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Whtby Fme Press, Wednesday. August 9, 1995 Page 7 The bar and grill Hey, hi there, glad to meetcha. You have an evening to kil? Me too. Say, why don't we drop by'Machete Mike's Sports Bar and Grill, sip a few, watch-what's on the replay video, you know. -Okay, so we take thiis elevator five storeys'below street level at Queen's Park. Why is nothing at Queen's Park on thelÏevel, you ask? Yeah, .well, thats the way things are. Let s just, park our'bul±s at the bar here and look around, col-like. Dont want nobod.y to get the idea we're a coupla tourists. This isn't any old bar. This ones the nineteenth green on Mikes Menace, a mini*-golf game he uses when in Toronto to keep his putting sharp. Mike Who? Well, if that dont beat ail. Mike. You-know- who. Ifs reserved for Mike Harris' caucus, whatever that -is. Sa try to look lie a backbencher and letsf hope that the bartender doesn't know everybody yet. Okay, here he cornes. Play it cool. And hi to you, barkeep. Weril have two cold Big Blue Machines. Say what? Those are David CommieRots. Shoulda guessed. Dont suppose you have Blue Ldight, either, eh? Okay, make that two Blue Right. No, no tab. We'll pay cash. Don't want to get into any of that deficit fiacnno sir. Speaking of deficits, I tell you I took Ernie Eves to h;artlast week and lIre startd to, pay off mny Visa. Hell be right back with those. Note the house rules he pointed out. Figure like we should read them 80 we lcnow what's what. (Reads from House Rules list posted on floors and ceilings everywhere): 1. No reading aloud at tables. 2. Poor people not welcome. 3. Even poor people who voted for Mike, get lost. 4. Common sense only spoken here. 5. If Bob Rae did it, its history. 6. If Bob Rae undid it, we'll bring it back. 7. No passing gas ini this room. Save it for the Legislature. 8. Bob Ràe appointees: get lost. 9. *To the victor belong the spoils. And the trough. 10. "No thinking aloud allowed. Hey! Here corne our drinks. Thanks, barkeep. What's that? Drink up and get out. How'd you know we arent party members? I see. We didn't move our lips when we read. Well, naybe in the few minutes we have left we should get fllled i on the list of daily events. Thats it over there: Mikey-Do List: 1.' Bob Rae hanged in effigy every afternoon at 6 p.m. 2. Public service appointees publicly executed Thursdays at 4 ini front of the Mowat Block 3. Statue unveiing Friday 3 p.m.: Lyn McLeod, ou r heroine. The woman who made ail this possible. 4. No tax cuts until a year before the next lection. Dont look now but thats Mike Harris who just walked in. Yeah, the one dressed i Plus Fours, gold cleats and g- M~i. CROWD AT BROCK AND DUNDAS STREETS, DOWNTOWN WHITBy, c. 190o5 The buildings in the background are at the north-east corner where the Bank of Commerce is now. The occasion that attracted the crowd is not known, but it may be for a circus parade. The banner at centre reads: "Best show of the Season." The stores behind the crowd are W.G. Walters' clothing shop and W.M. Pringles hardware store. These buildings were demolished in 1964 to build the Bank of Commerce. Wbitby Archives photo 10 YEARS AGO From the Wednesday, August 7, 1985 edition of the WHITBY FREE PRESS *Muriel Coates, administrator of Fairview Lodge for 32 years, is retiring. *Whitby Garrard Road Bantam. Lacrosse Team has won- the provincial championships. *Whitby Fire Department searched the Scott Street swamp -for a mental patient who was later found in a local home. " The murder of Walter Clark Mayor of Ashburn remains unsolved after three years. 35 YEARS AGO from the Thursday, August 4, 1960 edition of the WHITBY WEEKLY NEWS " Whitby's "Grand Old Man," William Hewis, celebrates his 95th birthday on Aug. 8. He was born in Whitby in 1865. " Town Council must decide soon what to do with the old Town Hall at Brock and Coiborne Streets which will be vacated this year. " Pile driving has commenced at Whitby Harbour as improvements are made to the concrete docks. " The annual Michael Starr MIP and Dr.,Matthew B. Dymond MPP picnic will be held at Greenwood Park, flive miles west of Brooklin, on Aug. 13. 80 YEARS AGO from the Thursday, August 5, 1915 edition of the WHITBY GAZETTE AND CHRONICLE (This issue is missing) *1 W-