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Strategic Planning Committee Membership The Resort Municipality of Whistler is seeking interested applicants to serve in a voluntary capacity on the Strategic Planning Committee. Applications are sought for five (5) representatives for the community-at-large member positions. This committee will act in an advisory capacity to support Council in its decision making relating to comprehensively addressing community and land use planning and growth management within the Resort Municipality of Whistler. Download the terms of reference for this committee at whistler.ca/committees. Apply by submitting a resume and brief statement that reflects your interest in participating on this committee to Toni Metcalf, Manager, Economic Development by email (tmetcalf@whistler.ca) or fax (604-935-8109). Submission deadline: Friday, June 21st, at 4.30pm
ROCKY ROAD Dr. Brenda Trenholme, shown here in Mongolia, rode from Beijing to Istanbul last year. PHOTO SUBMITTED
bouncing and jumping all over the place.” As for the weather, there was only one day of rain in the 150-plus-day trip, though when it rained, it poured. Temperatures ranged from 0 to 47 C, with the ride through Turkmenistan never having conditions cooler than 40 C. “You drink a lot of water, 12 or 13 litres a day,” Trenholme said. Along the way, Trenholme said Siberia was a pleasant surprise, considering the image just saying the region’s name can conjure up. Russia, like many of the countries she passed through on the journey, has a bad rap because of its government, but is home to beauty in both its people and landscape. “It was lush alpine, much like B.C. It’s like B.C. on steroids, with beautiful infrastructure, great roads,” she said. “I felt as safe there as I did in North America,” she added, citing the residents’ “openness and friendliness.” The group was a mix of 14 international riders in their 30s through 60s from France, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, U.S., Canada and Australia that signed up, though only 11 finished. Some riders, primarily younger ones, joined for different sections along the way, Trenholme said. Trenholme is currently completing a bike tour of B.C. in support of KEEF, which provides scholarships to gifted but underprivileged students to help pay for high school education. Trenholme stressed that KEEF volunteers cover their own costs when doing work for the organization to allow for as much of the non-profit’s income to go directly to the cause as possible. Her journey began in the Nelson area on May 21 and will wrap on June 13 on Salt
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Spring Island. “After I rode in Africa, it was just such an amazingly rich experience that I thought I should give back in some way,” she said. Trenholme already stopped in Pemberton, but is eager to return to the Sea to Sky.
“It’s just such a relief to get on that bicycle and leave it all behind, considering that it’s a hedonistic experience to have your meals made for you and your luggage carried.” - DR. BRENDA TRENHOLME
“It’s not very challenging compared to the Silk Road ride. People were saying ‘Wow, you cycled that road from Lillooet to Pemberton?’” she recalled. “I said ‘Yeah, that was a fantastic ride. It’s the best ride I’ve had in North America. It was a dream compared to the winds and the roads and elevation that we were up against in other places.’” Visit www.kenyaeducation.org for more information. n
The Whistler Housing Authority is seeking a qualified individual to join the
WHA Board of Directors Participation as a WHA Director is an opportunity to make an important contribution to Whistler’s resident restricted housing program and to the overall community. Members of the Board of Directors are responsible for providing direction to the Whistler Housing Authority, including review and approval of the organization’s strategic goals, priorities and policies. Relevant qualifications include: knowledge and enthusiasm about the Whistler Housing Authority inventory and initiatives; housing and development experience; competence reviewing budgets and financial statements; and the ability to commit to a 3 year term including attending monthly Board meetings in Whistler. Please read the detailed Call for Expression of Interest for Candidates to WHA Board of Directors and the WHA Board Candidate Application Form found at www.whistlerhousing.ca. Interested candidates are asked to email a completed Application Form to: mail@whistlerhousing.ca Deadline for applications is June 11th, 2019.
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