Before you got a parking spot or parking pass for being Citizen of the Year, the lucky winner received the Citizen of the Year plaque. Can you spot which year they rearranged the names to fit more on?
1978
The centre display of pottery at the Craft Fair.Suzanne Wilson decorates a smiling face at the Community Club Craft Fair.Const. Thompson engraves a pair of skis under the RCMP/Rotary Ski Watch Programme while Rotarian Norm Minns assists.
1979
Flooding in Alta Vista – Ann and Dave Ricardo stand in front of their home…… while Bill Wallace attempts to clear a culvert on Archibald Way.Dave Cathers proudly holds the “Citizen of the Year” plaque awarded to him during the Chamber of Commerce Dinner/Dance.Mayor Carleton reads oaths of office to incoming Chamber officers (l – r) Vice-President Michael D’Artois, President Drew Meredith, Secretary Jenny Busdon.A smiling couple! Cathy & Bob Ainsworth at the dance.President Drew Meredith makes presentations to Information Centre staff (l – r) Evelyn Cullen, Linda Satre and Laura McGuffin.25 visiting Rotary students who came to Whistler for the weekend.
1980
The first chair up Blackcomb – President Hugh Smythe loads the first skiers up the lift on December 4 while others wait to get up into the untracked snow.The 18 foot cake prepared by Gourmet for the opening of Blackcomb Mountain.A powder hound enjoys the deep under Lift 4 on Blackcomb last week.1980 Citizen of the Year, Chamber of Commerce President Drew Meredith.Ron Hyde stands proudly in front of the sandblasted cedar sign he had created as project manager for the Whistler store.Managers Dennis Lamarche and Glen Holdner stock shelves at the new Whistler Liquor Store.Al Davis makes a toast with Francine Lessard at the MDC banquet.
1981
Laurier LaPierre gets a hand buckling up his boots from Jim McConkey. LaPierre was in town taping a CKU special on beginning skiing.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.Citizen of the Year Trev Roote shows off his plaque to wife Susan outside his Whistler chalet.Its owner Peter Skoros (left) under the new sign announcing his new restaurant in the Town Centre which will be opening next week.Rosemary Dell gets a waving salute at her going away party Friday, December 10. Rosemary, the school bus driver, is leaving Whistler for wilder times at Kitwanga in northern BC.A peaceful moment for two best friends crossing the fresh powder of Sproat Mountain.
1982
Whistler’s post office is bursting at the seams with loads of presents sent to locals from points all over.Connie Kutyn tops off the latest decoration to be added to Village Square… a Christmas tree to help get Whistlerites in the spirit.Viv Jennings accepts the Citizen of the Year Award from last year’s honoured residents Trev Roote at a Whistler Chamber of Commerce meeting held December 11 at the Delta Mountain Inn.Three proud artists… (L to R) John McNeill, Ken Wesman and Isobel MacLaurin.O sing ye of good cheer! As did the Whistler Choir in perfect harmony. The choir, led by Sue Worden, brought a lovely tone to Village Square Sunday in the true spirit of Christmas.
1984
Molly Boyd receives the plaque honouring her as the Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Saturday. Brian Walhovd, last year’s winner, announced to the crowd that Boyd was the 1984 winner for her involvement and extra commitment to the community.The Chamber also announced its new slate of executives for 1985, which includes, from left to right, Roger Stacey and Nancy Trieber as vice-presidents and Dave Kirk as president. Mayor Terry Rodgers inducted the new executive, which resulted in laughter among the crowd when the three members attempted to read their chamber pledge in unison.Club 10 was the host to West Coast Sports Mountain Shadows Saturday night, a fashion show featuring more than 29 different outfits all available at the ski outlet. All the models got together for one final display wearing moon boots by Diadora.Pierre Couture opens a bottle of O’Keefe High Test in the Brass Rail, which boasts the most brass of any bar in Whistler.Bartender Michael Branlon pours another pint of draft in the Longhorn, which has recently undergone substantial renovations.Mischa Redmond shows some of the money he’s collected on his door-to-door African famine relief campaign.
You may notice this week’s post is shorter than usual – some weeks have missing negatives while others are missing entirely. This happens to be one of those weeks, but there was still a lot going on in the years that are covered, from bridge openings to boat building to Brownies meetings.
1978
Mayor Pat Carleton waits for a train to arrive outside the Whistler Station.Construction crews on Whistler Mountain recently got the feeling that they were being watched…The most photographed bridge on #99! The bridge over the 19 Mile Creek as it was in a nearly finished state last Saturday.
1980
The Midstation towers on the new Olympic Chair on Whistler North. Picture taken from the top of the Village Chair.The new Whistler Mountain lapel pin.Do-it-yourself! – Whistler United Pharmacy owner Dave Stewart gives his front windows a polish.LUNCH BREAK! Nello Busdon, Neil Roberts, Pat Greatrex and others enjoy the sunshine in the town centre plaza.Workers lay interlock brick tiles in the Whistler Village Square.Chamber of Commerce’s Michael D’Artois shows off the Town Centre to members of the BCIT Hospitality and Tourism Faculty.Cst. Chuck Klaudt, the new member of the Whistler RCMP detachment.
1982
The winners: The Boot Pub Ladies Golf Classic.Dryland downhill training – Dave Murray takes Blackcomb and Whistler Ski Club members through some of the exercises that help limber up skiers for the season opening.The winning team (minus one key player) who put together Whistler’s weekly miracle, the Question, which was judged top in its class by BC and Yukon Community Newspapers Association October 2.Dennis and Judy Waddingham display the new sign painted by Charlie Doyle, which hangs outside their store in Whistler Village. Opening day will be before the mountains begin their season.Whistler’s Brownies rekindled the campfire spirit October 4 when they gathered at Myrtle Philip School for the first meeting of the year.T’is the season to get sawing and chopping. These Alpine residents seem well prepared for winter’s onslaught.A crew of landlubbers helped hoist the deck onto the sleek craft which Cress Walker and Paul Clark have been building all summer long in the driveway of their Alpine Meadows home.Members of the Niels Petersen Band. Niels Petersen (lead vocals), Connie Lebeau (bass guitar), Christopher Allen (harp) and Gary Petersen (drums) warm up an act that will be entertaining Whistlerites all winter. The band will be appearing at Tapley’s and at the Brass Rail throughout the ski season.
1983
A cold crisp morning kept most creatures inside early Sunday, but this great blue heron had work to do. It was photographed as it flew over the River of Golden Dreams close to Green Lake looking for fish. Shortly after this photo was taken an industrious beaver swam past carrying wood for its lodge.A smiling Ted Pryce-Jones proudly snips the ribbon to mark the official opening of the new suspension bridge built across the Callaghan River near the Cheakamus River junction last Thursday. Pryce-Jones designed the army-style bridge and with the help of a host of EBAP workers completed the project in under three months.Bridge decking is composed of 3.5m long fir planks treated with a special wood preservative designed to make them last more than 20 years. And for those with bridge phobias, 2 1/2cm steel cables stretch across the river to provide for a safe crossing.Marilyn Manso, one of three employees at the Alta Lake weather station, enters local weather information on a data terminal linked with Toronto. Entries must be made every hour on the hour or more often as changing weather patterns dictate.Posing for photographs can be an awkward process.
