New Hall Drone Photos

courtesy of Dave Tarris

For Sale

Back of Seat protective covers. East to put on.  Fit any vehicle. 2 fronts. 1 back.  Great if you have kids.

$15. 00 for all.

Chris

Text 2502520699

Saturday Bake Sale

This Saturday and every Saturday from 10am until 2pm at Dunfield Park behind Thetis Island Marina. Items for sale include but not limited to bread, buns, cookies, pies, eggs, fresh veggies, slices of pizza, Thetis Island artwork, Penelakut Carvings, Penelakut Baking and so much more!

Saturday 10-2

See you there!!

Mindy

Friday Night Steak Dinner at Thetis Marina

This Friday, July 10, the dinner special will be Steak and Prawns with baked potato and Caesar salad.  

Reservations recommended.  

Kitchen open until 7:30pm.  

Hope to see you there!

Thursday Fire Weather Forecast

SYNOPSIS: (Today-tomorrow) In the next 24 hours a low will cross the north Island and the mainland inlets and open into a broad unstable trough over the Chilcotin. Most of the associated rainfall will fall over those areas and could be heavy at times with only a few scattered showers over south and east Vancouver Island and virtually nothing over the mainland areas south of Desolation Sound. Weak ridging tomorrow afternoon brings partial clearing and a smattering of sunny breaks.

OUTLOOK: (Friday-Sunday) The wet progressive pattern continues into the weekend with the next system reaching the coast Friday afternoon. As with today’s complex system the bias will be for most of the rainfall to stay up over northern Vancouver Island and the coastal inlets north of Powell River. The current forecast model shows heavy rainfalls for the outer coasts Saturday afternoon with some areas seeing over 40 mm! But a few bands of clouds will cross the southern and eastern sections on Saturday bringing a chance of showers. All areas remain cloudy and wet through Sunday.

TIVFD/Coastal Fire

Appreciation for Services to St.Margarets Cemetery

Dave Knowles has advised St.Margarets Cemetery that he is retiring from his long held position as grave digger. When I took over managing the cemetery in 2009 Dave had already been providing this much needed service for years.

It is the kind of job that required flexibility , a willingness to drop everything including your regular paid job, show up and dig a grave, be available to fill in after the burial  all the while using your back hoe and hours of time. We in the community have been lucky to have Dave. Whenever families asked what the cost would be to have the grave prepared Dave would always say “ I don’t want anything.These are my friends that i am burying.” He never took money for doing this job. St.Margarets Cemetery extends its deepest gratitude to Dave for his service over the years and wish him all the best. 

The Thetis Island community should know that under normal circumstances the family of the bereaved are responsible for the costs of digging a grave for the burial of human remains. St.Margarets will be looking for someone to replace Dave.Our hope is that we can at least find someone onThetis with a machine that would be willing to take it on.If not an operator from across the water will have to be contracted.

Suzanne Sarioglu

Rockin’ the Cemetery

St.Margarets Cemetery will be receiving a large load of river rock on Saturday July 11.These rocks are to be put down in the drainage ditch and will serve as part of the water catchment and management system for the cemetery. Do you have a couple of hours and a wheel barrow to help out?  The rocks arrive Saturday morning .We will be there Saturday,Sunday, and Thursday and Friday next week from 9:30 to 1Pm and on til the job is done. Drop in and lend a hand for as long as you like. 

Remember we will be practising social distancing while on the job. Give me a call if you have any questions. Suzanne 250-246-9965 Thank you and see you soon.

Suzanne Sarioglu

ThINC - Food Security Program Update

Hello all!

Some of you may have seen the ThINCpod scooting around the island; digging in the dirt; wrangling goats; or perhaps testing their flexibility skills at yoga.  But what have they been really up to?

If your curiosity is piqued, check out our newest blog posts: 

https://www.thetisislandnatureconservancy.org/blog

Also, big thanks to everyone who participated in our Food Map survey and questionnaire. We’re very excited to see the enthusiasm for this project, and look forward to working on the next steps with you! 

ThINC team

Gloria's Jams and Jellies

Gloria's Jams and Jellies at 162 Pilkey Point Road are all ready to go to a good home.

2 New Jams available. $5 each. This weekend I will have flowers as well.

Gloria  "The Jammin' Queen"

Event Type: Shoulder mowing Mt. Sicker Rd to Nanaimo

Please be advised that Mainroad Mid Island Contracting will be Shoulder Mowing on the Trans-Canada Highway from Mt. Sicker Rd to Nanaimo.

The work will start Monday, July 13 at 7:26am and finish Thursday, July 16 at 4:30pm.

This is a continuous slow-moving operation, so expect minor delays.

Thank you in advance for your patience.

Please show respect for all roadside crews - Slow Down. 

Mainroad Mid-Island Contracting

midisland@mainroad.ca

1-877-215-6006

Submitted by: Lynne Smith CVRD Area G Director

Zinger and his Cake

Fire Lieutenant Christian (“Zinger”) Zinser retired from the TIVFD on July 8th.  

He served the department and community for seven years, first as a firefighter then also medical First Responder, and he retired as an officer.

Zinger and his wife Rachel and baby Amira will be travelling to Germany for an extended family visit and then hope to return to another BC community to work and raise their family.  

We will miss him but he promises to visit. He also promises to join another volunteer fire department to continue to serve as an emergency responder and is most appreciative of the support of our Thetis Island  community in allowing him to gain the knowledge and skills to make him an exceptional fire fighter.  

Bon Voyage Zinser family!  

TIVFD

Aerial Noise

We  have noticed that the small airplanes that fly in circles around Thetis  seem to have returned after a welcome hiatus. I imagine that the  pilots  and trainees do not realize the impact they are having, and  suggest that it is worth drawing it to their attention. Perhaps they can be encouraged to do this elsewhere.

There is an app or website called Flightrader24.com that can be used to identify the plane in question, and then one can look up a number and phone to let them know the issue. Today it was from a flying club in Victoria.

We are certainly not innocent of making (or contributing to making) a noise at times. However, to us, there is a large difference between the transient noise of a float plane, car, truck or what have you and something that deliberately circles the airspace above the island, spreading the noise as widely as possible for an extended period.

Ian and Owain