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Week of May 29, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to town planning; Blackcomb Construction; cars;
May 29, 1980
02-113-44. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Construction camp trailers shape up in Town Centre as workers (background) excavate sewer line trenches.
02-113-15. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] Jim Carlberg, architect-developer, spotlight's his presentation to Council with model of Package 18 while Chris Green, No. 17 developer, looks on.
02-113-39. Pg. 5. Caption: Singing Pass parking lot, about three miles from the highway through Town Centre, with new map and visitor register.
02-113-28. Pg. 6. Caption: [above] Cast and Crew of Gold Key Entertainment's movie "Up River" waif for the next take.
02-113-24. Pg. 6. Caption: [below] a Cabin is ignited for a dramatic scene ready to shoot.
02-113-18. Pg. 7. Caption: Jim Bradley assisted by Peter Grant and his truck prepares to move this building off a duplex lot near Whistler Centre.
02-113-66. Pg 8. Caption: Hydro use giant trailer and steering unit to move new transformer into Rainbow substation at Mons.
02-113-5. Pg. 11. Caption: Package 16 is quick to start work. The first of the Phase II parcels to start work in the Town Centre this year. Jim Cook's pumper truck helps fill forms with cement from Cardinal Concrete.
02-113-72, 43. Pg. 14. Caption: Here today, gone tomorrow -- the continuing battle of graffiti artists on the old firehall at Mons was finally ended Tuesday May 27 when municipal crews tore the building down.
02-113-16. Pg. [16]. Caption: The uphill, sunny east side of the new Blackcomb daylodge waits for glass and interior work to be done.

Week of April 13, 1981 [3]

Photographs including but not limited to Blackcomb buildings; car accidents; children's activities; group photos; skiing Blackcomb Mountain; chairlift
Appears in April 16, 1981 issue:
02-141-23. Pg. 9. Caption: Nonie Bredt, 6, of Miss Pauliuk's class at Myrtle Philip Elementary School tells the world what spring means to her. Spring is nice. Spring is flowers blooming. Spring has bees.
02-141-27. Pg. 17. Caption: Gord Voncina of Whistler directs traffic around Dept. of Highway vehicles that are doing their annual spring cleaning of the ditches along Highway 99.

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 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 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 15, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to roads; cars; garbage; construction; meal at restaurant; firemen; awards; skiers; lift line-ups; Gondola Village mountain camping; party; Garibaldi relocation project; torched remains of Garibaldi Lodge; Whistler Cable TV; B.C. Tel; Easter Back Bowl Downhill; Cheakamus Canyon project
Appears in April 15, 1982 issue:
02-250-3. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] All that remains today is a charred pile of debris. The lodge was torched by the provincial government after no bids were received on the building. It is one of the victims of the Garibaldi relocation project implemented by the province because of the threat of the barrier.
02-250-88. Pg. 3. Caption: [top left] Firemen had a smokey fight when they first arrived on the scene.
02-250-130. Pg. 3. Caption: [top right] Jim Dawson of Whistler Cable T.V. takes a look over blueprints while B.C. Tel workmen hang new cable in the Gondola area.
02-250-47. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Pat Kelly, Real Estate Agent, Whistler Cay Resident.
02-250-152. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Diane Robb, Waitress, Gondola Area Resident.
02-250-53. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Denver Snider, Mons towing, Emerald Estates.
02-250-56. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Don Willoughby, Businessman, Alpine Meadows.
02-250-50. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] "Fast" Eddy, Union Construction Worker, Alta Vista.
02-250-149. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Susan Nielsen, Bookkeeper, Whistler Cay resident.
02-250-78. Pg. 9. Caption: [top] A round of applause and a bouquet of flowers were Race Secretary Joan McCulloch's reward for a year of hard work. Owen Carney, Alpine Chairman, (Centre) made the presentation.
02-250-110. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom] Michell Brown and Doug Smith hold up the Price Waterhouse Trophy, which they won in junior skiing competition at Blackcomb Mountain on Sunday.
02-250-7. Pg. 11. Caption: The latest development in the Cheakamus Canyon project is the diversion which carries vehicles through the rock cut (Centre) rather than around one of the most dangerous corners on Highway 99 (right).
02-250-21. Pg. 16. Caption: [bottom] Some Whistler residents could do with a few lessons in tidiness and cooperation. This scene at the Mons garbage compactor tells a story.
02-250-39. Pg. 17. Caption: [Building on a dream]
02-250-134. Pg. 21. Caption: This prefab housing appeared Thursday, April 8 at the Gondola base area. No occupants were discovered.

Week of March 8, 1982 [2]

Photographs including but not limited to car accidents; woman on exercise machine; collapsed bridge; ski gear and snow; Brandywine Inn; Whistler downhill course changes; Nasty Jack's Canada Ski Team Benefit; Alta Lake Inn; skiing; Blackcomb Mountain; Whistler Mountain; bar; restaurant; pianist; cooking; Doc Fingers; Action B.C.; spring cleaning in Village centre
Appears in March 11, 1982 issue:
02-216-19. Pg. 1. Caption: All that remained of the lower portion of the Backcomb skiers bridge that collapsed Saturday, March 6 injuring two.
02-216-12. Pg. 9. Caption: Action! Fitness instructor Sue Worden pedals her heart out for Action B.C. testing Saturday, March 6 while Kevin Ponnock, fitness consultant, records pulse rate. The government-sponsored program includes flexibility testing and a diet analysis so that participants can assess their fitness level.
02-216-51. Pg. 12. Caption: George Merry of Trail, Peter Vajda and Bill Kirker at the UBC Ski Team reunion at Whistler March 7.
02-216-41. Pg. 14. Caption: Peter Malliaros and Ross Smith cook the first outdoor souvlaki of the seas at L'Apres patio on March 6.
02-216-59. Pg. 17. Caption: Spectators watch Powder 8 Contest on Blackcomb Mountain, Sunday, Mar. 7.
02-216-88. [Sue Wanner at the Black Forest restaurant]

Week of March 9, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to helicopters; car accidents; hot tub; music show in school setting; kayaking; motorhome; mountaineering; snowy mountain peaks; party; competitive skiiers
Appears in March 12, 1981 issue:
02-133-50. Pg. 5. Caption: [top] The Alpha Lake Aggregate pit shows no evidence of campers ....
02-133-47. Pg. 5. Caption: [centre left] ... while there are crowds at Whistler Mountain ...
02-133-44. Pg. 5. Caption: [centre right] ... the club cabin area ...
02-133-41. Pg. 5. Caption: [middle left] ... the schoolyard ...
02-133-42. Pg. 5. Caption: [middle right] ... the town centre ...
02-133-46. Pg. 5. Caption: [bottom] ... and at the gondola base ...
02-133-73. Pg. 8. Caption: B.C. Disabled Ski Team member Ron Backie heads through the Molstar course.
02-133-101. Pg. 12. Caption: [top] The crowd gets out onto the dance floor at Club 10.
02-133-34. Pg. 12. Caption: [bottom] Mayor Pat Carleton (centre) congratulates Michel Segur (left) and Jean-Jacques Aaron on the opening of their new club.
02-133-43. Pg. 17. Caption: Early Sunday morning inspection tour of the Resort Centre left this 4X4 well stuck in the mud!
02-133-65. Pg. [20] or back cover. Caption: You can't see the tracks, but you can see the judges (lower left) and the competitors (upper right under the rocks) at the Figure 8 contest held in the Blackcomb Bowl on Sunday (story on page 3).
02-133-97. [Jane Burrows, Maureen [?], Kathleen Lazzina, and unknown woman]

Week of September 22, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to baseball; portraits; Whistler board game; racecar; Blackcomb Mountain; Scandinavian folk dancing; symphony at the Brackendale; Terry Fox Run; Alpine Paving
Appears in September 29, 1983 issue:
02-355-35. Pg. 9. Caption: [left] Whistler's newest and only board game features a mock Highway 99 plus ski runs and pares-ski challenges.
Appears in September 22, 1983 issue:
02-355-68. Pg. 1. Caption: Amateur raced driver Dan Pantages sits at the helm of his Lotus Super Seven, a four-cylinder exposed wheel racer capable of about 160 kph. Pantages joined bout 35 other car enthusiasts over the weekend for a hillclimb race of the steep, winding road to Blackcomb Daylodge. Slightly modified cars raced as well as exotic speedsters, but out of all the cars the fastest time was turned in by a dune buggy. Drivers competed in a slalom course as well as in Blackcomb parking lot. The hillclimb and rally were sponsored by the Burnaby-Coquitlam Motorsport Association. Competitors came form as far away as Prince George.
02-355-46. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] On your mark, get set, go! The Terry Fox Run Sunday saw 48 runners complete the 10km circuit around Lost Lake to raise $280. Organized last moment by Jenny Busdon and Candy Rusted, a suggestion from participants was to ask one of the clubs to run it next year. How about it, you guys?
02-355-148. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] An improved road leading into the Club Cabin area from Highway 99 needs a stop sign, having been without one since roadwork was completed in the early summer. The intersection is located about one km north of the Gondola area on a stretch of highway with poor visibility in either direction. Ministry of Highways District Manager for the area, Ron Winbow, said Tuesday, "We'll take care of it."
02-355-109. Pg. 5. Caption: Chris Carson and friends performed Scandinavian folk dancing during Whistler's Class of '83 arts and crafts show Friday.
02-355-4. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Michael Ballingall, Promotions Manager, Kelowna.
02-355-11. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Grant Keys, Waiter, Brio.
02-355-7. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Dan Ladd, Restaurant employee, North Vancouver.
02-355-110. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] When Peter Brown throws a party, money is not the biggest concern. Brown, had of Canarim Investments, treated employees to a weekend of baseball and assorted fun activities. The company limousine, complete with telephone, spent Saturday in the shade of Whistler Resort Association's Arabesque tent, along with a weekend supply of appropriate refreshments.
02-355-155. Pg. 7. Caption: Workmen from Alpine Paving completed paving on Village Stroll Monday. Coastal Mountain Excavations also placed three drainage basins 10 days ago ensuring the last year's puddle problems aren't repeated next spring. Curbs have also been placed along Whistler Way and Mountain Lane. Paving of those roads should occur next week.
02-355-166. Pg. 9. Caption: [top] Frank Bunting's Datsun 280Z takes a sharp one on the way to a winning time;
02-355-173. Pg. 9. Caption: [middle left] Above, a Datsun 510 that hit gravel on the first curve ... and rolled.
02-355-115. Pg. 9. Caption: [middle right] Formula Race drivers waits for the big moment -- racing up Blackcomb at 85 kph;
02-355-66. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom] Pictures Clockwise from below: Crew checks out Uwe Gildemeister's heavily modified VW Rabbit before race;
02-355-79. Pg. 10. Caption: One of the EBAP workers does the preliminary work on a cycling/cross-country skiing bridge between Village Gate Boulevard and Whistler Way.
02-355-12. Pg. 11. Caption: Sayuri Fukasawa (left) travel counsellor in the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, was shown Whistler Monday by Mayor Shirley Henry of Pemberton and Drew Meredith, executive director of Whistler Resort Association. Mayor Henry is trying to get Pemberton a sister city in Japan.
02-355-156. Pg. 12. Caption: (from left to right) Sydney Humphries, Philippe Etter, Bryan King and Ian Hampton return for the second encore at Sunday's performance of the Purcell String Quartet at Brackendale Art Gallery.
02-355-053. [From left to right: unknown, unknown, unknown, Don Goodall, and Bart Imlov]

Week of November 29, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to Granny's Food Emporium; evening event; drinking; cars; swimming nude; skiing; chairlift; Blackcomb Mountain; school bus; Sandy Boyd; Hugh Smyth; Pat Carleton; Sid Young; Dr. Christine Rodgers; Peter Alder; Pat Carleton's goodbye party; Mark Angus's victory party
Appears in December 2, 1982 issue:
02-291-23. Pg. 1. Caption: A dozen of the finest roses is presented to Kay Carleton, the woman behind the man during Pat Carleton's seven-year term as Whistler's mayor. One of the municipality;s first aldermen, Garry Watson, presented the gift to Mrs. Carleton during a surprise party held at the Delta Mountain Inn Nov. 29 for the retiring mayor.
02-291-75. Pg. 2. Caption: Ahoy there mate! Nov. 27 was moving day for the sailboat being built by Cress Walker and Paul Clark in Alpine Meadows. Her maiden voyage took her to a new berth in Whistler's Industrial Park.
02-291-133. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Whistler's newest citizens join their moms for a well-baby clinic with Public Health Nurse Marilyn McIvor. From left to right in the front row are Brock Crofton and mom Evan, Jaclyn and Suzi McCance, Andrew and Lee Bennett and Alexandra and Donna Liakakos. Behind are Robin and Tam Sin Miller, Marilyn McIvor and Trevor and Jean Dally.
02-291-8. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Superset for a super skier. Blackcomb's Hugh Smythe sits in 'the chair' at the Downhill Shop while skithodics expert John Colitis fits him out with a pair of Superset footbeds.
02-291-28. Pg. 5. Caption: Mayor Pat Carleton modestly enjoys a rousing round of applause at his surprise good-bye party Monday, Nov. 28 at Stumps lounge.
02-291-123. Pg. 5. Caption: Jensen Automotive Ad
02-291-86. Pg. 6. Caption: Diane Smith, left and Karen Benoit smile from their ticket wickets where they offer new two-mountain passes for $20/day. Youth can ski both mountains for $15/day and children for $5. These tickets are also available in two, three and five-day packages.
02-291-131. Pg. 8. Caption: Rosaire Gauthier and Pascal Tiphine, proprietors of Sundial Restaurant, indulged friends and patrons with their French style of hospitality at the opening of their restaurant Tuesday, Nov. 23.
02-291-142. Pg. 9. Caption: The latest in top-of-the-head fashions is modelled here by the illustrious John Pope, general manager, of Delta Mountain Inn, who will soon be leaving these snowy mountains for hill of Toronto. Pope was one of the many fans attending the opening of Beau's Restaurant Wednesday, Nov. 24.
02-291-136. Pg. 11. Caption: Betty Jarvis greets visitors Rich, Robin and Tam Sin Miller to the opening of Beau's Restaurant Wednesday, Nov. 24.
02-291-82. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Claire Kinglet, Part Owner -- Going Nuts, Whistler Cay.
02-291-78. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Pat Parker, Bartender -- Stoney's, Adventures West.
02-291-81. Pg. 14. Caption: [right] Greg Carlberg, Manager -- Carlberg's, West Side Road.
02-291-104. Pg. 16. Caption: [top] What's new in ski wear this season? Whistle rites got a chance to find out Nov. 26 at the Winter What to Wear fashion show, held at Delta Mountain Inn. Above Andrea Maw and Nigel Woods -- a dazzling duo --- show off the latest show in winter wear, while below Kelly Maxwell preps star of the show, Feona Maxwell to display what's in the younger set.
02-291-92. Pg. 16. Caption: [bottom] See caption above.

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