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Week of August 2, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to summer skiing on belt in Whistler Village; windsurfing Alta Lake; marching band winning award for the Squamish Logger's Sports Parade

Week of June 13, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to dinner buffet; speeches; lodge; windsurfing - Alta Lake; Alta Lake; dumpster; bears; barbecue; tennis.
02-005-45 on pg. 1. Caption: Hey you guys! Look what I've found! Three cubs and a mother head for the garbage.
02-005-31 on pg. 3. Caption: Mrs. Margaret Fougberg chats with Kelly Maxwell with Slim Fougberg and Mrs. Myrtle Philip in background.
02-005-36 on pg. 5. Caption: Leslie Roberts gives tennis instructions to Scott Logue, Doug Smith and Steven Beauregard.
02-005-04 on pg. 8. Caption: Diane and Dave Valleau with Rick King at the Pemberton School banquet.
02-005-07 on pg. 8. Caption: Guest speaker Jim Spencer addresses the Pemberton grads.
02-005-02 on pg. 9. Alex Marshall, Lexi Ross and his daughter, Cindy at the [Pemberton] school banquet.
02-005-10 on pg. 12. Caption: One of the new lawns at Whistler in front of the house of Klaus and Joan Gross.
02-005-09 on pg. 12. Instant Gardens! With the finished produce in the background in preparation for placing the sod piled in the foreground.
02-005-41 on pg. 13. Caption: Kim and Ann's greenhouse by the Gondola.
02-005-38 on pg. 15. Caption: Linda Satre sits in front of the new Telex machine at the Whistler Information Centre.
02-005-01 on back cover pg. [16]. Caption: All smiles! Mrs. Jan Logue and her oldest son, Jim, pictured at the Pemberton Grade 12 banquet. Story & more pictures on pages 8 & 9.

Week of July 25, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to trampolining; cars; music; tennis; construction; windsurfing on Alta Lake; picnic
02-089-41. Pg. 1. Caption: Windsurfers and sunbathers enjoy the Alta Vista dock.
02-089-31. Pg. 4. Caption: New look at Whistler Vale -- the paving of the access road starts
02-089-4. Pg. 6. Caption: The way the wheel looked when the truck stopped.
02-089-40. Pg. 8. Caption: Terry Minger shows the Resort Association chart to the Whistler Rotary Club.
02-089-8. Pg. 9. Caption: Dr. Ann Crowley, the new Pemberton Dentist.
02-089-23. Pg. 11. Caption: Judd Buchanan with Louise McConkey at the Ski Camp barbecue.
02-089-25. Pg. [12] Caption: The chow line at the Ski Camp barbecue on July 18.

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 July 17, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to construction; houses; Windsurfing on Alta Lake; driving; dining
02-102-1. Pg. 1. Caption: Giant twin-propellor Canadian Forces Rescue helicopter used to help rescue crew get to crash site on Whistler.
02-102-15. Pg. 3. Caption: Karl Crosby ... executive director.
02-102-33. Pg. 5. Caption: Parcel 16 will have a clock tower rising from the right hand side and will feature retail outlets on the first floor and residential on the second.
02-102-20. Pg. 6. Caption: This bear has a strange habit of balancing a mayonnaise jar on his head and the letting it roll off.
02-102-35. Pg. 7. Caption: Most work in town centre is construction but some is destruction. These two workers pound away at steel-reinforced concrete. A day long job for sure.
02-102-9. Pg. 8. Caption: (bottom) Andrew Stoner ... Whistler Windsurfing.
02-102-38. Pg. 9. Caption: (none) (windsurfing)
02-102-31. Pg. 10. Caption: Tangle of gears sit rusted and brown in evening sunlight.
02-102-20. Pg. 11. Caption: Roof gone and the rest going, this old mill is deteriorating along the Green River north of Whistler. Only ghosts and rodents inhabit it now.
02-102-19. Pg. (16). Caption: One room cabin stand crumbling in the woods. This and an entire mill site lies waiting to be discovered on any sunny day along the east shore of the Green River north of Whistler.

Week of July 10, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to windsurfing on Alta Lake; driving; tennis
02-097-29. Pg. 6. Caption: Betty Vogler slams a service over to her opponent during the first women's open tennis tournament on Sunday, June 6.
02-097-3. Pg. 11. Caption: The loft in the Hearthstone condominium complex commands a panoramic view of the Blackcomb-Whistler ski scene. Closer to earth, the malls and pedestrian walkways of the Town Centre are three to four stories below. Large windows offer maximum lighting.
02-097-32. pg. 13. Caption: Blackcomb's mountaintop restaurant takes shape before a shrinking backdrop of peaks and glaciers.

Week of July 24 [2], 1980

Photographs including but not limited to Windsurfing on Alta Lake; Construction
Appears in July 24, 1980 issue:
02-106-1. Pg. 1. Caption: Chris Andersen, business agent for the TWU points to Blackcomb where work is being done on a power line. TWU feels they're being wrongly counted out.
02-106-8. Pg. 6. Caption: Blackcomb Daylodge and chairlift 1 have come to the point of looking like what they're suppose to be. This week will see the paving of the access road and the hydro-seeding of the embankments.
02-106-25. Pg. 8. Caption: [top] Massing for the start. The entire fleet heads out for heat 2 of the five heat Triangle race.
02-106-4. Pg. 11. Caption: New garbage compactor had caused the Rainbow sanitary site to be totally rehabilitated. Only one bin remains as an emergency back-up
02-106-17. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: Sails and boards lie idle shortly before the Blackcomb Regatta last weekend. Mike Gadd was the overall winner. Full results on pg. 8 ..............
Appears in June 26, 1980 issue:
02-106-34. Pg. 1. Caption: Arnold Palmer, former PGA Champion, cuts a few divots in Whistler.
02-106-26. Pg. 9. Caption: Palmer explains some of the ideas intended for the course at Whistler with diagram posted behind him.
02-106-1. Pg. 12. Caption: [top] Whistler Creek Lodge received one tennis court last week by express! The picture above shows the installation happening.

Week of August 3, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to Alta Lake Summer Regatta; windsurfing; Whistler Rotary Fun Run; Whistler Village; Logger Days Squamish; Miss Squamish; town planning; roads; wedding at Alta Lake; Pemberton; Bob Bishop; Sid Young; canoeing Alta Lake; new playground equipment at Myrtle Philip School; baseball; Men's Fast Ball League championships; Alta Lake Inn; party; smoking; drinking; Pemberton Airport
Appears in August 20, 1981 issue:
02-171-22. Pg. 18. Caption:
Appears in August 6, 1981 issue:
02-171-76. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] The end of Summer Lane where the clothing thought to belong to Louise Marie Chartrand was found.
02-171-99. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] The Ham/Murphy residence in Alpine Meadows that was damaged by fire on July 30.
02-171-68. Pg. 3. Caption: A model development of Alta Lake Estates showing the three structures housing 62 units, the featured clock tower, tennis courts and waterways which will connect the development.
02-171-255. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Sails flapping, windsurfers in the first heat of the men's Triangle races skim away from the starting line during the B.C. Windsurfing Championships.
02-171-183. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Windsurfer exhibits fine form for the judges in the men's freestyle event.
02-171-197. Pg. 7. Caption: [top] ON YOUR MARKS .... GET SET ... and the 90 participants in the Whistler Rotary Fun Run were off. Men and women, boys and girls of all ages took part in the race on a sunny August 2nd Sunday. Rotary Club hopes to make it an annual event.
02-171-7. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom] Medal winners in the race from Pemberton - Jan Naylor and her children Shannon and Andy.
02-171-230. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] The grand champions -- The Chieftan Blues, who were defeated in only two games all season. Top Row (l to r) Colin Chapman, Jim Raymond, Paul Douglas, Don Hales, Jim Schutz, John (Duck) Acorn, Dave Simpson. Bottom row (l to r) Greg Wirchowski, Paul Acorn, Ross Tiechman, Gary Hastings, Bill Rattray.
02-171-227. Pg 8. Caption: [bottom left] Almost at the top ... the Whistler A's at the end of their season. Top row (l to r) Bob Dawson, Kenny Hall, Kirk Sudds, Brent Grimm, Bob Taylor, Dave Patterson, Scotty Hurren. Bottom row (l to r) Roy Onyschtschuk, Peter Onyschtschuk, Neil Mawdsle and Pat Bramfield, scorekeeper.
02-171-242. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] In a play typical of the second playoff game, Dave Paterson (left) and Brent Grimm prove that two mitts are as good as none.
02-171-70. Pg. 9. Caption: [top] Ms. Sue Christopher, the new teacher at Myrtle Philip School who will be teaching the primary grades, replacing Mrs. Alexia Turner. Ms. Christopher previously taught for 5 years at Signal Hill Elementary in Pemberton.
02-171-201. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom] Elisa Wilson (bottom), Anton Deduluc, Melanie Busdon and Samantha O'Keefe (top, rear) test out the new playground equipment at Myrtle Philip School. Built by Industrial Arts students at Howe Sound Secondary School with lumber donated by Garibaldi Building Supplies, this structure is just the first phase of the facilities. The Whistler Parent/Teacher Group has raised the funds which will raise the equipment.
02-171-17. Pg. 10. Caption: The James Younger Band perform outdoors in the Village Plaza on Sunday, August 2.
02-171-23. Pg. 11. Caption: Alta Lake Beach is crowded with sun-seekers on Sunday, August 2.
02-171-100. Pg. 13. Caption: Don Wildfong, project manager of Pemberton airport, takes a moment off work to pose in front of sign that welcomes recreational fliers to Pemberton.
02-171-77. Pg. 16. Caption: John and Debbie Welder sign the register while Cheryl Bishop, Rev. Harold Wingfield and Ian Larson look on.
02-171-95. Pg. 17. Caption: Ardis Lawrence of Cottonwood Acres Farm weighs and prices vegetables from some of her mid-day customers. Lawrence says the rising prices of vegetables has resulted in an increase in business with more and more families buying vegetables in bulk for freezing. Vegetables at the farm are not sprayed with chemicals and as Lawrence says, "people like to pick what they want".
02-171-63. Pg. 18. Caption: [top] Timber Queen Carolyn Royfield, flanked by princesses Janette Bareau (left) and Shannon Tarr (right) present Ron Hartill with his award for Best All-round Logger in Open Class, MC Al McIntosh stands off to right.
02-171-170. Pg. 18. Caption: [bottom] 'Paula' gives his seal of approval to the handiwork of Ross Gilmour, winner of the Sportsman Award during the Novice and Intermediate Show.

Week of May 13, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to 1982 downhill skiing; Dave Murray; Chris Kent; Todd Brooker; Steve Podborski; pharmacy; windsurfing on Alta Lake; drinking and wearing sombreros at a bar; Dos Senoritas; cars and buses getting towed; Chris Jacobs; Andrew Stonehenge; Bruce Cook; speeches; Cinco de Mayo
Appears in May 13, 1982 issue:
02-239-43. Pg. 1. Caption: Back to Basics ... Sun ... wind and water. Once the summer basics return to Whistler, you can't keep a good windsurfer down. Chris Jacobs, Andrew Stoner, and Bruce Cook were among the first to catch the wind after the ice broke off the surface of Alta Lake on May 5.
02-239-118. Pg. 3. Caption: Ken Farquarson of Sigma Consultants explains his company's role in the Kelly Lake-Cheeky proposed transmission line at the Hydro public hearing held Saturday.
02-239-85. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Kathy Hicks, Municipal Accounting Supervisor, Alpine Meadows.
02-239-92. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Mary Swaine, Laid-off traffic attendent, Alpine Meadows.
02-239-86. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Laurie Vance, Assistant Manager at Blackcomb Lodge, Alpine Meadows.
02-239-81. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Penny Domries, Artist, Alpine Meadows.
02-239-98. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Bruce DeGraaf, Unemployed Blackcomb Ski Patroller, Telemark.
02-239-94. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Chris Simpson, Full-time kid, Alta Vista.
02-239-125. Pg. 10. Caption: Dancing inspiration. Janice LeBlond of Pacific Motion Dance Company brought some inspiration to Whistler May 5, 6 and 7 when she conducted a three-day workshop on dancing, body alignment and anatomy. After the final workshop, LeBlond and fellow dancers Tara Twigg and Mary Craig demonstrated some of the style they have become renowned for.

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.

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