Cowichan Valley Art Tour & Sale

Visions 2018 is sponsoring their annual Art Studio Tour and Sale: 

July 6,7 and 8 - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Find the brochure online here: visionsarttour.ca 

One of the artists this year is our son, Christopher French, #19. Chris grew up on Thetis and now lives with his wife and two young children in Duncan. His love of life and nature shines through his artwork. 

There will be an amazing variety of wonderful art available to view and buy throughout the Cowichan Valley during this free, self guided tour where you can meet the artists and artisans as you visit their studios. 

Enjoy,

Sue French

Soup's On ~ Information & Request

We are working on the 2018/2019 season. To make it another successful

session we need more help and involvement from the community. Some of our

cooks and team members have fallen by the wayside or have moved away from Thetis Island. If you are interested in volunteering please plan to attend our start up meeting on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14th, 9.30 am in Forbes Hall. Please mark your calendars now as this is an important time to get new information, select your preferred dates and team members.

We need cooks, team leaders and kitchen helpers. For every "Soup's On" event we must have a person in the kitchen who holds Food Safe 1 (or above) Certification to be responsible for making sure that all Food Safe protocols are followed.. This does not necessarily have to be the cook although it is preferable. Please read the following information re FOOD SAFE.

Food Safe Certification that was acquired prior to July 29th 2013 will expire on July 29th 2018. To re-certify it will be necessary to do a refresher course. Refresher courses and those wishing to take Food Safe for the first time can access them online by going to: 

 http://foodsafe.ca/recertify.html

If you have questions or need more information feel free to call or e-mail

Don sinry@telus.net or 250-246-4291, 

Shirley burrleyshir@gmail.com or 250-246-1816, 

or Dee donella123@aol.com

Wildfire News

There are two more Wildfire Newsletters linked at http://www.thetisislandfire.ca/wildfire-news-archive.html :

2018 Season, Issue 3 - The shared responsibility of using B.C.’s forests, Fire management plans, Moving into a Wildland Urban Interface area, The most common reasons for human-caused wildfires in the Coastal Fire Centre, and How can a camp-fire start a wild-fire?

2018 Season, Issue 4 - How a forest dries out, The Fine Fuel Moisture Code and how a wild-fire can start, and How can you tell if forest fuels are dry?

TIVFD

Forbes Hall Expansion Fundraising Campaign Update

Reminder: July 1st Pancake Breakfast ~ Forbes Hall

Get all dolled up in red & white and join us for Thetis Island's famous Canada Day Breakfast!

TIRRA Links

Before the tonight's Thursday, June 21, 2018 TIRRA General Meeting at 7 PM, have a look at past minutes and current reports:

http://www.thetisisland.net/tica-tirra/tirra-reports.htm 

Please attend this meeting to discuss and vote on the electrification of the Recycle Yard and to have updates on community.

Printer & Desk for Sale

PRINTER FOR SALE 

I have a Brother 3040CN printer, with the manual, very heavy duty, hardly used, with three brand new ink cartridges. it does need a printer cord (15$ at Radio Shack), and a solid wood desk. Movers coming on the 26th, offers accepted 186 Porlier Road any morning before 10 am or after 600 pm ish.

Janet Seymour

Request for Community Paramedic Visits

Chemainus BCAS (Station 149) now has a Community Paramedic program in place for their service area which includes Thetis Island.  

Persons wishing to take part in this free service of health care visits at home by the Community Paramedic  must be referred by their family doctor or another health care professional to the Station 149 Unit Chief.  

Here on Thetis I can gather names of those interested and whom might benefit from this service of support; helping people achieve self-management goals, improving health outcomes, or helping persons remain in their home at end of life, and reducing emergency room visits as well as hospital stays.

Here are the criteria: Persons already diagnosed with heart failure (HF), COPD or diabetes, and/or require an in-home assessment of fall risks, or requires palliative support.

Please let me know if you or someone you know on Thetis wishes to be considered for inclusion in the service and I will apply for you.

Jeannine

TIVFD chief11@telus.net 

Fire Extinguisher Clinic

Mark your calendar! June 24th, Sunday, at the Fire Hall. 1:30 pm, Fire Extinguisher Training. You do not need a Fire extinguisher to attend this short hands-on training- we supply the flames and the means to put them out. Lantzville Fire Chief Neil Rukus will be your Instructor.

2:15 pm - AGGRESSIVE FIRE SAFETY will inspect your home/boat/car fire extinguishers for free, and let you know if they need hydrotesting or replacement. Extinguishers will be available to purchase or order.  Orders for reflective Lot Number signs will also be taken.

Take advantage of this free Safety trading and inspections, Sunday, June 24th.

TIVFD

Nature House Volunteers

The Thetis Island Nature House is looking for volunteers.

Contact Vicki Walker at 250-246-9126.

Forage Fish Monitoring Workshop

Be trained to monitor forage fish spawning habitat June 22 from 9 AM to 12 PM at the Nature House with the Mt. Arrowsmith Biosphere Region Research Institute (MABRI) from VIU.

To sign up or for more information contact Haley Tomlin at 250-753-3245 local 2802 or haley.tomlin@uvic.ca, or contact ThINC@thetisisland.net.

Lifeguard Wanted

For the opening day of the Thetis Island Nature House on June 30 from 1 to 4 PM

$100 plus ferry fee, potluck lunch and one night's accommodation included.

Please contact Caitlyn Skelton at 250-208-7869 or caitlyn.skelton@gmail.com if interested.