Sun-powered KEVIN JARDINE, Greenpeace energy campaigner, is shown wlth Cyrus, the Greenpeace mobile solar power plant that was at Iroquois Park recently as part of a tour to prompte renewable energy. Used for any electrical tasç, particularly for amplification, video, recording and computers, Cyrus's power was demonstrated in .a performance by local bands. Photo by Jeremy Dresar Whtby Free Press Whitby -manl is injured in Oshawa collision Frida A Whitby man is in serieus condition in a Toronto hospital aftor being injured in a two-car collision in Oshawa early Friday morning. David Wayne Allan, 47 was extricated from his vehîcâe by Oshawa firefightere using the jaws of life and rushed te Osh- awa General Hospital (OGH) with serious head and internaI rHe was later airlifted te the trauma unit at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronte. Police say Allan was heading west on Winchester Road near Thornton around 1 a.m. in his 1995 Chevrolet Monte Carlo when hoe uddenly lest control and veered into the eastbound lane, colliding with a vehicle driven by Benjamin Blanchard, 19 of Port Perry. h1anchard was« treated for minor injuries at OGH and reIeased. No charges have been laid. Whltby Free Press, Wednesday. JuIy 201994. Page 5 Whitb y man g et seven y ears for A Whitby man who led the «bump-and-grabr gang of robbers in Toronto was recently senton- ced té seven years in prison. Joseph Cellupica, 26 pleaded guiIty te 16 counts oà robbery and other charges. In court in Toronte, Judge Paul Bentley ordered him te serve at leaet haîf of hie sentence before becoming eligible for parole. Celu pica, hie wife Jennifer and her sister Jacqueine Dwyer victimized mostlY women who were alone, steahing their purees and threatening them with vio- lence. They ueed the money taken in robberiee te finance their addic- tiens te crack cocaine, said the prosecutor. Jennifer Cellupica, 27, wae sentenoed te 17 menthe and 10 daye while Dwyer, 18, was sen- tenced te 16 menthe and 10 daye. Ail threo had been in custedy after their arrest following a high-speed chase on Highway 401 March 25. The chase ended in Pickering aerdmgte two police cars. Ithe «bump-and-grab» rob- beries, mostly in North York during one week asat March, the three craahed a stolen car inte a victim'e vehicle. No money, says teiler, bandit flees A quick-thinldng toiler thwar- ted a would-be rober who tried te, hold up a Whitby Royal Bank branch Saturday. Police say the suspect entered the 307 Brock St. S.. branch around 1:15 p.m. and handed the toIler a note indicating hoe had a gun and demandingmoney. The toler teîd him she didn't have any, police say, and the would-be bandit panicked and ran eut cf the branch. Around two heurs later, police say what appears te be the same man -- witnesses gave a similar description -- hel<[ up a Canada Trust in Pickerng,&using a simi- lar teciliniqu. Thi time hoe escaped with a emnaîl amount cf cash. Witneesés describe the suspect as white unehaven with a mous- tache, aLut five foot three in- ches te five foot five inches and weigh*n 120 te130 pounde. MheDrham Regional Police robbery squad is investigating. BRIGADIER sPEaIAL P215X60RX14 RWL $75IntI. SP215X65RX15 RWL $84 Balanced maeb EEA IEC When you think tires Not exaCly alfltatd cakli Van Hemmen Tires 317 Hopkins St. Whitby_* 666-2121 SWheiu the victilm* got eut of the car ho or she was threatened witi violenoe and robbed of their wallet or purse. Joseph Ceilupica threatened victims with an axe a knife or tire iron and actuali assaulted at loast two of them, t e prosocu- tor eaid. The bandits also approached people walking alono on aide- walks", asked oôr something such as directions and thon mado threate and ro1bbed them. Ail three Iived on Kent Street in Whitby. The judgo rocommen- ded that the womon receivo treatniont for drug addiction. Tell Mom and Dad about our New Program for children -~ 18 months to 21/2 years! 1EINesCIf~CALIZIH&! AHD flJ!HfFH! fMN! IlohIuhssori dSdwol #':6U65005 403 Kingston Rd. <at Riothergien west of Westney Rd.,) Ajax 1Celebrating 25 years of Educaional Excellence! 1AKERSI