WiItby Fmo.Pmes » . sdiWY, J»Mis14.19M. Pag 7 ~~d~e~E it '*m* IWKE FVV<R5 The hideout The Scene: Five. storeys below étreet level at (4ueen's Park. Two men, one owlish in bis horn- rinmed glasses the other horned in bis owlish- looking contact lenses. Both stand with both hands dug deeply lnto one another's pockets. BOB RAE: Well, this la the last stop on the tour, Mike. This la the one spot you didnt know about. Itfs a closely guarded secret, known only to a few close aides. MIKE HARRIS: I don't know about tbis room because I do not read Bill Swan's column in the Whitby Free Press. BOB RAE: The only leakage we've had was through Swan's column. Not because he bas; great contacts or anything. He just makes tbings up. I wish he'd made up an election victory for me. MIXE: My staff say he predicted an NDP minonity. The only colummiat in Ontario to do so. BOB: I'd forottn. Anyway, Mike, this is the Furore Bunker. Thisla the place I'd ide every time there w", a goof in cabinet or a protest out front, you MIKE: We won't need it for that. We're going to apply notbing but Common Sense, that's what we're gonna do. Juet like we said we was gonna. BOB: I may refer to that line *i my. ieioirs. Thought maybe you'd lie to see a few of my mementos. Tîins l a framed but not autographed photo of Peter Kormos in bis famous Sunsbmne Boy. pose. M1KR: You grew to respect Kormos? BOB: You been at the nineteenth green too long. I used to paste this photo to dart boards. MIKE: We're just gonna use Common Sense. Besides, we're gonna strengthen the role of back- benchjrs so they get a say ini stuif. RAE: Yeah. And rm going te be Premier again. (Opens closet door.) And here's where we keep the plain vanilla envelopes. For sending secrets to the press. MIKE: So it was you! You've started a wonderful tradition here at ,een's Park. Those cutbacks in civil servant pay. Wat do you cail those days when they stay home and don't get paid? BOB: Rae Days. Yeah. Thanks. I sat right in this room a lot and thought about that. MIKE: Well, we're also gonna continue you.r fine tradition. To buy time. We'll extend the "social contract." We'll pass the legislation to, officially cal them. .. BOB: Bight, I hea.r you, Rae Days. Thanks, it's great te be remembered. MIKE: You know wbat rmi gonna enjoy most, Bob? ru tell yo. Irm gonna enjo standing up ini the Premier's seat, up there, andevery time you open your yap 'mi gonna just say we're only à ing what we promised we would do. BOB: And you know what I'm ging te enjoy, Mike? ]Pm going te enjoy standing up tere in the benches acrosa from you and reintig everybody that ail the tbings youre gonna do are hurting the poor, the weak, the powerless while the rich get richer and.. . MIRE: Bobby, Bobby, Bobby. You think an body cares? This is . . . what century is this now.... wbatever, it's the next century after the last one that YESTEriW CLUB BYJEi) BYRON STIREET SOUTE 1947 Club Bayview Whitby's firat night club, w88 buit in 1946 where Byron Street met Highway 401, by hlarold Rowley. It was a site for dances, dinners and parties until it was destroyed by fire li April, 1965. Wib mie ht 10 YEARS AGO Prom the Wednesday,~ June 12 1985 edition of the WH1TBY FRE k'RESS " Whitby's growth rate set a new record of $11 million in building permits issued in May. "*iWhiitby firefighters Don Ferguson and Don Murdock were honoured for rescuing two gi*rls from a burning house on March 29. *"Thirty-three per cent of West Lynde familles are participating in a pilot recycing prograni. " A new floor will b. placed in the Regal Room in the Centennial Building at a cost of $4e380. 35 YEARS AGO from the Thursda Urie 91960 edition of the W E3Ù:'iNEWS " A fire broke out in a house at 408 Perry Street early this morning. " Dredging in Whitby Harbour has released chemicals into the town's water supply, but it is stili safe, says the Public Utilities Commission. " Robert Roxburgh was ordained on June 3 as ininister of the new Brooklin Baptist *Church. "Town Clerk John R. F'rost la, calling for tenders for office furniture for Whitby's new municipal building. 80 YEARS AGO from the Thursday, June 10, 1915 edition of the r WUHHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE " A two-day eanvass has raised $8,633.90 for the Canadian Patriotic F'und. " Miss Olive Holliday, the 1914 Ma y Queen at Ontario Ladies' Colle ge, was marnied to Rev. Franklin Denyes on June 7, by former O.L.C. principal Rev. Dr. J.J. Hare. : Te partly decomposed body of a middle aged mani was found on the beach at Heydfenshore Park. "Cernent sidewalks are being constructed in Whitby at a cost of 9.4 cents per square foot. T il t