A6 Santa Ynez Valley News Thursday, January 29, 2009 Local couple launch pet-care franchise States economy may be leveling off Recession hits California harder than rest of nation Mel and Darcy Wright of Santa Ynez have opened a local franchise of care for small and large animals while their owners are out of town. keep the animals at their home, nor do they have a facility, but the sitter arranges with the owner to either come by daily, stay overnight, or, if the owner feels agrees, to let their animals stay over at the sitter s. The Wrights also provide long-term care, such as daily walking, and apet taxi service for transportation to the vet office or to the groomers. They have six By Raiza Canelon STAFF WRITER rcanelonsyvnews.com Darcy and Mel Wright of Santa Ynez wanted to open a business that would combine their passions for animals and customer service, so they bought into a national chain of pet care services and thus their business Fetch! Pet Care opened in September in the Santa Ynez, Lompoc and Santa Maria valleys. Two-thirds of American household have pets and espe -dally here in the Valley with all the ranches, we wanted to help people feel safe leaving their large animals if they go out of town, Darcy said.
Founded in 2002 and with more than 1,800 service areas in the United States, Fetch! Pet Care is a national chain that provides in-home overnight andor daily care to any kind of pet. Darcy Wright is a Santa Ynez Valley Union High School graduate and her husband moved here more than 15 years ago from the Los Angeles area. We both had other business -es but really felt this business was more of what we wanted out of life, he said. A sitter from the company will go to the owners home and have a consultation before taking care of the animal. The sitter will get CHAMBER: Continued frompage Al Santa Ines led the room of Santa Ynez Valley business leaders in a pre-dinner prayer before the new officers were named for the coming year.
Clark, a lawyer with the Buy-nak Law Firm, proudly accepted her new position and announced her idea for a new event that may occur in late spring: An Amazing Race style of game that would encourage people to find items at different places in Solvang to help people get better acquainted with their town. She has been involved with the chamber for several years in addition to service with other community organizations such as the Solvang Lutheran Home board gin Feb. 17 in Santa Barbara Superior ourt but arr le -gal bills have already begun. We re hopeful some of the legal issues will be resolved before she dragged into a lengthy trial, said Fred was the key, underlying cause of the housing decline The largest imbalance between these numbers occurred in 2005 when the growth in home prices exceeded the growth in income by 11.5 percent, Watkins said. By the end of 2005, home prices had increased 9.1 percent while income fell 2.4 percent.
Home ownership rates peakedin2006, when 60.2 percent of all households in the state owned their homes, the report states. However, in the last seven quarters the rate fell to 57.7 percent. Project real estate analyst Kirk Lesh said the housing market will not stabilize until the labor market stabilizes. But with the lack of consumer spending, more business are failing, and less international trade will keep the commercial markets subdued through 2009. Job rates on the Central Coast have shown a negative turn comparing year-to-year percentages.
In April 2007 there was almost a 1.5 percent increase in the job market, compared to April 2008, where jobs showed a 0.05 percent decline. Job losses in 2008 peaked during the first quarter at 6.3 percent. By the end of the year, the rate had slowed to 5 percent, showing little growth. Our models show all other California regions losing jobs through 2010 Watkins said. The result is that this will be California most damaging recession since World War II.
Unemployment will be in the low double digits, restrained mostly by continued domestic out-migration. Barbara County registrar office. That means Farr is responsible for the legal expenses of defending her win. The swift-moving trial to discover whether 9,700 votes were cast illegally is set to be By Raiza Canelon STAFF WRITER rcanelonsyvnews.com An imbalance between home prices and income in California led to the recesssion hitting the state harder than the rest of the nation, according to the UCSB Economic Forecast Project. Although there are signs the state is pulling out of its economic nose dive, recovery will require making California more competitive with other states through a combination of incentives and education, forecasters said in a report released Jan.
15. Up-to-date data, analyses and forecasts for the state and nation were delivered at a seminar in Santa Barbara, where Executive Director Bill Watkins and project staff described the current economic situation and how the recession can be remedied. California started falling sooner and more precipitously than did the United States, Watkins wrote in his report. Recent data indicates that we may be entering into a welcome new phase of the decline. We have indications that the period where California declined more rapidly than the United States maybe over.
Watkins said solutions for economic recovery include lowering taxes, limiting regulation, educating the work force, providing investment tax credits and reducing uncertainty associated with taxes and regulation. California has been hit harder in the real estate market than any other state, according to Watkins and an imbalance be -tween home prices and income CHALLENGE: Continued frompage Al the Nov. 3 election results, even though his complaints focus on the actions of the Santa EVELYN M. ANDERSEN 1917-2009 "Evie" Andersen was born Evelyn Rasmussen in the Danish community of Racine, Wl. of Danish parents.
She married a native Dane, Elmo Andersen, in 1938. They visited Denmark often and Evie spoke Danish so well that she was taken for a native. Elmo's work moved Evie and her four children to Florida, Mississippi, Minnesota and then to California in 1967 where they have lived since. Buellton was the couple's retirement home until Elmo's death in 2001. Evie lived at Friendship House and recently at the Lutheran Home where she passed away peacefully on New Year's Day.
Evie worked as a primary school teacher for a time in Minneapolis and in Granada Hills, CA. It was her lifelong dream to teach. She was a dedicated church member wherever she lived. Music was also a passion and she played piano and sang in a variety of choirs and musical groups. Her twinkling eyes and warm sense of humor made her easy to befriend.
She had many friends all over the world and loved writing letters and cards, staying in touch with friends and relatives all through the years. She is survived by her children: Lori Peck (Danny) of Colby, KS; Steve Andersen (Maggie) of Minneapolis, MN; Tom Andersen (Robin) of Littlerock, CA and Joy Deming (Nui) of Solvang; plus three grandchildren and one great grandson. Services will be at a later date with burial in Solvang Cemetary. Contributions in her memory may be made to Solvang Friendship House or Solvang Lutheran Home Recovery si? m. J' Li Obituaries Raiza CanelonStaff Fetch! Pet Care.
Their business offers people on their staff who have to go through background checks before they can work for the company. This is a great way for some -one who loves animals to help out with clients who can tbe home all the time, Darcy said. For more information about Fetch! call Mel or Darcy Wright at 310-4415 or log onto www.fetchpetcare.com. Solvang Shine, with volunteers meeting at 8 a.m. Saturday, Feb.
7, at the Solvang Veterans Hall before spreading out to spruce up the city public areas, and The annual State of the City luncheon, with Solvang City Manager Brad Vidro as featured speaker, at 11:45 a.m. Feb. 25 in the Sycamore Room of the Alisal Resort. The familiar faces returning as chamber board members include David Rasmussen, vice president; Wolfgang Kanschat, treasurer; Susan Williams, secretary; KenHarwood, economist; Johansen; and John Martino. New faces added to the board include Dorothy Brunton, Heather Bedford, Sharon Harris, Dan Powell, Jim Watts and Michael Mendizza.
We noticed irregularities and mistakes on registration cards, which were turned in after more than three days had passed, registration cards without complete addresses on them and registration cards turned in with signatures that were clearly forged, which are among the reasons for filing the petition to contest the election, Lake said. The state Election Code requires such registration forms to be turned in to an elections office within three days of being signed by voters, but that wasn done for many of the on-campus registrations, Lake said. It unfair that (Farr) has to suffer this burden when she did nothing to deserve it, Woocher said. Lake said they would try to prove that enough votes are ineligible and get the election annulled and the judge to certify a new winner. No irregularities have been brought up, yet, Holland said.
Any incident of alleged irregularity or fraud we take very seriously, and would forward it directly to the District Attorney. Pappas legal team has subpoenaed vote-by-mail envelopes, provisional ballot envelopes, rosters from precinct polls and voter registration plan forms from the county, and enrollment and registration drive information from UCSB, Lake said. two drive -up windows and one walk-up window. Houck will be selling coffee drinks and smoothies, as well as bagels and pastries provided by Donut Time, a neighboring business. Another thing I noticed while living here is that places don stay open that late, so that where I will stand out, too, Houck said.
Her hours will be from 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. to accommodate those people who need early morning coffee and those looking for a late-night stop. I am so excited to finally have my dream come alive. I have had such support from the community, and hopefully this will help them in return, she said.
Houck lives in Los Olivos with her daughter Morgan, 9, and son Ry lan, 5. to know the animals and their habits and routines The Wrights will send another sitter in case theyaren bonding, or if the designated sitter is sick or has an emergency. We want the clients to be comfortable as well with the person who is looking after their animal while they re away, Mel said. The Wrights don actually of directors, Solvang Political Action Committee as a founding member, a former program chair for the Solvang Rotary Club, and a member of the Santa Ynez Valley Bar Association. Clark also has 28 years of legal experience in business, cor porate and real estate transactions, estate planning and litigation.
Businesses that contribute to the market economy of the town not only create a livelihood for themselves but help create memories for those who visit here, eat aebleskiver or medis-terpolse ride their bike here vis it the wineries, and shop for unique treasures, Clark said. attorney. If this is an extended trial, it could be hundreds of thousands of dollars. A legal petition filed Dec. 31 in Santa Barbara Superior Court by Pappas and his attor him uniquely complex, yet beautifully of Josh's life beginning at 5:00 p.m.
at www.specialops.org details. JOSHUA RHEA TOWNSEND 1978 -2009 As your incoming president, I pledge to work with other chamber board members to look for opportunities to be responsive to the needs of the business owners and make a positive impact on the business community and the town, she Clark added. There is no question that Lana is a strong community person and she will be a great asset in terms of helping the chamber to be financially strong. I look forward to working with her, Jackson said. Jackson also announced two events in February: A repeat of the special cleanup day called Make neys contends he would have been the victor, rather than Farr, if ballots had not been cast by improperly registered voters at 18 precincts on the UCSB campus and in the adjacent community of Isla Vista.
She won the election fair and square and she 11 prove that, Woocher said, adding that she had not considered resigning. We are not accusing or implying that Doreen Farr did anything illegal, said Jeffrey Lake, Pappas legal representation. We re trying to protect the people who did register properly. The sprawling 3rd District stretches from Isla Vista and western Goleta through the Santa Ynez Valley, and includes parts of the Lompoc Valley and Los Alamos. But the issues in Pappas challenge are focused only on the UCSB and Isla Vista areas.
Pappas spent $11,119 on a recount of nearly 8,000 ballots from 18 UCSB-Isla Vista precincts in mid-December, but picked up only one vote in the process. The Steve Pappas for Supervisor account funded the recount, according to Joe Holland, the county clerk-recorder-assessor. Prior to the recount, Pappas and his advisors spent nearly two weeks poring through voter registration forms, absentee ballot envelopes and other documents from those precincts. COFFEE: Continued frompage Al numbers rose to 26,000 and in August to 32,000 cars per day. In my five-year projections, if I get as little as one half of one percent of those people stopping, I still have enough to pay all the bills and take home a little of that.
However, my coffee gurus in Oregon I consult with said that I should be getting 3 to 5 percent of those people to stop, Houck said. Marc Bierdzinski, Buellton planning director, said Houck met all of the city standards of architecture and site design, including provision of a handicapped-accessible bathroom for customers, and he predicted she llhaveagood business. The Coffee Cabin will have Joshua Rhea Townsend, the son of Linda and Danny Townsend was born on December 3, 1978 in Stillwater, Oklahoma and moved with his family to Solvang, California shortly thereafter. He died on January 16, 2009 at U.S. Military Fire Base Ripley, Tarin Kowt District, Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan while in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Josh is survived by his wife Rachel of Spring Lake, North Carolina, mother Linda Townsend of Guerneville, California, father Daniel and brother Jordan of Solvang, California Josh Townsend volunteered for military service and entered the Army in Aug. 2003 as a Special Forces trainee, earning the coveted Green Beret in 2005. After serving two tours in South America, he served two tours as a Special Forces Operational Detachment- Alpha weapons sergeant in Afghanistan. His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, and the Special Forces Tab. Much has been written about Josh as a soldier in recent days, and there will surely be much more in the days and years to come.
There is much to be learned from how he alone made himself into the soldier and man he became. He was a fiercely loyal and protective brother and comrade-in-arms to the eleven other members of his team. He was a proud Green Beret and lived by the motto "When the last Angel has fallen, and evil has had its day, You will find the gates of Heaven, guarded by one lone Green Beret." While Josh was honored to have become a soldier's soldier, his family and friends knew that Josh the Green Beret was very simply the ultimate expression of Josh the brother, son, husband and friend-his true essence as a responsible, composed, physically powerful and yet exceptionally humble grown man. The ancient proverb says "The good die young." It must be so. Josh was only 30 years old when we lost him so suddenly, but unlike many who breathe their last at a tender age, Josh had, through hard work and determination, found his calling.
He was at peace with himself. Growing up in Solvang, he was blessed to have had an identical twin brother, Jordan Beaumont, inseparably at his side. They had the good fortune of being able to observe and learn from one another in ways that are unique to identical siblings. Through their trials and tribulations as young boys and men, Jordan would catch glimpses of Josh's remarkable character that would eventually define him as a man later in life. Josh's courage, bravery, honesty and incredible simple at the same time.
Even as a very young man, Josh had a quiet confidence affecting those around him, and his presence would often dominate a room in a subtle, unobtrusive manner. Josh was truly one of a kind-an anomaly in so many ways. He was quick to laugh, quick to cry, quick to anger, and quick to love. Our family's greatest joy in life was watching Josh walk the path of life from small boy to the beautiful human being he was destined to become. Josh was born with a warrior's spirit and lived his life by that code of honor.
sensitivity to friends and family made Hill Cemetery. There will be a celebration He defended his family, his friends, and our nation. A person like Joshua comes around once in a lifetime. Words cannot express how much he will be missed and how proud and lucky we are to have been part of his life. The world is a better place because of Josh sacrifices.
We love you. There will be a private viewing on Wednesday, 28 January 2009. On Thursday, January 29, 2009 viewing will be open to the public at Loper Funeral Chapel, 2465 Baseline Avenue, Solvang, California. Services will be held Friday, January 30, 2009 at the Presbyterian Church of the Santa Ynez Valley at 1:00 p.m. with interment to follow at the Solvang Chalk the Solvang Veterans Memorial Hall.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to Special Operations Warrior Foundation Please contact Loper Funeral Chapel 688-6684 for BLACK MAGENTA.
