E J Harrison Sons

Customers served by E.J. Harrison & Sons garbage collectors should put their garbage and recycling containers out a day later than usual during the week following Veterans Day. The disposal company will observe the national holiday on Thursday. For example, those whose garbage is usually picked up on Thursday should instead put their cans out on Friday. Harrison Industries serves Carpinteria, Ventura, Ojai and Camarillo.

Banks and post offices will close in honor of Presidents' Day, but E. J. Harrison & Sons, Newbury Disposal and Santa Clara Disposal Co. trash trucks will operate as usual on Monday. Customers in Ventura, Fillmore, Santa Paula, Thousand Oaks, Newbury Park, Ojai and Camarillo should place their trash at the curbside on their normal pickup days all week. The schedule will not be interrupted by the national holiday Monday.

The Camarillo City Council will be asked today to approve spending $161,000 annually to beef up the city's recycling efforts. Although the city now meets state recycling codes, officials want to increase the amount of paper, plastic and glass collected in case the state raises its requirements. The state now requires cities to recycle 23% of its garbage, but there have been discussions to raise the level to 25%.

The Ventura City Council has voted to enter into negotiations with longtime city trash hauler E.J. Harrison & Sons Inc. for a long-term contract to handle Ventura's trash and recycling. The city hopes to negotiate a five- to 10-year contract, which is worth $9.1 million annually. That would allow the company to apply for long-term financing from a bank, said Steve Chase, the city's environmental coordinator.

Five rubbish companies may compete with longtime city trash hauler E. J. Harrison & Sons Inc. for a lucrative long-term contract to handle Ventura's trash, city officials said. A public workshop will be held Thursday so council members can question representatives of companies who are interested in entering an agreement. The contract is worth $9.1 million annually, with the agreement stretching over five or 10 years, said Steve Chase, the city's environmental coordinator.

After more than 15 months of negotiation, the Ventura City Council on Monday will consider awarding Ventura-based E.J. Harrison & Sons an exclusive seven-year contract for hauling trash and recyclable materials. The $100-million agreement calls for the trash hauler to offer more recycling services to businesses, such as recycling junk mail and magazines. Under the agreement, a green waste collection program that hauls away materials such as yard clippings will be implemented.

Re: Dec. 29 article about trash truck driver injury in Ventura. On behalf of my family, our drivers and other employees, I wish to thank the people who came to the aid of our driver, Adrian Ochoa. He was seriously injured on Dec. 28 when a hydraulic arm on the trash truck he was operating crushed him against the vehicle. Without the fast action of Doris Hackett, the first neighbor who called 911, and the quick response of the Ventura Fire Department and Pruner Ambulance Service, this accident could have been fatal to our driver.

* Jano Graphics in Ventura, a commercial printing company, has hired Mike Noritake as a sales associate to service east Ventura County and west Los Angeles County. Noritake has been in the printing and graphic arts industry for 12 years, performing both management and executive sales duties.