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Week of July 20, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to baseball; Men's Fast Ball League; car accidents; Rotary Club; Whistler Mountain Chamber of Commerce; railway tracks; helicopters; skiing from the peak; mountain views; town planning; band; musicians playing a show; construction
Appears in July 23, 1981 issue:
02-173-101. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Model of the re-designed Day Lodge, presented during the public hearing for permit approval.
02-173-119. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] Earl Hansen, new Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Whistler Resort Association.
02-173-33. Pg. 3. Caption: Whistler Village parking! Wagon misses the parking lot on Wednesday evening. ending up in the newly landscaped garden.
02-173-46. Pg. 4. Caption: [top] The remainder of Janice Pidhiri's 1981 Toyota pick-up. Pidhiri was driving the vehicle along Westside Road at 12:30 am on July 15 when it went off a curve. Her passengers Donna McCaw of Elora, Ont. and Stephen Jones of Whistler suffered minor head injuries.
02-173-121. Pg 4. Caption: [bottom] Constable Brian Sowden -- the newest addition to Whistler's RCMP. Const. Sowden originally from Whitehorse, has transferred here from the Squamish detachment where he had been stationed for the past eight months. Const. Sowden says he 'skis on three kinds of skis' and is interested in all kinds of sports.
02-173-32. Pg. 6. Caption: [top] Bob Dawson and Neil Mawdsley unsuccessfully try to get a fly ball.
02-173-48. Pg. 8. Caption: [top] Herb and Jean Hepburn of Okanagan Produce, Vernon, managed to get in a few fruit sales before being asked to leave by municipal authorities.
02-173-116. Pg 8. Caption: [bottom] Chris Green, Laura d'Artois and J.G. Luckhurst at the Fireplace Inn opening party.
02-173-104 Pg. 9. Caption: And here he is! The mysterious Mr. B.A. Bell of Whistler slowly unpeels his talent -- much to the giggles and appreciation of his audience at the first Jock Contest held at Mountain House, July 20. With competition from Fast Eddie and Schultz, things looked mighty tough -- but then Peter Lamare took the floor and the $100 first prize.
02-173-45. Pg. 10. Caption: Rotary president Bob Brown is flanked by outgoing exchange students Susan Van Der Lee (left) and Allison Alder.
02-173-108. Pg. 11. Caption: Annette Ducharme, accompanied by Jamie Boyd, strummed out many a fine tune at JB's July 16-20 while Betsy Chaba took a temporary leave to entertain folks at the Folk Festival in Vancouver.
02-173-55. Pg. 14. Caption: Crews replace railroad crossing on the highway by the Whistler Industrial Park.
02-173-100. Pg. 16. Caption: Bruno Freschi, architect for the Day Lodge, points out recent changes to the building.

Week of April 27, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to drinking; construction; costumes; cars; dog; computer; Whistler Resort & Club; skiing; the grocery store; mountain views; helicopters; town planning; picnic; singing; Trudi Salmhoter and Peter Alder
Appears in April 30, 1981 issue:
02-187-81. Pg. 1. Caption: Architect Barclay McLeod and developer Brian Moran indicate to council and concerned Adventures West owners the proposed plans for the 'Keg property'.
02-187-61. Pg. 6. Caption: Group of Californian publicists who recently visited Whistler. (l to r) Wendell Benedetti, film producer; B.C. Tourism's Richard C'Ludwig; Gail Block of the U.S. Ski Assoc.; photographer Harry Basch; writer Ben Rinaldo; tour guide Nancy Raine; writer Bob Cartmell.
02-187-17. Pg. 8. Caption: Constable Klaudt of Whistler RCMP and Ron Mallinson of Ike's Towing try to figure out how this Plymouth Horizon ended up in the ditch by the Alta Lake Inn turnoff late on Saturday, April 25!
02-187-84. Pg. 9. Caption: May the Force be with you. Ezekial and His Force rock and reggae it up at the Mountain House until May 2.
02-187-57. Pg. 10. Caption: One of the "Flaming Tods' -- Anton Horvath shows off his hot style pulling a todboggan with burning flames through the Whistler Cup dual Slalom course.
02-187-7. Pg. 11. Caption: And the winners are: -- (l to r) Tom Simister, Richard Duryn, Perry Rousseau & Debbie Wood -- with the Whistler Cup.
02-187-12. Pg. 18. Caption: The new playing field at Myrtle Philip school starts to take shape as this large hoe levels the site an moves stumps into the fire. Burning slash has filled the air with smoke as Graehold Construction gets on with the job.
02-187-44. Pg. 19. Caption: More Whistler Cup -- Two of the racers in the dual slalom race head down the course.

Week of April 20, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to tennis; cars; children playing; construction; Easter Egg Hunt; chefs at catering; band playing saxophone and guitar; baby; Holland Landscapers Ltd.; Rendezvous Rest Blackcomb; snowman; Blackcomb Mountain; skiing; one-legged skier; drinks; liquor store; Whistler Village
Appears in April 23, 1981 issue:
02-188-95. Pg. 1. Caption: Debris and ashes are all that remain after the Manson cabin burned to the ground Good Friday. The large flat metal sheet in the lower left was once a 100-gallon propane tank that exploded and then was flattened after the blast.
02-188-41. Pg. 4. Caption: Brand new Adam Smythe, the youngest pass holder on Blackcomb Mountain, shares a look with his mom Debbie.
02-188-86. Pg. 8. Caption: [top] It was a skiing Bunny up on Blackcomb Easter Sunday passing out eggs (no, not frozen ones) to mini-skiers.
02-188-107. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom] Dennis Lamarche, manager (right) and Glen Holdener, assistant manager picket outside Whistler's Liquor Store Saturday, April 8.
02-188-60. Pg. 9. Caption: Some of the may Easter Weekend visitors who enjoyed (or over-enjoyed) festivities and decided to recharge their batteries with a few quick winks in the sun.
02-188-38. Pg. 10. Caption:At the Mountain House Cabaret, the Doc worked his magic once again for Whistlerites for six straight nights. Remember him 'way back when? Biminis? The Ankor?
02-188-112. Pg. 10. Caption: [Stoney's Advertisement]
02-188-108. Pg. 13. Caption: The beachcomber comes to the ski slopes: Bruno Gerussi and Alderman Mark Angus enjoy the sun outside of Stoney's Saturday, April 19.
02-188-28. Pg. 14. Caption: [top] (l to r)Lee Moors, Bob Pearson and Steve Atkinson of Russell's rightfully enjoy some of their marvelous creations -- made especially for Easter Brunch.
02-188-71. Pg. 14. Caption: [bottom] nal sculpture by Christine Longo, 4.
02-188-80. Pg. 15. Caption: New mechanic [Ken Domries]
02-188-33. Pg. 17. Caption: [top] Near the Mountain Inn at Whistler lift base.
02-188-66. Pg. 17. Caption: [middle] On the training wall by the Blackcomb access road.
02-188-55. Pg. 17. Caption: [bottom] Nmber 2 day skier parking lot at Whistler Village.
02-188-88. Pg. [20]. Caption: [top] Now you see it -- now you don't. The cornice in Blackcomb Bowl was blasted off on schedule Easter Sunday before it fell of its own accord on some unfortunate skier.
02-188-83. Pg. [20]. Caption: [bottom] The cornice in Blackcomb Bowl.

Week of January 10, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to hot air balloons; Whistler Mountain; Blackcomb Mountain; skiers; mountain views
Appears in January 14, 1982 issue:
02-192-7. Pg. 15. Caption: Up, up and away! Hot air balloons takes off from Whistler Village.

Week of November 18, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to broken road; cleaning; driving; police; dinner; mountain views; car accidents; restaurant; drinking; construction
Appears in November 17, 1981 issue:
02-197-61. Pg. 1. Caption: [left] Looking good big old Softie...
02-197-64. Pg. 1. Caption: [right] ...and you too, Blackcomb with your new coats of snow.
02-197-20. Pg. 3. Caption: Oops -- didn't think that telephone pole looked like that last night. This one took a nose-dive in the early morning hours of Saturday, November 14, knocking out power in the southern part of the municipality for several hours. B.C. Hydro said that the rain-soaked earth was at the root of the problem.
02-197-86. Pg. 4. Caption: Dept.of Highways worker stands on one of the 44,000 lb. concrete beams that will make up the base of the Bridge at River of Golden Dreams.
02-197-47. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Chris Speedie, Whistler Cay.
02-197-46. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Rita Knudsen, St. Anton's Village
02-197-43. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Murray R. Dawson, Alpine '68.
02-197-45. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Kevin Rose, Nesters Road.
02-197-49. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Iole De Carlo, Emerald Estates.
02-197-48. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Rocco, Alta Vista.
02-197-14. Pg. 11. Caption: It was the last breakfast -- a fitting occasion for Jan Systad to serve son Christopher. Champagne poured with the orange juice as friends bid farewell to the five-year tradition of the Cookhouse.
02-197-36. Pg. 12. Caption: Back to offer you Chinese culinary delights, one Edmond Wong and crew of the Alta Lake Inn. (l to r) Law, Tse, Kwang -- your cooks; Gilbert, president; Peni, waitress; Edmond; and Jeannie, waitress.
02-197-80. Pg. 13. Caption: John and Kris Robinson with Bernie and Donna Hauschka at the re-opening of Beau's.
02-197-25. Pg. 14. Caption: Al Raine displays his broadjumping skills for sons Charlie and Willie, an unidentified family friend and the family dog.
02-197-101. Pg. 15. Caption: [top] Oh happy days -- frosted slopes and free season's passes from each mountain. Roland Kentel (left), president of Whistler Athletic Society, was pleased to present Rod MacLeod with a pass to Whistler and Cheryl Devine with one to Blackcomb for their top efforts in raising money for the Terry Fox Marathon of Hope, Rod raise $1,260 and Cheryl raised $1,134.
02-197-28. Pg. 15. Caption: [bottom] Constable Gordon A. Sims has just joined the Whistler Detachment after 6 1/2 years in North Vancouver.
02-197-39. Pg. 19. Caption: Treasurer Gary Raymond plays at the keyboard of the municipality's new $60,000 Basic MAI system 210 computer. The system is capable of printing 150 lines per minute and storing up to 14 million characters. Tax accountant Kathy Hicks and MAI system analyst Gene Wong look on.
02-197-7-8. Pg. 20. Caption: Aftermath of recent flooding. Lost Lake Trail cut in two by raging water at Beaver Dam tree.

Week of September 21, 1981 [2]

Photographs including but not limited to mountain views; airplane; Whistler Post Office; council; kayaking; town planning; bikini party; construction
02-210-39. Pg. 1. Caption: Attentive, and not so attentive, audience members consider proposals offered by Ann Jepson at the September 19 public hearing on the Official Community Plan.
02-210-56. Pg. 3. Caption: Mayor Pat Carleton accepts title to the B.C. Tel A-frame across from the Gulf station from Kenneth Crowter.
02-210-54. Pg. 4. Caption: Postmistress Beth Pipe serves customers from the new post office located in the Village Centre.
02-210-29. Pg. 8. Caption: Usually the mail rolls, but this time the post office does -- into its new home in the Town Centre.
02-210-59. Pg. 10. Caption: Municipal crew searches for sewer manhole under fresh pavement on Rainbow Drive.
02-210-23. Pg. 11. Caption: [left] Dash 7 aircraft uses only 1500 ft. of runway in take off from Pemberton Airport.
02-210-20. Pg. 11. Caption: [right] Mayor Pat Carleton of Whistler and Mayor Shirley Henry of Pemberton check out the de Havilland Dash 7 aircraft at Pemberton Airport.
02-210-74. Pg. 12 . Caption: All dolled up! It was girls' night out (for some) at the Jock Contest held at Mountain House Monday, September 27 The Beauty Scott Paxton (centre) from Stoney's proved better than the Beasts, and walked away with $100 for first place.
02-210-52. Pg. 18. Caption: Obviously someone didn't. Downed sign at intersection of Alta Lake Road and Highway 99 tells the whole story.
02-210-37. Pg. 20. Caption: With shovel in hand, a worker performs the Dance of the Wet Cement while installing the floor for Peter Skoros' new 24-hour restaurant below Tapley's in the Town Centre.

Week of December 15, 1981 [2]

Photographs including but not limited to dogs; mountain views; Blackcomb Mountain; skiing from the peak; hanging upside down on chin-up bar in ski boots; Peters Underground; cars; Creekside Husky
Appears in December 17, 1981 issue:
02-235-44. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Roland Kentel, High Forest.
02-235-35. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Joan Gross, Alpine Meadows.
02-235-39. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Bob Wick, Emerald Estates.
02-235-43. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Denver Snider, Emerald Estates.
02-235-36. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Penny Wright, Whistler Creek Lodge.
02-235-31. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Leslie Simpson, Whistler Cay.
02-235-57. Pg. 10. Caption: [top] Volunteers level the snow based on the soon-to-be-completed ice rink in the Recreation Centre.
02-235-41. Pg. 10. Caption: [bottom] Its owner Peter Skoros (left) under the new sign announcing his new restaurant in the Town Centre which will be opening next week.
02-235-9. Pg. 14. Caption: A peaceful moment for two best friends crossing the fresh powder of Sproat Mountain.
02-235-28. Pg. 15. Caption: [Hanging around in Alta Vista]
02-235-68. Pg. 18. Caption: Citizen of the Year Trev Roote shows off his plaque to wife Susan outside his Whistler chalet.
02-235-49. Pg. 19. Caption: Chamber of Commerce guest speaker Jack Donaghue addresses the dinner dance guests while Jenny Busdon, Michael D'Artois and Mayor Pat Carleton listen.
02-235-14. Pg. 22. Caption: [bottom] Hanging in Suspense. This workman tightens the cable for Whistler Cable TV's new line running up the east face of Sproat. Photo by Peter Chrzanowski.

Week of April 29, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to snow activities; cars; limbo at Caribbean Night at L'Apres; art; tennis; mountain views; Whistler Realty; skiing; chairlift; McConkey Cup skiing; town planning public hearing;
Appears in April 29, 1982 issue:
02-243-12. Pg. 5. Caption: Sowing so he'll reap, Resort Municipality of Whistler maintenance man, Brian Sandercock prepares the turf for summer.
02-243-63. Pg. 6. Caption: Red Feather. Two in the late series of the Tomlinson's stone lithographs have just arrived in Whistler and are now on display at Inge's Gifts and Crafts. Red Feather, pictured above, marks Olga Tomlinson's return to using children as subjects for her exquisitely rendered works. Her husband Ray has released a very striking but uncharacteristic edition, Great Blue Heron. The Tomlinsons, who work out of their studio in the Cariboo, are now one of the eight Canadian lithographic studios registered with the Tamarind Institute at the University of New Mexico.
02-243-4. Pg. 7. Caption: Survivors of the April blizzards, these crocuses stand proudly in Whistler Village.
02-243-65. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Jim Crichton, Carpenter, Property owner in Alpine Meadows.
02-243-82. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Barry Johnston, Social Psychologist, Property owner in Alpine Meadows.
02-243-87. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] David Kirk, Whistler Village Sports/ Whistler Creek Ski Shop, Property owners in Alta Vista.
02-243-77. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Charlie Doyle, Commercial Artist, Property owner in MDC.
02-243-72. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Mark Sadler, Contractor/Developer, Multiple commercial & residential property owner.
02-243-71. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Drew Meredith, Real Estate Agent, Property owner in Alta Vista.
02-243-106. Pg. 10. Caption: A zing of a fling gets the frisbee airborne by four year-old Justin Adams. Justin and his friends have had plenty of perfect frisbee weather with winter's retreat over the past week.
02-243-117. Pg. 11. Caption: After a day on the mountain, a little recovery is in order. A siesta helps revive tired muscles.
02-243-133. Pg. 12. Caption: Skiers on Whistler enjoyed the sun as much as the runs Sunday. Stacy Davert from Everett Washington absorbs a few rays between trips down the mountain.
02-243-30. Pg. 13. Caption: Two contestants go under the pole during Friday's Caribbean night held at L'Apres. Micheal Chidley limboed his way to Mexico taking first place in the competition.
02-243-25. Pg. 16. Caption: [top] Youngsters give it their best during an end-of-the-season match held at Myrtle Philip School grounds.
02-243-8. Pg. 16. Caption: [bottom] The creator of Snowball, Doug Calder, takes a break in the sunshine, during the first Snowball match held at Whistler.
02-243-120. Pg. 17. Caption:: [top] Competitor heads down course in Whistler Ski Club spring slalom.
02-243-23. Pg. 17. Caption: [bottom] Its a foil in the new all-Canadian game of Snowball.
02-243-113. Pg. 18. Caption: [bottom] The Spring is Sprung -- Walter Wallgram plays an early season game of tennis at the Inside Out Tennis Club at JB's while there is still snow on the back court.
02-243-53. Pg. 21. Caption: Val Wong gets down to some serious limboing at Caribbean Night. Wong's style won her first prize in the women's competition an a heli-skiing trip.

[Week of April [29?], 1982] [2]

Photographs including but not limited to skiing; mountain views
Appears in April 22, 1982 issue:
02-244-18. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] One skier's dream -- the softly powdered slopes of the Sphinx.
02-244-13. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Cross-country skiers traverse the desolate valley at the base of the Sphinx.

Week of April 29, 1982 [3]

Photographs including but not limited to dancing; skiing; mountain views
Appears in April 29, 1982 issue:
02-247-9 Pg. 14. Caption: Charlie McClain and Gay Parker are assisted by Paul Burrows as they unveil their Whistler memento.
02-247-16. Pg. 15. Caption: Whiskey jacks aren't timid when it comes to food. Pauline LePatourel takes a break from skiing to offer some appreciated tidbits to this feathered friend.

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