Wanted: Old Used Tires

Need some large old truck tires, will pick up.
Text 604 845 9142.
also send email to lotusland49@gmail.com
Liz

Saturday’s Celebration of Life for Pete Rees

Saturday May 14th at Forbes Hall, 2:00 pm, will be the memorial service for Retired Fire Chief and founding member of the TIVFD, Pete Rees.

Please park off the community centre grounds and make your way up the driveway to the centre gravel area where we will have some canopies and chairs set up. 

The Cowichan Valley Fire Service Honour Guard, active and retired TIVFD  fire fighters, active Auxiliary Team members, serving Improvement District Trustees, and other fire service personnel will accompany Engine 1 marching behind the Honour Guard Piper, from the Fire Hall to Forbes Hall at 2 pm.  (Muster by 1:30 at the Fire Hall.). 

Following a short fire service ceremony outside, you will be invited to enter Forbes Hall for Pete’s Celebration of Life, emcee’d by Retired TIVFD Fire Chief Ernie Hunter.  The family invites you to share your memories of Pete and Audree’s six decades on Thetis and there will be light refreshments served.  

Even if you didn’t know Pete personally, please join us to celebrate a life well lived in the community he loved and served.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck

Call for Nominations

The Thetis Island Community Association board is seeking nominations to the 7-member board for a one-year or two-year term.  The election of board members will take place at the TICA AGM Saturday, June 4, 2022 at 1 pm at Forbes Hall. 

If you are interested in self-nominating or nominating someone else, please email me at

veronicashelford@gmail.com

Veronica Shelford

Rummage Treasure Hunt and Furniture Sale

A BIG thank you for the Islanders who showed up, some true treasures were found plus a good furniture sale.

There are still plenty of half-filled boxes with stuff in them if anyone wants to pop over before they are taken away forever.

Still have 2 double beds to let go
Bedroom furniture
Have a really nice white bathroom cabinet 12" x 10" x 4' tall. Have a pic.
Pictures and hanging tapestries are nature themes.

GOOD NEWS 

I found out today I have Grade 3 cancer and all my appointments have been cancelled this week so the Doc can come up with a new plan of attack. So, I am home on Thetis Island for the whole week.

Cheers to the lot of you for your continued support.

Chris 250 210 8615

Free

Green recliner: 56” x 32”
Pros it’s clean both sides recline and its comfortable
Cons one handle has broken but is functional.

2 matching espresso leather and brown suede couches: 58”x 38”
Pros: comfortable couches, they’re free, seats are clean and without stains. And also there’s no need to wait for shipping.

Cons: a cat has  scratched the sides a little bit and also a small tear in the arm that has been patched

Please text or email 360-367-2567 michael.needham313@gmail.com

Michael N

2022 Thetis Athletic & Construction Skills Academy

Dear Parents,
In addition to our regular soccer practices, I am going to run the 2022 Thetis Athletic & Construction Skills Academy during July and August.  My intention is to provide lectures in the following areas:

A. Sports:
Cross-country running, swimming, ping pong, tennis, badminton, cycling, field hockey and various types of kinesthetic exercises, including gymnastic exercises, rope/tree climbing, headstands, hand walking, etc.   The idea is to get the athletes/students together two times a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays  (Mondays will stay for soccer practice) with Wednesdays as their Individual Training Day.  We will start at 10 am and finish at 12:00 or 1:00, depending on the interest and number of students.  We will start with sports at 10 am and in an hour or so we will move to work activities. 

I intend to be serious about it.  It will not be a walk in the park.  There are already serious participants enrolled.  If you as a parent want your kid(s) to take part in dedicated physical activities during the summer, please contact me.  The numbers are not important.  I will work with one or 15 children and, as I have mentioned, the interest is there. 

B:  Manual Skills:
I would like to engage women and men on Thetis who are good with tools and would like to share their skills with kids.  This part of the Academy is still being discussed, mainly for safety reasons, but I have a lot of hope I will find willing and good teachers in woodworking, auto mechanics and (if possible) other activities, such as blacksmithing.

If you are interested, please get back to me.  Again, this is not a fun activity.  It is about health and physical prowess.  I  expect dedication either for  one week, two weeks, three weeks, one month or 6 weeks - exactly as if they were in a camp.  When your family is away, the athletes will be excused.  However, if they are here, they will be expected to come – if they commit.  Arriving late, not being fully engaged, whining and/or generally bringing others down with complaints, will have necessary consequences.  

If you think your child would benefit from the suggested activities, please contact me at jcerny07@gmail.com.  As an athlete and as a coach I have been in possibly one hundred or even more of these camps. They can mean a lot. They can change lives. It all depends. 

Jan Cerny May 9, 2022

Dinner's On! - Save the Date - May 28th

First Community Dinner since Forbes Hall Re-opened!
Join us for an evening of neighbour-to-neighbour visits and a yummy dinner!
$25.00 pre-booked
(note: special rates for kids)

Table and Chairs Needed

We are looking for small patio tables and chairs for the Summer Market. Free would be lovely but willing to pay with jams, jelly or cookies. 
Gloria - 246-3091

For Sale

IKEA bookshelf. Excellent condition $35.00
20 plus Vintage Dr Seuss books.  Fair condition. $50.00 takes all.
Box of like new kids’ studies. $20.00 whole box.  Bin not included.
Yamaha electric keyboard. $75.00
Piano Bench. $10.00
Medicine cabinet with mirror. $5.00
Large yellow floral Canvas art hanging.$15.00

Text 2502520699

Sunday Library

The library will be open Sunday from 1:00 pm until 4:00 pm. 

Friends of the Library

Dave and Lisa Vernon doing a great job selling TIMA raffle tickets! Yay TIMA!

Mike & Doreen Ferguson

Thetis Island Improvement District Update

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Thetis Island Improvement District on May 4th the consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31st, 2021, were approved. The entire audit package is posted on the TIID site at: https://www.thetisislandfire.ca/tiid/financial/Thetis%20Island%20Improvement%20District%202021%20-Final%20Financial%20Statements.pdf
 
Highlights of the audit are:

• Maintenance, Operations and Administration were under budget by $17,055
• Capital Projects were over budget by $64,138, primarily due to the Water Tender replacement project.
• The Capital Works (savings) Account increased by $8,288 to $298,122.

Furthermore, the Improvement District will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Saturday July 9th, 2022, at 11 AM at Forbes Hall Community Centre. This public meeting is to receive the audited financial statements for 2021, to report on the operations of the Thetis Island Volunteer Fire Department, the Improvement District, and whatever other items of business may be raised.

One trustees' term is up this year and Bill Dickie has agreed to stand for another term. At the AGM, we will call for nominations from the floor, and if an election is required, we will hold a secret ballot vote at that time.

More information will be posted as we get closer to the AGM.
 
Any questions, please do not hesitate to call.

Keith Rush 

Chair, 
Thetis Island Improvement District