Canada Day ~ July 1st Sail Past

Just a friendly reminder to all you Island boaters… The July 1st Sail Past is on again and only a few weeks away! Decorate your boats with some Canadian spirit and come enjoy an afternoon on the water sailing/cruising around Penelakut and Thetis.

Stay tuned for more details coming soon.

Tricia Hunter

A THM Event? The Countdown is On!

JAZZ ON THE JETTY

Featuring: Wayne Kozak Band
With Guests: Anna McAndrew Trio

DON’T MISS IT!
June 21-22
1 pm - 5 pm

Celebrate the First Official Weekend of Summer with great music, cold beer and hot snacks at Telegraph Harbour on beautiful Thetis Island.

• Enjoy our famous ice cream
• Shop apparel, art and jewellery
• Visit the new home of Sea Life Centre

Telegraph Harbour Marina

Looking for Angela

I am trying to contact a New Zealand friend of mine, Angela Atkins, and her partner Hudson.

Her last name may have changed but she has a friend who lives on Thetis. She used to live in Lake Cowichan but is now in Duncan.

Mike 250-210-8926

from the Editor

ALERT:

If you know Angela, please inform her of this post and let her know that Mike is trying to find her. 

She can make the decision whether or not to be in touch.  You can pass along Mike's location and number to her, but do not give Mike her whereabouts.

Let's keep people safe. 

Looking for a Tinker

The health equipment loaner program has a number of pieces of equipment that are in need of repair. I am looking for a tinker who will take items and do minor repairs (there is a small budget for parts). If you are interested, please reach out to me.

David Reay

778-899-3216

davidreay@telus.net

Trail Closure

A couple of trees have fallen on the Lawrence Valley Loop at the “Wind Bridge” which are impossible to pass through. There is also a dangerous hanging branch about 1/2 km from the entrance to the trail and the wardens for this trail have marked it with an upward-facing branch. The Lawrence Valley Loop will therefore be closed until the situations can be rectified.

Trail Committee

St. Margaret’s Cemetery and Jollity Farm Families

St. Margaret’s Cemetery extends a BIG shout out of thanks to the Jollity Farm families who engaged in a work for trade project down at the cemetery. They hauled out a huge amount of debris that had accumulated after dead trees were limbed or taken down. In exchange for the labour, they took the logs to be used as firewood. Their willingness to engage with the cemetery in this way was a huge help.

Thank you, Noah, and all the families that pitched in.

Suzanne Sarioglu
St. Margaret’s Cemetery

Correction: Thetis Island Elementary School

*Please note, in the Quarterly, we said our graduation would be held on Monday, June 23rd. It is actually happening on Friday, June 20th! We will be performing a play, at 1:00 pm, afterward there will be refreshments, followed by our year-end ceremony and graduation (all at Forbes Hall).

All are welcome! Thanks.

Sarah Lucchetti (she/her)
K-7 Teacher, Thetis Island Elementary School

Seeking a Ride to Victoria

I am looking for a ride to Victoria early Wednesday morning. Should someone be open to having company on their journey I would greatly appreciate it

Happy to contribute to fuel or trade for herbal remedy/elixir, fermented goodies or other healing whole food creation.

Thank you!

Tracy Taporowski
867.333.0745

Free

Stamp collection. A great summer/winter project for a young enthusiast. Postage stamps from all over the world. Some may be valuable. Needs some sorting.

Call/text 250-706-5345

Feeling the Heat ?

The library/hall will be open 10 to 1 and maybe later if it is as hot as it was Sunday.

Remember to drink lots and stay out of the sun during the peak of the heat. Try to keep your place cool. Block the sun by closing curtains or blinds. And if you feel unwell call 911.

Forbes Hall Health Services Group 

IEWG, CCR and ThINC Host the First of a 2-Part Series of Indigenous Films June 25th

‘Uy’ netulh, folks,

Thetis’ Community Assembly’s IEWG (Indigenous Engagement Working Group), CCR (Community Climate Resilience), and ThINC (Thetis Island Nature Conservancy) as part of their Nature of Water summer program, invite you to come.

Held at the Community Hall in the evening 7:00 pm

June 25^th 7:00 pm

This film will be the first of a 2-part series created by Peter Campbell of Gumboot Productions:

Kuper Island - Returning to the Healing Circle (1997) (45mins).

The second will be held in July, date tba.

Reminder: June 22^nd 7:00 pm

The month of June celebrates Indigenous culture and its long-standing history in this place. We look forward to seeing you there. This documentary film focuses on the local history, complemented by ThINC’s community screening of ‘Snk̛míp Dig Deeper’, a documentary film.

We look forward to seeing you there.
Huy ch q’a,

Doug 

Moving up to HIGH Fire Danger Class

The fire weather stations around us (Cedar, N. Cowichan, Saltspring) have moved up to Danger Rating 4-HIGH. We are moving up to HIGH as well. This means that starting on Wednesday “Early Shift” goes into effect for HIGH-RISK ACTIVITIES.

In the Wildfire Regulation, high risk activities mean each of the following:
(As per Wildfire Regulation consolidated April 2023.)
(a) mechanical brushing;
(b) disk trenching;
(c) preparation or use of explosives;
(d) using fire- or spark-producing tools, including cutting tools;
(e) using or preparing fireworks or pyrotechnics;
(f) grinding, including rail grinding;
(g) mechanical land clearing;
(h) clearing and maintaining rights of way, including grass mowing;
(i) any of the following activities carried out in a cutblock excluding a road, landing, roadside work area or log sort area in the cutblock:
(i) operating a power saw;
(ii) mechanical tree felling, woody debris piling or tree processing, including de-limbing;
(iii) welding;
(iv) portable wood chipping, milling, processing or manufacturing;
(v) skidding logs or log forwarding unless it is improbable that the skidding or forwarding will result in the equipment contacting rock;
(vi) yarding logs using cable systems;
(j) to (q) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 213/2008, s. 1 (b).]

Starting on Wednesday morning, HIGH RISK activities must cease at 1pm and a two-hour fire watch posted. Note that electric mowers or weed eaters with metal blades can produce sparks when hitting rocks. And are therefore prohibited. Plastic string mowers are allowed. Electric chainsaws are allowed if cutting will be above waist height where there is no danger of the chain striking the ground. Gas saws and other gas equipment are prohibited.

TIVFD