Thetis Island Community Fund ~ Annual Wine & Cheese ~ October 28th

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2003 Sunfire for Sale

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Flu Clinic Reminder ~ November 1st

The Annual VIHA Flu Shot Clinic on Thetis Island at Forbes Hall will be held on NOVEMBER 1st.

There will be a slight departure from our past rushed, 45 minute window for inoculations due to ferry schedules.  This year the Flu Shot Clinic will run from 10:45 a.m. to 12:45, giving residents a choice of when to arrive to roll up your sleeve. 

As usual, the TIVFD First Responders will be on hand and the TIVFD Auxiliary will be offering refreshments after your inoculation. 

Please mark your calendar.  We will be reminding you again before the date, but early planning means you won't miss out.
Fire Chief J. Caldbeck
Thetis Island Volunteer Fire Department

Final Bargains at 107 Klahowya Moving Away Sale

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BC Hydro Notice & Addendum

To ensure public and worker safety and electrical system reliability, BC Hydro contractors inspect wood power poles along distribution lines and carry out treatment if required. Poles that have been in service for at least 14 years (lodgepole pine) and 20 years (western red cedar) are inspected, tested for strength and treated near ground level with wood preservative to prevent and/or stop decay. Untreated poles typically have a service life of only 30 years, while treated poles can last up to 70 years, conserving demand on our forest resources.

Wood poles will be inspected and treated along distribution lines between November 1, 2012 and March 15, 2013 on Thetis Island.

Wood preservatives used are approved and registered for utility wood poles by Health Canada. Contractors are certified and licensed by the BC Ministry of Environment, and work is completed under the direction of BC Hydro in accordance with BC Hydro's Pest Management Plan for Wood Structure Maintenance, No. 105-0976-09/14.

For more information, contact: Raymond Irving, Field Manager at Raymond.Irving@bchydro.com.

As an addendum to this public notice:

The local trust committee was given a set of flags to give out for use by anyone who would like to post them at a pole for which treatment might interfere with the health of an unmapped well, organic garden, or other concerns. Please contact me, Sue French, 250-416-0373,sfrench@islandstrust.bc.ca for flags or more information.

I will be sending out more information to the farms on Thetis - anyone else interested as well just let me know and I'll forward the information to you too.

Sue French, local trustee

Islands Trust

Article by Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun

This article by Stephen Hume was in the Vancouver Sun October 10. Very well put and some great comparisons.

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 Ann Eriksson

FAC ~ Public Consultation Update

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Global TV BC ~ request for photos

We are going to highlight Thetis Island in our Small Town BC feature this comingSunday, Oct 14^th on Global BC’s Sunday Morning News.  Would you mind passing the word on to co-workers, family and friends??

Anyone is welcome to send in photos of the Thetis Island community and area to this email address: weekendnews@globaltv.com. Please also send a brief description of your photo and keep the photos between 200KB and 4MB in size. We will show some of these photos on TV during our show! (Please do not send any pictures to my personal address.)

Thank you!  Looking forward to seeing your pictures!

Wesla

Wesla Wong
Meteorologist
Global TV BC
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Thetis Island Community Fund

October is fundraising month for the Thetis Island Community Fund.  The Fund supports health, education and seniors in our community.  Whether through assisting the school with programs and projects, individuals with health concerns, or broader based health or seniors' programs, the Fund was developed to aid in these areas.

For more information, please click here to go to the Community Fund website, or click here to view the Fund's letter to the community.

Soup's On ~ October 10th

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Looking for Hanging File Folders

We need some hanging folders for Forbes Hall filing cabinets!  Trying to get better organized! Legal size would be great, but we might be able to use letter size as well.

 

Drop them off at the Hall or email donella123@aol.com for pick up.

Supper's On

Thanks to all that turned out last night for the inaugral Supper's On.  It was a successful evening, with lots of visiting around our new tables at the hall, and judging by the plates that were "licked clean", folks were happy with their meal.

The Soup's On format lent the evening a warm, easy ambience.  We're really looking forward to the next one, November 3rd.