Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Mountain Festival has been a staple of Tehachapi summers since 1963. Now in its 56th year, it continues to be a quality three-day event for the families of Tehachapi. It’s a chance for local businesses and craftsmen to set up and sell their products. It’s a weekend that kicks off the school year with food, live music, carnival rides, an arts and crafts show and a parade. This year will feature the Mountain Gallop 5K and 10K, the Thunder on the Mountain Car Show, PRCA Rodeo, the VFW Din...
The sixth week of Tehachapi Idol is complete, and the contestant pool is getting ever smaller. This week's theme was "Past and Present Legends". Singers chose two songs instead of one, one from an older legendary artist and one from a modern legend. The night featured classic artists such as Johnny Cash and Whitney Houston, as well as presently famous musicians like Tom Petty and Heart. Brinley Marks and Josh Schwartz doubled up in the "Past Legends" section of the night with the song "I Can't...
High school students Christian Douglas, 15, and Cody Hayes, 14, have recently graduated from the Kern County Devil Pups Youth Program, which took place over the past ten weeks at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. "I heard about the Devil Pups at school over the announcements," says 15 year old Christian Douglas, "When I heard it was at Camp Pendleton I couldn't sign up faster." The Devil Pups is a 62-year-old organization that trains high school students like marines. It was founded by Marine...
Tehachapi Idol is in its fifth week, and the show is still going strong. Over the weeks, contestants have been voted off, narrowing it down to six: Lily Seymour, Destiny Boswell, Ashley Bishop, Brinley Marks, Aubrey McDonald, and Josh Schwartz. The past few weeks have seen the elimination of Ken Yule, Haylee York, and Hannah Clare from the contest. The competition of local singers has undergone themes like oldies, Disney, and country. This week, contestants sang songs all about love, songs that...
The Mountain Festival has been a staple of Tehachapi summers since 1963. Now in its 53rd year, it continues to be a quality three-day event for the families of Tehachapi. It's a chance for local businesses and craftsmen to set up and sell their products. It's a weekend that kicks off the school year with food, live music, carnival rides, an arts and crafts show, and a parade. This year will feature the Mountain Gallop 5k and 10k, the Thunder on the Mountain Car Show, PRCA Rodeo, the VFW Dinner...
Trinity Madden (11) has just come home from Virginia Beach, where she competed in the International Junior Miss competition for the title of International Junior Miss International Preteen. Rather than be upset about not winning, Madden is grateful for her time at IJM. "There's a lot of girls who didn't even make it that far. I felt really lucky to have the chance to go there." She doesn't just lose with grace, she loses with outright enthusiasm. "All the preteens are crying because they didn't...
On August 2, Tehachapi celebrated its 6th Annual National Night Out. National Night Out started in 1984 as a way for neighborhoods to take the streets back from violence and gang activity. It was set up in neighborhood block parties as a way for citizens to become more familiar with their local law enforcement. This is Tehachapi's 6th Annual National Night Out. "This year we really just want to have a fun, safe place for the neighbors and the residents of Tehachapi to come together, meet our...
Sunday July 10 marked the return of Tehachapi Idol at Big Papa's Steakhouse and Saloon. In previous years, the singing contest had been held at Pacino's, but by popular demand has been brought back to life. Tickets sold quickly, and the room was packed full of friends and family there to support contestants. The competition is similar to American Idol in that singers choose songs based on a theme and are voted off one by one through the rounds. Tehachapi Idol gives people of all sorts the opport...
With the help of local businesses and hundreds of donors, Tehachapi Relay for Life 2016 has raised $86,208.56 to fund cancer research. The morning kicked off with breakfast in the Survivor's Village, with food provided by McDonald's, Starbucks, Kohnen's, and Carlos's Donuts. Survivors, caretakers, and everyone with lives touched by cancer saluted the flag, which was hung at half mast in honor of the police officers killed in Dallas. The opening ceremony featured testimonies from survivors, as...
Tehachapi High School had an adorable visitor on May 27; 16-week-old pitbull puppy Trinity. She, along with veterinarian Dr. Mayuri Kerr and Marley's Mutts founder Zach Skow, arrived at the THS robotics lab at 2 p.m. for one of many special fittings. The pup is named Trinity due to her having only three legs. High school junior Blake Olson has been working for months with Trinity, Dr. Kerr, and Marley's Mutts to develop a prosthetic back leg for Trinity. She has been to several fittings...
Tehachapi High School's 2016 Awards Night was held in the gym the evening of May 22. Families, teachers, and distinguished members of the community attended to watch THS's best and brightest be rewarded for their outstanding scholastic efforts. The event began with an introduction form principal Scott Heitman, who expressed his pride and appreciation for these hardworking students. Dozens of academic accolades were handed out, which came in forms that ranged from tassels to medals to golden...
On May 22, 2016, a flag lowering was held for the retirement of Ed Weaver, Tehachapi High School's beloved wood shop and drafting teacher. Many people gathered at the front of the school to honor Mr. Weaver, including Superintendent Susan Andreas-Bervel, local boy scouts, and the THS Warrior Band. Principal Scott Heitman gave a speech, to commemorate Weaver's 30 years at Tehachapi High School. Ed Weaver began his teaching career in 1978 at North Summit High School in Coalville, Utah. After that...
The annual Memorial Day parade kicked off at 10 a.m., with the sound of bagpipes playing Yankee Doodle and other American tunes the whole way through. Many groups walked in the parade, including the Bear Valley Springs Veterans Association, the Tehachapi Mountain Scouts, the Civil Air Patrol Tehachapi Composite Squadron 46, and the Kern Country Scottish Pipe Band. Veterans sped past in classic car models, often carrying flag-waiving family members or crowned winners of local pageants. The...
In the earlier days of America's military, units of soldiers would have to travel for a considerable time after a war before they reached home, giving them time to mentally process their experiences. With today's advanced transportation, veterans will often be thrown into everyday life immediately, giving them no time to absorb and process the weight of the war they were in. Warrior Expeditions provides "outdoor therapy" for recently discharged combat veterans, equipping them with hiking gear an...
