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Week of January 27, [1981?]

Photographs including but not limited to mountaineering; views from the peak; Black Tusk
Appears in January 29, 1981 issue:
02-127-9. Pg. 1. Caption: [right] Dotted line shows original path of 99 across Culliton Creek causeway before December 26 flood wiped it out. Large arrow indicates bridge still unusable when this photo was taken last week. Small arrows indicate where flood waters tore hole through detour on January 21.
See also 02-140 and 02-142 for complete photo caption listing of January 29, 1981 issue.

Week of June 22, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to boating Alta Lake; bike rodeo; School Sports Day; Carpay horses at town centre Whistler Village; fire; Carpa[y?] Estate; windsurfing and motorcycling at Alta Lake; heli-hiking; town planning; children's activities; mountaineering; Great Northern Railway; bar; railway tracks; cat; Spring Slalom Whitewater Kayaking; Paul Morrison; cycling; car accident; Whistler Riding Centre construction; First Annual Whistler Off-Road Bike Race
Appears in June 24 1982 issue:
02-281-60. Pg. 1. Caption: There's more than one way to cool down on a hot summer's day, as these cross country motorcyclists proved Sunday in Daisy Lake Park. -- Photo John Bartosik.
02-281-43. Pg. 2. Caption: Whistler firefighters would like to avoid blazes like this one, which broke out near Klahanie campgrounds south of Squamish.
02-281-257. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Artist's rendering of the 14,000 sq. ft. Lodge.
02-281-258. Pg. 3. Caption: [middle] ... and covered stables for the equestrian centre in Whistler Cay.
02-281-115. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Myrtle Philip School kids play a game of toss the water bomb -- an ideal sport for a hot summer's day such as the one that beamed down on Sports Day '82.
02-281-125. Pg. 5. Caption: [left] Lower level layout of Sports & Convention Centre.
02-281-121. Pg. 5. Caption: [right] Upper level layout of centre.
02-281-10. Pg. 6. Caption: Parks Planner Tom Barratt (foreground) oversees operation while workers weigh anchors on the new municipal raft, being launched on its maiden voyage to Wayside Park.
02-281-137. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Cindy Wilding, Unemployed, White Gold Estates.
02-281-139. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Mark Petriw, Businessman, High Forest.
02-281-135. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Ted Pryce-Jones, Surveyor, Alpine Meadows.
02-281-132. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Letisha Greene, Vegetarian guru, Alpine Meadows.
02-281-128. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Ivan Dubinsky, Unemployed packer driver, Alta Vista.
02-281-90. Pg. 9. Caption: Mike Jakobsson ties in Dave Trevelan, director of sales for Sheraton Landmark Hotels.
02-281-99or100. Pg. 9. Caption: [advertisement] Whistler Heli-Hiking
02-281-7. Pg. 10. Caption: Myrtle Philip school students parade their decorated bicycles at last week's Sports Day.
02-281-249. Pg. 12. Caption: Competitor in the First Annual Whistler Off-Road Bike Race soars over a bump en route to Lost Lake and 25 miles of heavy pedalling.
02-281-232. Pg. 14. Caption: Denver Snider -- Whistler is ready for blackjack and roulette.
02-281-261. Pg. 18. Caption: [top] Co-winners of Pemberton Secondary's Grade 10 award of the year were Whistler Students, Susan Heilig (above)
02-281-190. Pg. 18. Caption: [bottom] and Scott Logue.

Week of March 25, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to Paul Burrows; birthday party; musicians; skiing from the peak; camping; mountaineering; Cheakamus Icebreaker Championship kayaking; Peter Chzrywowski; cross-country skiing race; dogs; cars; Creekside Husky; Whistler Creek shop; Whistler Village; Rotary Club; Avalanche Area; skiers; construction; house interiors; PTC Bingo Night
Appears in March 25, 1982 issue:
02-253-158. Pg. 1. Caption: Staff photographer freezes the snow avalanche on film as it roars off the roof of the Whistler Sports & Convention Centre on Friday, March 19. More photos on pages 21 & 26. P. Burrows Photo.
02-253-22. Pg. 4. Caption: The construction camp site claims another victim. This van was stuck in a hole last weekend.
02-253-264. Pg. 7. Caption: Duane Perrett of Pinecrest takes a run through the gates at the Icebreaker Championships, the first race in the B.C. 1982 whitewater season. Perrett is one of the many paddlers in the Whistler area who takes advantage of the swift mountain rivers in the valley.
02-253-186. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Ken Warke, Gentleman explorer extraordinaire, Tamarisk resident.
02-253-180. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Florence Corrigan, Pharmacist, Adventures West resident.
02-253-173. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Bob Daly, School principal, Alpine Meadows resident.
02-253-176. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Jimmy Warren, Doorman, Whistler Vale resident.
02-253-179. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Lois Paterson, Whistler Janitorial Services, Alpine Meadows resident.
02-253-191. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Mike 'Stoner' Stone, Bartender, White Gold Estates resident.
02-253-35. Pg. 10. Caption: John Bartosik gives a good squeeze to the head of our now long-lost Mouthpiece as one of the many rites of passage administered at Maloney's well-celebrated going away party. So long, Mick. Long may you stay on the wagon.
02-253-260. Pg. 11. Caption: Kayaker heads down the Cheakamus under the bridge in the Ice Breaker Race held March 21.
02-253-268. Pg. 14. Caption: Duane Perrett gets ready in the snowy starting gate at the Cheakamus Ice Breaker race March 21.
02-253-168. Pg. 15. Caption: Lucky winner at the PTC Bingo Night leaves with his prize while caller Bob Daly and Gary Raymond get ready for the next game.
02-253-212. Pg. 16. Caption: Smith Brothers Wilson forge ahead on the rebuilding of the Keg building which burned on Feb. 13.
02-253-87. Pg. 19. Caption: [left] Loreen Barnet, of the ALSC, won the open women's division in Whistler's last Nordic race of the season.
02-253-90. Pg. 19. Caption: [right] Peter Rehor placed third in the open men's section in Saturday's race. He finished with a time of 46:04.
02-253-162. Pg. 21. Caption: This was the scene after tons of snow ended up on the top of parking structure 'A' after it fell of the Sports & Convention Centre roof Friday afternoon.
02-253-53. Pg. 23. Caption: [top] Skiing down one of the slopes in the Spearhead range.
02-253-148. Pg. 23. Caption: [bottom] Rotary lot winner -- Larry Desjardins of Burnaby (left) is presented with land deed by Whistler Rotary president Bob Brown on the site lost Friday.
02-253-231. Pg. 26. Caption: [top] Moments before 50 tons of snow slid from the roof of the Sports & Convention Centre, Doug Fox, Cliff Jennings and crew tried shovelling snow away from facia beams.
02-253-229. Pg. 26. Caption: [middle] Within 24 hours, this glum had been twisted from its foundation by the moving snow mass.
02-253-171. Pg. 26. Caption: [bottom] Keep moving is right! Someone with a sense of humour then added the sign on the left to the warning on the right.

Week of March 9, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to helicopters; car accidents; hot tub; music show in school setting; kayaking; motorhome; mountaineering; snowy mountain peaks; party; competitive skiiers
Appears in March 12, 1981 issue:
02-133-50. Pg. 5. Caption: [top] The Alpha Lake Aggregate pit shows no evidence of campers ....
02-133-47. Pg. 5. Caption: [centre left] ... while there are crowds at Whistler Mountain ...
02-133-44. Pg. 5. Caption: [centre right] ... the club cabin area ...
02-133-41. Pg. 5. Caption: [middle left] ... the schoolyard ...
02-133-42. Pg. 5. Caption: [middle right] ... the town centre ...
02-133-46. Pg. 5. Caption: [bottom] ... and at the gondola base ...
02-133-73. Pg. 8. Caption: B.C. Disabled Ski Team member Ron Backie heads through the Molstar course.
02-133-101. Pg. 12. Caption: [top] The crowd gets out onto the dance floor at Club 10.
02-133-34. Pg. 12. Caption: [bottom] Mayor Pat Carleton (centre) congratulates Michel Segur (left) and Jean-Jacques Aaron on the opening of their new club.
02-133-43. Pg. 17. Caption: Early Sunday morning inspection tour of the Resort Centre left this 4X4 well stuck in the mud!
02-133-65. Pg. [20] or back cover. Caption: You can't see the tracks, but you can see the judges (lower left) and the competitors (upper right under the rocks) at the Figure 8 contest held in the Blackcomb Bowl on Sunday (story on page 3).
02-133-97. [Jane Burrows, Maureen [?], Kathleen Lazzina, and unknown woman]

Week of November 21, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to mountaineering; seaplane landing on the lake; town planning; construction; aerial views from plane; cars; license plates;
02-071-62. Pg. 1. Caption: No door on the helicopter allows a crystal-clear view of the Town Center (left center), Public Service Building (lower right) and Myrtle Philip School (right center).
02-071-31, 27. Pg. 4. Caption: Two views of the steel girders of Package 6, with masonry wall of Package 4 behind; upper photo shows detail of two roof lines.
02-071-86. Pg. 5. Caption: Work continues well into the night on the underground conduits connecting the Town Center to power lines on Highway 99.
02-071-39. Pg. 6. Caption: [top] Mayor Pat Carleton and Frans Carpay of Whistler Village Land Co. lead one of many media groups on walking tour of Whistler Village Town Center on Wednesday Nov. 14.
02-071-19. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] Public Service Building nears completion with new parking area in foreground.
02-071-26. Pg. 7. Caption: Large pile of construction garbage at Mons dump indicates total disregard for sign by garbage dumpers.
02-071-28. Pg. 9. Caption: Soil testing continues at new hotel site in Whistler Village Town Center.
02-071-7, 10. Pg. 10. Caption: Border Lake has spring ice blasted away (above), while 60,000 metric tonnes of ice (right) is dislodged to prevent future disaster to work crews.
02-071-5. Pg. 11. Caption: [left] View of exposed rock face of molybdenum ore body near Taku Lake; drill site was located on left above slide area.
02-071-94. Pg. 11. Caption: [right] Ihor Zalubniak (with sprayer) and Mark Lennox of Phase Two Painting stain the high woodwork 30 feet over Whistler Creek Lodge parking area.
02-071-23. Pg. 14. Caption: [Top] The presentation of the Pemberton Community Plan, left to right: Zoltan Kuun, Clerk Tom Wood, Mayor Shirley Henry, Planner John Connelly.
02-071-24. Pg. 14. Caption: [bottom] The audience listens to the presentation of the plan in the Signal Hill School library.
02-071-49. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: Aerial view of Roundhouse at 6000 foot level on Whistler Mountain, showing sparse snow cover and the new washroom/service building (upper right).