File 388 - Week of November 29, 1984

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Week of November 29, 1984

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  • November 29, 1984 (Creation)

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347 photographs : b&w negatives ; 3.5 x 2.5 cm and 35mm

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Photographs including but not limited to shoveling snow; snowplowing; dancing; portraits; party; drinking; band playing; art; Blackcomb staff meeting; housing; skiers; chairlift; skiing; Rotary Club; bar; Christmas lights; ribbon cutting ceremony; Doug Sack; RCMP; installation of traffic lights; ski fashion show
Appears in December 6, 1984 issue:
02-388-104. Pg. 13. Caption: Mike Snetsinger, Whistler Mountain lift attendant, helps a youngster onto the west side rope tow.
02-388-138. Pg. 17. Caption: [middle] Bartender Paul Kurbis serves a group of skiers from Seattle in the newly renovated bar at The Highland Lodge.
02-388-146. Pg. 17. Caption: [bottom] JB's bartender Leo Lucas pours another of his coffee specials in the bar open by Jack Bright in the mid-1970s.
02-388-197. Pg. 22. Caption: Remember the huge exposed boulder near the front entrance of The Highland Lodge? Well, now it forms one of the walls inside the entranceway following a $500,000 facelift of the oldest continuously operated lodge in Whistler. Jane Mattsson, who runs the newly renovated bar and restaurant with her husband Peter, points out that the restaurant features a daily table d'hôte as well as various set menu items such as chicken tarragon and rack of lamb. As well, the bar and restaurant will be featuring B.C. Estate wineries such as Claremont, Uniac, Grey Monk and Sumac Ridge.
02-388-69. Pg. 23. Caption: Management consultant David Golinsky, spoke last week to Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises' 120 employees with an eye to upgrading their skills in dealing with customers. Golinsky's main theme is that employers and employees have to work as a team. He said there are certain basic guidelines for dealing with customers, but at the same time nor all tourism programs offer skills needed for specific industries such as skiing, and part of his purpose is to offer seminars to fit that need. Whistler Mountain has also introduced a similar program for its employees.
Appears in November 29, 1984 issue:
02-388-235. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Mark Harvey of Rudy Kraus Construction, a Westbank company, readies a new traffic light for installation at the Village Gate Boulevard/Highway 99 intersection Monday. The Ministry of Transportation and Highways is responsible for providing traffic lights there, and the municipality recently completed widening and paving the intersection. Improvements are designed to improve traffic flow.
02-388-214. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] Trev Roote, chairman of the Advisory Parks and Recreation Commission, became Whistler's fifth Freeman Monday, in recognition of his five years at the the helm of municipal parks development -- as a volunteer. Roote, 55, is a West Vancouver businessman, but spent considerable time here first of all finding out what recreation needs are and then, in 1981, gaining referendum approval of $2 million parks spending.
02-388-200. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] In one of his last official duties as mayor, Mark Angus cuts the ribbon to officially open the Whistler Valley Housing Society Project at the gondola Saturday. He is flanked by John Nicholls, Vancouver branch manager for Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, and the three ribbon holders: Lisa Koby, Stephanie Simpson and Michele Zinsli. A reception followed in The Keg.
02-388-91. Pg. 3. Caption: [middle] Singer Shari Ulrich and her band rocked in Beauvallon Club Wednesday, Thursday and Friday last week. Ulrich, known for albums including Talk Around Town, Long Nights, and as lead singer of the Hometown Band, also experienced another side of Whistler Friday afternoon when she took to Blackcomb Mountain's slopes.
02-388-1. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] The owner of the car municipal works foreman Gord Voncina unearthed on Mountainview Drive Monday learned an important lesson: don't park on the road allowance, and doubly don't let your car get buried in snow. A grader using back banks Monday morning discovered the car by accident, and it appeared some other driver had already smacked the car. Parking regulations are now in effect for subdivisions, and that mean no parking at all on the odd-numbered side of the street, and no parking on the even side Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The municipality has been towing cars parked in violation.
02-388-191. Pg. 7. Caption: Supervisor Suzanne Normoyle holds up on of the sombreros circling around Dusty's Catina after a recent renovation of the restaurant at the base of the gondola. Werner Defilla and Margi McGraw, along with some help from John Marshall who helped decorate Confetti in Vancouver, with staff members from Whistler Mountain planned the redecoration of the restaurant that now features colorful Mexican pints, sombreros and vests.
02-388-242. Pg. 8. Caption: The latest in ski fashion and winter wear was on display at Citta Friday as nine models paraded through the disco. The featured clothing was form local fashion shops including Inge's, Talk of the Town, Jim McConkey's Ski Shop and Carleton Lodge Sports. Although most of the models were local residents, organizer Sarah Kuhleitner from Citta also included some models from the Vancouver-based Charles Stuart Modelling Agency.
02-388-238. Pg. 11. Caption: Constable Scott Sturgess joined the Whistler RCMP detachment Monday. He replaces Constable Rocky Fortin, who will stay until the end of the holiday season. Sturgess, 28, comes to Whistler from Ottawa, where he spent the last two years as swing rider on the RCMP Musical Ride. Before that he was posted in Surrey.
02-388-48. Pg. 14. Caption: Wednesday marked a long evening at the Black Forest of roasting and toasting Jenny and Nello Busdon -- more fondly known as Nelly and Jello. Representatives from virtually every community group paid tribute to the 17 years of service and dedication the Busdons have contributed to the valley. They leave this week with their children Nicholas and Melanie for Sun Valley.
02-388-110. Pg. 19. Caption: Whistler Mountain lift attendant Heather Watson loads'em on Sunday at the Olive Chair. About 13,000 people skied the mountain on the first big weekend of the ski season.

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Donated to the museum by the Whistler Question.

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