Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Tehachapi – Jan. 24, 2015 a black and white theme set a classic stage for the Installation of the Greater Tehachapi Chamber Board of Directors and the honoring the 2015 Tehachapi Citizen of the Year, and 2015 Tehachapi Small and Large Business of the Year, at Villa La Paz at the National Chavez Center. Master of Ceremonies Pete Sturn helped introduce the 2015 office inductees for the Chamber’s Board of Directors. Mayor Wiggins swore in Marty Pay of Marty Pay Framers Insurance, a previous chairman and director, as the Chairperson of the Boa...
On Jan. 22, County Supervisor Zack Scrivner, City Manager Greg Garrett, Mayor Susan Wiggins and Tehachapi's Economic Development Council (EDC) were treated to a tour of the new 32-acre greenhouse in Cummings Valley which is owned and operated by SunSelect. The Canadian company is 100% family owned and operated by the Krahn family, which has operations in Toronto and British Columbia. The company has over 100 years of sustainable greenhouse growing experience and is headed by Chief Executive Offi...
Have you ever been told “You have Hot Lips”? Well, even if you haven’t, this is your chance to prove it. You have from Feb. 1-13 to come into Merle Norman Cosmetics, 1054 West Valley Blvd. in Tehachapi, during regular business hours, to enter the Free “Most Kissable Lips” contest. All you have to do is come into the studio, try on your favorite shade of lipstick and kiss a piece of paper. The rest is up to our celebrity judges D.J. Jaime, Tiffany Rea, Miss Teen Earth and Miss Tehachapi 2014, and Linda Clough, who will be choosing the winners o...
Conventional wisdom says that what goes up, must come down. But even if you view market volatility as a normal occurrence, it can be tough to handle when it’s your money at stake. Though there’s no foolproof way to handle the ups and downs of the stock market, the following common sense tips can help. Don’t put your eggs all in one basket Diversifying your investment portfolio is one of the key ways you can handle market volatility. Because asset classes often perform differently under different market conditions, spreading your assets acros...
I met Cory Lockwood while he was training for the Granfondo. He ultimately won that event and is the hero of Tehachapi. We asked him if he would let us know what else he is up to so we could follow his progress. Cory said, “So, the latest news from my bike racing: I’ve been placed on the Kern Wheelmen’s local team for the RAAM race. It’s a Race Across America, 3,000 miles, and 24 hours a day. We are going to go for a new transcontinental record, and will try to win at the same time. This is...
Wow, we are off and running with a New Year and January is already a memory. I don’t normally do New Years resolutions. I would rather take time to reflect on the things I wanted to do last year and did not get to. I find that over the course of the year I hear of new techniques, things that I am sure will help me to catch fish, or improving on things I am already doing. I am a bit of a gear head when it comes to my equipment, and finding new ways of presenting baits to fish in particular s...
Three-and-a-half years ago, a sophisticated NASA space probe named Dawn caught up with an asteroid named Vesta. Instead of just collecting images and data as it flew by, it fired its ion thrusters and went into orbit around it for a year of intensive study. Then in July of 2012 it did something even more unusual -- it fired up its thrusters again and flew off toward another asteroid, Ceres! Now, this may sound routine in the STAR WARS universe, but that’s quite a feat today in this galaxy. A...
Photographer Sonja Bronson lives high on a hilltop overlooking Bear Valley Springs and portions of the San Joaquin Valley. With husband Dan and house cat, Pumpkin, she enjoys a life filled with nature just outside her door. She has amassed a fine collection of bald eagle photos recently when a large family of them visited her home and for days played and cavorted before her lens. A long time member of the Bear Valley Cultural Arts Association she has been a consistent donor of her work for the yearly art show and sale put on by the Art...
Tehachapi's own Triassic Legacy Vinyard and Stray Leaves Vineyard participated in this years San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. Triassic Legacy had sent five of their wines to the competition and were thrilled to learn that all five of their estate grown wines had won awards. This event is the largest competition of American wines in the world and had over 6300 entries this year. Triassic Legacy 2012 Zinfandel was awarded a double gold award. To win a double gold, a wine must be chosen...
Spending on the Tehachapi Critical Care Replacement Hospital construction is proceeding at a fast clip, Project Manager Stacey Pray told the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District board of directors on Jan. 21, 2015. All available funds will be committed by the end of 2015, she said. An additional $14.7 million will be needed to complete the ER, medical-surgical and kitchen wings and other integral departments. The ICU, obstetrics, public dining and administrations wings will be left as shells to...
Nice touch – Above, brass downspouts extending from an exterior wall of the new hospital are an example of the attention to taste and detail that has gone into the design by SWA architects of Pasadena. Be prepared – The Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District new Chief of Staff Maria DeLima reported to the board on Jan. 21, 2015, that the hospital had staged an Ebola drill. It is official – Former interim CEO of the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District Eugene Suksi is now the permanent CEO. The dis...
