Ventura County Star
News and updates
Wednesday October 18, 2000
VENTURA COUNTY
Elder-care company expands operations
In response to the growing demand for elder-care services, LivHOME, an in-home care company, recently announced the expansion of its Ventura County operations with the opening of its new office at 601 Daily Drive, Suite 205, Camarillo.
The new facility includes an education room in which the company will conduct the LivHOME University training program. The room also will be used for community meetings and family support groups.
LivHOME offers in-home care, counseling, care management, social activities, crisis prevention and intervention, and more. It is also a member of the National Association of Geriatric Care Managers.
For more information about in-home elder care in Ventura County, call 384-9488 or visit www.livhome.com/.
CAMARILLO
Publisher unveils new magazine
Buckaroo Communications launched its newest title, Family & Performance Boating. The publication is targeted to today’s sport and performance boat enthusiasts.
Two issues of the magazine will be published during the remainder of 2000, with nine issues to be produced in 2001.
Family & Performance Boating is designed to introduce new boating technology and provide performance enhancement solutions to better meet the power and handling of today’s performance boating enthusiasts.
Buckaroo Communications, with headquarters in Camarillo, is a publisher of high-performance automotive magazines and recipe books.
Chamber celebrates new location
The Camarillo Chamber of Commerce’s new location, which will also act as a tourist information center for the Camarillo area, is at 2400 E. Ventura Blvd. in Old Town Camarillo.
To celebrate the move, the chamber held a ribbon-cutting ceremony followed by an open house. Both events were attended by chamber members, local business leaders, political officials and citizens of the Camarillo community.
Those attending the event included state Sen. Cathie Wright; Supervisor Kathy Long and Mayor Bill Liebmann; council members Mike Morgan Charlotte Craven, Kevin Kildee and Jan McDonald; and representatives from the offices of Elton Gallegly, Tom McClintock and Tony Strickland.
OXNARD
All About Eyes leases space
All About Eyes has signed a lease to become a tenant in the Dean Witter Tower, according to Rochelle Davis and David Morgan of Sares-Regis Group. The company will lease a 2000-square-foot office at 300 Esplanade Drive, Suite 560, Oxnard.
Dr. Gary Jacobs and Dr. Steve Langsford of All About Eyes will provide eye examinations and offer a range of eyewear and sunglasses, vision therapy and medical treatment of “red eyes.” An optical laboratory is on the premises, and the office accepts most insurance plans.
SANTA PAULA
Company retained for consulting
William Irion, president of Irion Enterprises in Santa Paula, announced that the company was hired by Sumitomo Heavy Industries to provide educational services to a delegation of 26 Japanese environmental industry leaders who were in Los Angeles with the Japan Waste Management Research Foundation.
The delegation first attended the Dioxin 2000 conference in Monterey. After they arrived in L.A., Irion Enterprises coordinated three presentations and a waste-management tour. Irion Enterprises arranged a tour of the Puente Hills Landfill in Whittier. Presentations included Irion’s business and working with Asian companies.
The Japanese delegates represented many major Japanese companies such as Nippon Steel, NKK Corp., Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kubota Corp., Kobe Steel, Urban System Integration and Kyoto University. Kumiko Irion provided Japanese translation as needed for the delegates.
VENTURA
Poinsettia Award nominations sought
The Ventura Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for the following categories for the Poinsettia Award: Large Business of the Year, Small Business of the Year, Citizen of the Year and Service Organization of the Year.
The Large Business of the Year Award is in recognition of a chamber member business with more 25 employees; the Small Business of the Year Awards is in recognition of a chamber member business with under 25 employees.
Nominations also are being sought for the Jewel Key Award, a special recognition of an existing business that has newly renovated or redesigned the exterior of their building.
The awards ceremony be at 11:30 a.m. Dec. 19 at the Clarion Ventura Beach Hotel, 2055 Harbor Blvd., Ventura.
The deadline for nominations is Nov. 10. To request a nomination form, call 648-2875.
Victoria Plaza adds new restaurant
Gary Holzapfel has signed a three-year lease for the former bakery site in Victoria Plaza in Ventura, according to Mike Crocker of Coldwell Banker Commercial. Holzapfel will open Hozy’s Cafe, a fine-food restaurant.
Holzapfel, owner of Automotive Racing Products, has assembled a team of fine-food chefs that include Pat Liampetchakul, who also will serve as the restaurant’s manager; and Gregory Paul Strothers, who will serve as executive chef. He also retained restaurant interior designer and architect Anthony Eckelberry.
Hozy’s Cafe is projected to open soon.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE
Platinum awarded to Weiser Litho
Weiser Litho in Westlake Village won Platinum/Best of Show award at the PIA (Printing Industries Association) Year 2000 Self-Promotion and Marketing Awards Competition. Additionally, Weiser Litho took home the People’s Choice Award, two Gold Awards and two Silver Awards for excellence in printing, design and packaging.
At a ceremony at the city of Commerce, entrants from Southern California and Nevada were judged by a panel of communications experts. PIA holds the event to further advertising and print communication for printers and associated industries.