Whistler

By Alix Noble The Howe Sound School Board has given notice to all crossing guards in the district. The cuts have been made in order to maximize the funds available for classroom instruction.

Weekday closures of Highway 99 between Whistler and Squamish will continue until about mid-August, as crews work to clean up debris from rock slides May 19 and 22 in the Cheakamus Canyon.

The Whistler Resort Association is healthy and making inroads into new markets but faces several significant decisions in the next couple of years.

By Don Anderson Whistler residents Isobel MacLaurin and Christina Nick will be among the artists participating in the inaugural Mountain Mosaic arts program on Whistler Mountain this summer, an event spearheaded by the Whistler Centre for Business an

PARADE MEETING There will be a meeting on Wednesday, June 26 in the Alex Philip Lounge at Myrtle Philip Community School to co-ordinate the Canada Day parade. The meeting begins at 7 p.m.

B.C. Lands expects to be active in development issues in Whistler in the next few months.

There will be more Whistler Transit buses on the road in the spring, summer and fall, starting Sept. 3.

A joint feasibility study prepared for the Whistler Museum and Archives Society and the Whistler Public Library will be presented on Tuesday, June 18 at 1 p.m. in municipal council chambers.

Delegate days at the Whistler Conference Centre during the first three months of this year declined 29.7 per cent over the same period last year, but the drop is likely due to an exceptional 1995 and the cyclical nature of convention business.

By Jayson Faulkner The long logistical preparations continue day in and day out. So much of the preliminaries seem to be unrelated to the climbing and objectives of the climb as to be ridiculous and depressing.