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Week of July 25, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to beach; swimming at Alta Lake; fashion show in Whistler Village

Week of August 22 [2], 1979

Photographs including but not limited to swimming at Alta Lake; Construction; cars
02-085-9. Pg. 1. Caption: The view from the top-looking down on the Town Centre from the Heine condominium package #11.
02-085-11. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] The great swim is on! Swimmers heading down Alta Lake (above)
02-085-3. Pg.3. Caption: [bottom] and arriving at the Adventures West dock (below).
02-085-29. Pg.4. Caption: The first meeting of the Whistler Council in the new council chamber trailer. Acting Mayor Horsey presides.
02-085-15. Pg. 5. Caption: [top] Signs appearing on the tree by the Town Centre -- note the Danger Construction Zone!
02-085-26. Pg.5. Caption: [bottom] What is it? Not a squatter's cabin but merely a plastic structure for the fire department to practice its smoke rescue maneuvres.
02-085-30. Pg. 7. Caption: Watch your step! Theres a 3-ft. drop coming out of the Gulf Station restroom during construction. 02-085-2. Pg. 8. Caption: Early arrivals at the salmon barbeque at the Grants residence on August 19.
02-085-20. Pg. 13. Caption: The first roof is almost on -- a Heine Condo on Package #11 above the Town Centre.
02-085-24. Pg. 14. Caption: Impromptu sidewalk sale -- Leigh Finck sells off his goods after finding himself out on the street (literally) on Saturday, August 18!
02-085-5. Pg. 16. Caption: A smiling B.J. Godson presents a swimming prize to Sheila Peters while Denver Sneider looks on. More pictures and story on Page 3.

Week of August 28, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to windsurfing at Alta Lake; Construction; Dog; Swimming; unicycling
02-095-4. Pg. 1. Caption: Winsurfers head out across Alta Lake as summers last few waning rays dapple the mountainside. 02-095-49. Pg. 1. Caption: Don Willoughby puts out the remainder of a small fire in Blackcomb Estates. 02-095-3. Pg. 3. Caption: Graeme ONeill, principal in WCC.
02-095-28. Pg. 6. Caption: Doug Bennett and the Slugs, one of B.C.s top bands at their Monday show at the Keg. 02-095-45. Pg. (12). Caption: This youngster visiting Pembertons favourite swimming hole is trying to forget that summer vacation is almost over.

Week of September 14, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to buses; construction; Willie Whistler; baseball; parade; dancing; music; drinks; hot air balloon; painting; Whistler Village; chairlift; tennis; dinner event; chefs; party; barbecue; canoeing; wakeboarding Alta Lake; spinning wheel; running; swimming; kayaking; Arnold Palmer and opening of Whistler Golf Course; helicopter; dogs; musicians
Appears in September 17, 1981 issue:
02-211-9. Pg. 1. Caption: The smiles of Mayor Pat Carleton and Minister of Tourism Pat Jordan said all there was to say about Whistler's first Fall Festival.
02-211-231. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Golfing legend Arnold Palmer gives the Whistler Marmot a lesson in form.
02-211-238. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Ok helicopter loads up with fertilizer to spread on the fairways of the new Whistler Golf Course.
02-211-127. Pg. 4. Caption: [left] A pensive Umberto Menghi listens while M/C Herb Capozzi speaks at the celebrity dinner.
02-211-119. Pg. 4. Caption: [right] Two smiling Dutchmen at Umberto's gala dinner Ted Nebbeling and Bill Van der Zalm.
02-211-64. Pg. 5. Caption: [top] Tom Jones was in town to attend a benefit dinner for the Whistler Health Care Society.
02-211-145. Pg. 5. Caption: [bottom] Shell Cup Officials at Whistler -- (left to right) Trish Irvin, PR Co-ordinator for CSA: George Duffield of the CBC; CSA's Donald Laflamme; Diana Pooke, Shell Cup Co-ordinator; Any Marynowski, Refinery Manager for Shell Canada in Burnaby; and Whistler Mountain Ski Club President Bill McNeney.
02-211-2. Pg. 6. Caption: School Bus
02-211-89. Pg. 7. Caption: [top left] Whistler Fall Festival
02-211-149. Pg. 7. Caption: [top right] Whistler Fall Festival
02-211-203. Pg. 7. Caption: [middle right] Whistler Fall Festival
02-211-82. Pg 7. Caption: [bottom left] Whistler Fall Festival
02-211-266. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom right] Whistler Fall Festival
02-211-4. Pg. 8. Caption: Mountain Inn.
02-211-99. Pg. 9. Caption: Herb Capozzi (left) and partner Gordie MacKenzie teamed up at the Fall Festival's Pro Celebrity Tennis Match at the Whistler Resort & Club to defeat Bob Puddicombe and Nancy Raine 8-7.
02-211-165. Pg. 10. Caption: The winning Great Waters Race team. From the left: Brian Allen, Connie Allen, John Marshall, Barb Simpson and Ken Hardy.
02-211-286. Pg. 11. Caption: Matt Minglewood sings the blues Cape Breton style for an appreciative audience at the Mountain House on September 9.
02-211-172. Pg. 12. Caption: Myrtle Philip (left) and Shayne Roberts enjoying opening night at JB's Country Kitchen. Over 150 women were the special guests of JB's on Friday, September 10 to taste the new delicacies the Country Kitchen is offering.
02-211-140. Pg. 13. Caption: John Bentham rolls on the floor in the 'Western Bar Brawl' staged at L'Apres
02-211-253. Pg. 14. Caption: Snowflakes contest a success.
02-211-272. Pg. 17. Caption: Bob Dawson, waiter extraordinaire and winner of the Great Race, kicks off into fourth gear Aram Kassabian, who placed second stands directly behind Dawson's left shoulder.
02-211-38. Pg. 18. Caption: [top] It was Willie Whistler giving youngsters a dance lesson to the tunes of the Unknown Band on Saturday afternoon in the Village Square.
02-211-138. Pg 18. Caption: [bottom] Hawk, Peter, Ross and John supervise the cooking of three of the giant roasts of beef at L'Apres Western night.
02-211-112. Pg. 20. Caption: Tourism Minister Pat Jordan (second from left) stands with six of the recipients of the Good Show awards.
02-211-289. Pg. 21. Caption: That other Jones boy, Angus, hammers the 250,000th spike into the Resort Centre roof completing the 45,000 sq. ft of decking.
02-211-54+74. Pg. [24]. Caption: Fall Festival 1981.

Week of September 6, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to Myrtle Philip School gym class; Whistler Village; canoeing; Dave Murray's team in the Great Snow Earth Water Race; windsurfing Alta Lake; car accident in the river; water aerials; baseball; The Noteables band playing; bear; swimming; kayaking; Fall Festival
Appears in September 9, 1982 issue:
02-259-70. Pg. 1. Caption: He flies through the air with the greatest of ease ... Oh the joys of being airborne .. especially when you've just hurtled down the aerial ramp at Lost Lake. But oh, the chill it all once you hit that water. Eleven competitors took part in this year's aerial acrobatic competition. For their story, turn to page 14.
02-259-124. Pg. 2. Caption: Bears have been a problem for businesses located in Whistler's Industrial Park. Provincial wildlife traps are catching more than the normal number of ornery critters.
02-259-28. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Karin Strom-Gundersen, Vancouver.
02-259-34. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Carolyn Henshaw, Delta, B.C.
02-259-31. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Axel Andkide, Essex, Ontario.
02-259-13. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom left] Cris Simpson and Duncan Maxwell sharpen their pencils for the first lesson of the term at Myrtle Philip Elementary School September 7.
02-259-16. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom right] Busy little bees and industrious beavers welcome students to Miss Christopher's classroom.
02-259-91. Pg. 8. Caption: This compact Renault driven by Mike Li of Vancouver left the road just south of the Wedge Creek turnoff and ended up in Green River. The accident, which resulted in minor injuries to 27-year-old Li and his female passenger, occurred at 5 p.m. September 6.
02-259-171. Pg. 12. Caption: [top] It was a tough weekend of close plays, but when all the dust settled in this weekend's slow pitch tourney Tapley's were the winners.
02-259-140. Pg. 12. Caption: [middle] In second place -- Burnt Stew Beavers, followed by Araxi's Triple A's, Yacht Club, Municipality, Delta Mountain Inn, Season and Blackcomb Lodge.
02-259-175. Pg. 13. Caption: [top] The Great Waters Race: It could get bigger but not better
02-259-39. Pg. 13. Caption: [middle left] Great Waters Race
02-259-18. Pg. 13. Caption: [middle centre] Great Waters Race
02-259-163. Pg. 13. Caption: [middle right] Great Waters Race
02-259-24. Pg. 13. Caption: [bottom left] Great Waters Race
02-259-60. Pg. 13. Caption: [bottom right] Great Waters Race
02-259-51. Pg. 14. Caption: It was no easy task, but for the second year in a row Stoney's team walked away with first-place honours in the Great Waters Race. (L to R) Dave Murray, Jinny Ladner, Ken Hardy, Lisa Nicholson and Brian Allen.

Week of June 1, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to newborn baby; portraits; car by the lake; swimming in the lake; band and musicians in Whistler Village; windsurfing; children
Appears in June 3, 1982 issue:
02-285-44. Pg. 1. Caption: Val Lang takes a pause that refreshes on Sunday afternoon to listen to the brassy sounds of Bruce Nicholson, Richard Chisholm, Andrew Clayden and Murray Crewe. The Whistler Brass Quartet comprises some of the UBC students here for the summer music program. See story page 7.
02-285-65. Pg. 6. Caption: John Machine takes a break in the shade at Whistler Country Guides' new concession stand at Wayside Park. Canoe and paddle boat rentals and homemade goodies are available.
02-285-50. Pg. 7. Caption: These tiny tots took a sunny moment on Sunday afternoon to enjoy the last of the daffodils in Village Square.
02-285-13. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Sloane Hansen, Student, White Gold Estates.
02-285-8. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Patrice Couture, Construction Worker, Alpine Meadows.
02-285-6. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Mike Petrus, Waiter, White Gold Estates.
02-285-36. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Jimmy Wharin, Doorman, Whistler Vale.
02-285-5. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Al Davis, Artist, Function Junction.
02-285-31. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Pierre Trudeau, Contractor, Alpine Meadows.
02-285-62. Pg. 11. Caption: All it takes is an appearance of Old Sol to fill the beaches at Alta Lake. Whether it's inner tubing, windsurfing, or just soaking' up a few rays, Whistlerites seem to have a natural knack for the beach life.
02-285-26. Pg. 13. Caption: Whistler's newest resident, one-week-old Christopher Glyn Roberts, joins mom (Shayne) and Dad (Dave) for a family portrait.

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.

May 10, The Party

Photographs of Tokum Corners, chopping wood, Gordie Allen, Dr. Benjamin (George Benjamin’s father), Jordan’s Lodge party, May Party, Chris Speedie (3/2/118/62), Drew Tait (3/2/118/70), 'Fetchin' Gretchen (3/2/118/67), and swimming at Alta Lake.

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Photographs of swimming at Alta Lake, Mount Currie, the Speedies' farm, snow atop Whistler Mountain, and the exterior of Toad Hall.

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