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Week of May 31, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; pianist playing in Whistler Village; construction; sea plane and canoeing on Alta Lake; biking in Whistler Village; baseball; children at the beach; opening of North Shore Community Credit Union; NSCCU staff
Appears in May 31, 1984 issue:
02-403-B-1. Pg. 1. Caption: Movers managed to transport the 5,300 lb. safe into the new credit union office in Village Square Monday after they also shifted the 4,500 lb. night deposit vault. North Shore Community Credit Union is all set for its Saturday opening.
02-403-C-22. Pg. 1. Caption: Tony Hoar, Canadian and international BMX president.
02-403-C-3. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] A true adventurer, Briton Paul Claxton passed through Whistler last Wednesday on the first leg of a solo cycling expedition to Alaska by gravel road. Clayton, 21, is an Oxford physics graduate on leave from his research job, and says his 3,000 mile trip, leading to the brink of the Arctic Ocean, is the first of its kind. The determined cyclist is ready for anything. Last Tuesday he wheeled his custom built, $1,400 10-speed into the Daisy Lake campground where he spent the night under a picnic table. His only real worries, however, are bares and the man-eating Canadian mosquito.
02-403-C-28. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Kelly Norton doesn;t like holding the tail of an 18 1/2" Rainbow Trout that her dad, David, caught early Sunday Morning. Kelly's brother Michael doesn't seem to mind though. Mr. Norton is wondering, however, if there's any more fish like the one he caught still in Alta Lake. He says it's the largest he's seen in years.
02-403- B-5. Pg. 8. Caption: Myrtle Philip School students got an unexpected gift this week when the Whistler Corporate Cup Association, a conglomeration of local businesses and organizations, donated the proceeds of this year's Corporate Cup to the school. Principal Bob Daly (right) accept a $1,549.75 cheque from Jeff Wuolle and Laurie Vance.
02-403-A-2. Pg. 11. Caption: When sworn-in as Justice of the Peace within a few weeks, Nick DiLalla should be familiar with most of the procedure necessary to execute the duties. Dialler is right now studying various legal material that will guide his decisions when asked by RCMP to issues search warrants, or when conducting show-cause hearings for remanded prisoners as well as issuing summonses and subpoenas. Several months ago appeared before a board of examiners including Vancouver Alderman Harry Rankin, and recently was informed that he's wanted for the job.While DiLalla is not sure exactly why he was chosen, he has voiced a strong concern for upholding the rights of citizens.
02-403-C-14. Pg. 15. Caption: Sunday was one of the first real days of spring this year and the Myrtle Philip School diamond was the scene for a local fastball game between Pemberton Legion and the Whistler squad. Whistler lost, however, 13-5 to the Pemberton team.
02-403-A-11. Pg. 16. Caption: [left] Hugh Hancock, Marketing manager, Alpine Meadows.
02-403-A-10. Pg. 16. Caption: [middle] Sid Young, Travel agent, Alpine Meadows.
02-403-A-13. Pg. 16. Caption: [right] Bob Hufsmith, Unemployed, Alpine Meadows.
02-403-A-8. Pg. 21. Caption: Singer Paul Ciechanowski, hired by the Whistler Resort Association for summer village entertainment, opened the season Saturday in Village Square.

Week of May 17, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to construction; houses; children; portraits; Don Goodall; Myrtle Philip; sewers; drinking at cabin; horses; speeches
Appears in May 17, 1984 issue:
02-405-A-3. Pg. 1. Caption:It will be 70 years to the day Friday that Myrtle Philip first set foot in the Whistler area. Mrs. Philip, who just celebrated her 93rd birthday March 19, and her husband arrived in what later became the community of Alta Lake in 1914 and soon built Rainbow Lodge, which served as a fishing lodge on Alta Lake. Last Monday, Grade 5 students from Myrtle Philip School, named in honor of Whistler's pioneer in 1976, gathered around Mrs. Philip at her home on the shores of Alta Lake.
02-405-C-5. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Bill Donnelly, at-large director.
02-405-C-6. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Russ Shepherd, lodgings director.
02-405-A-14. Pg. 8. Caption: [left] Peter Porteous, Waiting Unit, Brio.
02-405-A-21. Pg. 8. Caption: [middle] Don Goodalll, Unemployed, Whistler.
02-405-A-19. Pg. 8. Caption: [right] Megan Moore, Hotel employee, Alta Vista.
02-405-C-11. Pg. 9. Caption: Leaping horses, Batman! It's Bob Warner getting warmed up with his trusty steed for another season of trail riding at Whistler which starts this Thursday. This year Layton Bryson is running his operation from new stables at Mons.

Week of May 10, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to children's Rotary Bike Rodeo; policemen; frisbee; portraits; pinata game at Cinco de Mayo party;
Appears in May 10, 1984 issue:
02-406-A-6. Pg. 1. Caption: Bran Kirkwood won his first trophy Saturday by wheeling his BMX bike safely and quickly around the six-part Rotary Bike Rodeo course. See story page 14.
02-406-B-3. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Dusty's own "Mr. Entertainment" Kevin Burton helped revellers swing the stick at the piñata during Saturday's Cinco de Mayo party.
02-406-B-35. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] The Nesters Golf Course was the scene last week as about 40 Whistlerites flung their frisbees around Craig Barker's 12-hole cross-country frisbee golf tourney. It wasn't a traditional course at the first hole was an abandoned pick-up truck. This is the fourth year Barker has held the tourney and already he's looking forward to the summer invitational match.
02-406-B-6. Pg. 8. Caption: [left] Peter Xhingnesse, Ski Patroller, Tapley's Farm.
02-406-B-8. Pg. 8. Caption: [middle] Charlie Doyle, Commercial artist, Alta Vista.
02-406-B-11. Pg. 8. Caption: [right] Joan Richoz, Homemaker, Alpine Meadows.
02-406-A-4. Pg. 14. Caption: [top] Age-class winners at Saturday's Rotary Bike Rodeo.
02-406-A-20. Pg. 14. Caption [right] Rotarian Richard Heine helps Kyla Paine mater the techniques of safe biking.

Week of May 3, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to cabin on the lake; portraits; indoor tennis court dome; dog swimming; Whistler choir; band playing in Whistler Village; man on a stretcher
Appears in May 3, 1984 issue:
02-407-B-24. Pg. 2. Caption: Pres. Walter Zebrowski.
02-407-B-19. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] The Squamish Youth Chorale, with a cast of 69, presented its latest production, "Dreamer", to a packed house at Myrtle Philip School Saturday night. The story is based on the biblical saga of Joseph and his 10 brothers. Above, Joseph, played by Murray Purdie, confronts one of his older brothers.
02-407-B-14. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Simon Gould and family have yet another car in their collection after winning the WInterfest lottery Saturday. The prize was a $12,000 1984 Jeep Cherokee graciously supplied by Mountview Motors of North Vancouver. Gould, from West Vancouver, happened to be on the scene when the draw took place and said it could mean that his daughter, the most thrilled of the lot, will be getting a car of her own.
02-407-A-8. Pg. 8. Caption: [left] Sue Clark, Unemployed, Whistler Cay.
02-407-A-13. Pg. 8. Caption: [middle] Paul Martin, Hotel employee, Whistler.
02-407-A-11. Pg. 8. Caption: [right] Clayton Ross, Unemployed waiter, Whistler.
02-407-C-12. Pg. 9. Caption: Former Delta Mountain Inn Food and Beverage Manager Dave Roberts received an unceremonious going away party last Wednesday, and to not let him forget what his job's all about, Delta staff applied raw eggs, tomatoes and various other foodstuffs to Roberts' body.

Week of August 30, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to summer operation Whistler Mountain; Tower 18; chairlift; drinking at a party; construction; canoeing; smoking; firefighters; Michellson's spoon; portraits; Dennis Hanson; windsurfing; cars; Autocross; car accident; pub; Porsche; Vancouver Fire Institute course; election campaign
Appears in August 30, 1984 issue:
02-419-F-2. Pg. 1. Caption: Peter Andrews makes a last minute check to his Porsche Saturday in the concours d'elegance in Whistler Village. Porsches from all over the Pacific Northwest visited Whistler for the 4th annual Porsche Weekend. More on page 16.
02-419-A-12. Pg. 3. Caption: Dorothy Sabey in front of her home with her dogs Mike and Jake.
02-419-F-28. Pg. 7. Caption: Incumbent Conservative MP Lorne Greenaway passed through Whistler, and Tapley's pub, Friday. Greenaway spent part of the morning and afternoon campaigning for Tuesday's election.
02-419-C-11. Pg. 8. Caption: [top] The Whistler Canoe Club hosted a brigade race on Alta Lake during the weekend with the women's squad (Connie Kutyn, Trudy Alder, Margo Mathews, Sue Davidson, Bev Downie and Tracy Morben) beating the Richmond Fire Department Women's Brigade Team by six minutes. The Whistler Men's team (Ken Hardy, Mike Jakobson, Tim Malone, Frank Bartik, Preston Fritz and Brian Allen) came second to a Vancouver team.
02-419-B-17. Pg. 10. Caption: Mayor Mark Angus was busy campaigning last Tuesday at an informal open house at Jan Holberg and Ted Nebbeling's home on Alta Lake. D-Day for Angus and all the candidates is next Tuesday.
02-419-C-2. Pg. 11. Caption: District firemen sharpened their skills over the weekend in a course given by the Vancouver Fire Institute.
02-419-F-11. Pg. 15. Caption:This car has been peering into the Soo Valley stream for a few years now.
02-419-F-5. Pg. 16. Caption: [left] Porsche fanciers wheeled their cars around a Blackcomb parking lot course set to test the cars to their limit. 109 cars and about 300 people participated in the weekend events which also include a concours d'elegance Saturday.
02-419-E-5. Pg. 16. Caption: [right] See caption above.
02-419-C-23. Pg. 16. Caption: [bottom] Friday's Chamber of Commerce dinner dance at Dusty's attracted just about every business person in Whistler for a night of socializing and dancing, to the tunes of Peter Carson Trio.
02-419-A-2. Pg. 18. Caption: [left] Steve Bird, Ski Technician, Tamarisk.
02-419-A-5. Pg. 18. Caption: [middle] Terry Power, Bartender, Slopeside.
02-419-A-6. Pg. 18. Caption: [right] Raj Anand, Lawyer, Toronto.
02-419-B-5. Pg. 21. Caption: And you thought kids only carry ghetto blasters on their shoulders these days? This racoon was spotted roaming the village Saturday.
02-419-A-26. [WRA party in Blackcomb Lodge above Moguls, from left to right: Kathy Hicks, Kathy MacAlister (nee Goodall), Debbie Omara, June Paley, Don Armour, Shelley [?], and Jim Budge]
02-419-B-001. [From left to right: Mark Angus and Art den Duyf
02-419-B-009. [From left to right: unknown, Glenda Bartosh, unknown, unknown, Barbara Terian]
02-419-B-014. [From left to right: Ted Nebbeling and unknown]
02-419-B-016. [From left to right from the WRA: Brian Moran, Barbara Terian, Kathy Hicks, and unknown]

Week of August 22, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to windsurfing on Alta Lake; Peoples Drug Mart; tennis; mountain views; construction
Appears in August 29, 1979 issue.
02-083-22. Pg. 7. Caption: Whistler Tennis Club Tournament on Saturday at the Taylor courts.
02-083-13. Pg. 15. Caption: [right] Bob Priest stands proudly in front of his new drugstore in Pemberton.
02-083-031. [Pat Hocking of the Whistler Question]

Week of July 27, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to children in Whistler Village; Whistler Village sign; sunbathing at Rotary Wharf on Alta Lake; baseball; Men's Fast Ball League; water aerials at Alta Lake; football; Pemberton anniversary party
Appears in July 30, 1981 issue:
02-172-95. Pg. 1. Caption: Mayor Shirley Henry presents former Mayor Gordon Sangster with his certificate.
02-172-28. Pg. 4. Caption: [top] Bob Daly, recently of Surrey, has been appointed the new principal for Myrtle Philip Elementary School. Daly has 12 years teaching experience as well as experience as the head of a science department. In addition to his administrative functions, he will be teaching Grades 6 and 7 at MPES.
02-172-15. Pg. 4. Caption: [bottom] Whistler's new Building Inspector, Chris Moore, takes a break in his office from the facts and figures of his job. Moore, a native of Winnipeg and a graduate of Manitoba Institute of Technology in Building Technology, will be replacing Dave Culbard.
02-172-52. Pg. 6. Caption: [top] Flag footballers take advantage of a sunny Sunday to show off some of their moves.
02-172-73. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] It's a bird, it's a plane, it's super skier!.
02-172-31. Pg. 7. Caption: [left] Dave Paterson snags an in field pop-up in playoff game against Old Stock.
02-172-40. Pg. 7. Caption: [right] Kenny Hall throws to third baseman Roy Onyschuk (out of picture), Tom Rivett of Old Stock is in the hot box.
02-172-82. Pg. 8. Caption: Teresa Delgado, Carol Fairhurst and Monica Rios pose after the Whistler Rotary lunch.
02-172-77. Pg. 10. Caption: Rain Coast Puppet Theatre group captivates an audience of young and old in Whistler Village Square on July 24.
02-172-24. Pg. 11. Caption: One innovative sunbather found a unique way to bat the heat of Saturday, July 25 at the Rotary Wharf on Alta Lake.
02-172-25. Pg. 13. Caption: Lyall Fetherstonhaugh, and a multitude of sun worshippers, took full advantage of one of the finest days on the summer, Saturday, July 25, to enjoy Alta Lake.
02-172-17. Pg. 14. Caption: Annette Ducharme and Jamie Boyd try out what may be an efficient answer to Whistler's search for viable public transportation.
02-172-18. Pg. 15. Caption: A sunny summer day and lush new landscaping -- Mayor Pat Carleton and his wife Kay take advantage of Whistler at its finest to enjoy a stroll through Town Centre.
02-172-63. Pg. 17. Caption: [top] Diver cuts the water after jumping from the water ramp at Lost Lake.
02-172-64. Pg. 17. Caption: [bottom] [entry into water]
02-172-91. Pg. 18. Caption: Former Mayor Wendell Watson and Mayor Shirley Henry cut the Pemberton Village Anniversary Cake.
02-172-71. Pg. [20]. Caption: [Freestyle Training]

Week of May 21, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to moving Muni Hall; dinner event; drinking; bike rodeo; cake walk; Great Snow Earth Water Race; trophies; cars; Al Raine; Pemberton Rodeo; windsurfing; boating; canoeing; cycling; Alta Lake; running; hopscotch; Whistler Village; Liquor Store; car accidents; gondola; skiing Whistler Mountain
Appears in May 21, 1981 issue:
02-184-319. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Nello Busdon, final runner for winning Great Race team prepares to leap Fitzsimmons Creek.
02-184-225. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] The Mariner vehicle after Monday's accident.
02-184-275. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Whistler Ski Bums steer riding.
02-184-269. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] and Calf roping - scenes from the Lillooet Lake Rodeo.
02-184-77. Pg. 4. Caption: The weal winners in the second annual Whistler Wood Walley turned out to be Rick Ilich (right) and his partner Mike Rekes. Duncan Innes (left), and Hodie and Wendy Rondeau helped organize the 45 participants who drove from Ambleside Park to Whistler on a scavenger hunt for such wonderful souvenirs as a hamburger wrapper form[sic] the Squamish Burger Baron.
02-184-93. Pg. 5. Caption: Al Raine portrait.
02-184-32. Pg. 7. Caption: Garry Watson presents Doug Sutcliffe with a print of Whistler Village at the Founder Dinner.
02-184-297. Pg. 9. Caption: Fred Zowan shows off his specialized ski bindings at the start of the Great Race.
02-184-45. Pg. 10. Caption: [top left] [Kids on bikes]
02-184-138. Pg. 10. Caption: [middle left] [Windsurfers]
02-184-184. Pg.10. Caption: [bottom left] [Runners participating in the Great Race]
02-184-189. Pg. 10. Caption: [bottom center] [Runners participating in the Great Race]
02-184-183. Pg. 10. Caption: [bottom right] [Runners participating in the Great Race]
02-184-200. Pg.10-11. Caption: [top] [Great Race team]
02-184-186. Pg. 10-11. Caption:[bottom] [Portrait]
02-184-165. Pg. 11. Caption: [top right] [Rafters]
02-184-172. Pg. 11. Caption: [middle top] [Canoers participating in the Great Race]
02-184-171. Pg. 11. Caption: [middle bottom] [Canoers participating in the Great Race]
02-184-252. Pg. 11. Caption: [bottom left] [Cyclists participating in the Great Race]
02-184-251. Pg 11. Caption: [bottom right] [Cyclists participating in the Great Race]
02-184-277. Pg. 14. Caption: Contestant in the girl's barrel racing event at the Lillooet Lake Rodeo on May 15.
02-184-12. Pg. 15. Caption: Nickel Bros. truck prepares to move the Whistler town hall from its old location.
02-184-313. Pg. [20]. Caption: All wired up - Skier/runner for the 'Loose Change' team reaches the lift base just ahead of ALSC's Les Mac Donald.

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Photographs including but not limited to Whistler Mountain; Blackcomb Mountain; Whistler Village development; skiers; portraits; golfing; Alta Lake Community Club; logging; cycling; running; baseball; soccerMyrtle Philip; Toni Sailer; Matt White; Mark Angus; Dave Murray; Miss Pemberton Princess Parade; lakes; rivers; Creekside; Town Centre Construction; Great Earth Snow Water Race; Construction; Roundhouse; Pierre Elliott Trudeau; Grouse Mountain Vancouver; freestyle skiing; World Cup of Downhill; Skiing; Podborski; Weasel Workers; Winterhawks Hockey Team; Slush Cup; Rotary Club; Myrtle Philip Elementary School Christmas Party; Gondola Barn; Alpine Building Whistler Mountain; South Face of Whistler Mountain; roads; Lift Evacuation Practice; car accidents; Schmuck Pictures; Fashion Show Ski; Ski Swap; Garibaldi Building Supplies; Mayor Pat Carleton; windsurfing; Alta Lake; kayaking; Lift Installation - Whistler Mountain; Eldon Beck; Slalom Pro Race; Myrtle Philip School; running; town planning; firemen; Jim McConkey; Motor Racing; Curling; Fire Hall; Cross-Country Skiing; Whistler Creek Lodge; Snowblowers; Karate; Basketball Team; Cheerleaders; Ski Racing; Bill Vandersam; Gary Watson; Pat Carleton; Green Chair; Green Lake; Seaplane; Halloween; Church on the Mountain; Nairn Falls; Town planning and construction of Whistler; Windsurfing; Squamish Loggers' Day; Wayside Park; Bikers; Brandywine Falls; Cheakamus Challenge; Lorne Borgal; weddings; Half Marathon; Fall Festival; Midsummer Festival; car accidents; snowmen; Myrtle Philip Elementary School; Highway 99; pub; Don MacLaurin; Sid Young; Paul Burrows; Gary Athans; Alpine Meadows; Nordic; Creekside; Pemberton; Rotary Club; pub nights; drinking; musicians playing; Christmas; Halloween; Easter

Week of April 12, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to ski fashion show; balloons; bus; band playing; drinking at evening event; dancing
Appears in April 12, 1984 issue:
02-365-2. Pg. 1. Caption: Is it Zelda or is it Debbie Gerlach? A hit of both, actually. Debbie was an entrant in last Thursday's Gong Show at Dusty's and nearly made it to the end of her musical routine before unsympathetic judges struck the gong. The winner was Boy Dave, who played his part wearing just regular clothes.

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