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Week of May 30, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to town planning in 1978; Whistler Village construction
02-007-03 on pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: The precast concrete at the Town Centre gives the appearance of a small town.
02-007-02 on pg. 7. Caption: Someone important must have fallen in the ditch! There are now concrete curbs by the Mons garbage bin entrance.
02-007-12-13 on pg. 8. Caption: The view from Mr. Saunders condominium on Drew Drive showing the outline of the new Whistler Creek Hotel.
02-007-17-18 on pg. 15. Caption: Looking south down Pinecrest Lake with Cloudburst Mtn. in the background.
02-007-15 on pg. 15. Caption: Pinecrest Lake - a natural setting presently being developed into recreational parcels.

Week of May 23, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to the Great Snow Earth Water Race; Alta Lake; tennis courts; car accidents; town construction
02-008-22 on pg. 1. Top Some of the "Great Racers" -- the first skier of the mountain.
02-008-29 on pg. 1. Bottom the first canoeists off the lake.
02-008-31 on pg. 1. And in the centre, three of the winning A.L.S.C. team -- Jim, Joannie and Art.
02-008-15 on pg. 5. Caption: Les McDonald, Nello Busdon and Vic Woods cross the finish line together in the Mini Marathon.
02-008-72 on pg. 7. Caption: Don Willoughby, Max Maxwell and Tom Jarvis enjoy a little blackjack at the Chamber's Casino Night.
02-008-56 on pg. 8. Caption: The tangled wreckage of the Satre backhoe after it was hit by a logging truck.
02-008-04 on pg. 9. Caption: The scene at the craft fair and barbeque organized by the Chamber of Commerce at the school on Saturday.
02-008-69 on pg. [12] or back cover. Caption: Some of the models of the packages of the new Whistler Village which were on display at the Land Company Office last week.
02-008-06 appears in May 30th on pg. 3. Caption: Michael D'Artois cooks up some homemade burgers at the Chamber Fair at the school on May 19.
02-008-43 appears in May 16th issue on pg. 11. Caption: Principal Alex Marshall negotiates the Roadeo Course.

Week of May 16, 1979

Photographs including bu not limited to town planning; Whistler Village Construction; Cheakamus Lake trails; Lost Lake trails; golf course
002-009-21 on pg. 1. Caption: Terry Minger addresses the Ratepayers Association while A.L.D.R.A. president Diane Eby and Neil Griggs look on.
02-009-28 on pg. 3. Caption: Some of the B.C. Tourism Travel Counsellors who visited Whistler on Sunday.
02-009-17 on pg. 4. Caption: Whistler Village Land Company president Terry Minger.
02-009-02 on pg. 7. Caption: Voters line up to vote in the gym at last week's Provincial Election.
02-009-13 on pg. 14. Caption: Franki pile rig in place at the Town Centre.
02-009-23 on pg. 15. Caption: A serene spring scene -- golfers tee off at the Whistler Golf Course.
02-009-15 on pg. 19. Caption: Clearing starts on the road into the new Golf Course estates.
02-009-08 on pg. [20] or back cover. Caption: Sections of precast concrete mount up at the Olympic parking lot.

Week of March 21, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to the Construction of Whistler Village; Skiing; car accident
02-017-10 on pg. 1. Caption: The Town Centre area takes shape- the snow has now been removed from the area where the underground parking structure is to be built.
02-017-06 on pg. 5. Caption: Heading Out -- Early bird powder hounds head out into the T-Bar Bowl on Friday, March 16 just after it was opened.
02-017-02 on pg. 13. Caption: Ed Friegang (BC & Yukon Trades Council), Willie Andersen (Carpenters Union #452), Cy Sloan (N.W. & Vancouver Bldg. Trades Council) & Colin Snell (Secretaryof Local #452) at the Chamber of Commerce meeting.
02-017-04 [T]; 02-017-12 [B] on pg. 14. Caption: The mud and ice of March! Mud at the City Hall parking area and a car sunning its tummy after skidding on ice last Monday. There were no injuries.

Week of January 24, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to Construction; Rotary Club events; Whistler Mountain views; car accident; winter
02-25-25 on pg. 1. Caption: Aspen President D'Arcy Brown, Mayor Pat Carleton and Aspen's Gerry Blann at break-fast at Whistler on Saturday.
02-25-23 on pg. 6. Caption [R]: While the remains of the vehicle are shown at the right.
02-25-30 on pg. 7. Caption [L]: The audience gives unanimous approval to one of the motions presented at Saturday night's meeting.
02-25-28 on pg. 7. Caption [R]: Water Company solicitor H.D.C. Hunter addresses the meeting while A.L.D.R.A. President Diane Eby and Robin Macfarlane look on.
02-25-32 on pg.9. Caption: New signs recently put up in the area of the new Whistler Village by the Whistler Village Land Company.
02-25-17 on pg. [16]. Caption: Powder snow and sunshine -- the way it was at Whistler several times during the past week. Scott Alpen photo.

Week of August 28, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to ski fair; Construction; clearing Whistler Town Centre land
02-039-04. Appears in Aug 23., 1978 issue on pg. 5. Caption: When there isn't an airport, one improvises. Local takes off for the weekend in the city. He didn't get too high.

Week of September 19, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to construction; Whistler Village planning; tires; still life set-up; houses; mountains
02-080-71. Pg. 1. Caption: The view from the top! Looking down on the Town Centre from the air, September 14, 1979.
02-080-9. Pg. 4. Caption: Advertisement photo - OK Tire Stores.
02-080-30. Pg. 5. Caption: The view from the Roundhouse showing the new washroom building.
02-080-74. Pg. 9. Caption: "The Hearthstone" condo block takes shape above Packages #4 & #5.
02-080-45. Pg. 10. Caption: Looking down the "Toilet Bowl" while the drill rig heads down to blast some more rock.
02-080-65. Pg. 11. Caption: [top] The Blackcomb runs as seen from the air.
02-080-57. Pg. 11. Caption: [bottom] Bow Helicopters' base camp with one Bell 206 and two 214's parked.
02-080-85. Pg. 13. Caption: Constable Tom Hansen stands beside the new R.C.M.P. machine.
02-080-54, 51. Pg. 14. Caption: The Town Centre two-level parking structure under construction.
02-080-23. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: The Roundhouse expansion under construction by Quadra.

Week of September 4, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to summer skiing into the lake (freestyle); Town Centre Construction
02-092-11. Pg. 3. Caption: Linda Satre accepts another donation to the Terry Fox fund from a patron outside the Husky Station while Ruth Howells looks on.
02-092-29. Pg. 6. Caption: [top left] Two jumpers unfold their flips
02-092-18. Pg. 6. Caption: [top right] Two jumpers unfold their flips
02-092-28. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] Masahito Tsunoki buckles into his lift vest.
02-092-33. Pg. 11. Caption: Dave Buchan -- new sales representative with the Capilano Highlands team since August 1.
02-092-7. Pg. [16] At the foot of Whistler... As in many cases, you've got to start at the bottom to get to the top. In this picture we have the crew putting the cable on the Garibaldi Lift's chairlift that rises from the Town Centre. Also shown is the pit that the two-mountain daylodge will rise from. It won't completed this year but the substructure will and portable trailers will be used on the site to sell lift tickets to Whistler and Blackcomb.

Week of April 24, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to Whistler Village Construction; farm animals; river; school; bike; car
02-119-19. Pg. 1. Caption: Joe Lotskar makes a point as the large crowd at the Beak Report public meeting listen.
02-119-57. Pg. 3. Caption: Johnson's Trucking gravel crushing plant at work in the Alpha Lake Aggregate pit.
02-119-53. Pg. 5. Caption: Municipal Treasurer John Randall.
02-119-50. Pg. 8. Caption: Kris Shoup instructs John Garnet in the school mini-course knitting class while Serap Graf and Monica Niederlich concentrate on the task at hand.
02-119-71. Pg. 9. Caption: Recently engaged couple Deanna Chan & Graeme O'Neill.
02-119-34. Pg. 10. Caption: On the CMOS farm site -- from Left to Right: Outdoor Education Co-ordinator Rick Price, W.L.B. Hawkes of the Ministry of Education, and Pemberton School trustee T.B.M. (Slim) Fougberg.
02-119-3. Pg. 11. Caption: Jim McConkey displays the McConkey Cup Trophy.
02-119-9. Pg. 15. Caption: The Town centre area awash with floodwater at the height of last week's storm on April 26.
02-119-38. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT? -- A good looking pair of steers seen recently at the Coast Mountain Outdoor School farm.

Week of February 12, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to ski races; car accidents; restaurant interior
02-130-29. Pg. 4. Caption: Iain Young, Provincial Emergencies Program Training Co-ordinator.
02-130-24. Pg. 5. Caption: [bottom] The stop sign in Whistler Village -- showing the front and the back of the signs on their cedar posts.
02-130-23. Pg. 6. Caption: New Whistler pharmacist Neil Massoud at work in Whistler United Pharmacy.
02-130-26. Pg. 10-11. Caption: [left] Manager Rob Nelms stands behind the remodelled bar at Dino's.
02-130-25. Pg. 11. Caption: [right] Whistler's Dino's Place is open!
02-130-8. Pg. 12. Caption: [top] The Sears catalogue store in Pemberton on the Perkins property that was used up until February 10.
02-130-7. Pg. 13. Caption: [left] Two vehicles that came to grief last week -- the black pickup rolled over several times on the straight-away by the White Gold Inn, and the Fiesta missed the turn on Archibald Way and ended up in a front yard.
02-130-5. Pg. 13. Caption: [right] See above black pickup
02-130-12. Pg. 16. Caption: Gay Parker-McClain with baby Dana at the 'Well Baby Clinic' with Public Health Nurse Marilyn McIvor.
02-130-3. Pg. 17. Caption: One of the many racers heads down the course during the Whistler Staff Race last Wednesday. Others wait their turn at the top of the course.

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