Family Fun Day: Thank You

Thank you to all attendees for a successful 2025 Thetis Island Community Fund Family Fun Day.

A special shout out and thank you to each and every one of the 40+ volunteers. Full list of volunteers below.

Appreciation to all for joining the celebration of our community. 

Lots of laughs, some awesome gamesmanship, fabulous food, awesome weather, great music and overall fun for all ages.

"Volunteers don't necessarily have the time; they just have the heart." —Elizabeth Andrew

Grateful TICF Board: Tricia Hunter, Carol Sowerby, Mary Des Chene, Noah Bond, Sahir Advani, Rob Welsh, Wendy Hinsperger 

Fabulous Volunteer Roster! 

Face painters: Marcie Welsh, Marcia Aftimus, Grete Wilkinson

ThINC's "Taste the Garden": Charlotte Fesnoux, Iliana Cutten, Amelia Marshall

TIVFD and SPU Crew (pool and safety): Jeannine Caldbeck, Dave Tarris, Michelle Sutter, Margaret Woodhouse, David Reay, Jamie Alton, Jim Moloney, Norm Kasting, Bill Dickie

Kitchen Crew: Joe Knowles, Westley Knowles, Christine Shea, Dusty Knowles, Katrina Peter, Anne-Marie Koeppen

Beverage Station: Theresa Elsie, Jaana Boren

MC/DJ Robin Deans

General Volunteers including Clean up: Paul McMillen, and his grandson Awesome Dawson, Cat Fielding, Nan Beals, Lynne Smith, Richard Minardi, Ernie Hunter, Ted Hunter, Callum Hunter, Arlene Kasting, Chad Kerr, Taylor Kerr, Sheryl Savard, Jen Le Blanc, Wayne Loiselle, Maureen Loiselle, Matt Hess, Beth Austin, Paul Austin , Jenn White, Jaime White, Nathan Hunter, Doug Fenton 

With sincere thanks: The TICF Team  (Tricia Hunter, Carol Sowerby, Wendy Hinsperger, Mary Des Chene, Noah Bond, Sahir Advani, Rob Welsh). 

We couldn't do it without volunteers like you!!

Thank You for Family Fun Day

A belated thank you to the organizers and the many volunteers that helped with the Family Fun day at the community hall this year. It was so well organized and so much fun. My granddaughter and I had a wonderful time.

This was her first time going to anything like this, and she loved every minute of it. She was especially excited to show mom and dad her third place ribbon in the balloon race.

Noella and Audrey

EXTREME FIRE DANGER RATING

There may be some relief at the end of the week, but the winds have dried us out and the temperatures are reaching 30 C.

All HIGH HAZARD Activities must cease until the Fire Danger Class drops again to HIGH.

The Wildfire Act and Wildfire Regulation define the legal responsibilities and obligations to which everyone in British Columbia is subject. When the BC Wildfire Service places bans or restrictions in an area, the Wildfire Act and Regulation make them enforceable.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck
Thetis Island Vol. Fire Dept.

Salt Water Intrusion on Foster Pt Rd

Salt water has entered our well for the first time in the 6 or 7 years we have had our cabin at 30 Bella Vista on the end of Foster Pt. Rd.

Please let this serve as a warning to everyone to find ways to conserve groundwater everywhere, but particularly on Foster Pt Rd at this time.

We are cancelling the visits of some guests, telling people to bring their own drinking water and banning showers, baths and laundry for those few guests that are visiting.

Hopefully this will be a short-term issue, but please let it be a wakeup call for folks who have not yet taken the important steps necessary to preserve and protect our limited ground water resources.

David Slade

Phone Found at Pilkey Point

Merry Gooding has a phone found at Pilkey Point a few days ago.
Please phone if you know the owner. 250 416-0200

Reading Glasses

I bought the wrong strength 325 reading glasses if anyone could use the two pairs. They are both unused & need a new home.

rsmith1960@gmail.com

Extreme Fire Danger Rating

The short reprieve is over. We have moved back to EXTREME in our area. There may be some relief at the end of the week, but the winds have dried us out and the temperatures are reaching 30 C.

All HIGH HAZARD Activities must cease until the Fire Danger Class drops again to HIGH.

The Wildfire Act and Wildfire Regulation define the legal responsibilities and obligations to which everyone in British Columbia is subject. When the BC Wildfire Service places bans or restrictions in an area, the Wildfire Act and Regulation make them enforceable.

Fire Chief J. Caldbeck
Thetis Island Vol. Fire Dept.

Forbes Hall Cooling Center

Feeling the heat? Forbes Hall will be open today (Tuesday) 9am to 5pm.

Feel free to drop by, enjoy the library and cool down.
Come in. Cool down. Chat with people or read a book.
Thanks to all who have offered to volunteer !

Stay cool and stay hydrated.

Michelle Sutter
Chair, Forbes Hall Health Services Group

Tree Down on Lawrence Community Trail

There is a large tree down on the Lawrence Community Trail. It’s passable by climbing over, but not dangerous. We aren’t closing the trail but be aware that there is an obstacle on the trail. Once we are able to attend to it, we’ll let you know that the trail is once again clear.

Trail Committee

Thetis Community Assembly

The Thetis Island Community Assembly will be held on Monday, September 22nd at 7:00 pm at Forbes Hall.

All members of the public are encouraged to attend. With representatives from most island organizations, and an agenda of updates and discussions on current concerns or issues, it will be an informative meeting.

Finalized agenda will be posted on e-spokes and https://www.thetisposts.ca/ ; within the week prior.

Ann Dickie and Keith Rush, Co-Facilitators
Thetis Community Assembly

Island Trust News (Principal Residence Requirement)

Principal Residence Requirement comes into effect in the Salt Spring Island Local Trust Area in November, 2025.

https://mailstorm.islandstrust.bc.ca/campaigns/tg476lbfvl73e/web-version/bz299xot5we64

Summer Concert - Saturday, Aug 23rd, 7:30pm

Two accomplished songwriters - Deborah Holland and Matt Kennedy - will play a summer concert as a duo at Carolyn Askew's 'white house lawn' (#62 North Cove Rd.) on Saturday, August 23rd at 7:30 pm.

Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the show.

Deborah (www.deborahholland.com) has written songs for decades, performed twice on the David Letterman Show, and was a member of jazz pop band Animal Logic with Stewart Copeland (The Police) and legendary bassist Stanley Clarke.

Matt leads the busy 5-piece Vancouver band Headlong Hearts (www.headlonghearts.com ) who just played at Thetis' Forbes Hall in June. Tickets: suggested $15 - available through Matt at mgkennedy1000@gmail.com and at the 'door' on Aug 23.