush@gmail.com, or 250-416-0013

Or online at https://forbeshall.ca/store

Paper tickets will be sent out later in May.

Sponsored by the Thetis Island Community Association

List of Repair Fair Participants on Saturday

Here is a list of what to expect:

Repurposing ideas and displays

Goosey Gander

Climate resilience ideas

Bike maintenance as well as help with planning bicycle trips

Computer and phone repairs/advice

3D printing

Visible mending, zippers, darning and knitting

Earring repairs

Ask Ernie anything

Small engine repairs

HELP (Health Equipment Loaner Program)

Knife and tool sharpening

Chainsaw sharpening and maintenance

Don't forget the lunch prepared by TICA's Food Services Committee

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Repair Fair, Saturday May 3, 10-2 Forbes Hall

Sunday Church

The speaker this Sunday the 4th is David Banks.

Paul's story, Acts 9 & 13.

10 AM at the community Centre, all are welcome.

Further info---Ernie 250-252-0144.

Getting Prepared for Wildfire Season

As you will have noticed from the rainfall statistics posted on e-Spokes yesterday, we are already in a drying trend. We have now moved up to MODERATE fire danger. If you have a yard waste permit valid until May 15th, please be aware that there is increased risk from sparks and embers and monitor your burn closely, with tools and water ready to extinguish and a phone available to call 911 if needed. 

Keep your campfires small in the evening and watch the wind. Your campfire is extinguished properly if you would have no worries about setting a baby’s bare bottom on it. 

One of the best preparations for Wildfire Season is to start or continue Fire Smarting your property. We have the Provincial Fire Smart program on Thetis Island and our Fire Smart technician, Stu Downey, is ready to assist you (250-210-2789).

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Thetis Island Vol. Fire Dept