Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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South Street Digital, Inc., located at 20825 South Street, #B, is the only full service digital printing company in town. Owners Lydia Chaney and Audrey Post employ a full knowledgeable and experienced staff that provide all your printing needs for any occasion. "We have decades of experience in design and print," said Lydia. "We do all our printing locally, right here in town, and offer personal customer service as opposed to shopping online." Overwhelmed with making wedding plans, and time is...
Mary Alvarez is the new owner of Golden Hills Salon. She has given the salon a fresh updated look and is well on her way to creating a truly full family salon. Congratulations to Mary and welcome to Tehachapi. Golden Hills Salon has a long standing tradition of customer service and quality salon services, and it will only get better from here. The salon is open six days a week from 9-6 p.m., closed Sundays. They are located at 20021 Valley Blvd, Suite C in the Golden Hills area of Tehachapi (next to Carlos’ Donuts and Java Loop Express). W...
Leverage is good. If you can afford the repayment terms, using other people’s money can be a smart way to keep your own cash liquid in case of emergency. What does that mean in today’s mortgage world? Most purchase-money loans these days allow for the down payment (if there is one) and/or closing costs to be made from a family member’s gift to the buyer. Note well the word “gift”: In most cases the donor and buyer are required to sign a form letter acknowledging there is no repayment to the do...
Izabel Tahsini and David Gutierrez purchased their Bear Valley home last November. They wanted to move away from the congestion of Inglewood, Ca., to a more rural setting. They had friends in Tehachapi who encouraged them to come for a visit and then to look for a home here. David is owner of Precise Home Services, a construction/home repair business. He is in the process of moving this business from Los Angeles to Tehachapi. He was born in Nicaragua and was five years old when his family came t...
If your grandfather, father or possibly an uncle had been standing on the depot platform at the right time on the right day in early June of 1922, they would have been witness to the most unusual train to pass through our town. It was dubbed ‘The Prosperity Special’ by the president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works when it began its cross country trek over ninety years ago. This is the story of that most unusual train. As the second decade dawned in the twentieth century, the world was in dis...
helley Kitzmiller, a 30 year resident of Tehachapi, has two loves: writing and rescuing pets. She began writing romance novels in the late 1970's, when there were no writing classes or conferences to help aspiring romance writers. Eager to learn, Kitzmiller used a highlighter pen to deconstruct her favorite books-a tool she still recommends to new writers. After a few years of studying and practicing, she sold her first book and made it her goal to give readers a painless history lesson within...
Got kids? We know that sometimes they can be jokingly referred to as, “our little tax deductions,” so let’s begin at the beginning. When little Susie is born, her parents (you) must apply for a social security account number (SSAN) for her before you leave the hospital. In the case of a home birth, you must apply and receive a SSAN before you can claim her as a dependent on your tax return. The IRS requires you to list a social security number for each dependent you claim on your tax return. Susie now becomes “your little tax deducti...
As I was preparing to put a chicken in the oven I noticed through the kitchen window that my younger two were carrying something in from outside. I met them at the back door and demanded to know, “What is that?” But, before they could answer, I noticed, in complete horror, that it appeared to be something that was looking rather lifeless. “This is the kitchen,” I announced, alarmed. “We don’t bring dead things into our kitchen!” “That’s dead!” insisted my son, pointing at the chicken I was p...
Greetings! I’m very excited to be starting a regular column for The Loop, on a topic that matters to us all – Water. Do you know where your water comes from? The faucet – right! But let’s take a look at the back story, because Tehachapi Valley has already come close to running out of water once upon a time. The settlement of Tehachapi Valley began in earnest with the completion of the rail line over Tehachapi Pass in 1876. The settlers grazed cattle and sheep and grew dryland grains, and the town supported a thriving mining industry. Farming...
Second District Supervisor Zack Scrivner announced today the total amount of dollars granted to Eastern Kern businesses in 2015 through the RENEWBIZ program. RENEWBIZ is a community revitalization program, created by Scrivner and the Kern County Board of Supervisors in 2012, that offers $5,000-$10,000 grants to businesses in unincorporated Eastern Kern, with a local match from the business of 10% of the total grant. The money from the grants funds the refurbishment of the exterior of businesses...
I have a copy of the September 1958 Bonanza Magazine that was my mother's. It was published in Randsburg and was listed as Vol. 1 No. 1, so it appears it was the first issue. The magazine, published by E.Z. (Erv) Sauke, included "stories of the old west, and its boom towns." I have written a column from this magazine before, but I did not look at every story in it. This week I found an article written by Barry Storm, who wrote adventure stories throughout the west. His stories were "wrapped...
Mark your calendars – it is almost Pi Day! "What is Pi Day?" you may ask. Well, it a bit of fun based on math. The number pi (the Greek letter π) is the ratio of the length around a circle (the perimeter) to the distance across (the diameter). So to calculate pi you just need to measure around the edge of a circle then divide by its width. The number you will get (depending on how well you measure) will be about 3.14, and just for fun people have started to call March 14 Pi(e) Day (3/14, get it...
Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks Department (TVRPD) is still in talks with Lehigh working on a land lease agreement, so that the developing Mountain Bike Park can be considered public land. Once this is done, the area should be available to the public. Luckily talks are starting to wind down, and an official announcement can be expected within the next month or two. Until then the land must be treated as private property and only LeHigh employees, employee families and Tehachapi Mountain...
Tehachapi Community Theatre offers heart, humor and sentiment in their new true-to-life comedy. It's Gabe and Olivia's move-in day. Olivia Keegan (Emily Stults) is an energetic, neat – verging on OCD – architect, and Gabe Lawson (Kendric Bertram) is a kind, good-natured writer. They've just packed up all of their belongings and driven halfway across the country, to start a new life together, in Chicago. Their moving day doesn't go exactly as planned and things become slightly more com...
The warm winter we've been enjoying has also afforded us many extra nights of skies clear enough to see the Milky Way. Most consider the section of our galaxy that's in view on winter evenings to be the most beautiful. Indeed, Orion is almost universally acclaimed as the most beautiful constellation of all. Its iconic belt of three bright stars suspends a dazzling sword of new born stars set against a maelstrom of bright and dark nebulae. Four bright stars define Orion's shoulders and feet, whil...
Artists in Tehachapi never seem to stop amazing me. Case in point, the work of Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts member Paul Cooke. With a mind as complex and excited as his work is bold and varied, Paul is a gifted artist in every medium that he attempts and he has attempted them all. When asked how he is able to turn out such a successful number of pieces and in such a large volume he becomes very humble saying, "The work is great fun, I try to work on no more than one or two pieces at a...
Tehachapi's own Luke Halpin will be returning to town with fiddler and singer/songwriter Stephanie Bettman on Friday, March 13, for a concert at Fiddlers Crossing. The duo last performed in Fiddlers Crossing in 2011 to a full house. With their infectious mixture of folk, bluegrass and jazz, with mostly original songs, the evening will be filled with joyful fiddling tunes and soulful ballads. Many in Tehachapi will remember Luke Halpin as a youngster, growing up playing music with his parents,...
Arriving at the Souza Winery in the style befitting a "celebrity wine pour" is Dr. Terence Brady. Souza's celebrity pours help raise funds for various charitable organizations around the Tehachapi Valley. Dr. Brady's charity of choice is Healing Horses & Armed Forces. "When Bob and Patty Souza asked if I would like to participate I said, 'as a board member myself of Healing Horses & Armed Forces, I thought what a great way to raise funds for this worthy organization'." Greeting Dr. Brady as he...
The fundraising continues as Souza Family Vineyard welcomes City of Tehachapi Manager, Greg Garrett and his lovely wife, Krizzy. They'll be pouring wine on Sunday, March 8 to raise funds for the Family Life Pregnancy Center in Tehachapi. This local nonprofit assists the community with free pregnancy testing, counseling, childbirth education, parenting help and abstinence education. Come out and support the cause!...
The date has been set for the 7th Annual Sporting Clay Shoot, hosted by Tehachapi Mountains Search & Rescue. "We are glad to announce that April 11 we will be holding our annual Sporting Clay Shoot at the Kern County Gun Club," Robin Jackson, TMSAR member said. Shooters can sign up as individuals or in teams of four. You can even request being added to a team if there are spots open. The cost of the entry is $75 per person, or $300 per team, "only if you book prior to March 30," Jackson said....
Understanding financial matters can be difficult if you don’t understand the jargon. Becoming familiar with these 10 financial terms may help make things clearer. 1. Time value of money The time value of money is the concept that money on hand today is worth more than the same amount of money in the future, because the money you have today could be invested to earn interest and increase in value. Why is it important? Understanding that money today is worth more than the same amount in the f...
Pens can be works of art. This was evident when Kent Schick spoke to the Tehachapi Kiwanis Club about his hobby, turned business, of making pens. He explained that he had tried making pens about 25 years ago and considered his work a failure, but six years ago he tried again and found success. Part of that success came from investing in proper tools and materials. Schick has the equipment and know-how to make anything that is round, including razors and ice cream scoops. He specializes in...
The fifth annual native plant sale is underway, and orders are now being taken on-line or by mail until April 3, 2015. This and previous plant sales have all been offered jointly by the Desert-Mountain Resource Conservation and Development Council (DMRC&D) and the Tehachapi Resource Conservation District (TRCD). Some new drought resistant species are being offered this year, such as Whitebark California Lilac, 4-Wing Saltbush, and grasses, such as Indian Ricegrass. Many flowering plants are...
For the month of March, the Gallery will offer “Art on the Mountain”—a slight twist on their usual Guest Artist features. Rather than featuring a single Guest Artist, fifteen artists have been asked to exhibit examples of their work. The following Gallery ‘N Gifts Fine Arts Members: Gale Caldwell, Marjorie Colby, Dennis Cowden, Coral DeGagne, Tina Dille, Shirley Given, Marti Howell, Anita Jesse, Stephen Lee, Monica Lyndsey, and Michelle Miller and will have work on display. Ongoing Guest Artist, Chris Paschke will show her work and three G...
First Friday Fun Fest will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove, on Friday evening, March 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. The featured artist will be Jenny Klein. Jenny creates unique three dimensional pictures from prints using a procedure called "paper tole." Art Larson will provide background music on this clarinet. Jenny has been using paper tole techniques for about 4 years. Her passion began when a 90-year-old friend showed her a completed paper tole picture. She knew immediately that she just...
