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Week of April 26, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to bus stop; portraits; awards; barbecue picnic; skiers; quilted art; river; Rotary Club; golfing; helicopter; drinking
Appears in April 26, 1984 issue:
02-408-E-26. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Picnickers and powder skiers flew to Powder Mountain Friday for the annual Powder Mountain Heli-Skiing picnic. While most people brought along only skis and sunglasses, Pascal Tiphine thought to import a little champagne, which he literally splashed into anyone who didn't mind a few bubbles up their nose.
02-408-B-1. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] It was an Easter sunrise service without sunshine, but that didn't stop approximately 80 people from attending the special 7 a.m. service Sunday morning on the shores of Lost Lake. Molly Boyd, playing the organ, led the Whistler Singers who also turned out in full force.
02-408-A-11. Pg. 7. Caption: [left] (Left) Meredith shared a good laugh with his wife Wendy and Joe Schnetzler over the special edition of Drew's Views.
02-408-A-31. Pg. 7. Caption: [right] The surprised look on Drew Meredith's face (above) was no surprise, considering that 100 people were gathered at the Carleton Lodge Wednesday night to pay tribute to him. Meredith, who thought he was coming to attend a meeting, listened to roasts and toasts throughout the evening which paid tribute to his work as Interim Director during the toughest year in the history of Whistler Resort Association.
02-408-C-4. Pg. 8. Caption: [left] Karl Harkey, Golf Course Worker, Vancouver.
02-408-C-9. Pg. 8. Caption: [middle] Dave Eastham, Consultant, Tapley's Farm.
02-408-C-1. Pg. 8. Caption: [right] Geoff Power, Businessman, Alpine Meadow
02-408-C-13. Pg. 9. Caption: Dr. Peter Oberlander of Vancouver is the lucky winner of a lifetime Whistler/Blackcomb ski pass. The final draw of the Whistler Rotary Club lottery was held Friday afternoon, and proceeds from the sale of tickets go towards the Whistler Health Planning Society. Rotary Club President Geoff Pearce drew the winning ticket.
02-408-D-28. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Bad weather on the opening day of the Whistler Golf Course last Thursday kept the players to a minimum, but Paul Dellanzo, club professional, wasn't deterred from playing his round of golf. The weatherman promises conditions will improve.
02-408-D-9. Pg. 14. Caption: [right] Richard Strautmann is the Whistler Winterhawks Team Choice trophy winner. Stratum led the hockey team to the playoff championship.

Week of October 11, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; Foot in the Door band playing at a party; mountain views; helicopter; train wreck; flood
Appears in October 11, 1984 issue:
02-413-C-16. Pg. 1. Caption: Fifteen loaded freight cars were forced off the B.C. Rail track just north of Pemberton after the Lillooet River eroded material supporting ties and tracks. The railcars were part of a 96-car freight train southbound when the accident occurred early Monday morning. Elsewhere in Pemberton, houses, farmland and roads were flooded badly, but by Tuesday afternoon the flood was on the wane, although more rain was forecast.
02-413-D-19. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Passersby saw the Soo River leap it banks on Highway 99 close to Pemberont Monday (top), but highway crews soon had the river under control.
02-413-F-7. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom left]In Whistler, two log jams developed on the Cheakamus River and by Tuesday had reached a precarious point. Above, Mailoch and Moseley logging company employers survey a major buildup at the garbage dump bridge six miles south of Whistler. Cleanup operations began Tuesday night.
02-413-E-25. Pg 3. Caption: [bottom right] At right, Pemberton fire chief Milt Fernandez, who supervised rescue and flood control operations in the besieged town, takes a moment out at the rescue centre for victims of the Meager Creek disaster Sunday. Fernandez and other rescue workers laboured around the clock Monday and Tuesday before outside help arrived to push back the rising waters. But Pemberton wasn't the only victim of torrential rains.
02-413-A-1. Pg. 6. Caption: Whistler's slo-pitch league almost became snow pitch this season, but Stoney's pulled ahead before the flakes fell and won the championship in the 19-team league. Saturday's championship game against the Gourmet Rainbow Reefers saw the Stoney's crew (above) win 14 to 8, and had some observers calling the league the Beer and Whine league by the end. Next years should be another interesting season as the Tapley A's, make their long awaited slo-pitch debut. Pictured above, left to right: Norm Trottier, Lance Fletcher, Marianne Hardy, Dave Kipp, Paul Liakakos, Tim Malone, Val Jazic, Will Moffat, Sue Christopher, Dave Murphy, Barb Simpson, Wendy Jazic and Ron McCready.
02-413-A-12. Pg. 7. Caption: Rocco shows his ivories at the swan song peformance of local rock band Foot in the Door Friday night at Dusty's. The never-say-die band is saying goodbye to drummer Craig Barker, who's leaving for point east where he plans to get married. Fans past and present crowded Dusty's for the performance and long weekend, end-of-summer bash that'll keep tongues wagging for quite a while.
02-413-B-4. Pg. 10. Caption: [left] Thelma Johnstone, Manager, Alpine Meadows.
02-413-B-2. Pg. 10. Caption: [middle] Bob Stanlake, Business Executive, Vancouver.
02-413-B-6. Pg. 10. Caption: [right] Janice LeBlond, Dance Choreographer, Vancouver.
02-413-D-5. Pg. 10. Caption: [bottom] Pat Carleton (right), ex-mayor of Whistler, came out of the closet Sunday to join aldermanic candidates Paul Burrows, (left) Nancy Wilhelm-Morden in celebrating the official opening of Whistler's new municipal hall. The building, which was opened six weeks ago, was formerly used by Keg Restaurants, relocated and later renovated at a cost of $492,000.

Week of September 27, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to totem carving; golf course; portraits; whitewater kayaking; choir singing in Whistler Village; barbecue; construction; bison; mountain views; costumes; horses; rivers; trampolining; driving; Sean Connery filming a Japanese commercial for Biogurt; Fall Festival; Cheakamus Challenge; musk oxen
Appears in September 27, 1984 issue:
02-415-B-26. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Television and movie producers seem to have developed a taste for Whistler. Actor Sean Connery (top), best known as James Bond, agent 007, starred Tuesday in a Japanese T.V. commercial for Biogur yogurt. Production co-ordinator Martin Yokota said they needed a "strong, healthy, clean" image, and 007 fit the part. In the ad, Connery is seen doing calisthenics and running alongside a golf green at the Whistler Golf Club with a Doberman Pinscher.
02-415-E-25. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] And on Monday, stunt men acting in Clan of the Cave Bear stopped for lunch at Phil's Drive-in in Pemberton after a day of shooting at Pemberton Meadows. That movie, being made at various locations, is based out of Panorama Studios in North Vancouver.
02-415-C-27. Pg. 2. Caption: Ernie Pshebnisky, 34, is the new sales director responsible for filling the Conference Centre. Pshebnisky, who joined the Whistler Resort Association Monday, previously worked as assistant director of sales at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver for four years. He has also worked for the Westin Bayshore and CP Air and specialized in travel industry management at the University of Hawaii. His wife is director of sales at the Westin Bayshore.
02-415-D-21. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Chilly temperatures kept crowds to a minimum Saturday, but sunny skies brought throngs out Sunday for the fourth year of Whistler's Fall Festival. Pat Beauregard (left), of Alta Lake Community Club, was one of the many volunteers who pitched in to make the weekend success.
02-415-F-30. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Playland set up an instant amusement park, but some youngsters weren't too sure if they enjoyed the pony rides or not.
02-415-C-13. Pg. 8. Caption: [Kayaker on Cheakamus River]
02-415-C-29. Pg. 9. Caption: Wondering when the Music Festival is happening next year? If you are, then the person to see at the Whistler Resort Association is June Paley, the new activities co-ordinator. Paley, 33, who worked as ski services director with Whistler Mountain last year, has been a full-time Whistler resident since July 1981. The WRA is also in the process of organizing events for next year and is dividing items into three categories: WRA sponsored events such as the Fall Festival, WRA sanctioned events such as the Porsche Weekend and non-sanctioned events such as slo-pitch tourney and cricket matches.
02-415-B-10. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Bob Mallett, Morgan's Dad, Whistler
02-415-D-32. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Sid & Luke, Soup-line waiters, In the park
02-415-B-7. Pg . 14. Caption: [right] Nila Hajevsky, Unemployed, Alpine Meadows.
02-415-G-16. Pg. 16. Caption: An unidentified dog finds refuge from the rain beneath a Wedgemont Blasting truck parked in village parking lot 'A'
02-415-D-1. Pg. 17. Caption: Pat Earley was one of six Vancouver-based artists who demonstrated their creative talents during the Sept. 22-23 Fall Festival. Early specializes in oil pastel portraits which are exquisitely detailed and warm. Although the displays are moved indoors to the Delta Mountain Inn because of chilly weather, it was the first time artists were allowed to demonstrate and sell their wares in the streets of Whistler.

Week of September 6, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to baseball; dancing in Whistler Village; construction; car accident; car race; Fraser Valley Round and Square Dance Association; Whistler Conference Centre; Myrtle Philip School
Appears in September 6, 1984 issue:
02-418-B-20. Pg. 1. Caption: The Fraser Valley Round and Square Dance Association entertained village visitors all weekend long. The dancers even convinced spectators in Village Square to take part in their traditional dance routines. Hundreds of visitors flocked to Whistler for the Labor Day weekend and the village came in with an occupancy rate of 62 per cent in August.
02-418-B-11. Pg. 3. Caption: [top The Conference Centre is expected to be finished by May, 1985 and will be one of only two facilities built for conference in B.C.
02-418-A-4. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Tuesday was the first day of classes for local students. Myrtle Philip School opened its doors to 111 students and the Grade 2 and 3 class, taught by Sandy Pauliuk-Epplett, saw classes end at 11:30 a.m. rather than 3 p.m.
02-418-C-23. Pg. 5. Caption: Paul and Jane Burrows returned to Whistler last Tuesday after spending more than a year travelling around the globe. The couple's dog Simba hardly even noticed that the trekkers, who travelled by horse, train, bus, helicopter and even car to South Africa, France, New Zealand and Tahiti (to name but a few stops) were gone. Late summer also saw the return of Al and Nancy Raine after spending the last two years in Crans Montana, Switzerland.
02-418-B-26. Pg. 6. Caption: Vandals hit the former Mountain House Cabaret Friday night, kicking apart a fence and tearing down a wooden sign. Although about $100 worth of damage was done, the vandals apparently saved the new owner the task of removing the Mountain House sign.
02-418-C-18. Pg. 9. Caption: John Bruechler of Whistler likes to drive cars -- both right side up and upside down. Seen here at the PNE last week, Bruechler was about to do a stunt flip in his battered truck. He succeeded.
02-418-A-29. Pg. 12. Caption: Angus Maxwell, 10 years old, was the lucky winner of a Red Baron BMX bicycle, presented here by Barb Stewart of the Pharmasave. The drugstore received dozens of entries for the contest.
02-418-A-17. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Ralph Vandenberg, Retailer, Edmonton.
02-418-A-16. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Robert Moore, Truck Driver, Vancouver.
02-418-A-21. Pg. 14. Caption: [right] Ed Beckman, Systems Analyst, Toronto.
02-418-C-32. Pg. 17. Caption: Fred Barter gets a helping hand from Const. Rocky Fortin (left) during a one-day first-aid refresher course in Myrtle Philip School last Wednesday. The course, taught by Const. Cliff Doherty from the Squamish detachment, is meant to ensure all police staff, including civilian guards, receive proper St. John's Ambulance refresher course every three years.

Week of June 13, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to construction; giving out awards in Whistler Village; swamp area; bridges; wooden church; mountain views; lake; horses; Whistler Sea Festival Float; truck; picnic area; marina; balloons at a party; portraits; Whistler Stables
Appears in June 23, 1983 issue:
02-347-26. Pg. 12. Caption: Municipal trail crews cut through the brush to make the final connection between the Alpine Meadows trail (far right) and Meadow Park trail (under construction). Paving to complete the trail system will being at the end of July.
Appears in June 16, 1983 issue:
02-347-16. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] The most prudent bikers in the RCMP bicycle rodeo held Saturday, June 12 in Village Square (l-r) Simon Bellar, Samantha O'Keefe, Jody Rustad, Nicolas Busdon (overall winner), Melanie Busdon, Dave Den Duyf and Davey Blaylock [Barr] who won the bicycle donated by Whistler Chamber of Commerce.
02-347-56. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] If you attend the Sea Festival parade July 23, you'll be able to enjoy the final results of this artist's rendering for a Whistler float. The illustration will be used as a guide for constructing the float, estimated to cost $2500.
02-347-95. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Graeme Mounsey, Traveller, Sydney, Australia.
02-347-100. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Walter Therrien, Caretaker - Capilano Mobile Park, North Vancouver.
02-347-107. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Anne Crocker, Travel Counsellor, North Van Chamber of Commerce, West Vancouver.

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