Islands Trust Candidate Ken Hunter

Let's work together to preserve property rights for owners and residents while being ever mindful to protect our unique environment. 

Please feel free to contact me at 250 210-1498 to discuss what's important to you.

Thank you,

Ken

Yoga Monday Evening

Yes, there will be a yoga class on Monday from 6:15 to 7:15 pm at the hall.

Come practice Gratitude.

Tatiana

Power Outage and Earthquake Preparedness

BC Hydro has planned an island-wide power outage for regular maintenance of THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 from 9 am to 3pm.

Coincidentally, October 18th is BC ShakeOut Day, where the entire province can practise earthquake preparedness with a simulated earthquake at 10:18 am (tune in for rumbling noise on local radio stations.)

The CVRD Emergency Alert Notification System will also be tested that morning.  Many of you already signed up for that at last week’s Soups-On.  If you missed the great bowl of soup and CVRD Sybille Sanderson’s sign-up table, you can sign up on line by going to the CVRD website and search for Emergency Alert Registration.

Since we know the power will be out anyway, what a great time to get ready and be prepared for “the big one”.  How will you fare during an extended disaster?

TIVFD

Reminder: TIRRA General Meeting

Reminder: TIRRA General Meeting Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 7 PM in Forbes Hall. There will be reports from all of TIRRA and from the Improvement District and Ferry Advisory.  St. Margaret's Cemetery's report will be especially interesting.

Ping-Pong Cancelled til Oct 19th

The regular Sunday, Tuesday and Friday ping-pong sessions at Forbes Hall are cancelled. 

They will resume on Friday evening October 19th.

CVRD Area G Director Candidate Presentation, Meet & Greet – Lynne Smith

At 7:00 PM on  Thursday, October 11 at Forbes Hall

7:00 PM Short presentation about CVRD taxation and Thetis Island.

The presentation will be followed by a question and answer period.

Refreshments (Pot of Gold) will be served.

I look forward to meeting everyone and discussing what we will be working on together over the next 4 years.

Lynne Smith

Email: smithcvrdareag@gmail.com  Phone: (250) 210-1510

CivicReady Link

Sign up anytime at CivicReady,

A mass notification service is available to residents, part timers and visitors to Thetis Island to receive notifications of evacuation alerts and orders, evacuation routes, ESS LERN reception center operations, local threats and severe weather alerts.  The link is:

https://www.cvrd.bc.ca/2276/Emergency-Alert-Registration

Memories of Beth Bolster Tea

On Friday October 26, 2018 from 2 PM to 4 PM an informal gathering will be held at the Library at Forbes Hall for those wishing to share memories of Beth Bolster.

Tea will be served. You are invited to bake something to bring along to share. Perhaps one of the many amazing recipes that Beth gifted her friends and neighbours with over the years?

Please bring your favourite memories and stories of Beth as well. If anyone has photos of interest please do bring them along. Hopefully we will hear stories which will span the forty plus years Beth spent on her beloved Thetis Island.

To those of you who enjoy writing, it would be wonderful to have copies of your stories (and Photos) so that they can be put together and sent to Ken and his family in Washington as a reminder of Thetis love.

Contact us.

Glenda Petersen  (250) 416-0638 or email glendajp@telus.net

Lucy Hayward.  (250) 246-2059

New Information About the Upcoming Elections

Please note that new information has been added to the elections page at

http://thetisisland.net/2018_CVRD_election/

This includes specifics about voter registration, mail-in ballot eligibility and process, and mail-in deadlines, and also new dates and times for opportunities to meet and question candidates for both the CVRD and the Islands Trust elections.  Thetis Island has more at stake than usual this time, so please make use of the information and the opportunities!

Small Pet-Vest Found on Community Trail

Found on community trail on Wed 3 October:

Eco-gear vest (grey/blue), sized for a small dog/cat.

If this is yours, contact Jonathan Thornburg

(email  jthorn4242@gmail.com or phone 250-984-3033) to retrieve it.

Since you asked...

The tower being added to the fire Hall is called a hose tower.  Traditionally all fire halls had one for hanging hoses to dry after use so they wouldn’t rot.  Then came electric hose dryers if departments could afford them (turns out they don’t last long and are expensive) and rubber hose that doesn’t need drying (but has a separate set of problems). On Thetis we have traditionally draped wet hose over top of the vehicles for several days to dry, which can be a problem when we want to move out quickly.  The hose tower will allow us to drain and dry hose properly and comes with the added bonus of being a training tower for ladder drills and rescue skills.

Thanks for asking.

TIVFD

Free Fridge and Propane Range for Sale

GE Profile fridge (top freezer) in white, works well. Approx 20-21 cu ft. Free.

Maytag Propane freestanding range - 4 burner & propane oven in black. Electronic temp controls. Good physical and working condition.

Asking $200.

Both can be viewed currently working; new appliances arriving next week.

Both appliances available sometime after Oct 10th, you must pick up.

250-416-0282

101 Hollyberry Lane