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Whitby Free Press, 30 Sep 1992, p. 7

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PAGE .SEVEIN B'oelsad choices 'Ihswere a simple sketch about a punch-drunk , 1xr twould be set in a bar. You know: the ýseedy kin,'wthsawdust on the floor, that you see in 1940s J' mviesor ini coluns likethis. Týhe main charactei' woulId be over-the bill, battie and bottie scarred, his. nose twisted, bis- ears ike hunks of broccoli' or- some other vegetable, with matching brain. 'antfair what they're doi'W me, Mister. No fàair. L en fight 'em «in the ring but I can't fight them dannîlawyers eand tex people. They got me on the ~xopes." Hie would tell the maudlin stoiy of an 'up-and-coming athiete whoexcelled in the ring but got lapyers, ae., wrhnrysse managers, ___________________________________ r ~This sketch isn't like that. ___________________________________ Oh, 'the bar is there. But no, sawdust. Hockey action posters on the wali, a TV set at every angle, repeating the same monotnu playsover and over so's fot Wo tex the>m'inds of the patrons., Complimentary hot wings. -Thé' main'character is no boxer, but the message is the Mmaîe. 'Taindt fair, what they're don' tW us, Mister. No fair. We can fight'ern in the lieuse but can't fight them dainn lawyers. They.got.us on the ropes." ý i, f -.writers these days were-.allowýed Wo describe woe s shapely, that would be the desrpio.OI now she is disshévelled, ýa bit worse for. drink, every inch the loser. "'t's that Charlottetown thing, you know what I mean? I, can't take no more." liearing people talk like that is embarrassing; heck, it's emibarrassing,writing it down. "Ielme -about it." 'Tou guys think you?'e got it Wough, voting on this Charlottetown -Accord. Don't you dare cati it a. Civic, lil screaxn, I swear I will, out, loud." "inm listening." '"irst I thought it would be simple. Vote 'yes' tW stpthe country from flying apart. Get it ail over with, that sort of thing" 'Many people thiuiklike that.". "Yeah, but then»Jacques Parizeau cornes along and....................... fans those fears. Hey, thisgu i eius, wants a 'no CARtS IN FRONT 0F 'THE, TONE LODGE,' C. 1935 vote so he can peddle separatism. So rm convinced, M'i This stone'house was operated as a tourist home in the'1930s and* 1940s. The former 1heip Ieep the country together.' Tlat munchkin in October 5. Manitoba, Liberal leader Sheila Carstairs, she says, l he Town of Whitby is seeking assistance in drawing up an officiai plan for future 'vote ne.' And Sheila Copps says 'vote yes."' development. "eConfing."t "Tes, no, yes, no; then in the middle of ail that, * 100 YEABS AGO what's's name, Ross Perot, decides he might enter the fi=m the Friday, September 30, 1892 edition lof the presidential race after ail." WH1fTBY CHIRONICLE That's got. nothing Wo do with. Canada's * fty to, 60 men will spend the next three monthis maldng vineégarcider and applesauce at Reefer-end-dumb." the S.W. Lowell evaporating works. "By comparison, the U.S. race is se simple. Here, it's Whitby has a very active and successful lacrosse teain. vote no,' vote yes,' ' vote no' for reform, 'vote yes for l he Oshawa -Vindicator élaims a baker f-rm that community was stabbed by a Whitby Canada,' 'vote no for- women's rights.' Hey, barkeep,*bkebeasofelsy gim e adoule.0f nytin. Dn'tgîv meanymoe Boys loitering at the. Brooklin railway station at night pushed an old mnan off the platform bardchocestody."and h. iretaliatedby IdckIng one'of the boys senseless. '<u:InW I. * * Il.

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