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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.

Week of April 17, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to construction; drinking; Alta Lake and mountain views; skiing
Appears in April 24, 1980 issue
02-120-3. Pg. 12. Caption: Technicians at work inside the new B.C. Telephone Whistler office.
02-120-28. Pg. 13. Caption: [top] The new B.C. Tel building on Lorimer Rd.
02-120-6. Pg. 13. Caption: [bottom] Customer Service Manager David Coath explains the system to Mayor Pat Carleton, while Brian Gilhooley & Rick Hyde listen in.
Appears in April 17, 1980 issue.
02-120-31. Pg. 1. Caption: McConkey Cup competitor heads down the course in the ladies division of this fun race on Tuesday, April 15. Full results next week.
02-120-16. Pg. 4. Caption: Frances Jans & Kim Middlestadt of Kamloops are among those enjoying the sunshine and refreshments on Whistler on Saturday April 12.
02-120-33. Pg. 7. Caption: Volume 1 -- Issue 1 of the Whistler Question.
02-120-18. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: CHEERS! Vuarnets, beer and sunshine -- Bonnie Campbell, Connie Smith, Helen Bartlett, Jan Haldimand, Nigel Woods and Jim Bradley enjoy the sunshine last weekend.

Week of April 4, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to car accidents; wedding; skiing; chairlift; Alta Lake Community Club; Easter Egg Hunt; cars falling in the lake; child carrying an umbrella in the snow; mountain views
Appears in April 7, 1983 issue:
02-317-169. Pg. 1. Caption: This strange aquatic being was pulled from the depths of Green Lake on Saturday, April 2. Mons Towing driver Denver Snider hooks up the stolen van that the RCMP frogman (right) discovered. The van been stolen from Burnaby, stripped and pushed into the lake.
02-317-31. Pg. 2. Caption: A brand new surrey with a fringe on top is the latest addition to Mountain Carriage Tour Co. Visitors may enjoy an old-fashioned ride through town
02-317-41. Pg. 3. Caption: A sure sign of spring -- Connie Kutyn decks out Whistler Village in its finest banners designed by Suzanne Wilson and Penny Domries. Banners tell the story of Whistler's theme "Summer Side of the Mountain".
02-317-39. Pg. 5. Caption: Whistler Resident Steven Moran had to be taken to Lion's Gate Hospital for treatment after his car was demolished in a collision with a B.C. Hydro truck at Village Gate Boulevard and Highway 99.
02-317-180. Pg. 8. Caption: April showers grow snow flowers at Whistler and 2-year-old Star Sutherland took a walk in the rain Good Friday to check what was popping up before Easter.
02-317-87. Pg. 10. Caption: Holding on tight for a sunny ride up Whistler Mountain on Monday, April 4 this mother and daughter team prepare to join approximately 6000 others on the hill that day. There was sun enough for everyone on Sunday and Monday on Whistler and Blackcomb.
02-317-131. Pg. 11. Caption: Egging her on, this mum offers some pointers to her toddler in Alta Lake Community Club's annual Easter Egg Hunt, Sunday, April 3 at Myrtle Philip School.
02-317-4. Pg. 12. Caption: Only place a man can get away from it all ... Trevor Weakley, originally from Christchurch, New Zealand, took a three-day tour of Whistler with friends and unfurled the kiwi colors in the full Easter sun.
02-317-121. Pg. 13. Caption: [top left] (Top) E.. Bunny delighted hundreds of kids in the annual egg hunt at Myrtle Philip School.
02-317-106. Pg. 13. Caption: [top right] (Right) Patricia Fennell turned up Sunday in her finest Easter bonnet.
02-317-190. Pg. 13. Caption: [bottom] (Below) Ears to you, said this creative skier 00 one of the many who paraded on the mountains in Easter finery, or funnery.
02-317-20. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Ross Moore, Village employee, Alpha Lake Village.
02-317-13. Pg. 16. Caption: The legendary ice barrel floated off Alta Lake March 26 so 9-year-old Casey Simpson (left) and 7-year old Adam Neilson (right) know it won't be long before they can trade bicycles for bathing trunks.

Week of August 10, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to mountain views; painting; Alta Lake; Greg Griffith
Appears in August 13, 1981 issue:
02-170-20. Pg. 1. Caption: Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream ... sunbathers enjoy some of the upgrading at the old Rotary Wharf access to Alta Lake. The Municipality has brough in tons of sand and moved the Rotary wharves to the beach at Lakeside Way.
02-170-24. Pg. 4. Caption: Athletic Society President Roland Kentel applies a coat of paint to the Society's first project - bleachers for the ball field behind Myrtle Philip School.
02-170-29. Pg. 9. Caption: Frank Switzer models the new Bare wetsuit he won at Club 10's boardsailing party on Sunday August 9.
02-170-4. Pg. [13]. Caption: [top] Greg Griffith
02-170-18. Pg. 15. Caption: Geisha with a Sony - one of Roger Hale's satirical comments on new tech society.
02-170-8. Pg. 16. Caption: Inge Nielsen admires the latest acquisition to her shop - some of Wayne Ngan's elegant pottery.
02-170-11. Pg. 17. Caption: Hummingbirds take flight around the owners of Whistler's newest gift shop (l to r) Fran Carlberg, her son Greg and daughter Lisa Knight.

Week of August 11, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; town planning; windsurfing on Alta Lake; cars; speaking over a microphone in Whistler Village; office; meeting; film crew; construction and surveying; logging; railway tracks; chairlift in summer
Appears in August 11, 1983 issue:
02-337-1. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Bill Hooson (left) WMSC consultant and David Zelmer, vice president of International Land Corp. answer questions from the public on the Blueberry Trail Estates development at the public hearing Aug. 8.
02-337-183. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Not quite the last spike but David Lane of Vancouver gives it all he's got Aug. 4 as BCR crews work on gauging the tracks at the Green River crossing 10km north of Whistler.
02-337-102. Pg. 5. Caption: Kevin C. Griffin, newest staff member at The Question limbers up his fingers for the flurry of reporting that awaits him. Griffin, a native of Vancouver, is a recent graduate of Langara's accelerated journalism program and has a B.A. in political science from UBC.
02-337-88. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Karl Baumann, Professor of History, St. Moritz, Switzerland.
02-337-93. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Vera-Lee Wren, Housewife, Seattle.
02-337-93. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Trudy Gruetzke, Hotel Manager, Whistler.
02-337-135. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] (Above) Frederick Buxbaum leans into the wind during the triangular race on Saturday.
02-337-158. Pg. 8. Caption: [middle right] One of the competitors vies for position in the triangular race.
02-337-38. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] (Above left) Heather Stewart shows her winning form in the slalom event.
02-337-155. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Rob Baarbe gets his sailboard in shape.
02-337-142. Pg. 9. Caption: Whistler Resort Association's newest member is Sharon Reid who started July 1 as a full-time reservation clerk. Reid previously worked at the Delta Mountain Inn as front office manager and replaces Greg Harrison.
02-337-107. Pg. 12. Caption: Reporters attending Monday's press conference announcing $138 million to improve Highway 99 seized upon the opportunity to poll the reaction of Mayor Mark Angus. Whistler's mayor later commented that although he doesn't like to bite the hand that feeds him, he does feel that highways dept. has taken too long with past construction projects, interfering with tourist traffic to the area.
02-337-69. Pg. 13. Caption: Bill Damm of the Alpha Romeo Club stands beside his $20,000 Guilietta Sprint Speciale. The Vancouver-based club was in Whistler on the weekend displaying the versatile Alpha Romeo.

Week of August 15, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to car accidents; bears eating from dumpsters; meeting; Alta Lake Wayside Park
02-086-24. Pg. 1. Caption: (top) The lifeblood of many Whistler residents -- the Alpine Meadows water reservoir (top)
02-086-34. Pg. 1. Caption: (bottom) and the dam at Emerald Estates (bottom) as they appeared on August 12, 1979.
02-086-10. Pg. 3. Caption: At the Apprenticeship meeting. Employer Relations Counsellor June Dittmer and Gordie Forrest discuss tax savings while Gary Wanless looks on.
02-086-17. Pg. 8. Caption: Neal Davidge shows Rotary President Doug Read the location of Nanisivik in the Arctic.
02-086-27. Pg. 10. Caption: Sid Youngs new garden at Woodland Place.
02-086-11. Pg. 11. Caption: (top) Stevenson workers work on Package 5 while the piledriver works on #6 at the Whistler Town Centre.
02-086-5. Pg. 11. Caption: (bottom) One V.W. easy over! Stewart McQuarrie of North Vancouver escaped uninjured when he lost control of his car near Daisy Lake on August 8.
02-086-18. Pg. 7. Caption: The new temporary addition trailer to the Whistler Municipal Hall.
02-086-23. Pg. 15. Caption: (bottom) (Auction at Guthries)
02-086-14. Pg. 16. Caption: Fire Chief Lindsay Wilson puts up one of many No Campfire signs now appearing in the Whistler area due to the extreme fire hazard rating.

Week of August 2, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to summer skiing on belt in Whistler Village; windsurfing Alta Lake; marching band winning award for the Squamish Logger's Sports Parade

Week of August 2, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to swimming and canoeing Alta Lake; windsurfing; fishing; golfing; Whistler Village sign; portraits; mountain views; cars and construction vehicles driving along a lake: Molson's Fun Swim; Alta Lake Community Club; Whistler Golf Club
Appears in August 2, 1984 issue:
02-393-13. Pg. 1. Caption: Swimmer Shelley Warne was one of 36 swimmers who participated in the Sixth Annual Molson's Fun Swim on Alta Lake Sunday. Warne swam from Wayside Park to Alta Lake Inn and back under-the watchful eye of Marilyn Moore, who dusted off her bathtub derby craft for the occasion. Fun swim organizers report the event went off without a hitch. Other competitors in the swim included Sharon Daly, Joan Parnell, Mike McCroden, Leslie Bruse, Molly Boyd, Shawn Hughes and Daryl Stone. Men's and women's winners were John Puddicombe and Shirley Fay, who completed the three-mile course in times of just over a half-hour.
02-393-57. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Steve Martin? No, this wild and crazy guy is parks worker Ted Pryce-Jones who was out last week painting arrows and yellow lines on Valley Trail curves and bends. The new lines and arrows are designed to give cyclists and pedestrians warning and keep users to one side.
02-393-65. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Sgt. Al Speak is the new head of Whistler's six-man Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment, replacing Sgt. Jim Hogarth who left yesterday for a posting in Mission. Speevak, 41, began his duties Monday and comes from Vancouver RCMP headquarters, where he spent five years in the planning branch. That job involved management studies for the national police force, and also entailed development of computer programs. Speevak is a 14-year veteran RCMP and has had previous postings in Nanaimo, Golden, Kamloops and Ottawa. He also spent four years on the Royal Hong Kong police force, and earlier received a Master of Science degree in police administration from Michigan State.
02-393-51. Pg. 7. Caption: Members from the Alta Lake Community Club officially opened one of its five benches last Wednesday that it recently donated to the municipality. The club donated $1,000 and parks planner Tom Barratt used the money to build the benches located along Valley Trail. Trudy Gruetzke-cut the ribbon opening the benches with other ALCC members, Heather Gamache, Nancy Treiber, Louise Zinsli, Evelyn Cullen, Marg Fox and Suzanne Wilson.
02-393-48. Pg. 8. Caption: The Whistler Golf Club is attracting scores of players from the Lower Mainland and the U.S. Pacific Northwest and the course is averaging about 225 players a day. Golfers can also take advantage of the course's practice fairway and make a start hitting some of the 7,000 golf balls the course has available at $4 a large bucket and $2 for a small one.
02-393-61. Pg. 9. Caption: George Kelly of Seattle was the 10,000th golfer to tee off at the Whistler Golf Course this year. Kelly, a food service distributor, played his round July 24. Bookings on the course are at 100 per cent most weekends and 80 per cent weekdays. Numbers are up considerably from last year when the 10,000th player came through in the second week in September. The only problem the course is having now is that players are having a hard time getting tee times.
02-393-73. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Shane McPhaden, Truck Driver, North Vancouver.
02-393-70. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Laurie Obyrne, Actress, Vancouver.
02-393-68. Pg. 14. Caption: [right] Jack Stein, Advertising Executive, Richmond.
02-393-78. Pg. 18. Caption: The incumbent in the federal race has posted signs in the most obvious -- and -- ironic places. Greenaway is contesting Whistler's mayor, Mark Angus, for the Cariboo-Chilcotin seat.

Week of August 22 [2], 1979

Photographs including but not limited to swimming at Alta Lake; Construction; cars
02-085-9. Pg. 1. Caption: The view from the top-looking down on the Town Centre from the Heine condominium package #11.
02-085-11. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] The great swim is on! Swimmers heading down Alta Lake (above)
02-085-3. Pg.3. Caption: [bottom] and arriving at the Adventures West dock (below).
02-085-29. Pg.4. Caption: The first meeting of the Whistler Council in the new council chamber trailer. Acting Mayor Horsey presides.
02-085-15. Pg. 5. Caption: [top] Signs appearing on the tree by the Town Centre -- note the Danger Construction Zone!
02-085-26. Pg.5. Caption: [bottom] What is it? Not a squatter's cabin but merely a plastic structure for the fire department to practice its smoke rescue maneuvres.
02-085-30. Pg. 7. Caption: Watch your step! Theres a 3-ft. drop coming out of the Gulf Station restroom during construction. 02-085-2. Pg. 8. Caption: Early arrivals at the salmon barbeque at the Grants residence on August 19.
02-085-20. Pg. 13. Caption: The first roof is almost on -- a Heine Condo on Package #11 above the Town Centre.
02-085-24. Pg. 14. Caption: Impromptu sidewalk sale -- Leigh Finck sells off his goods after finding himself out on the street (literally) on Saturday, August 18!
02-085-5. Pg. 16. Caption: A smiling B.J. Godson presents a swimming prize to Sheila Peters while Denver Sneider looks on. More pictures and story on Page 3.

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]

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