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Photographs of a man identified as "Baird" on the slide labels golfing. the labels also identify the golf course as Whistler Golf Course.

Week of June 26 [2], 1980

Photographs including but not limited to Construction of Whistler Golf Course; golfing; playing tennis at Whistler Creek Lodge
Appears in June 26, 1980 issue:
02-107-15. Pg. 8. Caption: Arnold Palmer chats with the crowd towards close of the official ceremony.
02-107-2. Pg. 12. Caption: [bottom] While below Wayne Wong of the ski camp and friend play on the new surface three days later.
02-107-21 Pg. 5. Caption: [left] Chopper spins and dips above Whistler benchlands.
02-107-20. Pg. 5. Caption: [right] as lowest lift of three chair north face lift system is installed from top down.

Week of August 25, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; showing awards in Whistler Village; Duckhams Motor Oil; cars; roads; golf tournament; party; Binkley and Doinkle puppet show; Molson Fun Fitness Swim; Harley's at Carleton Lodge; swimming in Alta Lake; car rally; Twigs; baseball; motorcycles; cycling; bikes; outdoor concert; opening of the Whistler Golf Course
Appears in September 1, 1983 issue:
02-335-116. Pg. 10. Caption: Delta Mountain Inn's new Director of Sales is 32-year-old Charles Ku. Hired for the position Aug, 15, Ku was previously with the Century Plaza Hotel in Vancouver. He has been in the hotel business for 12 years and started at the venerable Empress Hotel in Victoria as a dishwasher. Ku, who has been skiing at Whistler for six years, says he almost feels like one of the locals. He replaces Robin Thompson as Director of Sales.
Appears in August 25, 1983 issue:
02-335-26. Pg. 1. Caption: Arnold Palmer show his fine follow through after sending a shot nearly 200 years with a 9 iron, Palmer stress proper rhythm rather than pure power to achieve those awesome shots. Sunday golfers watch one of the U.S. Professional Golf Association's all-time greats in Whistler. What a way to open a gold course!
02-335-155. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Arnold Palmer chats with Tony Brummet, second from the left, minister of Lands, Parks and Housing, Allan Williams, WLC Developments Ltd. director and former Attorney General, and Chester Johnson, far right, WLC's chairman of the board, before the official tee-off Monday.
02-335-61. Pg. 5. Caption: In between watching the Binkley and Doinkle Puppet Show in Whistler Village Thursday afternoon, these kids are participating in a jam session led by Karen Overgaard.
02-335-100. Pg. 7. Caption: [left] Ralph Brooke, left, and his wife, Jean, relax in their black 1949 MG TC Saturday.
02-335-104. Pg. 7. Caption: [right] Richard Hartl crosses the finish line in 40:42.
02-335-188. Pg. 9. Caption: Bikers show their Harleys in front of the Carleton Lodge.

Week of October 6, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; bingo; construction; group photos; computer; telephone; suspension bridge; drinking; landscapes; weightlifting; Whistler Winterhawks hockey
Appears in October 13, 1983 issue:
02-353-67. Pg. 7. Caption: Marilyn Manso, one of three employees at the Alta Lake weather station, enters local weather information on a data terminal linked with Toronto. Entries must be made every hour on the hour or more often as changing weather patterns dictate.
Appears in October 6, 1983 issue:
02-353-141. Pg. 1. Caption: A cold crisp morning kept most creatures inside early Sunday, but this great blue heron had work to do. It was photographed as it flower over the River of Golden Dreams close to Green Lake looking for fish. Shortly after this photo was taken an industrious beaver swam past carrying wood for its lodge.
02-353-102. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] (Above) A smiling Ted Pryce-Jones proudly snips the ribbon to make the official opening of the new suspension bridge built across the Callaghan River near the Cheakamus River junction last Thursday. Pryce-Jones designed the army-style bridge and with the help of a host of EBAP workers completed the project in under three months.
02-353-116. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] (Right) Bridge decking is composed of 3.5 m long fir planks treated with a special wood preservative designed to make them last more than 20 years. And for those with bridge phobias, 2 1/2 cm steel cables stretch across the river to provide for a safe crossing.
02-353-46. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Max MacDonald, Ski Instructor, Whistler Village.
02-353-146. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Gary Byrne, Hotel employee, Alta Vista.

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 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.

Prints 007-009

Photographs of an unidentified construction site and the Whistler Golf Course with Whistler Mountain in the background.

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