Photographs including but not limited to portraits; roads; Whistler Village; bridge construction; mountain views; fog on the lake; road construction; flood
Appears in October 18, 1984 issue:
02-412-A-14. Pg. 1. Caption: Hundreds of dead sheep and cattle were dumped on Suicide Hill, south of Pemberton Sunday, where they awaited burial. The livestock were victims of severe flooding last week. Initially, flood recovery officials planned to send the bodies to a rendering plant but that idea was rejected. Above, Ike Elboim dumps another load of sheep from the Max Juri farm. At right rests a dead cow amid the hundreds of sheep.
02-412-B-8. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom left] (Below, left) Farmer Tom Kempter lost close to 150 tonnes of hay when flood waters destroyed it last week. Kempter lost two-thirds of his winter feed for his livestock.
02-412-B-19. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom right] (Below, right) Tracy Comber was one of the many Whistler volunteers who flocked to Pemberton to help with the massive clean-up job. She helped with cleaning equipment at the flood-ravaged Pemberton High School which sustained about $500,000 in damage.
02-412-A-32. Pg. 10. Caption: [left] Bill Barratt, Parks Foreman, Whistler Cay.
02-412-A-27. Pg. 10. Caption: [middle] Frank Thiessen, Resident, Alpine Meadows.
02-412-A-24. Pg. 10. Caption: [right] Peter Leriche, Waiter, Whistler Cay Heights.

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]

Photographs including but not limited to running race; car accident; weightlifting in Whistler Village; tug of war; portraits; City Hall; roof; construction; Dave Murray Summer Camps; Alpine; summertime on Whistler Mountain; Lorne Borgal; Rodger McCarthy; skiing; Groundbreaking ceremony Pika's Rest; Mr. Mountain competition; Battle of the Travel Stars;
Appears in August 23, 1984 issue:
02-420-B-24. Pg. 1. Caption: [right] Seven athletes competed over the weekend for the Mr. Mountain title, which was eventually won by defending champ Ken Hardy. Events included golfing, kayaking, cycling, weightlifting and a series of timed calisthenics.
02-420-A-2. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Municipal Clerk Kris Shoup Robinson packs it in Friday, Aug. 17 for the big move to bigger and better facilities at the new municipal hall in Whistler Village. Staff have been waiting five years for the move.
02-420-C-31. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] This Baxter condotel unit may seem out of place on West Georgia Street in Vancouver, but marketing consultant Mel Grebinsky says it's one of the "highest profile" corners in the city. The Baxter Group is marketing 165 of the $50,000 units inside the buildings, which will be built near the Whistler gondola, and according to Grebinsky, everyone from office clerks to lawyers is interested. Admission to the downtown show unit is by donation to the Variety Club.
02-420-F-14. Pg. 5. Caption: Now that;s breaking ground! Whistler Mountain's new addition to its Squarehouse got underway last Wednesday with (L to R) Roger McCarthy, project manager; Lorne Borgal, WMSC president; and Dave Murray, director of skiing. The initial phase of the project, slated for a December completion, includes a 350-seat dining area and 186 sq. m kitchen designed to produced baked goods, soups and a variety of other items. Additional improvements scheduled for the 1985/86 ski season include a 250-seat mezzanine and the balance of a full production kitchen.
02-420-B-29. Pg. 8. Caption: About 120 travel agents flocked to Whistler Saturday for a fun-day event appropriately titled Battle of the Travel Stars. These office athletes completed obstacle courses by foot and by canoe, set new records in swimming.dress-up event at Delta Mountain Inn's pool and ended the day with a rousing banquet at the hotel. The tug-of-war (above) had the added excitement of a pool of Mazola between the two teams.
02-420-F-25. Pg. 9. Caption: A healthy group of 30 young skiers is taking part in a month-long Whistler Mountain Ski Club ski camp. Skiing sessions are held on the Whistler Mountain glaciers using the club's rope tow, but the skiers also spent a week drylands training before starting the technically-oriented camp directed by coach Jacques Morel. Skiers are taking a one-week break before starting the slalom session.

Photographs including but not limited to band playing; hockey; portraits; film crew; Whistler Medical Centre; Pemberton bus; 1984 Men's Downhill; Steve Podborski; Gary Athans; ski racing; Whistler Conference Centre; Whistler winter promo film; Whistler Mountain Ski Club
Appears in March 29, 1984 issue:
02-360-2. Pg. 11. Caption: Raw energy, raw blues, and the velvet voice of John Hammond made a 2 1/2-hour concert at Brackendale Art Gallery Saturday seem like five minutes. Hammond has cut over 20 albums since 1962, but is still one of the lesser known bluesmen in North America.
02-360-5. Pg. 16. Caption: [bottom] The lyrics are poetry, the melodies are mellow. Silvered, comprised of Australian musicians Ken Kirschman and Geoff Gibbons, are masterful musicians reminiscent of Simon and Garfunkel. A recent EP release has generated rave reviews. Silvered were featured at The Brass Rail Wednesday through Sunday.
02-360-61. [Hockey group photo - black-shirted man at the back is Mark Sadler and John Robinson is the back left moustachioed man]
02-360-43. [Beverly Wylie holding medical equipment at Whistler Medical Centre]

Photographs including but not limited to Miss Whistler awards; portraits; putting up an event tent; Greg Lee; receiving a trophy; Image Makers; singing; band playing; acting in costume; dancing with balloons; clowns; skiing medal ceremonies; car accident; typewriters; Freestyle skiing; paragliding; Molson World Downhill Championship; Pepsi Challenge; Miss Winterfest contest
Appears in March 8, 1984 issue:
02-362-137. Pg. 11. Caption: A 1983 Datsun left Highway 99 Friday, landing on its roof and sending the driver to hospital. The car was northbound on a long straightaway north of White Gold. The driver, Wade Knutson of Vancouver, was passing a car when he was forced to drive off the road to avoid an oncoming car. The Datsun flipped twice, through Knutson clear. Nuts was taken to a local doctor and then to a Vancouver hospital. He is in stable but not serious condition. However, Knutson will be charged with passing while unsafe. The car received $4,000 damage.
02-362-140. Pg. 13. Caption: A typewriter graveyard? No, these are just a small part of the many tons of equipment, from pencils to lasers, being used for Molson World Downhill coordination.
02-362-248. Pg. 15. Caption: Despite a full cast on his right leg, local musician Jim Brindley continues turning out the tunes. Blindly and other Whistler virtuosos se the Mountain House a 'shaking' last Tuesday night.
02-362-182. Pg. 18. Caption: [bottom] About 8,000 skiers visited Blackcomb Mountain during the Volvo Ski Show Saturday and Sunday.
02-362-152. Pg. 19. Caption: The Silver Streak "I party whereof I go"
02-362-76. Pg. 20. Caption: It was a tough choice for judges at Saturday's air band contest. The contest, held at Stumps in conjunction with the Volvo Ski Show, featured four bands. The Energy Pals, a duo, eventually won and took home two pairs of Blizzard skis. In second place were The Superbs followed by the five-member "Culture Club" (above).
02-362-146. Pg. 21. Caption: Christina Platt, Nancy Ford and Gabriella Rozza took home Pepsi Challenge medals Saturday.
02-362-283. Pg. 24. Caption: Ms. Winterfest contestants modelled fashions and hairstyles at Stumps Friday Night in preparation for yesterday's decision and coronation. Barbara Chomos, above, models a pink ski suit from McConkey's.
02-362-031. [From left to right: Trudy Alder and Arv Pellegrin]

Photographs including but not limited to ski racing; Molson World Cup of Downhill; acting and dancing at apres party; chairlift

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; balloons in Whistler Village; Lorne Borgal; snowcat; giant tent; man singing with ski poles in performance; dancing; drinking; homemade plane; windsurfing on frozen lake; Winterfest; Molson World Cup of Downhill; skating; Canadian Pacific Railway; finish hut at World Cup of Downhill; ladder
Appears in February 9, 1984 issue:
02-369-1. Pg. 1. Caption: The craziest new business in town is Cat Balloon, a service that delivers bouquets of balloons to parties, friends and just about anywhere. Debbi Jensen (above right) and Al Fischer started the unique service last week, and on Sunday passed out free balloons to kids in the village. Their balloons are guaranteed to stay aloft 14 hours.
02-369-165. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Brett Connolly was hard at work last Thursday on Popeye's, a new disco-restaurant planned for the Village Square entrance of Crystal Lodge. Herbert Neimann, principle of the Black Forest, says that Popeye's will have an A liquor licence and have seating for 100 people on three levels. He expects it to be open for World Cup.
02-369-61. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Winterfest General Manager Brian Moran, left, puts in the first Rotary Club lottery ticket into one of the five kiosks set-up around Whistler as Lindsay Wilson, Rotary Club member, looks on. Along with several bonus draws, luck winner of the lottery will have a dual mountain pass for life. The specially built kiosks have been erected in Village Entrance, Carlton Lodge, Backcomb's Daylodge and on Whistler's Gondola and Roundhouse.
02-369-113. Pg. 5. Caption: Kalman Horvath just can't get enough wind-surfing in during the summer. So the 15-year-old Pemberton High student took there old skates, a piece of plywood and fashioned himself an ice-board.
02-369-115. Pg. 6. Caption: The buzzing noise you may have heard Saturday and Sunday was this ultralight, piloted by its designer Larry Corme of Surrey. The 250 lb. Beaver is powered by a 28 hp motor and was able to take off and land safely on Alta Lake.
02-369-8. Pg. 8. Caption: [left] Gabe Bandel, Computer Technician, Vancouver.
02-369-9. Pg. 8. Caption: [middle] Lexi Spacek, Art Student, Santa Barbara, California.
02-369-12. Pg. 14. Caption: [bottom] Freestyle bump skiers Terri Schlingloff and Brenda Desnoyers moguled their way to medals at an amateur competition at Hemlock Valley Saturday.
02-369-71. Pg. 15. Caption: Stumps was a hoppin' last Tuesday night with its first ever air band contest. Groups of boisterous Whistlerites banded together and play their favourite tunes -- sans instruments and sans vocal chords. The winner, by a country shout, was Billy Idol (aka Jeff Tuttle) who, along with band members Dave Budka, J.D., and Jean Haghi, performed White Wedding. The crowd love's. Runner up was the Superbs, a group organized at the last minute, composed of Val Lang, Shelley Phalanx and Janet (Brillo) Brough. It was a great show but afterward everyone was asking: when's the next one?
02-369-39. Pg. 16. Caption: That funny looking vehicle zipping around Whistler Village last Thursday wasn't your usual all-terrain carrier. IT was a Hagglunds all-terrain carrier developed for the Swedish Army. Now exported throughout the world, the $140,000 vehicle can ford streams, drive at 35 mph on the highway, slog through snow, and generally go anywhere. Driver Dave Brand forded Fitzsimmons Creek last Thursday and the Hagglunds crossed as if it were going over the Prairies.
02-369-182. Pg. 17. Caption: Workmen put the finishing touches on the World Cup Timing shed at the gondola base.

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.

Photographs including but not limited to skiing

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; skiers; ceremony; RCMP; hydro lines; snowmobiling; drinking; ski boot fitting; bridge construction; Beaujolais Nouveau contest; Labatt's season opener party
Appears in December 13, 1984 issue:
02-387-76. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Don Martin of Whistler Snowmobile Services takes a flying leap over some soft powder aboard his Bombardier snowmobile. Martin is a member of a local venture that his winter will take the adventurous to snowbound destinations including Meager Creek Hot Springs. See story page 12.
Appears in December, 1984 issue:
02-387-15. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] B.C. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Toy (right) swears in Whistler's four new aldermen at a brief ceremony in council chambers Monday. Moments before, Judge Toy also officially authorized Mayor Terry Rodgers as the municipality's third ever mayor. The four new aldermen are (from left to right) Doug Fox, Paul Burrows, Diane Eby and Nancy Wilhelm-Morden. A reception followed the inaugural meeting of council.
02-387-127. Pg. 6. Caption: Work on the Conference Centre continues with the construction of a wall partition above the second floor. The wooden frame structure behind the scaffold will be attached to a moveable partition that will allow Conference Centre organizers to divide the main hall into two separate meeting areas.
02-387-110. Pg. 9. Caption: This Ruby's truck didn't make it through the BCR crossing at Function Junction Wednesday, Nov. 28. Icy roads made stopping difficult. The driver was uninjured, but thousands of dollars damage was done to the truck.
02-387-106. Pg. 10. Caption: Twyla Picton and Rolf Zeller were out cross-country skiing in the sub-freezing temperatures Whistler has experienced for the previous week. Cross-country skiing in the valley is the best in yeas with a total of 195 cm of snow fallen in November.
02-387-82. Pg. 12. Caption: John Colpitts fits Angela Schug, a hostess on Whistler Mountain, with a pair of Superset at Carleton Lodge Sports last Saturday.
02-387-103. Pg. 17. Caption: [top] Bartender Shawn Parker pours another draft for a thirsty Dusty's patron.
02-387-6. Pg. 18. Caption: [left] Peter Silvanovich, Manager, North Vancouver.
02-387-3. Pg. 18. Caption: [middle] Jon Barker, Claims Adjuster, Toronto.
02-387-8. Pg. 18. Caption: [right] John Hatfull, Counsellor, Vancouver.
02-387-53. Pg. 18. Caption: [bottom] Ski instructor Stephanie Sloan from Whistler Mountain was the grand prize winner in the Beaujolais Nouveau contest. Sloan will receive a trip for two via CP Air and KLM plus two days in Burgundy hosted by Rene Pedauque. Select Wines representative Wendy Taylor, left, Sarah Kuhleitner from Citta's and the WRA's June Paley picked the winners Sunday in Whistler's first ever Beaujolais Nouveau celebration.
02-387-28. Pg. 20. Caption: [bottom] Wendy Downes and Ron Hughes.
02-387-30. Pg. 20. Caption: [top] At Last week's Labatt's season opener party: (top) Bob Styan, Terry Burns, Greg Griffith, Brian Moran, June Paley.