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Week of April 11, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau's visit to Whistler Mountain; Skiing; Winter construction; freestyle skiing; Grouse Mountain Vancouver; the Posie Shoppe
02-014-33 on pg. 1. Caption: Prime Minister Trudeau a the bottom of the Olympic Run after a hard day's ski-ing on Whistler.
02-014-01 appears in April 18, 1979 issue on pg. 10 [L]: Caption: Don't look too closely! Highways crews work on a "suspended" section of the Cheakamus Canyon highway held up by logs.
02-014-26 on pg. 10. Caption: Some of the crumpled railcars and twisted track at the scene of the B.C.R. derailment.
02-014-52 on pg. 12. Caption: Champion Eaves exhibits fine form during the Labatt's World Cup Freestyle Aerials at Grouse.
02-014-10 on pg. 17. Caption: Highlands Mall and the Highlander Hotel as seen from the new Highway #99.
02-014-46 on pg. 20. Caption: The interior of the Highlands Mall showing the tropical plants in the mall itself.

Week of April 13, 1981 [2]

Photographs including but not limited to smoking on the beach; mountain views; car accidents; sitting on a couch; construction
Appears in April 16, 1981 issue:
02-138-34. Pg. [20] or back cover. Caption: (L-R) John Simmie, James McCue and Monica Niederlich of Miss Pauliuk's class at Myrtle Philip Elementary School ham it up for Easter.
See also 02-124 and 02-141 for more photos and captions.

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 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 April 17, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to skiing; car accidents; Myrtle Philip School hawaiian day; winning ski team; Japanese ski instructors visit to Whistler
02-052-15; 02-052-6. Pg. 1. Caption: Two of the cars that did not make it home up the Lorimer Road hill during the past week.
02-052-14. Pg. 1. Caption: Winning team Dale Brandon, Shelley Hetherington, Greg Lee, & Blake Andreassen.
02-052-8. pg. 6 Caption: Miss Pauliuk with her Division 2 class at the Hawaiian Day Party.
02-052-7. pg. 6. Caption: Mrs. Dunbar demonstrating the hula to some of her Division 3 girls.
02-052-3. Pg. 7. Caption: Kindergarten students Alistair Crofton, Tina Arundel, Judy Tyrer, Morag Marshall, & Christopher MacLeod enjoying the Hawaiian treats at the party.
02-052-32. Pg. 10. Caption: Harvey Fellowes showing fine form through the Whistler Cup course.
02-052-18-19. pg. 10. Caption: Jamie T. Packing the competitors back up the course for another run.
02-052-24. Pg. 11. Caption: Japanese ski instructors visit Whistler.

Week of April 18, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to the Construction of the Alpine Offices at Whistler Mountain; Skiing
02-013-06 on pg. 4. Caption [T]: The new lunchroom - Bruce Watt & Radar, Franz Wilhelmsen and Dennis Beauregard enjoy a break.
02-013-10 on pg. 4. Caption [B]: Equipment storage room adjacent to the maintenance garage in the new building.
02-013-08 on pg. 5. Caption [T]: Bob Sinclair of the First Aid Ski Patrol works on the roster sheet in the new Ski Patrol room.
02-013-11 on pg. 5. Caption [M]: Mary Wilton keeps everything under control in the Alpine Communications Office.
02-013-13 on pg. 5. Caption [B]: The rescue equipment stored in the new rescue room ready for an emergency.
02-013-02 on pg. 6. Caption [R]: Not a Good Friday! This vehicle didn't quite get to where it was going in Alpine Meadows on Friday, April 13!.
02-013-19 on pg. 6. Caption [L]: The race is on! Parents and kids alike join in the race for Easter Eggs on Sunday at the school.
02-013-17 on pg. 10. Caption [R]: Soil testing rig at work in the Town Centre parking structure area with the snow covered slopes of Blackcomb behind.
02-13-04 on pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: Closed! Skiers confront the ski patrollers who are guarding the fence at the entrance to Whistler Bowl on Saturday, April 14.

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 April 24, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to Whistler Village Construction; farm animals; river; school; bike; car
02-119-19. Pg. 1. Caption: Joe Lotskar makes a point as the large crowd at the Beak Report public meeting listen.
02-119-57. Pg. 3. Caption: Johnson's Trucking gravel crushing plant at work in the Alpha Lake Aggregate pit.
02-119-53. Pg. 5. Caption: Municipal Treasurer John Randall.
02-119-50. Pg. 8. Caption: Kris Shoup instructs John Garnet in the school mini-course knitting class while Serap Graf and Monica Niederlich concentrate on the task at hand.
02-119-71. Pg. 9. Caption: Recently engaged couple Deanna Chan & Graeme O'Neill.
02-119-34. Pg. 10. Caption: On the CMOS farm site -- from Left to Right: Outdoor Education Co-ordinator Rick Price, W.L.B. Hawkes of the Ministry of Education, and Pemberton School trustee T.B.M. (Slim) Fougberg.
02-119-3. Pg. 11. Caption: Jim McConkey displays the McConkey Cup Trophy.
02-119-9. Pg. 15. Caption: The Town centre area awash with floodwater at the height of last week's storm on April 26.
02-119-38. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS ABOUT? -- A good looking pair of steers seen recently at the Coast Mountain Outdoor School farm.

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 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.

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