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Week of April 11, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to evening event; office; portraits; construction in Whistler Village; Mouton Cadet Spring Festival at Whistler Mountain; ski race; awards; chairlift; cutting down a tree; Blackcomb and Whistler Mountain signage; podium; skiers; construction of 19 Mile Creek Bridge
Appears in April 14, 1983 issue:
02-316-13. Pg. 1. Caption: A gift of two mountains was presented to Washington Governor John Spellman (right) by Mayor Mark Angus (second from right) during his tour of Whistler last week. Washington hopes to develop its Early Winters Resort and several top delegates including (left) Senator Alan Bluechel, Mrs. Jeanne Erlichmann Bluechel and Mrs. Irene Spellman.
02-316-21. Pg. 3. Caption: Mark Sager ... in the running for Williams' job.
02-316-14. Pg. 5. Caption: Geoff Power (left) and Don Willoughby (right) ... the long-time components of Willpower Enterprises.
02-316-49. Pg. 7. Caption: [Village]
02-316-191. Pg. 8. Caption: CKNW talk-show host Gary Bannerman (left) was given the royal WRA tour of Whistler Saturday, April 9 by resort association executive president Earl Hansen. Bannerman was gathering background material for an upcoming show which will feature Whistler.
02-316-167. Pg. 9. Caption: As soon as the snow left the ground, workers for Interwest Construction of Vancouver got cracking on the preliminary work for the foundation of 19 Mile Creek Bridge. The span, to be completed by summer, will bridge the gap in Alpine Meadows on Valley Drive.
02-316-228. Pg. 11. Caption: Do hostesses during the mostesses? Whistler Mountain's team of helpful ladies salut the visitors and participants at Mouton Cadet's Spring Festival held April 9, 10 and 11. Top row (l-r) Jacques Reck, Heather Steward. Bottom row (l-r) Cathy Rousseau, Lyndsey MacDonald, June Paley, and Jan Haldimand had a smile for everyone this snowy Sunday.
02-316-175. Pg. 12. Caption: Municipal parks worker Wayne Flann gets rid of some dead wood at Alpha Lake Park. Crews are readying some of the facilities in the park such as the tennis courts and picnic area, in time for summer visitors.
02-316-35. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Karen Petrus, Village Employee, Whistler Cay.
02-316-41. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Cindy Brown, Whistler Mountain Ticket Checker, Emerald Estates.
02-316-33. Pg. 14. Caption: [right] Nancy Davies, Village Shop Owner, Whistler Cay Heights.
02-316-73. Pg. 15. Caption: [left] First place winners in the Mouton Cadet Spring Festival held April 9, 10, 11 on Whistler Mountain. (l-r) Dave Murray, Nancy Smith, Jim Parsons, Toby Shale. Back row Xavier deEizaguirre of Mountain Rothschild and Werner Schonberger, president of Featherstone & Co.
02-316-79. Pg. 15. Caption: [right] Andre Schwarz gets a little help from his friend during a presentation on "motion and movement" -- the Canadian approach to ski instruction "at the CSIA Spring Festival at Delta Mountain Inn Monday, April 11. Schwarz is the chairman of the national technical committee for the CSIA.

Week of April 15, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to roads; cars; garbage; construction; meal at restaurant; firemen; awards; skiers; lift line-ups; Gondola Village mountain camping; party; Garibaldi relocation project; torched remains of Garibaldi Lodge; Whistler Cable TV; B.C. Tel; Easter Back Bowl Downhill; Cheakamus Canyon project
Appears in April 15, 1982 issue:
02-250-3. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] All that remains today is a charred pile of debris. The lodge was torched by the provincial government after no bids were received on the building. It is one of the victims of the Garibaldi relocation project implemented by the province because of the threat of the barrier.
02-250-88. Pg. 3. Caption: [top left] Firemen had a smokey fight when they first arrived on the scene.
02-250-130. Pg. 3. Caption: [top right] Jim Dawson of Whistler Cable T.V. takes a look over blueprints while B.C. Tel workmen hang new cable in the Gondola area.
02-250-47. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Pat Kelly, Real Estate Agent, Whistler Cay Resident.
02-250-152. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Diane Robb, Waitress, Gondola Area Resident.
02-250-53. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Denver Snider, Mons towing, Emerald Estates.
02-250-56. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Don Willoughby, Businessman, Alpine Meadows.
02-250-50. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] "Fast" Eddy, Union Construction Worker, Alta Vista.
02-250-149. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Susan Nielsen, Bookkeeper, Whistler Cay resident.
02-250-78. Pg. 9. Caption: [top] A round of applause and a bouquet of flowers were Race Secretary Joan McCulloch's reward for a year of hard work. Owen Carney, Alpine Chairman, (Centre) made the presentation.
02-250-110. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom] Michell Brown and Doug Smith hold up the Price Waterhouse Trophy, which they won in junior skiing competition at Blackcomb Mountain on Sunday.
02-250-7. Pg. 11. Caption: The latest development in the Cheakamus Canyon project is the diversion which carries vehicles through the rock cut (Centre) rather than around one of the most dangerous corners on Highway 99 (right).
02-250-21. Pg. 16. Caption: [bottom] Some Whistler residents could do with a few lessons in tidiness and cooperation. This scene at the Mons garbage compactor tells a story.
02-250-39. Pg. 17. Caption: [Building on a dream]
02-250-134. Pg. 21. Caption: This prefab housing appeared Thursday, April 8 at the Gondola base area. No occupants were discovered.

Week of December 21, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to drinking and dancing at restaurant; skiing; Myrtle Philip School Play; ski races; Blackcomb Mountain; musician; construction; Christmas; Santa and children
Appears in December 23, 1981 issue:
02-231-181. Pg. 2. Caption: A Merry, Merry Christmas to All.
02-231-217. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Gerry Frechette gets a hand from Sylvan Ferguson in erecting the parking meter stand.
02-231-172. Pg. 6. Caption: It's live entertainment compliments of live Keith Bennett every afternoon from apres ski at Club 10.
02-231-179. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Paul Vance, 2 year-old, Alpine Meadows.
02-231-186. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Laura Wylie, 6 year-old, Alpine Meadows.
02-231-187. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Tory Hansen, 11 year-old, White Gold Estates.
02-231-190. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Brad Rusted, 15 year old, Alpine Meadows.
02-231-178 Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Charlie Raine, 11 year-old, Brio.
02-231-39. Pg. 9. Caption: The meaning of Christmas.
02-231-169. Pg. 10. Caption: Owner Dick Gibbons (left) and designer Gilbert Konqui lend a hand getting The Longhorn ready for action. Located in Carleton Lodge in the Village, the 250-seat restaurant is ready to serve you a drink and a quick, hot meal.
02-231-66. Pg. 12. Caption: [top] [Skier]
02-231-87. Pg. 12. Caption: [bottom] [Skier]
02-231-58. Pg. 13. Caption: [right] It was in the December 17th school play, no clownin' around for these crazy guys as they explained that it makes' furious if you don't take clowns serious.
02-231-38. Pg. 14. Caption: Make-up time for moms and dads and kids before curtain call for the Myrtle Philip School play.
02-231-209. Pg. 15. Caption: Going back in a time machine took us to this scene in Bethlehem in the school play, 2001 Christmas.
02-231-44. Pg. 16. Caption: The whole gang (almost) before curtain call.
02-231-176. Pg. 20. Caption: Secrets between Samantha O'Keefe and Santa.
02-231-160. Pg. 22. Caption: Dr. Hoff gives a caring hand to Simba the Lion-hearted.
02-231-167. Pg. 23. Caption: Hat's off to Peter's Underground. Peter Skoros and crew give a tip of the old hat at the lively opening of Peter's Underground Sunday, December 20. Cordon Rouge, prime rib and a roomful of laughter highlighted the evening. Located under Tapley's, Peter's Underground promises good food at very reasonable prices 21.5 hours a day (open 6 a.m. - 3:30 a.m.) seven days a week.

Week of December 5, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to Whistler Mountain; Blackcomb Mountain; Construction.
002-01-36 caption: Blackcomb Mountain pictured from 12,500 feet taken November 27, 1979; appears on page 1.
02-01-10 appears on page 4. Construction.
02-01-22 appears on page 8. Caption: Another view of the Town Centre with the Blackcomb access road in the background.
02-01-35 appears on page 11. Caption: The runs of Whistler as they appear from the air.
02-01-16 appears on page 12 Caption: The new snow and sunshine shows to advantage on Blackcomb Mountain.

Week of February 2, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; tennis; Blackcomb Ski Club; tires; skiing; pub; construction; RCMP; town planning; Canadian and American fire and police Carnival
Appears in February 2, 1984 issue:
02-370-102. Pg. 1. Caption: A sure sign of spring is the annual fall of the barrel into the waters of Alta Lake. Volunteer firemen Jim Crichton and Rick Crofton battled high winds and slippery ice Friday to place the barrel in the centre of the lake, marking the start of the Ice Break-up Derby.
02-370-69. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Can Cops ski? The answer is a definite yes, judging by the results of last week's Canadian-American Fire and Police Winter Carnival. Visiting defenders of the public, most of them from California, skied slalom and GS on both mountains. At an awards banquet at Delta Mountain Inn Saturday, local RCMP Constable Rene Des Fosses, left, and Rocky Fortin, right, delighted their American counterparts with their full-dress uniforms. The 240 visiting police and firemen hope to return next year with an even larger contingent, and will take advantage of the new Convention Centre.
02-370-8. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] The Whistler Resort Association's newest member is 35-year-old Rob Tivy who takes over as the association's sales director. Tiny, a native of Calgary, started in the position Monday and expects to work out of an office in Vancouver. He says his main job will be to promote Whistler as a four-season resort and as a convention and seminar destination. Tivy's previous tourist experience includes being General Manager of the Edmonton Tourist and Convention Bureau and working of the Travel and Convention Association of Southern Alberta. A business administration graduate from Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, Tivy is married with two children and lives in North Delta.
02-370-91. Pg. 6. Caption: Whistler Tennis International enters its third week of operation this weekend. Last Saturday was the official opening, where Lindsay Frew of Vancouver (left) and partner Gary Berge of Whistler took on Doug Barr of Whistler and Don Snyder of North Vancouver in the four-court tennis bubble at Myrtle Philip School. Players report the playing surface is a little fast, but that is compensated for by the dense air inside the bubble.
02-370-56. Pg. 8. Caption: [left] Larry Germaine, Unemployed, Alpine Meadows.
02-370-6. Pg. 8. Caption: [middle] Jim Scribner, Contractor, Nesters.
02-370-57. Pg. 8. Caption: [right] Alex Fraser, Bartender, Gondola Area.
02-370-50. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom] A warm dry Monday brought out sun lovers and at lease one flautist.
02-370-29. Pg. 9. Caption: "Where's my master?" At lunch, apparently, while Fido (not his real name) guards the tow truck. Sunny, warm weather Monday, however, made this dog's job a little more pleasant than usual.
02-370-34. Pg. 12. Caption: It was the Whistler Mountain Ski Scamps Olympics Day last Sunday with more than 75 tykes taking part in grown-up ski racing. Kids were put through a mini slalom run and took part in a relay race to help determine their skill levels for future Ski Scamps classes. Jeff McMahon was the Black Diamond victor in the Super Scamp division. And the Regular Scamp winner was Tony Harisine while Jessica Humphries picked up top spot in the Beginners Green Circle Group.

Week of May 2, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to construction; ski gear; dancing at a bar; drinking; skiing; sledding; ski lodge; snowplow; Dave Bennett; skiers; ski racing; tubing; Whistler Village; tennis court line-painting; Pro Skiing Tour Championships; podium; speeches; wearing kilts and playing bagpipes in the mountains; running; waterfall; Blackcomb Mountain's L.A. Legs Contest; Pernod Pro Gold Classic; Stoney's Suitcase Party
Appears in May 5, 1983 issue:
02-311-132. Pg. 1. Caption: Hubba, hubba! What a beaut! This mystery entrant in Blackcomb Mountain's L.A. Legs Contest April 30 strutted away with first prize. It's no mystery why. More last minute ski news Page 9.
02-311-251. Pg. 2. Caption: It's a go vote -- unanimously. Those who attended the information meeting April 26 on hosting World Cup '84 at Whistler, including (1 to 4) Drew Meredith, Mayor Mark Angus, Franz Wilhelmsen and Nevill O'Sullivan of the C.S.A., heartily approved hosting the event.
02-311-208. Pg. 3. Caption: Lots of action hit Whistler Village Saturday, April 30 as production crews recorded the saga of Reno and The Doc, a 90-minute feature for pay T.V.
02-311-144. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Craig Reid, Golf Course Employee, Alpine Meadows.
02-311-141. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Nicole Chetwynd, Ex-Blackcomb Employee, Alpine Meadows.
02-311-67. Pg. 7. Caption: Yowser, yowser, yowser! The gang at Rendezvous Restaurant on Blackcomb Mountain have their own special way of saying goodbye. Of course they were in the midst of the clutches of spring fever Sunday, May 1.
02-311-18. Pg. 8. Caption: Semi finalists at Stoney's Suitcase Party May 1 let off some steam before the final name was selected. The lucky winner? Dave Cipp of Tapley's (fourth from left in back row, with his mouth wide open). Cipp grabbed his golf clubs, Brenda Davidson of Today's Video and headed to Honolulu that night.
02-311-119. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom left] (Far left) Spring fever struck Blackcomb on April 30 and May 1 with outbreaks of inner tube-iris.
02-311-81. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom right] Blackcomb fever takes its toll.
02-311-37. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom middle] (Center) Parent and child novelty disorders and a few cases of being hit over the head with it all.
02-311-9. Pg. 9. Caption: [middle] Four top skiers in Pernod Pro Gold Classic (l-r) Greg Hann, Graham Swan, Gregg Vollet and Blake Andreassen after awards ceremony at L'Apres after the race Sunday, May 1.
02-311-238. Pg. 10. Caption: The last fling of the season was happening on Whistler Mountain, Saturday, April 30. Piper Graham Ross (left) piped up with "Scotland the Brave" for companion Malcolm Robertson and flingers Gordon Combe and Hugh Granham. The lads are members of LondonScottish Rugby Team and were at Whistler after a game in Vancouver, part of a Canada-wide tour.
02-311-113. Pg.11. Caption: Piped in to their wedding reception at Le Chalet Thursday, April 28, Debby and Paul O"Mara (front right) enjoy the sun and the special moment of their wedding day.
02-311-15. Pg. 12. Caption: With Neil Mawdsley at the wheel work on Whistler's new golf course proceeds smoothly May 3rd.
02-311-159. Pg. 15. Caption: A bunch of real hackers, Team Hack cleaned up on one of the valley's most covetted trophies, the Whistler Cup. And the winners, ladies and gentleman were (l-r) Sue Boyd, Rob Denham, Mike Turcotte and Jim Wharin.

Week of May 29, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to town planning; Blackcomb Construction; cars;
May 29, 1980
02-113-44. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Construction camp trailers shape up in Town Centre as workers (background) excavate sewer line trenches.
02-113-15. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] Jim Carlberg, architect-developer, spotlight's his presentation to Council with model of Package 18 while Chris Green, No. 17 developer, looks on.
02-113-39. Pg. 5. Caption: Singing Pass parking lot, about three miles from the highway through Town Centre, with new map and visitor register.
02-113-28. Pg. 6. Caption: [above] Cast and Crew of Gold Key Entertainment's movie "Up River" waif for the next take.
02-113-24. Pg. 6. Caption: [below] a Cabin is ignited for a dramatic scene ready to shoot.
02-113-18. Pg. 7. Caption: Jim Bradley assisted by Peter Grant and his truck prepares to move this building off a duplex lot near Whistler Centre.
02-113-66. Pg 8. Caption: Hydro use giant trailer and steering unit to move new transformer into Rainbow substation at Mons.
02-113-5. Pg. 11. Caption: Package 16 is quick to start work. The first of the Phase II parcels to start work in the Town Centre this year. Jim Cook's pumper truck helps fill forms with cement from Cardinal Concrete.
02-113-72, 43. Pg. 14. Caption: Here today, gone tomorrow -- the continuing battle of graffiti artists on the old firehall at Mons was finally ended Tuesday May 27 when municipal crews tore the building down.
02-113-16. Pg. [16]. Caption: The uphill, sunny east side of the new Blackcomb daylodge waits for glass and interior work to be done.

Week of May 4, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to trucks; sleeping child; town planning; Myrtle Philip School; awards; windsurfing on Alta Lake; CAA; Telemark Blackcomb Mountain; skiing; car accident; chairlift; dog; musician playing guitar
Appears in May 7, 1981 issue:
02-186-16. Pg. 1. Caption: Architect Joe Yamauchi and Alderman Mark Angus inspect the model of the Whistler Tower Building planned for Parcel 26. Arrows indicated the controversial tower.
02-186-70. Pg. 3. Caption: Costumed members of the Vancouver Telemark Society practise group telemark turns on the last day of the season.
02-186-59. Pg. 4. Caption: Jody Wick, 10, of Myrtle Philip Elementary, brings out the shine on Ike's tow-truck during the WPTA's successful carwash held May 2.
02-186-22. Pg. 7. Caption: New engineer on staff [Doug Wylie]
02-186-10. Pg. 8. Caption: Peter Grant and his Kenworth. Grant's been truckin' through this valley for four years. "There's more and more work every year," he says.
02-186-52. Pg. 13. Caption: [windsurfer]
02-186-35. Pg. 15. Caption: For being the top MPE artists, not to mention electrically alert, Tami Wick, Rya Kirkwood and Cris Simpson were awarded these framed certificates. Standing behind (l to r) are Ross Dinwoodie, Laroy Watt and Gary Wong.
02-186-76. Pg. 16. Caption: Wreckage of the 280 Z Datsun that Geoff Power was driving when it went out of control and rolled three times in the ditch of Highway 99 near the Northair turnoff. The car belongs to Dave Manson of Vancouver.
02-186-23. Pg. 17. Caption: Bridge over troubled waters! Local contractor Ian Michell recently completed his second pedestrian bridge over 19-Mile Creek in Alpine Meadows. The neighbours certainly appreciate his efforts to solve the local access problem.
02-186-8. Pg. [20]. Caption: Whew! All tuckeredout at the end of the season, Donald Campbell, 4, of North Vancouver decided that the best place for a weary skier to lay his helmetted head was the front step of Jim McConkey's Ski Shop.

Week of November 1, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to construction; snowball fight; Whistler Village; councillors; Terry Rodgers; Halloween party; jack-o-lantern; balloons; John Ritchie; Jim McConkey; evening event; Rotary Club; massages; Podborski; Brooker; dinner event; Dave Murray; costumes; dancing; Araxi's forst birthday party; Canadian National Ski Team Benefit; watching firework display; Nasty Jack's Halloween Party
Appears in November 4, 1982 issue:
02-295-172. Pg. 1. Caption: And the winner is ... Steve Pwdborski draws the lucky number of the grand prize winner at the Canadian National Ski Team Benefit as Dennis Waddingham looks on. The benefit was held Oct. 29 at L'Apres.
02-295-10. Pg. 2. Caption: What a better way to end an evening of trick or treating than being treated to Whistler's third annual Halloween fireworks display, put on by the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department.
02-295-192 Pg. 3. Caption: [top left] Halloween brought all kinds in all sorts of outfits into Whistler Village Oct. 30 and 31. At left, revellers lauded and larded the virtues of fat super heroes at Nasty Jack's Halloween Party Oct. 30.
02-295-198. Pg. 3. Caption: [top right] Meanwhile, on the other side of town, oil barons and assorted unidentifiable whooped it up at Bullets Cabaret.
02-295-140. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Whistler Ratepayers listen to Garry Watson, who surprised the meeting with a censuring motion agains outgoing President Ruth Lotzkar.
02-295-39. Pg. 6. Caption: Mark Angus
02-295-20. Pg. 6. Caption: Sid Young
02-295-127. Pg. 6. Caption: Craig MacKenzie
02-295-4. Pg. 6. Caption: Mark Sadler
02-295-5. Pg. 6. Caption: Fred Barter
02-295-37 Pg. 7. Bernie Hauschka
02-295-156. Pg. 7. David O'Keefe
02-295-154. Pg. 7. Bill Peterson
02-295-83. Pg. 7. Terry Rodgers
02-295-45. Pg. 7. Denver Snider
02-295-118. Pg. 7. Judy Fosty
02-295-120. Pg. 7. Bob Mallett
02-295-9. Pg. 8. Caption: Provincial crews began taking apart the Bailey bridge which spans the River of Golden Dreams at Highway 99. Work on the dismantling job began Nov. 1.
02-295-151. Pg. 8. Caption: Bill Peterson Advertisement
02-295-109. Pg. 9. Caption: McConkey Ski shop staff consult with a ski industry rep on the season's latest equipment.
02-295-157. Pg. 9. Caption: David O'Keefe Advertisement
02-295-68. Pg. 10. Caption: His Honour Dave Murray passes royal judgement on the winning costume at Araxi's first birthday party Sunday, Oct. 31. Lucky Andre walked away with $100 for his light and airy costume, which just may give the mountains some bright ideas for transporting skiers.
02-295-110. Pg. 11. Caption: Jim McConkey's Ski Shop gets a face-lift over the weekend in anticipation of the upcoming ski season. Sales reps from a variety of ski equipment manufacturers were on hand Saturday to get the season off to a well-informed start.
02-295-123. Pg. 12. Caption: Bob Mallett Advertisement.
02-295-5. Pg. 12. Caption: Fred Barter Advertisement.
02-295-118. Pg. 13. Caption: Judy Fosty Advertisement.
02-295-77. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Michael Vance, Planning Consultant, Alpine Meadows.
02-295-75. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Rollie Horsey, Retired, Alta Vista.
02-295-137. Pg. 16. Caption: [top] Smokey Batzer demonstrates artifical resuscitation techniques to employees of the Delta Mountain Inn.
02-295-134. Pg. 16. Caption: [bottom] A volunteer from the audience takes aim and fires, dousing the remains of a wastepaper-basket fire.

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