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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 February 21, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to Creekside skiing; night skiing
02-21-12 on pg. 8. Caption: Blizzard! The scene looking down the Green Chair during the snowstorm on Tuesday, February 13.
02-21-13 on pg. 9. Caption: All iced up! Bill Southcott and Editor Paul Burrows sporting iced-up beards at about noon on February 13 after eating snow for about 2 1/2 hours.
02-21-20; 02-21-09 on pg. 10. Caption: So the story goes -- firemen at the scene of the Mons' fire and the shed as it appeared the following morning.
02-21-03 on pg. 12 -- Caption: The crowds begin to arrive -- the Olive Chair loading area on Thursday, February 15.
02-21-15 on pg. 16 -- Caption: Firemen fight the fire at the Mons' workshop on Monday, February 12.

Week of February 23, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to school activities; chairlift line-ups; skiing Whistler Mountain; Whistler Creek
Appears in February 26, 1981 issue:
02-125-57. Pg. 5. Caption: Whistler Mountain's Franz Wilhelmsen and Peter Alder watch proudly as Whistler's Black Chair carries passengers for the first time this season on February 21.
See also 02-128 for complete February 26, 1981 photo captions.

Week of July 10 [2], 1980

Photographs including but not limited to driving; hang gliding in the mountains; wedding at the chapel
02-103-14. Pg. 1. Caption: Wedge Mountain from the northwest showing the steep couloir where Gerhard Singler fell to his death.
02-103-8. Pg. 4. Caption: New location for Town Hall put municipal buildings adjacent to Public Safety Building (PSB) on the north side. Upstairs meeting room in the PSB will be used for Council Chambers.
02-103-58. Pg. 9. Caption: (top) The second couple from the left is Debbie Teigen-Duplain and Brock Duplain, Whistler's newest newlyweds, seen here with their ushers and bridesmaids outside the Whistler chapel.
02-103-73. Pg. 9. Caption: (middle) Wedding guests catch a close-up of the belly dancers at the Keg reception.
02-103-65. Pg. 9. Caption: The wedding hall set with finery ready for the post-nuptial feast.
02-103-29. Pg. 10. Caption: [top right] Arsenault takes off from Whistler's topmost peak. Lack of wind caused him to plummet 40 feet before catching a rising thermal air current.
02-103-26. Pg. 10. Caption: (below left) Making final adjustments before his historic 'first'.
02-103-32. Pg. 10. Caption: [bottom left] A craggy finger of rock juts from the peak as Arsenault, a small triangle over Alta Lake and the Westside Road, drifts like a condor almost a mile above the valley floor.
02-103-49. Pg. [16]. Caption: Dale Arsenault completing the first hang-glide journey from the top of Whistler to the base facilities near Highway 99. See story page 10.

Week of June 6, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to views of Whistler Mountain; Construction; motorcycles; car accident; firemen; lake views; school events
02-006-26 on pg. 1. Caption: An idyllic scene - the north side of Whistler is reflected in the still waters of Green Lake.
02-006-32 on pg. 3. Caption: Mr. Marshall accompanies his class on the guitar as they perform on recorders and percussion.
02-006-08 on pg. 8. Caption: none...See story next to photograph and answer is provided in ...
02-006-11 on pg. 9. Caption: Some of the piles in the town centre parking structure that were driven down over 100 ft.
02-006-28 on pg 9. Caption: The 'Blackcomb Bog' claims a victim. Sabre's Cat gets into difficulty.
02-006-04-05 on pg. 10. Caption: Another view of the logging slash in front of Whistler taken from the road with 200 mm lens.
02-006-25 on pg. 10. Caption: The view of the north end of Green Lake at Soo Valley - a popular camping spot.
02-006-38 on pg. 11. Caption: Top - Andy Munster and friends watch as the firemen start their practice.
02-006-47 on pg. 11. Caption: Centre - Firemen Ike Elboin lights a copy of the Whistler Question so that he can set fire to his cabin.
02-006-48 on pg. 11. Caption: Below: Up she goes 0 the end of the Diversion creek residence.
02-006-09 on pg. 12. Caption: The testing rig being used in the town centre to test the loading of the foundation piles.
02-006-14 on pg. 14. Caption: Some of the motorcycles parked outside the Whistler Inn on Sunday.
02-006-51 on pg. 15. Caption: Lonnie Wray, Pierre Friele, Chuck Hustins and Cal Logue ham it up in a scene from the P.S.S. production 'Timber'.
02-006-07 on pg [16] or back cover. Caption: Whistler Mountain as seen from the southern boundary of the municipality showing the logging slash on the west ridge.

Week of March 25, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to Paul Burrows; birthday party; musicians; skiing from the peak; camping; mountaineering; Cheakamus Icebreaker Championship kayaking; Peter Chzrywowski; cross-country skiing race; dogs; cars; Creekside Husky; Whistler Creek shop; Whistler Village; Rotary Club; Avalanche Area; skiers; construction; house interiors; PTC Bingo Night
Appears in March 25, 1982 issue:
02-253-158. Pg. 1. Caption: Staff photographer freezes the snow avalanche on film as it roars off the roof of the Whistler Sports & Convention Centre on Friday, March 19. More photos on pages 21 & 26. P. Burrows Photo.
02-253-22. Pg. 4. Caption: The construction camp site claims another victim. This van was stuck in a hole last weekend.
02-253-264. Pg. 7. Caption: Duane Perrett of Pinecrest takes a run through the gates at the Icebreaker Championships, the first race in the B.C. 1982 whitewater season. Perrett is one of the many paddlers in the Whistler area who takes advantage of the swift mountain rivers in the valley.
02-253-186. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Ken Warke, Gentleman explorer extraordinaire, Tamarisk resident.
02-253-180. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Florence Corrigan, Pharmacist, Adventures West resident.
02-253-173. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Bob Daly, School principal, Alpine Meadows resident.
02-253-176. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Jimmy Warren, Doorman, Whistler Vale resident.
02-253-179. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Lois Paterson, Whistler Janitorial Services, Alpine Meadows resident.
02-253-191. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Mike 'Stoner' Stone, Bartender, White Gold Estates resident.
02-253-35. Pg. 10. Caption: John Bartosik gives a good squeeze to the head of our now long-lost Mouthpiece as one of the many rites of passage administered at Maloney's well-celebrated going away party. So long, Mick. Long may you stay on the wagon.
02-253-260. Pg. 11. Caption: Kayaker heads down the Cheakamus under the bridge in the Ice Breaker Race held March 21.
02-253-268. Pg. 14. Caption: Duane Perrett gets ready in the snowy starting gate at the Cheakamus Ice Breaker race March 21.
02-253-168. Pg. 15. Caption: Lucky winner at the PTC Bingo Night leaves with his prize while caller Bob Daly and Gary Raymond get ready for the next game.
02-253-212. Pg. 16. Caption: Smith Brothers Wilson forge ahead on the rebuilding of the Keg building which burned on Feb. 13.
02-253-87. Pg. 19. Caption: [left] Loreen Barnet, of the ALSC, won the open women's division in Whistler's last Nordic race of the season.
02-253-90. Pg. 19. Caption: [right] Peter Rehor placed third in the open men's section in Saturday's race. He finished with a time of 46:04.
02-253-162. Pg. 21. Caption: This was the scene after tons of snow ended up on the top of parking structure 'A' after it fell of the Sports & Convention Centre roof Friday afternoon.
02-253-53. Pg. 23. Caption: [top] Skiing down one of the slopes in the Spearhead range.
02-253-148. Pg. 23. Caption: [bottom] Rotary lot winner -- Larry Desjardins of Burnaby (left) is presented with land deed by Whistler Rotary president Bob Brown on the site lost Friday.
02-253-231. Pg. 26. Caption: [top] Moments before 50 tons of snow slid from the roof of the Sports & Convention Centre, Doug Fox, Cliff Jennings and crew tried shovelling snow away from facia beams.
02-253-229. Pg. 26. Caption: [middle] Within 24 hours, this glum had been twisted from its foundation by the moving snow mass.
02-253-171. Pg. 26. Caption: [bottom] Keep moving is right! Someone with a sense of humour then added the sign on the left to the warning on the right.