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PAGE 8, WEITIBY -FREE PRESS,, WEDNESDAY, FBRUARY 24, 1988' Bank robber receives f our-year prison, sentence A Burlington man who robbed nine banks, Including oneln Wbitby, recieved a four-year prison senten- ce in Toronito District Court last week. Terenep. Johi Pptrvýhvn 4q Wa~S Whitby 'Psychiatric Hospital employees will continue to, wear black every Tuesday in protest of what they dlaim are slow, negotiations and'will soon *begin wearing buttons stating 'Up Your Offer.. The workers will a1so hold an information picket at the hospital on Wednesday, March 2. The more thani 800 employees at. the hospital struck up a protest committee Iast week. The committee came up with the idea charged after. nine financial in- stitutions were held up durlng a one-. month per1od in the summer of19M. Prosecutor James Ramsay said that justbefore noon onlJuly 21, 1986, lie showed a toy gun to a teller at the for the button, said Ruth Ann Palmer, a nurse at the hospital and'secretary of local 331 of the Ontario Publié" Service Employees Union which represents the, workers. Palmer said the buttons will lie ready either this week or early next week. The current wage contract expired on Dec. 31, 1987. The province is offering, wage increases of two to three per cent, Bank-of Montreal on Brock St. S. in Whltbyandobtaled$4,82. The same day, at about.2 p.m., he .held up a Canadian Imperial'Bank of Cornmercè branch on Kingston while the union is asking for sixc to seven per cent. Union memibers at the hospital include registered nurses, registered nurse, assistants, ward secretaries, occupatioflal therapists, recreation staff; maintenance staffe child care workers and housekeepers. The union was also to hold a meeting last night, (Tuesday), to inform the worl<ers of contract pl0ogress. Itotal ho got $16,000 from the robberfes, with only- $2,355 recovered. Judge Karen Weiler recommen- Petryshyn, a first-tImO offender, be released on.parole, as early, as posblsoecflflonàpaob flljljLong&MCQUade Limited Musical InstruMentS,, 445Simcoe St S., oshawa (416)434-1612 MIen you need iti most. For the month-of February Nq ) ITR-Fq ESI on any financingi Corne in and'see our new keyboard departmeflt, now bigger, with ail. popular makes and. models, includlingthe new and Complete lune of F-1 Q-D GO-NATURAL HEALTH AND -l 10 BEAUTY CENTRE LIMITED \B/FINAL WEEK obe eee 0~**ai discount priceS. Psych wokers continue, protest il ThursdaY, Marci 39,9-4 Frida&y, March 4,99- 4 Conducted tours at lOa.m." & 2p.m. ý l'alow- 1 L- m