Car Lift For Sale

MaxJax 6000lb capacity portable car lift for sale. Retails close to $5000 new. Only used for about a dozen oil changes by me, not sure about the previous owner but certainly appears lightly used all round. Asking $2600.  Will likely ask for more if I have to take it off island to sell.
Ryan
250-514-6917

Canada Day Pancake Breakfast – Friday, July 1st – Forbes Hall

9 am – 11 am

Join our Community in Celebrating Canada Day with a wonderful Pancake Breakfast at Forbes Hall.

$12 Adults       $6 Kids 6-14      Kids 5 & under FREE! 

Buttermilk Pancakes – Real Maple Syrup – Blueberry Sauce – Sausages – Bacon Rashers – optional or add-on Scrambled Eggs – Fresh Fruit – Coffee – Tea – Juice Boxes for the Kiddos!

See you then!

Post Box Change - Update

Hi Everyone (ok, this is a long one),

In an attempt to be somewhat systematic around looking for solutions for the post box number change situation, I’m trying to go step by step. Hopefully, doing the easiest pieces first.  

Today’s step comes with two question to ask yourselves:

1. If you removed the hyphen from your post office box number (ie: 14-8 to 148), do you see it on the below list? 

*If it is not on the list, that’s ok, it just means we have more work to do around that number first. These are potentially the easiest ones. More information is coming around the other numbers soon.

2. If it does appear on the list below, are there any issues with that becoming your new official post office box number, given that the hyphen must go? If there is an issue, please let me know by email michelleblack@hotmail.com or text 250-715-8942 on Monday, if at all possible, so we can move on to the next stage. 

11, 12 ,14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19

21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29

32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39

42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49

51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59

62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69

72, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79

82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89

92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99

101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110

112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118

122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130

131, 132, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139 140

141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150

151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160

171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180

181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 190

191, 192, 193, 194, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200

201, 203, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210 

The goal of listing these numbers here is to suss out any unforeseen issues or conflicts that I may have a missed. This is not an official change in anyway. Still please give us time to confirm that there are no other issues with the above numbers first. We will let you know. Yes, please hold steady. Thank you.

Also, just to let you know. It looks like at some point, there are likely changes to the actual physical boxes. Not sure when. Fred is working on it. But regardless, if we can nail down the numbers first, it should all transition more smoothly. 

Thanks again wonderful community members and stay tuned,

Michelle and Fred

CCF Support Fundraiser

I am taking part in a fundraiser for the Childhood Cancer Family Support Society “ Take a Hike” campaign on Sat. June 25th. by rowing around the Island. Please check their website for more details. The link to donate is

https://www.zeffy.com/en/fundraising/f05ef627-51ea-483c-93f8-7b821e81eea5.

Thank you,

Mike Inness

Saturday Bake Sale & More

Every Saturday starting June 25 until September, there will be a bake sale under the pavilion behind Thetis Island Marina & Pub.

Open 10 AM -- 2 PM 

Thanks,

Mercy

Thetis Community Day – Saturday, June 25th – Forbes Hall

10 am – 2 pm

We are looking forward to seeing a great turn out on Saturday – there are over thirty community groups & committees represented at Community Day.

Gather with friends and neighbours to find out more about the groups that work to help make our wonderful community as enriched as it is.

And...don’t forget to bring some pocket change! 

Beverages and treats available through the event at our $1 store (Beverage Station)

$6 Lunch Special – served from 11:30 am until 1:30 pm

Grilled Smokies, coleslaw and chips  

and, yes, we even have a plant-based version! (limited quantity)

Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday!

TIVFD: Thank You

The TIVFD and the TIVFD Auxiliary Support Teams completed a wildfire scenario on North Cove. Road on Saturday.  A big Thank You to all of the motorists and walkers who supported this important training by obeying our traffic control, waiting patiently while we operated water transport and other emergency vehicles. 

You contributed to a very successful day for all of the responders.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck 

Post Box Number Change - Update (yup, another one)

Thank you everyone who has emailed about the Post Box changes. Great to get a sense of where people are at on the topic.  Also, thank you for everyone who let me know if they had already started the changeover process to the posted “new number” on the white sticky on the post box. This is my last call (hopefully) to ask people to  let me know if they have started the changeover process. Many people have added where they are in the process as well, as if you are not far, it may be easier to change back, than continue forward making changes. Many people have also shared that they have already been using the 3-digit number (ie:148, even when they had 14-8 as well), and it has been quite easy. 

So, to recap the last few day (just in case you managed to miss these posts): 

1. Please put a hold on changing your post box address to the “new” one on your white sticky as we work on solutions. 

2. Last call on emailing me at michelleblack@hotmail.com to let know whether you have already started changing over, especially if you are in deep in the process and really don’t want to change back. By changing back, I still mean removing the hyphen, but staying with the same 3 digits (ie: 14-8 to 148). If emailing is hard, you can text at 250-715-8942. Please do so by the end of the weekend (Today - Sunday, the June, 19th - Happy Father’s Day, by the way), so we can move to the next steps. 

3. Yes, sorry, but some people will still need to change. We will look at that in a follow up Espokes. 

Thanks everyone!

Stayed tuned,  

Michelle and Fred    

PO Box Numbers for the Phone Book Database

Many thanks to those who have sent me their new box numbers.  Since Michelle and others are working with Fred at the Post Office to see if they can minimize the changes needed, please don't hesitate to change whatever numbers you have sent me if a better system works out. 

We have time, and volunteers willing to make use of it to try to make things better.  How very like Thetis!

Thanks to all,
veronicashelford@gmail.com         

Jollity Self-Serve Sunday

10-2 (or we can put an order in the farm stand later)

*Weekly order reminder* Milk, dairy & baking orders are due on Monday morning by 9am please.
We add fresh veggies and other farm made treats to the order form up to Wednesday each week.

Lots of amazing salad! Crisp and crunchy blend.
+ Jolly Sauce/Dressing
Butter Lettuce Heads
Cilantro
Garlic Scapes
Asparagus
Cilantro Pesto (vegan)
Cilantro Chimichurri
Rhubarb Butter
Sausages
Plum Sauce

+ New perennial plants

*request an order for pick or just drop by
Text 250.415.0101 or email orders@jollityfarm.ca

Post Office Box Number Changes - Update

To follow up yesterday’s e-Spokes #2 posting, as mentioned, please hold off on changing your address to the new one on the white label on your post box for the time being. We are attempting to find a better solution that just removes the hyphen. This should work for the majority of the boxes, and many people already use this system. Of course, there will need to be some box changes for the reason’s mentioned in yesterday’s e-Spokes, but we are hoping to limit them to only the ones absolutely necessary.

With that said, we do need to get a sense of how many people have already made that change to the new box numbers. Please email Michelle Black at michelleblack@hotmail.com, and let her know if this has already been done. If you have only just begun, it might be less time and work to change 1 or 2 back than do them all (let alone bump the person who now holds that box), so please just wait for the time being (but still let Michelle know). What we are looking at is the viability of just removing the hyphen, (ie: 14-8 to 148) and seeing where we are at right now and which situations we can troubleshoot around.

Again, please email Michelle at the above email address, if you have already started with the process of changing your address out there in the off-island world.

Thank you, Fred and, volunteer helper, Michelle

Extinguisher Clinic on Sunday

The Annual TIVFD fire extinguisher clinic is on Sunday at the firehall from 11:30 and closes shop at 1:30.  Bring your home/car/boat extinguishers to be inspected for need of hydro testing or expiry.  

Expert advice given by Fire Chief Neil Rukus (Lantzville FD), owner of Aggressive Fire Safety.  Purchase new extinguishers and order high viz lot number signs for your driveway.  Practice putting out a live fire safely.  Commercial inspections by pre-appointment.  

See you Sunday! 

TIVFD