Restaurants to Aid Bases’ Support Effort

Ten west Ventura County restaurants have agreed to contribute money to a group of Navy boosters and defense industry executives to help keep local military bases from closing.

The Ventura County BRAC ’95 Task Force has already received donations of $50 to $500 and is expecting to receive more money, which will be raised by sales Wednesday.

Tony Roma’s restaurant in Camarillo, Marie Callender’s in Oxnard and Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers in Port Hueneme will donate 15% of their Jan. 25 sales to the task force.

The task force goal is to keep the Naval Construction Battalion Center at Port Hueneme and the Point Mugu Naval Air Weapons Station from being added to the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure list.

Restaurants that have already donated funds to BRAC ’95 are Subway Sandwiches in Channel Islands, Yolanda’s Mexican Restaurant in Oxnard and Ventura, Capistrano’s at the Mandalay Beach Resort, Rompal’s Food Service at the Ventura County Government Center, Ottavio’s Italian Restaurant in Camarillo, Mariann’s Italian Villa in Port Hueneme and Lobster Trap in Oxnard.