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1 Tl COUNTY a m. a West County Edition Serving Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Port Hueneme, Ojai, Santa Paula, Fillmore and surrounding areas. Also: Los Angeles County News, Editorials andWeather fc Cos Attfleleo Stones MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1994 VCWESTCCf SECTION a mmsm Camarillo Metrolink Station Opens Today Transportation: No-frills facility was built in a week. It marks the first commuter train service in west Ventura County. following the earthquake, pushing and shoving combined with confusion and mayhem as first-time riders swarmed trains before others could disembark.

Metrolink officials promised Sunday to make sure that does not happen in Cama4 rillo or Northridge, where another station opens today. once the decision was made to expand the commuter train route into west Venturi County. "A permanent station would have canopies, water fountains, landscaping many, many more amenities," Metrolink construction manager Joe Castro said Sunday. Local dignitaries are scheduled to be on hand this morning as the platform opening is off icially celebrated. The commuter trains will make two round-trips a day from Camarillo to Union If If I THE ROAD TO RECOVERY RELATED STORY Metrolink postpones decision on a stop for trains at Burbank Airport.

B2 Station in Los Angeles, with stops at Moorpark and Simi Valley before they move into Los Angeles County. A one-way trip from Camarillo to Los Angeles will take about 80 minutes. Other emergency Metrolink platforms have also opened in Northridge, Canyon Country, Palmdale and Lancaster since the Jan. 17 earthquake, Castro said. But when Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley commuters boarded Metrolink trains at those stations in the weeks I JOHN LAZAH Lm Angeles Timet fifes.

By JEFF McDONALD SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Pioneer commuters will step onto the first Metrolink trains in Camarillo this morning as transportation officials continue to combat crowded freeways following last month's deadly earthquake. Construction workers Sunday put the finishing touches on an impromptu railroad platform that took only a week to build I Daryll Lawhon of Reed Land Clearing PIONEER TRAIN: Metrolink expands for the first time today into west Ventura County as a commuter train station opens this morning in Camarillo. Workers Sunday put the final touches on the no-frills, makeshift station, which was constructed in a week. The trains will make two daily round-trips to downtown Los Angeles, with stops at Moorpark and Simi Valley. Bl UNFILLED POSITION: Three months after Ventura Councilwoman Rosa Lee Measures vowed to hire an economic development consultant, the council has not voted to do so.

In fact, the council is still trying to define the position and whether it should be given to a staff member or contracted out. 1 TRASH WOES: Simi Valley closed its free dump site at City Hall on Sunday, having taken in an estimated 6,500 tons of material at a cost of $366,000 since the Jan. 17 Fillmore, the Toland Landfill lifted its daily 135-ton limit to accommodate up to six times the usual amount of trash. Bl 1 SUPER LOTTO RESULTS February 12 Saturday's Winning Numbers 10-17-18-38-42-48 We have made provisions to ensure there is adequate staffing at the spokesman Peter Hidalgo said. "We have a series of Metrolink ambassadors wearing purple caps and shirts to assist first-time I riders on how to experience Metrolink." 1 The 700-foot-long Camarillo platform, Please tee METROLINK, B4 Can'tlfiree onHiririgof Ventura: Members have been 4 unable to reach consensus on role of an economic development consultant or whether one is even needed.

i By PEGGY Y.LEE V- TIMES STAFF WRITER The day after Ventura Councilwoman Rosa Lee Measures was elected in November, she said she wanted to hire within three months an economic development consultant with broad powers to woo businesses to the city. More than three months have passed but no such professional business recruiter has yet been added to the city payroll. Although Measures is still pushing hard for hiring the consultant, other council members are wary of the idea because they fear giving too much authority to a staff member. The council has discussed Measures' idea, but no consensus has emerged yet about it. A council subcommittee is scheduled to create a job description by the end of April.

"They've got a long ways to convince me," Councilman Gary Tuttle said. "This could be just some independent guy who's out there cutting deals for the city. Who does he answer to?" Tuttle pointed out 'that the Ventura Chamber of Commerce and the Ventura Visitors Convention Bureau already do some recruiting of companies and act as business boosters. In Ventura County, Ventura is the only large city that does not 'have an economic development position on the city payroll. Some cities, such as Camarillo and Oxnard, have contracts with private consultants.

Ventura Councilman Steve Bennett and Mayor Tom Buford said they support the idea of a professional business recruiter but would like to see a more detailed job description irst. "1 need more information before cah commit to said Bennett, who has a bachelor's degree in economics from Brown University. "I've got to see that the expense for a economic coordinator will be offset by the revenues gehetated. We could get someone who's a Although Measures originally told reporters at a news conference Nov. 3 that she hoped to have a new business recruiter Please see RECRUITER, B4 City Council Recruiter uses heavy equipment to remove debris frortyTormer site of Fillmore Masonic Temple.

Saturday's Jackpot $3.7 million Winners per Category No. of Prize Widows Esch 6of6 0 $0 Sof6 71 $2,519 4of6 4,929 $94 3of6 101,053 $5 Area Dumps Are Getting Their Fill of Quake Debris By SARA CATANIA and SCOTT HADLY SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Nearly a month after an earthquake ravaged Simi Valley and Fillmore, residents continue to sort through the debris, salvaging personal items and hauling toppled chimneys and broken water heaters to the dump. At Simi Valley City Hall, the city closed its free dump site Sunday, even though the cleanup is far from over for some residents. "So far, we spent all our time cleaning up the inside, and now we've got to take care of the outside," Simi Valley resident Philip Maciel said. Maciel is just beginning to haul away the collapsed patio and remains of a fireplace from his home at the end of the Sabina Circle cul-de-sac.

By closing time Sunday at the dump site, the city had taken in an estimated 6,500 tons of material at a cost of $366,000, said Joe Hreha, deputy director of environmental services. The city is applying for reimbursement from the Federal The Big Spin Aurelia Lopez, Del Rey, Tamera Stone, Yuba City, Gary Nouskajian, South Pasadena, Barbara Moss, Moorpark, Jerry Pangilinan, San Francisco, Jerome Brandt, Garden Grove, $25,000. STEVE OSM AN Lot Angela Tlmei Toland Landfill employee Gene Mosley holds up a doll he mound of trash taken from Fillmore Hotel. Emergency Management Agency. I Plet Please DAILY 3 Sunday's Winning Numbers: 5-8-9 Recorded Information per call) English 976-4275 Spanish 976-5275 Lottery regional office Ventura (805)654-4655 lljl'WI I Ventura County Focus B2 Today's Agenda B3 Obituaries B6 Classifieds B7 Weather B8 L.A.

County News B9 Editorials B12 Camarillo Cyclists Don't Appreciate the Mudslingirig By SARA CATANIA see DEBRIS, B5 STREET SMART runs along the airport entrance is another problem spot Why isn't the mud being removed? David Schachte Camarillo Dear Reader: Your predicament stems from negligent farmers who don't clean up after their mud-trailing tractors, says Butch plucked out of Britt, deputy public works director for the county. If farmers don't mop up, mud duty on Las Posas and Pleasant Valley roads near Camarillo Airport falls to county workers. During rainstorms, however, the mud has a tendency to pile up as workers attend to other water-related problems, such as flooding. "After a rainstorm, we have crews out every which way from Sunday trying to solve problems," Britt said. "I know the crews try to get to the mud-clearing within a couple of days." If the forecast calls for more rain, the mud slicks are intentionally left unattended because they come right back again.

"I would just caution people traveling on the shoulder after rainstorm to be very cautious around mud," Britt said. Dear Street Smart: There's a left-turn hazard on Olivas Park Drive near Ventura that I'm concerned about. I often go to a flower stand on the south side of Olivas, which is a two-lane road. If I'm heading west on Olivas, I have to stop in the middle of the road, stalling traffic behind me while I wait for a chance to turn left. This is very dangerous because I could get rear-ended by someone driving fast Please see STREET, B6 'iff--.

TIMES STAFF WRITER Dear Street Smart: Who is responsible for cleaning muddy road shoulders in Camarillo? There's a major problem with mud along the farmland on Las Posas Road south of Camarillo Airport Every time it rains, the tractors from the fields drive along the shoulder and leave a trail of mud that can go on for miles. The mud is a major hazard for me and many other bicycle riders who commute along these shoulders each day. When the mud dries, it is hard as concrete, creating even more problems. The portion of Pleasant Valley Road that On the Record "So far, we spent all our time cleaning up the inside, and now we've got to take care of the outside." Philip Maclo A Simi Valley resident, on cleanup efforts throughout the city 1.