Whistler

Lynn Maksymchak has been appointed vice principal of Whistler Secondary – A Community School, effective July 1. Maksymchak is currently head of the Mathematics Department at Nechako Valley Secondary School, where she has taught for six years.

More than $10,000 was raised for local athletic groups at the 14th annual Mouton Cadet Spring Festival April 20-21. Nearly $4,000 from Sunday’s restaurant race went to The KidSport Fund.

The seventh Workers Cup raised $1,500 for the Worker’s Cup Society April 25 on Whistler Mountain.

The $6.2 million, six-passenger Creekside Gondola Whistler Mountain announced last month won’t be the only replacement of a Lift Engineering chair this summer.

Whistler Mountain Ski Corp. is expected to take control of the financially-strapped Taluswood townhouse development for about $15 million soon, a purchase price which would leave many creditors — including 62 local contractors — with nothing.

Consultant Mel Shelley’s report on council-staff relations and the organizational structure of municipal hall will further redefine the relationship between mayor-council and the administrator and give department heads a greater voice.

Hot on the heels of the World Ski and Snowboard Festival and its instructors festival, both local ski schools added new members to their halls of fame last week.

In memory of Sonia Dery, the Meadow Park Sports Centre lifeguard who was killed in an accident last week, the Sonia Dery Memorial Fund has been established at the Whistler TD bank.

Cutline: Michael Allen photo THREE’S COMPANY: A sub-adult female black bear and three coastal black-tail deer graze the new grasses and clover on Blackcomb’s Lower Cruiser ski run in early spring.

Premier Glen Clark’s announcement of the government’s new partnership with the tourism industry is "a bit of a snow job," according to Liberal candidate Ted Nebbeling.