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Keeping the vision alive Solvang Chamber celebrates 100 years
Brady, defense lead Bucs to Super Bowl win By GERRY FALL NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER
There are few words left that haven’t already been used to describe Tom Brady’s greatness. So why even try. Brady’s superb talent was on full display during Sunday’s Super Bowl LV. His three touchdown passes in the first half set the tone and helped him earn the Most Valuable Player honor as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, behind Brady and the defense’s efforts, whipped the defending champion Kansas City Chiefs, 31-9. At age 43, Brady, playing in his 10th Super Bowl game, earned his record seventh title by completing 21 of 29 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns. “This team is world champions forever, you can’t take it away from us,” Brady said. Asked if he’d be back next season, he didn’t try to hide anything. “We’re coming back,” he said. As efficient and effective as Brady was, the Buccaneers’ defense was just as impressive, keeping the Chiefs out of the end zone. Tampa Bay’s constant pressure on Kansas City All-Pro quarterback Patrick Mahomes forced him to throw two interceptions. Mahomes was also sacked three times. When the two teams met in
Week 12 this season, Mahomes and wide receiver Tyreek Hill torched the Buccaneers defense. Hill finished with 269 receiving yards and three touchdowns in that game. But not on Sunday. When Brady signed with the Bucs 11 months ago after leading the New England Patriots to six Super Bowl titles, he went on the campaign trail for Tampa Bay to sign three players: tight end Rob Gronkowski; wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back Leonard Fournette. All three scored touchdowns on Sunday, with Gronkowski hauling in two touchdown passes from Brady. According to ESPN, when Brady first signed with Tampa Bay, he indicated he wasn’t keen on taking wide receiver Chris Godwin’s No. 12 — the same number Brady wore in New England. He asked Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht if he could have No. 7 instead. Licht inquired as to why, to which Brady responded: “Going after that seventh Super Bowl.” Brady, wearing No. 12 on Sunday, got that seventh title and his fifth Super Bowl MVP award. Tampa Bay became the first team ever to play in a Super Bowl in its own stadium. email: gfall@newspress.com
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For 100 years, the Solvang Chamber of Commerce has served the city. The contributions of Chamber members over the years have helped to make the city what it is today.
By MADISON HIRNEISEN
The architecture across Solvang reflects the city’s Danish heritage. Members of the Chamber pioneered the construction of the architecture.
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The Solvang Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its centennial anniversary this month, reflecting on the contributions of past Chambers who gave the city its charm. A century ago, the members of the Solvang Businessmen’s Association met for the first time in Dania Hall, envisioning the future of the charming Danish town nestled in the Santa Ynez Valley. They pictured a city with unique infrastructure and opportunity, with its Danish roots at the core of commerce and daily life. As the association evolved over the years and became the Solvang Chamber of Commerce, they made their vision a reality. Chamber members oversaw the development of the city’s water district, lighting district and the construction of the traditional Danish architecture. They also pioneered cultural celebrations such as Solvang’s annual Danish Days event each September. “Everything in this city has started at the Chamber,” Tracy Lavery Beard, the Solvang Chamber’s executive director, told the News-Press. She added, “These are things these gentlemen (in the Chamber) envisioned — to make (Solvang) look like a small Danish community with the architecture … it came from their vision, and we are, I like to say, the gatekeepers of that vision.” In honor of the Chamber’s 100 years of service, proclamations were offered from the Solvang City Council, the California State Senate and the Embassy of Denmark in Washington, D.C. In honor of the Chamber’s centennial, U.S. Rep. Salud Carbajal, D-Santa Barbara, also flew an American flag flown over the Capitol. To commemorate this momentous milestone, the Chamber plans to bury a time capsule in December filled with items and gadgets from businesses that reflect modern commerce. Ms. Lavery Beard said the Chamber will leave a directive for future Chambers to dig up the capsule 25 years from now. The city’s Danish charm draws more than 1.5 million visitors a year, and though much has changed since the founding of the city in 1911, Solvang remains free of franchises and boasts more than 150 small businesses. Max Hanberg, owner of the Solvang Shoe Co., Please see SOLVANG on A3
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“Abandoned shopping carts constitute a nuisance, create potential hazards to the health and safety of the public, and interfere with pedestrian and vehicular traffic.”
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On Tuesday, the Santa Barbara City Council will be recommended to adopt an ordinance preventing the unauthorized removal of shopping carts from commercial premises and facilitating the retrieval of abandoned carts. State law already makes it unlawful to remove a shopping cart from business premises or possess it after it’s been removed, so the ordinance wouldn’t add any additional penalties for individuals who steal carts. Instead, it will focus on cart recovery and management by requiring shopping cart owners to secure their carts during hours when their business is closed, identifying each cart with name, address and telephone number of the owner and a notification of violation if stolen. “Abandoned shopping carts constitute a nuisance, create potential hazards to the health and safety of the public, and interfere with pedestrian and vehicular traffic on streets, sidewalks and private property. The objective of this proposed ordinance is to provide a mechanism to place primary responsibility for managing cart
City staff report service with the owner of the cart and to set requirements for the prompt retrieval of carts that have been taken off business premises,” the staff report reads. The council will also be asked to initiate a plan to allow medical clinic uses, affordable housing and public uses for 3237 State St., along with changing the land use designation. Please see council on A3
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