FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Brigitte Kantor, Lee County Solid Waste Division
              (239) 338-3302

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE FOR GARBAGE, RECYCLING AND YARD WASTE

FORT MYERS, Fla. (May 20, 2003) - In unincorporated Lee County, City of Bonita Springs and Town of Fort Myers Beach, there will be no collection of garbage, recycling and horticulture waste on Monday, May 26, 2003 in observance of Memorial Day.

If your normally scheduled collection day is Monday, then it will be collected on Tuesday; if your regular day is Tuesday then it will be picked up on Wednesday; and so on. Regular collection schedule will resume June 2, 2003.