Mexico Sale

There are three items for sale still. The rest is free. The 18-place setting golf plate dinnerware, the antique wicker chair, and the recumbent bike are still for sale. $100 each for the bike and dinnerware. $50 for the chair.

Everything else is free! FREE FREE FREE! Thursday from 10:00 to 3:00. The skates. The golf pull cart, bag, and driving net. The belt sander. FREE! Come by 220 Pilkey Point Rd. and take home some FREE electric plugs and light switches. A FREE incline weight bench for great and workouts. 

Thursday only. 10:00 to 3:00. 220 Pilkey Point.

Robert Spencer

Volunteer Opportunity: Get Involved in Local Planning Decisions

The Thetis Island Local Trust Committee is seeking expressions of interest for its Advisory Planning Commission. 
 
The role of the APC is to consider referrals from the LTC on various planning matters such as Official Community Plan and Land Use Bylaw amendments, and development applications.
 
Up to 7 volunteer members are needed for a period of 2 years. 
 
As required by the Local Government Act and the Thetis Island Advisory Planning Commission Bylaw, at least 2/3 of appointees must be residents of the Thetis Island Local Trust Area. The APC Bylaw may be viewed on the Islands Trust website www.islandstrust.bc.ca. 
 
For more information, please contact:
Trustee Doug Fenton | 250-804-6480 | dfenton@islandstrust.bc.ca
Trustee Peter Luckham | 250-246-4802 | pluckham@islandstrust.bc.ca
 
Please forward your expression of interest with a brief description of relevant experience or interests, and your full contact information by Monday, April 11, 2022.
 
Please submit expressions of interest to:
northinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca or by mail:  Islands Trust, 700 North Road, Gabriola Island, BC   V0R 1X3

Late Requests for Dairy & Baking Orders (plus other farm updates)

Hope you are all okay out there and hopefully not enjoying dinner by candlelight tonight! (It's romantic the first night, right?)

We are able to slip in some late orders this week if all are received Wed. morning, so please let us know if you'd like any changes to your local milk, yogurt or True Grain bakery orders this week.

Compost - our first order of compost was delayed last Friday due to some issues with the delivery truck. Stay tuned for an update. Deliveries will happen weekly over the course of 4 weeks once we begin again later this week.

Easter Weekend Flowers - in time for the Easter weekend, we'll be stocked up on all kinds of edible goodies, but also... our tables will be full of basket and planter stuffers and other annual flowers.

Grocery home delivery requests by Thursday evening please and thanks!

With thanks from your Local Farmers!

Soup's On - Wednesday, April 6th

11:30am - 1pm (or until we run out!)
Forbes Hall Community Centre

Menu

Creamy Carrot Curry Soup with Parmigiana
Cornbread
Assorted Home-baked Goodies
Pot of Gold Coffee 
Teas
 
$5.00 per serving - due to rapidly increasing food and transportation costs, that we are all experiencing, the Soup’s On team is appreciative of additional contributions. 

Soup’s On Health Protocols:
All those volunteering at Soup’s On must have proof of vaccination. 
All those coming to enjoy lunch at Soup’s On must have proof of vaccination. 
Anyone who cannot provide proof of vaccination may have take-out, if prearranged by contacting Shirley Burr burrleyshir@gmail.com

Looking forward to seeing you!  
The Soup’s On Team

Pop-up Fibre De-Stash Sale

Next Wednesday April 13 at Soups On

11am to 2pm Forbes Hall!

If you are interested in having a table to sell or swap your old stashes of yarn, fabric, or craft related fibre and notions

Contact Georgina 250-710-1818

sunandseacowichanbay@hotmail.com

 

Ping Pong - Slow to Start

Thank you to those stalwart individuals that put our new ping pong table together, and a welcome invite to all vaccinated individuals to the hall Tuesday from 7 to 9 to play ping pong.

Take care
Mary Forbes 

From the Library

New to the library collection:

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.  Dvd
Water for Elephants.  Dvd
News of the World.  Dvd
Midnight library. Matt Haig. Fiction
Cloud Cuckoo Land. Anthony Doerr. Fiction
Maximum Canada Doug Saunders. 304
The Lincoln Highway. Amor Towles. Fiction

Missing book:
The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Marie Kondo

Enjoy your local library.
If you are new to the island, come and check it out.

Celine

Basket Weaving Supplies

Wanted for the school: basket weaving reeds

The older students at Thetis Island Elementary are weaving baskets and we are wondering if anyone has any round reed (prefer #3) they could part with. Happy to pay reasonable price.  

Please contact Simone Luckham 250 246 4802 for pick up, or you can drop it off during school hours.

Much appreciated

Rainfall Stats: March 2022

courtesy of Keith Rush

Yoga with Karen - 9:45am, Thursday, 24th March @ Forbes Hall

Sorry no yoga today.  I am going to be away later next week for possibly two weeks, will send a note on espokes once I am back.  Miss you all,

love
Karen
kareneroff@gmail.com

Structural Protection Unit / Firesmart Free BBQ

Save the Date: Saturday May 21, 11:00 am to 1:00pm. 

Forbes Hall Community Centre

SPU Free BBQ lunch with guest speaker Captain Mitchell Sherrin, Salt Spring Island Fire Rescue. Mitchell's topic will be "FireSmart in the Gulf Islands".

The SPU (Structure Protection Unit) is a volunteer auxiliary to the Thetis Island Fire Department and chaired by Jim Moloney. We are building a team to provide emergency support to homes and structures threatened by forest fires. In addition, we are working to build understanding of fire safety on the island, with the goal of having Thetis Island becoming a FireSmart community. 

With another hot summer in the forecast, we need to ensure that we are prepared.

We look forward to seeing you at the BBQ.

David Reay

SPU Team

Free Seeds!!

To the gardener who grow their own plants.

Some free seeds which I harvested last year in our garden and like to share

Mariegold

Calendula

Sunflower(Mammoth/Giant)

White Cabbage

Red Cabbage

Pak Choi

If anyone has some old bean varieties and can share some please let me know.

Please text / call Matthias @  (250)301-8499