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Week of April 11, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to evening event; office; portraits; construction in Whistler Village; Mouton Cadet Spring Festival at Whistler Mountain; ski race; awards; chairlift; cutting down a tree; Blackcomb and Whistler Mountain signage; podium; skiers; construction of 19 Mile Creek Bridge
Appears in April 14, 1983 issue:
02-316-13. Pg. 1. Caption: A gift of two mountains was presented to Washington Governor John Spellman (right) by Mayor Mark Angus (second from right) during his tour of Whistler last week. Washington hopes to develop its Early Winters Resort and several top delegates including (left) Senator Alan Bluechel, Mrs. Jeanne Erlichmann Bluechel and Mrs. Irene Spellman.
02-316-21. Pg. 3. Caption: Mark Sager ... in the running for Williams' job.
02-316-14. Pg. 5. Caption: Geoff Power (left) and Don Willoughby (right) ... the long-time components of Willpower Enterprises.
02-316-49. Pg. 7. Caption: [Village]
02-316-191. Pg. 8. Caption: CKNW talk-show host Gary Bannerman (left) was given the royal WRA tour of Whistler Saturday, April 9 by resort association executive president Earl Hansen. Bannerman was gathering background material for an upcoming show which will feature Whistler.
02-316-167. Pg. 9. Caption: As soon as the snow left the ground, workers for Interwest Construction of Vancouver got cracking on the preliminary work for the foundation of 19 Mile Creek Bridge. The span, to be completed by summer, will bridge the gap in Alpine Meadows on Valley Drive.
02-316-228. Pg. 11. Caption: Do hostesses during the mostesses? Whistler Mountain's team of helpful ladies salut the visitors and participants at Mouton Cadet's Spring Festival held April 9, 10 and 11. Top row (l-r) Jacques Reck, Heather Steward. Bottom row (l-r) Cathy Rousseau, Lyndsey MacDonald, June Paley, and Jan Haldimand had a smile for everyone this snowy Sunday.
02-316-175. Pg. 12. Caption: Municipal parks worker Wayne Flann gets rid of some dead wood at Alpha Lake Park. Crews are readying some of the facilities in the park such as the tennis courts and picnic area, in time for summer visitors.
02-316-35. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Karen Petrus, Village Employee, Whistler Cay.
02-316-41. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Cindy Brown, Whistler Mountain Ticket Checker, Emerald Estates.
02-316-33. Pg. 14. Caption: [right] Nancy Davies, Village Shop Owner, Whistler Cay Heights.
02-316-73. Pg. 15. Caption: [left] First place winners in the Mouton Cadet Spring Festival held April 9, 10, 11 on Whistler Mountain. (l-r) Dave Murray, Nancy Smith, Jim Parsons, Toby Shale. Back row Xavier deEizaguirre of Mountain Rothschild and Werner Schonberger, president of Featherstone & Co.
02-316-79. Pg. 15. Caption: [right] Andre Schwarz gets a little help from his friend during a presentation on "motion and movement" -- the Canadian approach to ski instruction "at the CSIA Spring Festival at Delta Mountain Inn Monday, April 11. Schwarz is the chairman of the national technical committee for the CSIA.

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 December 23, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to Blackcomb Mountain; ski gear; awards; skiers; party balloons; Whistler Skiers' Chapel; Creekside; ski races; drinks
Appears in December 23, 1981 issue:
02-232-6. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] The latest in practical fashion. Meg Davies shines in her new plastic bag ... compliments of Blackcomb. Well, at least it keeps you dry no matter what.
02-232-13. Pg. 7. Caption: Jamie Kurlander excepts congratulations from Mayor Pat Carleton after winning both races in the Subaru Pro Series.
02-232-28. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Tami Wick, 8 year-old, Emerald Estates.
02-232-21. Pg. 13. Caption: [left] Dave Patterson, John Clothier and Bill McCance -- winners of a trip to Aspen in the Whistler Village Championship ski race.
02-232-33. Pg. 26. Caption: Charlie "The Scribe" McClain presents Al Davis and Geoff Hesthemer with plaques over their dead bodies.

Week of February 22, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; child sleeping in a stroller; putting on ski gear; Labatt's race podium; Blackcomb Mountain; skiing; rainy road; town planning; cross-country skiing; child in sunglasses; children's track and field; hiking; dock at Alta Lake; band playing; Team Supreme competition; Whistler Cross-Country Marathon; Dave Murray Masters' Series Clinic
Appears in February 24, 1983 issue:
02-324-24. Pg. 1. Caption: Soaking up sun (l-r) Rosilyn and Marlin Arneson and Bill Bode of Washington State relax before calling it a day Monday, Feb. 21 after the first really warm one on Whistler Mountain.
02-324-39. Pg. 6. Caption: [top] Above, first place team members in the Team Supreme competition accept a $500 cheque for the B.C. Disabled Skiers Association from Keg General Manager Bob Elliott.
02-324-4. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] Righ, Phil Chew faces the cameras.
02-324-80. Pg. 8. Caption: Cross-country skiers set off on the Whistler Cross-Country Marathon which was held over a 20km route Sunday, Feb. 20.
02-324-62. Pg. 9. Caption: Sjaan DiLalla tries out one of the ranges in one of the 29 "studio lofts" in the recently opened Crystal Lodge.
02-324-47. Pg. 11. Caption: Hugh Smythe and Val Lang enjoy the festivities after the first Team Supreme race, held at Blackcomb Feb. 20. The event raised $2,400 for the B.C. Disabled Skiers Association.
02-324-10. Pg. 12. Caption: Chuck Cook, Dentist, Squamish.
02-324-75. Pg. 14. Caption: Seppo Makinen and Sam Alexander discuss Whistler's proposed new Zoning Bylaw No. 303 with Assistant Municipal Planner Cress Walker.

Week of February 28, 1985

Photographs including but not limited to band playing; skiing on Whistler Mountain; ski racing; Molson World Downhill; Rob Boyd; podiums; dinner; portraits; drinking; Girl Guides of Canada anniversary; Delta Mountain Inn's Waiter's Race; Export "A" Cup race; Doug and the Slugs
Appears in February 25, 1985 issue:
02-376-54. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Jack Demidoff points to the spot where he and his hoe smashed through the ice on Nita Lake.
02-376-101. Pg. 2. Caption: [bottom] (Below) Blasting and clearing is underway on a new trail connecting Alpha Lake and Wayside Park on Alta Lake, close to the spot where Demidoff and his 25-tonne hoe fell through the ice.
02-376-37. Pg. 5. Caption: Skateboarder Harry Hovatha of Victoria does a 360 aboard his Austrian-made Swingbo, a skateboard on skis that sells for about $400 and was recently introduced to the Canadian market. Hovatha was with a group of skateboarders who visited Whistler last week on a promotional tour. But they couldn't use Whistler Mountain lifts because of provincial lift regulations.
02-376-95. Pg. 6. Caption: [top] The Girl Guides of Canada celebrated its 75th anniversary Friday, Feb. 22. Called Thinking Day, it represents one of the most important days in the years for guides as it commemorates the birth of Olave, Lady Baden-Powell, the founder of Girl Guides, and her husband Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Boy Scouts. Whistler's 18 sides, led by Debbie O'Mara, celebrated Friday with a brief service in the Skiers' Chapel followed by a Pot Luck Dinner.
02-376-39 Pg. 9. Caption: Export "A" Cup racers mulled around the time board Wednesday to find out how they placed in the downhill. Almost everyone was surprised when unheralded Steven Lee from Australia emerged as the victor. See story page 10.
02-376-54. Pg. 10. Caption: Rob Boyd.
02-376-82. Pg. 11. Caption: The Baxter Group's Gondola Village has sprouted up like mushrooms at the gondola base during the past four months. Cranes continue to put the finishing touches to 245 units included in the project.

Week of January 24, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; ski racing podium; snowman; dancing in Whistler Village; volleyball; trophy; Gene Garcia band playing; igloo-building; snow sculptures; tubing race; downhill ski race; dancing; alcohol; game requiring players to wear one snowshoe and one ski while playing hockey with a broom; mascot; Corporate Cup; Impound Yard; Fleischmann Cup; Schlasswicken race
Appears in January 27, 1983 issue:
02-329-163. Pg. 1. Caption: Ah, for the delectable treat of glaced salmon, especially when it's been served up through two hours of hard work by the Envirocon team during Saturday's Corporate Cup. This jaunty fellow was the first-place finisher out of 27 entries in the ice sculpture contest. See story page 7.
02-329-186. Pg. 6. Caption: Ian Ray of Squamish gets to know the big root bear he won for being the youngest in attendance at Whistler Corporate Cup awards ceremony Jan. 22. Ian, age 2, was a little leary of sudden press coverage and not willing to comment.
02-329-61. Pg. 7. Caption: [top] Mayor Mark Angus and Laurier Lapierre use their best judgement during the ice sculpture contest, while Umberto Menghi pauses in the background to tally up his results.
02-329-127. Pg. 7. Caption: [middle] Inner tube pullers are put to the test in another fun contest -- Sliding Inflation.
02-329-194. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom left] The winners -- Envirocon -- haul away their well-earned loot at closing ceremonies Saturday evening.
02-329-73. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom right] (Counterclockwise from below) Rene Gauthier of SunLife and Roy Adams of Molson's obviously enjoy their sponsorship of the Whistler Corporate Cup.
02-329-48. Pg. 9. Caption: Sue Worden of Body Works puts a group of Corporate Cup die-hards through the paces in Village Square Saturday.
02-329-22. Pg. 12. Caption: Teeing up a t-shirt, Jules Belanger and owners Claire and Chuck Kinglet of Brick Shirt House have had a busy first week in Crystal Lodge. The shop, which features made-to-order designs and a fascinating selection of ready-made heat transfers is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 9a.m.-9p.m. Friday and Saturday.
02-329-173. Pg. 13. Caption: Crowds of all ages enjoyed the rhythms of the Gene Garcia Band at The Brass Rail during Corporate Cup weekend.
02-329-21. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Alexander Fordham, Grade One Student, Whiski Jack.
02-329-16. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Bob Daly, School Principal, Alpine Meadows.
02-329-30. Pg. 14. Caption: [right] Melanie Causation, Village Employee, Pemberton.
02-329-207. Pg. 17. Caption: Puffing participant reaches for a cold one at Schlasswicken race on Blackcomb Mountain Jan. 23.
02-329-62. Pg. 19. Caption: Loath to leave, one of his sculptors gives E.T. a good-bye kiss before they both go home. The extra-terrestrial visitor made his stope at Whistler during Whistler Corporate Cup snow sculpture competition Jan. 22. This year, unlike las year, the statues lasted the night and are still gracing the practice fairway.
02-329-93. Pg. 22. Caption: The remains of Christmas pile up at local dumps as residents remain ignorant -- or too lazy -- to take them to the proper site. Christmas trees and other large disposable items should be taken to the Cheakamus dum 1/2 km east of Highway 99, across from the Function Junction turn-off.

Week of July 5, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; Willie Whistler; Canada Day in Whistler Village; Blackcomb Summer Operations; highland dancing; chairlift; barbecue; bike race; children bobbing for apples; award ceremony and children at Myrtle Philip School; aerobics; man playing bagpipes; Canada Day parade; people in costumes; logging; rafting the river
Appears in July 5, 1984 issue:
02-398-D-27. Pg. 1. Caption: [left] The B.C. Lions football club rolled into town Friday for its annual fan and player golf tournament, which could not have been wetter -- although that didn't dampen the spirits of Lions quarterback Roy Dewalt and offensive tackle John Blaine, who tried the squeeze play on Val Lang of the resort association.
02-398-E-17. Pg. 1. Caption: [right] Better weather prevailed at Sunday's chili cook-off (right), where the Grills Brothers were among seven teams of aspiring chili chefs.
02-398-A-4. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Tony Tyler and Linda Stefan, along with the invaluable help of Willie Whistler, drew the names of two lucky North Shore Community Credit Union customers Tuesday morning. Winners of the credit union's opening draw are Fred Lockwood and Heather McInnis, both of Whistler. Lockwood receives a dual mountain ski pass and McInnis a summer's windsurfing.
02-398-D-8. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Awards night at Myrtle Philip School last Thursday night netted a prize for everyone. Teacher Sue Christopher presents Jake Humphries' award for his performance during the year.
02-398-G-10. Pg. 6. Caption: The Medics chili team won the prize Sunday for best showmanship in the village chili cook-off. Their secret was surgical gear and one puppeteer.
02-398-E-7. Pg. 7. Caption: [top] Showmanship is half the battle in winning a chili contest, as Dave Eastham (above right) proved, while Gass company teammate Gary Raymond ponders his next move.
02-398-G-15. Pg. 7. Caption: [middle] Winner of showmanship laurels for the cook-off went to the Medics, whose chili didn't go down well with the judges, but at least stayed down. Their puppet show (left) was judged better than the Dos Senoritas and Gass Company's acts, whited placed second and third.
02-398-C-6. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom left] Below left, Judges Gary Raible and Phil Reimer put their taste buds to the test in the final round of judging.
02-398-E-26. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom right] Winning team (The Gambling Gourmet, below) consisting of, left to right, Ted Nebbeling, judge Dean Hill, Wendy Meredith, Sue Howard, judge Phil Reimer, Val Lang.
02-398-C-23. Pg. 8. Caption: Mountain bike racers competed Sunday and Monday in a pair of contests around the valley.
02-398-B-17. Pg. 9. Caption: Canada's birthday didn't go by unnoticed in Whistler, where a Maple Leaf cake baked by The Chef & Baker was distributed after birthday celebrations. RCMP Constable Rocky Fortin managed to take a moment away from posing for tourists' snapshots in his full dress uniform, and cut the cake.
02-398-A-7. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Barry Gordon, High Tech HIppie, Vancouver.
02-398-B-5. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Joan Giannelli, Mother, Burnaby.
02-398-B-28. Pg. 14. Caption: [right] Jim Corlett, Notary Public, Vancouver.
02-398-B-10. Pg. 14. Caption: [bottom] Highland dancers entertained crowds in Whistler Village before Canada Day celebrations. Sunday afternoon. Whistler celebrated the nation's birthday with a showing by RCMP Constables Russ Grabb and Rocky Fortin, who cut the birthday cake, as well as rendering of the national anthem. Nearly everyone, it seemed, sang along as they waved the Maple Leaf.
02-398-C-31. Pg. 16. Caption: Kelly Hamilton got his apple, but not without a dunking, at Monday's kids' carnival at Mountain Square.
02-398-B-33. Pg. 17. Caption: Whistler Mountain's Village Chair is now open for rides aloft for picnics and sightseeing. The chair opened Saturday, and will be running Thursday to Monday, 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. all summer.

Week of March 28, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to skiing; Yukon Jack Pro Tour; alcohol; putting on ski gear; Blackcomb Mountain; Ken Beatty; Todd Brooker; Willie Whistler and fellow mascots skiing; ski race; podium; Snowcat; meeting; children's activities; winter golf; policeman; band playing; first annual mascot race; Yukon Jack Challenge; first annual snow Golf Tournament; Whistler Mountain Masters Downhill Classic
Appears in March 31, 1983 issue:
02-319-122. Pg. 1. Caption: E. Bunny and his mascot friends get a free lift up Blackcomb Mountain, where they were participating in the first annual mascot race March 26. E. Bunny will be out on the slopes again over the Easter holidays.
02-319-189. Pg. 2. Caption: Const. Rene Defosse, the newest addition to Whistler's RCMP detachment gets ready for his line of duty in this resort town. Const. Defuse replaces Const. Dan Gadabout who was transferred to Ottawa.
02-319-97. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Ross Dinwoodie, a lineman with the Squamish office of B.C. Hydro, shows Myrtle Philip School children how to avoid some shocking experiences during a demonstration last Wednesday.
02-319-103. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Anthony Brummet, B.C's minister of Lands, Parks & Housing announced March 25 that $9 million dollars will be made available to complete Whistler Village facilities.
02-319-3. Pg. 6. Caption: [top] Todd Brooker and Dave Murray take a shot at the Yukon Jack Challenge course.
02-319-19. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle left] Gilles Blackburn streaks dow upper Springboard enroute to victory.
02-319-163. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle right] Jean Jacques Aaron take the pause that refreshes during the waiters' race.
02-319-72. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom left] furred and feathered mascots enjoy a little get together
02-319-105. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom right] and a pro tour racer leaps while he's looking.
02-319-51. Pg. 8. Caption: Up and coming Crazy Canuck Todd Brooker talks skiing with local aficionado Dave Robarts while John (J.C.) Colpitts sizes up the champ's feet for Super Feet foot beds at The Downhill Shop on Thursday, March 24 during Brooker's ski vacation here.
02-319-195. Pg. 10. Caption: Smashing and splashing at Whistler's First Annual SNow Golf Tournament held Wednesday, March 23 on the practice fairway were (l-r) Jeff Cotter, Lois Patterson, Kathy Adams and Harry Dean. Oversized balls gave these swingers a bit of an advantage.
02-319-125. Pg. 13. Caption: The moment of discovery of the stolen furniture in Howe Sound Drama Club's production of "Black Comedy" held at Brackendale Art Gallery the past two weekends. (L-R) Mrs. Furnival (Doreen Ramus) expresses her horror at the light-fingered deed done by Brindsley Miller (Richard Cudmore) and his fiancee Carol Melkett (Louise Fox).
02-319-57. Pg. 18. Caption: Chris Atkinson, Lift operator, Adventures West.

Week of May 2, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to construction; ski gear; dancing at a bar; drinking; skiing; sledding; ski lodge; snowplow; Dave Bennett; skiers; ski racing; tubing; Whistler Village; tennis court line-painting; Pro Skiing Tour Championships; podium; speeches; wearing kilts and playing bagpipes in the mountains; running; waterfall; Blackcomb Mountain's L.A. Legs Contest; Pernod Pro Gold Classic; Stoney's Suitcase Party
Appears in May 5, 1983 issue:
02-311-132. Pg. 1. Caption: Hubba, hubba! What a beaut! This mystery entrant in Blackcomb Mountain's L.A. Legs Contest April 30 strutted away with first prize. It's no mystery why. More last minute ski news Page 9.
02-311-251. Pg. 2. Caption: It's a go vote -- unanimously. Those who attended the information meeting April 26 on hosting World Cup '84 at Whistler, including (1 to 4) Drew Meredith, Mayor Mark Angus, Franz Wilhelmsen and Nevill O'Sullivan of the C.S.A., heartily approved hosting the event.
02-311-208. Pg. 3. Caption: Lots of action hit Whistler Village Saturday, April 30 as production crews recorded the saga of Reno and The Doc, a 90-minute feature for pay T.V.
02-311-144. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Craig Reid, Golf Course Employee, Alpine Meadows.
02-311-141. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Nicole Chetwynd, Ex-Blackcomb Employee, Alpine Meadows.
02-311-67. Pg. 7. Caption: Yowser, yowser, yowser! The gang at Rendezvous Restaurant on Blackcomb Mountain have their own special way of saying goodbye. Of course they were in the midst of the clutches of spring fever Sunday, May 1.
02-311-18. Pg. 8. Caption: Semi finalists at Stoney's Suitcase Party May 1 let off some steam before the final name was selected. The lucky winner? Dave Cipp of Tapley's (fourth from left in back row, with his mouth wide open). Cipp grabbed his golf clubs, Brenda Davidson of Today's Video and headed to Honolulu that night.
02-311-119. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom left] (Far left) Spring fever struck Blackcomb on April 30 and May 1 with outbreaks of inner tube-iris.
02-311-81. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom right] Blackcomb fever takes its toll.
02-311-37. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom middle] (Center) Parent and child novelty disorders and a few cases of being hit over the head with it all.
02-311-9. Pg. 9. Caption: [middle] Four top skiers in Pernod Pro Gold Classic (l-r) Greg Hann, Graham Swan, Gregg Vollet and Blake Andreassen after awards ceremony at L'Apres after the race Sunday, May 1.
02-311-238. Pg. 10. Caption: The last fling of the season was happening on Whistler Mountain, Saturday, April 30. Piper Graham Ross (left) piped up with "Scotland the Brave" for companion Malcolm Robertson and flingers Gordon Combe and Hugh Granham. The lads are members of LondonScottish Rugby Team and were at Whistler after a game in Vancouver, part of a Canada-wide tour.
02-311-113. Pg.11. Caption: Piped in to their wedding reception at Le Chalet Thursday, April 28, Debby and Paul O"Mara (front right) enjoy the sun and the special moment of their wedding day.
02-311-15. Pg. 12. Caption: With Neil Mawdsley at the wheel work on Whistler's new golf course proceeds smoothly May 3rd.
02-311-159. Pg. 15. Caption: A bunch of real hackers, Team Hack cleaned up on one of the valley's most covetted trophies, the Whistler Cup. And the winners, ladies and gentleman were (l-r) Sue Boyd, Rob Denham, Mike Turcotte and Jim Wharin.

Week of May 4, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to trucks; sleeping child; town planning; Myrtle Philip School; awards; windsurfing on Alta Lake; CAA; Telemark Blackcomb Mountain; skiing; car accident; chairlift; dog; musician playing guitar
Appears in May 7, 1981 issue:
02-186-16. Pg. 1. Caption: Architect Joe Yamauchi and Alderman Mark Angus inspect the model of the Whistler Tower Building planned for Parcel 26. Arrows indicated the controversial tower.
02-186-70. Pg. 3. Caption: Costumed members of the Vancouver Telemark Society practise group telemark turns on the last day of the season.
02-186-59. Pg. 4. Caption: Jody Wick, 10, of Myrtle Philip Elementary, brings out the shine on Ike's tow-truck during the WPTA's successful carwash held May 2.
02-186-22. Pg. 7. Caption: New engineer on staff [Doug Wylie]
02-186-10. Pg. 8. Caption: Peter Grant and his Kenworth. Grant's been truckin' through this valley for four years. "There's more and more work every year," he says.
02-186-52. Pg. 13. Caption: [windsurfer]
02-186-35. Pg. 15. Caption: For being the top MPE artists, not to mention electrically alert, Tami Wick, Rya Kirkwood and Cris Simpson were awarded these framed certificates. Standing behind (l to r) are Ross Dinwoodie, Laroy Watt and Gary Wong.
02-186-76. Pg. 16. Caption: Wreckage of the 280 Z Datsun that Geoff Power was driving when it went out of control and rolled three times in the ditch of Highway 99 near the Northair turnoff. The car belongs to Dave Manson of Vancouver.
02-186-23. Pg. 17. Caption: Bridge over troubled waters! Local contractor Ian Michell recently completed his second pedestrian bridge over 19-Mile Creek in Alpine Meadows. The neighbours certainly appreciate his efforts to solve the local access problem.
02-186-8. Pg. [20]. Caption: Whew! All tuckeredout at the end of the season, Donald Campbell, 4, of North Vancouver decided that the best place for a weary skier to lay his helmetted head was the front step of Jim McConkey's Ski Shop.