Sandy Beach on Keats Island: Now a Nature Preserve

https://mailstorm.caorda.com/campaigns/ex9889ntb6aac/web-version/pz23422ntya6f

Quarterly Reminder & Call for Notes

This is just a nudge to remind everyone that the deadline for contributions to the Spring issue of the Quarterly is February 10th.  If you have any stories to share, please do!  It's not like we can chat over tea in the library yet.  If you would like to put in an ad, or if you have an ad that needs updating, please send it along.  Everything to quarterly@thetisisland.net, and if you haven't received an acknowledgment within a day or two, please call me at 250-246-1509.  

Thanks!

Veronica

PDF of Let's Keep in Touch Thetis Island doc's / PlaceSpeak

All emails from letskeepintouchthetisisland@gmail.com sent out to all residents of Thetis Island from October 2019 until January 2021 are now in one compiled PDF, for your reference and review on the “Resources” page of PlaceSpeak.

https://www.placespeak.com/uploads/6244/00_Thetis_Island_engagement_platform_-_introducing_PlaceSpeak.pdf

While we understand that a page has been established regarding the fibre optic initiative for Thetis Island, on the Thetis Blog, due to time constraints we will be unable to monitor any posts there. Please direct any questions you may have to letskeepintouchthetisisland@gmail.com and we will be pleased to answer as time permits. Furthermore, we encourage you to have your say in real time on the “Discussions” page of PlaceSpeak under the fibre optic initiative topic there. Sign up or sign in to be part of the conversation:  https://www.placespeak.com/thetisisland/

Regarding signing up to PlaceSpeak for anyone new to the island, or new to the fibre optic discussion: the “Let’s Keep In Touch with Thetis Island” is a private PlaceSpeak topic for islanders only, and is not discoverable in the public version of PlaceSpeak. Your email address is “the key” to accessing the platform. We, as administrators, need to grant you one-time access to this platform – it is open to ALL Thetis Islanders, both full and part-time residents. If there is a particular email address you would prefer we use to connect you, please let us know by emailing us at letskeepintouchthetisisland@gmail.com. And, if you are unsure of which email you are connected with, email us, and we will be pleased to confirm.  

Please check your email inbox sent from letskeepintouchthetisisland@gmail.com for a reminder of the PlaceSpeak sign-up instructions, as the host providers of the platform simplified the sign-up process last year. 

Thank you again for the outpouring of email support we have received from you regarding the Fibre Optic Initiative for Thetis Island.

Keep Healthy!   Keep Safe!

Kindly,

Thetis Island Community Economic Enhancement Corporation

Committee Members

Rebecca Andison

Lesley Buhr

Denis Gagnon

Email:  letskeepintouchthetisisland@gmail.com

PlaceSpeak:  https://www.placespeak.com/thetisisland/

Work Vest Wanted

I am looking for a work vest that has heavy denim outer material. Sized medium or large.  

Please call Jesse at (250) 588-3369

Up the Creek Without a Paddle?

I found a nice gray aluminum and plastic paddle 4 to 5 ft long on the beach at the community dock.

If you are missing such a paddle call 250-252-0758

Indoor Puppy Pen Wanted

Does anyone on the island have an indoor puppy pen that I could borrow for a few months or buy?

Would need it starting in the middle of February.

Thank you!

Penelope

penelopeannterry@gmail.com

Cedar Beach Pizza Feb. 5

Thank you all for your understanding and kind words as I have healed. 

This is a success story!

Cedar Beach Pizza will resume FEB 5 and 6  (Friday and Saturday).

Feel free to order days in advance if you know your plans.

Orders will be limited to 4 per night but may be multiple pizzas.

Thanks again,

Virginia and Andy

Great Backyard Bird Count – Feb. 12 – 15 – Global Count

https://www.birdscanada.org

https://www.birdcount.org/?utm_campaign=GBBC%202021%20marketing&utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_term=birdcount&utm_content=GBBC21%20Cultivation%20Past%201

Download the Merlin Bird ID App. 

Garbage left on Private Property

Would the person, or persons, who have placed (and left) 2 beat up chairs, a red cooler filled with water bottles, garbage bags and other "paraphernalia" on Lot 321 please remove them.  

This is private property. 

Rick Sinclair

Thetis Island Marina Closures

Due to unforeseen circumstances Thetis Island Marina PUB is closed for the next two weeks.  

Our hours of operation have changed. 

The liqour store/general store/ post office/fuel dock will open between Monday to Friday. The pub is closed for 2 weeks.

Kevin will be running the entire show. 

Fuel Dock will be open from 9:30am-1:15pm then from 3:30pm-4:00pm. 

Liquor Store will be open from 9:30am-1:15pm. Then 3:30pm-5pm. 

Post Office will be open from 12:30pm-5pm. 

General store will be open from 9:30am-1:15pm then from 3:30pm-4:00pm.  

Mail will be sorted from 1:15pm-3:30 at this time the store will be locked. 

Hours will be posted on the door. Thank you for your cooperation and your patience at this time. We will continue to update our customers as the situation develops.

Thank you,

Melissa 

Follow Up to Fraser Point Boat Theft

Thanks to a few people that provided timely information, our stolen boat was found by Ladysmith RCMP beached at the head of Ladysmith Harbour where it was starting to be stripped.  

The boat has been recovered and is now at a boatyard to awaiting the RCMP identification team and to start the long process of putting it all back in order.  The RCMP have a witness who has had contact with the thieves and for all islanders’ sake, we hope the RCMP have success in apprehending the thieves so we can all sleep a little easier.  

Thanks again to all who offered assistance. 

Geoff Porter  

Seabridge Marine Contractors Ltd

Cell: +1 604 616 5375

Ferry Schedule Information Wanted

How does a person find out if there is DG going to Penelakut Island on DG days. So that I can get on at Thetis 9:10 ferry.

Thanks

Roger (garand_enterprises@yahoo.com)