May 27-28, 2017 www.ridgecrestca.com A5 Paul Wheeler said. He ership of certain pets, if FINS N FUR II added with a laugh that they feel the new animal Continued from A1 Kindi knows more about would not fit in with the pets than he does. pre-existing household. “My wife is much more The Netherland Dwarf are most proud of is hand- knowledgeable than I am. rabbits for example are feeding the birds that we So I am nice to people and completely house trainable. sell, with the exception of I ask her questions,” he A free-roaming rabbit, the Parakeets,” he ex- said with a laugh. however, is obviously a no- plained. “The Cockatiels “Growing up I always no in a house with a cat. and Conures are all hand- had pets,” Kindi Wheeler Not all pets fit in with all fed, they are used to people, agreed. “My father would families, Paul Wheeler said. they want to be on your bring home raccoons! He When the Wheelers set a shoulder. They want affec- taught us a lot when we family up with a pet, they tion from you.” were kids about all our an- make sure they are ready to Also available in abun- imals.” go when they leave the dance are fish. This makes As luck would have it, store. sense, given the pair got customer Kelly Wilson “We want them to have their start with a backyard walked up during this part everything they need,” Paul Koi pond business years of the conversation. Wilson Wheeler said. ago. said she purchased Koi “And be educated, mak- “About 15 years ago, we pond supplies from the ing sure it’s going to fit in had a pond business in our couple at their former busi- with your home and with backyard,” Paul Wheeler ness and was shopping Fri- your family,” Kindi Wheel- said. “We sold lots of pond day for water lilies for her er added. “If you don't have JESSICA supplies and lots of Koi pond. a cage, we will set that cage WESTON/DAILY fish and we really enjoyed INDEPENDENT She spoke enthusiasti- up for you. From the bed- Above: Breanna it.” cally about the pond, which ding to the food, before “It started with fish,” he “Bree” Rubin she described as a oasis of you leave, we will make holds a white said. peace and tranquility for sure you understand how guinea pig dur- “We know fish, it's what her. to care for the pet.” ing the grand we know best,” Kindi The store held a soft One thing you won't find opening of Fin Wheeler added. “It is a pas- opening a couple of months at Fin N Fur II is cats and N Fur II on West sion for both of us." back, and the owners have dogs. “We don't do any- Ridgecrest Blvd. When that business already gained a reputa- thing dog and cat,” said Friday. closed, they eventually de- tion for wanting to help Kindi Wheeler. “We spe- cided to open Fin N Fur II. customers be good, respon- cialize more in exotic pets.” Right: Robin “We always wanted to sible pet owners. They walk Fin N Fur II is open 10 Dunlap intro- have a little fish store,” he duces daughter potential pet owners a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday Brooklyn Calvi said. The purchase of some through the process and through Friday. Saturday fish tanks when the old to a Netherland make sure they are ready to the store closes at 5 p.m. Dwarf rabbit. Walmart closed led to an take on the responsibility. Check the store for new expanded vision and Fin They have even been pets Wednesdays. N Fur II was born. known to discourage own- “It blossomed into this,” MICHAEL SMIT/DAILY INDEPENDENT Ligia Johnson glances back at friends and family as she accepts her diploma at the Sierra Sands Adult School graduation on Friday evening. For the Record Clarification: The story “Aquatic Center project begins MICHAEL SMIT/DAILY INDEPENDENT strategic phase” in the May 25, 2017 edition of the Daily In- Sierra Sands Adult School graduating student Christopher Rabaya speaks at his graduation on Friday. 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Delivered to your door by 7am A6 May 27-28, 2017 www.ridgecrestca.com NATION&WORLD DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE CORRESPONDENT’S DINNER Aide: Trump New Dem Party chairman Perez not elected to pledges to repair, unite party spend time with By Hope Yen and Bill Barrow The Associated Press reporters, celebs ATLANTA — Newly elected The Associated Press Democratic national chair- man Tom Perez pledged on WASHINGTON — The White House says Sunday to unite a fractured that when President Donald Trump skips the party, rebuild at all levels from White House Correspondents’ Association “school board to the Senate” dinner, expect him to spend that Saturday night and reach out to chunks of in April “focused on what he can to do to help rural America left feeling for- better America.” gotten in the 2016 election. The dinner attracts politicians, journalists Speaking in television and celebrities and is typically attended by the interviews, Perez indicated president, who’s often roasted. that an important first step Trump isn’t saying why he won’t be there. was joining with vanquished He has railed against “the fake news media,” rival Minnesota Rep. Keith saying it is “the enemy of the American people.” Ellison, who agreed at Per- Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders says ez’s invitation to serve as the it’s “kind of naive of us to think that we can all Democratic National Com- walk into a room for a couple of hours and pre- mittee’s deputy chairman. tend that some of that tension isn’t there.” Perez said the two would work She tells ABC’s “This Week” that Trump hard to put out an affirmative wasn’t elected “to spend his time with report- party message while oppos- ers and celebrities.” ing President Donald Trump’s policies, adding that he and Former Labor Secretary Tom Perez, who is the newly elected Democratic national chairman, speaks during the Ellison were already getting a general session of the DNC winter meeting Saturday in Atlanta. [BRANDEN CAMP/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] “good kick” that Trump was whether this election was Democrats’ success Saturday White House to Congress to stirred to tweet that the DNC rigged by Donald Trump and in one of their strongholds, the 50 statehouses, a power election was “rigged.” his buddy Vladimir Putin.” Delaware, where they found deficit Democrats have not “We lead with our values The former labor secretary themselves in an unexpect- seen nationally in 90 years. and we lead with our actions,” in the Obama administration edly competitive race. On Saturday, the DNC Perez said, describing a party acknowledged that swaths of Stephanie Hansen won a elected Perez as its chair in a focus that will emphasize the U.S.