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Opposition strategists were dancing like cats on a hot tin roof last week when it was announced Peterson had called a 2 p.m. Friday press conference. Even when Peterson cancelled the conference, and spent his long weekend tending to the flower beds at his London home, the buzzing, the guessworkâ€"â€"and the scrambling continued. Provinciallyâ€"speaking, the question on the minds of most Waterloo North political pundits these days is not when (and if) Liberal premier David Peterson will call an election. Of more pressing urgency on the local scene is this questionâ€"â€"just who will lock horns with incumbent Waterloo North Liberal MP Herb Epp if a summer or fall election is called? A Liberalâ€"NDP accord which prohibits Peterson from initiating an election campaign prior to June 26 would have minimal effect on a decision to go with an early election. More important to the Liberals is the tabling today of treasurer Robert Nixon‘s budget, and the gauging of the perception Ontario voters will have of a party that calls a midâ€"term election based essentially on its popularity and desire to create a majority government at Queen‘s Park. In Waterloo North, should an election be imminent, incumbent Epp has little to fear about regaining his seat. Realistically, any candidate who stepped forward from Progressive Conservative or NDP ranks would have to expect to overwhelm Epp in a campaignâ€"â€" merely to gain equal footing on election day. Consider this: heading into the last election, Epp, as incumbent, had little ammunition to go on other than an efficient persomal track record. His party was not in power, it had little track record if any to speak of, and the party itself was not sure of its leader‘s potential. Beat the champ? But a combination of factors, headed by colossal blunders on the part of the provincial Tories, created circumstances which have allowed Liberals to emerge an admirable force, with a charismatic leader, and solid platform. After battling for decades to get where they are today, they aren‘t about to relinquish their reign through foolhardy decisions. These factors, combined, give Epp virtually an insurmountable advantage should an election spring upâ€"â€"and don‘t forget that last election, without additional firepower, he steamrollied Lynne Woolstencroft, a quality Tory candidate. " Heavyweights as they may be, don‘t count on either Carroll or Witmer as Tory candidates. The party is desperately attempting to get its own house in order, never mind tackle another; both quality choices in another time, Carroll and Witmer have little to gain and much to lose by going against Epp now. Second Class Mail Registration Number 5540 It is like the unwritten boxing ruleâ€"to beat the champ, a challenger must stand head and shoulders above himâ€"â€"and we doubt anyone in Waterloo North can pull that off against Herb Epp right now. Recent news stories speculate Waterloo mayor Marjorie Carroll and Waterloo County Board of Education chairman Elizabeth Witmer could emerge the Tory rep, while Tuesday Waterloo resident Richard Hastings threw his hat in the ring to vie for the NDP nomination. PAGE 6 â€"â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1987 Address all correspondence to Waterioo office, 45 Erb St. E., Waterloo, Ont. N2J 1L7. Telephone 886â€"2830, News and Sports line 886â€"3021. Waterloo Chronicle office is located in the Haney, White law office building (rear entrance, upper floor). Parking at the rear of the building. Open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Publisher: Paul Winkler Waterloo Chronicle is published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a division of JEMCOM Inc., owner. Publishing address 225 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener, Ont. Senior reporter: Melodee Martinuk Reporters: Mark Bryson (news) Circulation: Jerry Fischer Typesetting and Composing: Fairway Press Managing Editer: Rick Campbell Sales Manager: Bill Karges Circulation Manager: Greg Cassidy Display Advertising: Helen Smiley, Classified Advertising: Maureen McNab Richard O‘Brien (sports) Paula Hummel, Gerry Mattice established 1854 Was your reaction the same as mine when you heard judges had selected the name Skydome as the official name for the new domed stadium under construction in Toronto? "Huh?" Skydome. Skydome. Supporters of the name say it will grow on you, much like the nickname Blue Jays. Don‘t bet on it. OK, so it‘s not the worst name in the world and I‘m sure Kellie Watson of Wallaceburg, the lucky one from over 2,000 who suggested Skydome, feels elated that her choice has earned her free tickets for every event to be held in the facility once completed in 1989. ‘"Harbour Dome." I shreiked. "That was my suggestion. One of the final four. I can‘t believe it, I came,this close to naming the new dome, and possibly, to scooping ‘lifetime ducats to every event in the joint. How unlucky can I be." The fact my suggestion, one of 12,879 made (check Sunday‘s Toronto Star for a fairly complete list), was one of the runnerâ€"up choices was of no consolation to me, It‘s like the Kentucky Derby, some feel if you can‘t win, it‘s better to be nowhere than second by a nose. Of course, I have reason to be bitter. You see, I entered the nameâ€"game contest myself, without ever holding much hope that my selection would be the one eventually chosen. Imagine my surprise when backing out of the driveway last week, when the news announcer on the car radio announced the winner. But for my money, and the money of most man/womanâ€"onâ€"theâ€"streeters who have expressed their opinion, Skydome stinks something awful. _ ‘"And the other names on the shortlist were blahdome, blahdome and Harbour Dome," said the announcer. And I‘ll "second" that. Skydome. I‘ll keep checking, but I don‘t expect it to start growing on me soon, if ever. â€"It is written In terms of productive man hours around this office, I do not count last Wednesday between 3â€"4 p.m. as hall of fame materialâ€"hall of game, maybe. It was during that time that Linda Shapiro Public Relations wrapped up its cute campaign for Canada Games Company Ltd. by dropping off a hat box (after numerous teaser cards) that contained, among various posters and press releases, a Yoâ€"Yo Top. "It‘s more important than the (forr?lation of)} European Economic Community and more important than the rise of communism . . . it will affect women, men, children, the economy and business." Ey 1i, Gary 2 " %éf ‘ Rick Campbell Chronicle Editor This and that Jane Pepino on the increasing numbers of women in the workplace. â€" SEE PAGE 16. You heard me right, a Yoâ€"Yo. For a moment, I closed my eyes and my childhood passed in front of me. Then, for the next hour or so, 1 reâ€"lived it, along with various other rubbies around the office. Sleeping It, Walking the Dog, Around the World. Pure joy, every minute. Never have so many boobâ€"tube boosters reâ€" mained so faithful, for so long, for such little reason. And that was simply in an attempt to find out when their favorite shows would be on, what day, what time, what channel. Whatever happeried to the good old days, when "Uh, stress relief?" questioned one individual who sauntered into the office, eyeing us nerâ€" vously. ooo ‘"We‘re not quite sure," concluded Maureen, our superâ€"efficient receptionist who, at the time, was filing a productive manâ€"hour. _ â€" â€" But, oh what fun. Canada Games is sweeping through Southwestern Ontario juicing up their revival of the Yo Yo Top, and some Chronicle staffers (those with greying hair and those who wish they had) were delighted to join in the silliness. I certainly hope they plan a similar revival for their Boâ€"Lo Bat. shows ran consecutively through the winter and spring, almost without reâ€"run, and ending in gripping, realistic climaxes? o o â€" Of course, the muchâ€"chronicled trials and tribulations of Moonlighting production made us clench our teeth more than any other show, but others weren‘t much better. The seriesâ€"wrapping Hill St. Blues, St. Elsewhere, even our favorite sitcoms ended here, there, everywhere and nowhere, testing viewer loyalty to the limit. But in another springtime of melodramatic and highlyâ€"improbable final episodes, a tip of the hat to Cagney and Lacey coâ€"stars Tyne Daly and especially Sharon Gless for a truly gutâ€"wrenchâ€" ingly realistic twoâ€"parter about Cagney‘s (Gless) reaction to the death of her father. Mike‘s Pharmacy champion, 1965. You could look it up. Anyone who is as much a prisoner of the idiot box as I am is certain to agree that this past year, we have done hard labor with very little reward. For those who missed it, find someone who has it on VCR, or failing that, catch it during reâ€"run seaâ€" son. Question today is, if the reâ€"runs ran all year, what‘s going to run all summer?