Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club finished up their regular Folkstyle tournament schedule during the last few weeks and are now headed into the post season tournaments. Bakersfield Jr. Drillers hosted the CVYWA Super Bowl Blitz on Feb. 1. Drake Lightner, K-1 grade, 44 pound Division, came home with the silver medal, teammate Owen Schneider, competing in the 4-5 grade, 62 pound class, also received the silver medal. TVWC wrestled in the Cal Republic Super State event Feb. 8 in Delano. Jake Brown...
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act roughly doubled the standard deduction ($12,200 for single filers and $24,400 for married taxpayers filing jointly in 2019) and indexed it for inflation through 2025. As a result, far fewer taxpayers will itemize deductions on their tax returns, and some people may be disappointed that they no longer benefit from writing off their donations. If you are 70½ or older, you can use a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) to donate from your IRA and get a tax...
The upcoming 36th Annual BVS Cultural Arts Art Show is fortunate enough to have six talented donors this year. The show, as you may already know, runs from Sunday, April 5 til Friday, April 10. The reception is on April 5 from 4 to 7 p.m. The cost of the reception is $10 for non-members or free for members. Membership is only $20 per year, or $35 for a family membership. Donor artwork will be awarded to lucky prize winners on April 5 at the reception, and if you get raffle tickets ahead of time,...
To say that a hose is an integral part of a hydraulic system is an obvious understatement. The flexibility of hoses enables components to be positioned in the most efficient or convenient places, because hoses are able to bend around corners, through tight spaces, or across long distances. Hydraulic hoses have a finite lifespan. Proper sizing and use of the correct type of hose will extend the life of a hose assembly; however, there are many factors that can adversely affect a hose’s lifespan. These include: a.) flexing the hose to less than t...
Gallery 'N' Gifts March featured artist will be the Gallery's own Robin Shane. Robin is a recent addition to the Gallery and describes herself and her art as follows: "I am a dual resident of Stallion Springs and Santa Clarita, Calif., a contemporary artist who enjoys many artistic outlets. As a silversmith since 1995, I have found it necessary to pursue other forms of art in order to constantly feed my need to create. I stumbled upon epoxy about two years ago when I decided to redo my bathroom...
In spite of an early spring this year, a new exhibit in the Textile Gallery features warm winter clothing for children and adults, featuring fur items from the museum’s collection. One exhibit features two children’s jackets in rabbit fur with tiny mittens and a hat with a tiny mouse. The children’s coats are accompanied by a mother’s dress in black with rabbit fur along the collar. A mink jacket with an evening dress, an ermine cape, and a Persian lamb collar with matching muff complet...
March is Women's History Month. Women's History Month started in 1911 with March 8 designated as International Women's Day. In 1979, schools in Sonoma, Calif. came up with Women's History Week, which became so popular around the country that it was recognized by the U.S. Congress in 1981. Congress officially changed the focus to the entire month in 1987. Today, schools, groups and organizations hold celebrations and educational events to teach about women's roles and contributions throughout...
The Tehachapi Unified School District (TUSD) is prepared to meet the provisions of the California Senate bill that prohibits the suspension of students through the eighth grade for willful defiance, according to the Superintendent of Schools. "We have the practice in place that aligns with the Education Code," TUSD Superintendent of Schools Stacey Larson-Everson said. "We don't suspend TK [transitional kindergarten] through grade three for willful defiance – that's already in place." For the h...
“The movement to halt classroom suspensions for willful defiance is the manifestation of a broader philosophy that rejects punishment as ineffective and embraces a positive re-direction in response to inappropriate behavior. “Redirecting children’s behavior is part of the teacher’s job,” Tehachapi Unified School District Superintendent of Schools Larson-Everson said. “All kids misbehave at one point or another. The positive side of it is the key. “We use alternate means of correction. P...
Edwards Air Force Base changes commanders -- Col. Matthew W. Higer, Brig. Gen (Select), assumed command of the 412th Test Wing on Feb. 5 in a ceremony at Edwards AFB. Former commander Brig. Gen. E. John Teichert has been reassigned to Baghdad, where he is now the Defense Attache and Senior Defense Official to the country of Iraq. He will be the senior military adviser to the U.S. Ambassador. Higer is a former Air Force Test Pilot School Commandant at Edwards. There are more than 8,000 personnel...
On Jan. 22, the City of Tehachapi received another award for the Finance Department from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). The GFOA notified Finance Director Hannah Chung her department had received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for the annual budget for fiscal year 2019-20. This award, considered the highest form of recognition in governmental budgeting according to the GFOA. “I am so happy that we received this award. It reflects the hard work of the Finance Department. We have been improving our budget for las...
Tehachapi Mountain Democrats learned more about the upcoming election at the club’s recent meeting. Candidates for Kern County Democratic Central Committee are on the primary ballot. From a field of eight, only four may be chosen. Hortencia Cabral, Connie Bosworth, Janine Adams and Kathleen Weinstein were present at the meeting, and each spoke about their reason for seeking a position on the KCDCC. Julie Solis, who is a running against Vince Fong to become a member of the State Assembly, 34th District, was introduced by Mari Goodman, v...
Officials for Los Angeles County Air Show “Aerospace Valley USA®,” presented by Lockheed Martin, are pleased to announce that the March 21-22 event will feature one of the most robust performer line-ups in the air show industry. Event organizers officially announced additions to the line-up including the U.S. Navy F-35C Airshow Team from Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif., the U.S. Army Golden Knights Parachute Team and aerobatic performer Chuck Coleman. NAS Lemoore was the first West Coast naval installation to host the F-35C. Lemoore’s F-35Cs...
I was looking through a book my husband and I put together about his Marine Corps experiences in the 30 years he gave to Uncle Sam from World War II, Korea and Vietnam. These were written when Dick Johnson who, with his brother, Warren, published the Tehachapi News. One day, Dick, also my former high school classmate, told me, "have 'Gracey' write some of his military experiences and I'll print them." If it were not for my good friend, Dick, my old high school buddy at THS, nothing would have...
February is Black History Month, and March is Women's History Month. Since this issue of The Loop straddles both months, I'm going to talk about Black Women in History. Women in general don't often get credit where credit is due, especially regarding inventions and innovations that change all of our lives for the better, and yet they have been active and changing things for centuries ... and they continue today. Here is a small sampling of contributions by black women throughout history: Sarah...
Tehachapi is home to an abundance of talent, especially in the arts, which includes local musicians. New on the Tehachapi music scene is Bear Valley based duo The Band RAFTERS, a collaborative effort between front man and rhythm guitarist Joe Jones and lead guitarist Jon Wier. They formed the band in 2019 and since then have released three songs, which are available on the major music platforms Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music and iTunes. Their fourth single "Take Me Home" released on Friday,...
The Stallion Springs CERT team moved to their new location on Saturday, Feb. 22. The team met at 8 a.m. in the old headquarters on Bold Venture Drive to begin the move to the new headquarters. The new 40 by 70-foot building is located directly behind the Community Center. While there is still a lot of work to be completed, the County has approved a Temporary Occupancy permit for the new building. David Cox and Larry Heasle, the logistics team, coordinated the move, which was completed in only...
Antelope Valley Indian Museum is seeking actors age 8 to 18 for the museum’s annual outdoor play based on a traditional California Indian story. Rehearsals are every Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 5 p.m. The performance will be the evening of Saturday, May 2. The history of theater at the museum dates back to 1932 when museum founder Howard A. Edwards wrote an Indian pageant, which was performed outdoors near the museum annually from 1932 to 1935. Edwards’ drama students from LA’s Lincoln High School played the main roles, and local friends and n...
It was another great listener appreciation show at Buck Owens' Crystal Palace on Feb. 12. Kylie Morgan was the headliner. She is an EMI Recording Artist (Electric and Musical Industries now Universal Music Group). She began writing songs in her hometown of Newcastle, Okla., when she was only 12 years old. The young singer-songwriter released her music independently in her early teens and received national attention from music producers and the television industry. At the age of 16, she was...
“Beware the Ides of march,” thought often to be a term from Shakespeare, really originated in Rome around 753 B.C. marking the first full moon of the new year on the Roman calendar. It sounds ominous. Julius Caesar was assassinated on this day. Today the Ides of March ushers in a celebration for St. Patrick and the wearing of green. But beware, there is a dark side to leprechauns and October is not our only scary month! As humans, we are curious by nature, whether that curiosity is good for us...
I miss being in a writing group. It is fun to write and share with others, be creative, think out of the box. But even if you have no writing group to join, you can entertain yourself and hone your writing skills by writing just for the fun of it. Below is a writing prompt. The prompt is to think of a favorite book or movie and write a short twist to the original theme in that story. Here is mine… A crime was committed. A brutal murder. First they were dancing. Then the candlestick came down. O...
NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in California contributed to the agency's Artemis mission to return to the Moon and advanced preparation for research of experimental aircraft and systems to validate clean and quiet electric propulsion and advance commercial supersonic flight technology without the window-rattling boom. The center also supported space science achievements such as the discovery of the first type of molecule ever formed called helium hydride and Earth science missions such...
With Kern County being a hub of racing, we have five great motorsports tracks in Kern and a great many racers and fans here in Tehachapi. We have Buttonwillow International, Willow Springs Raceway, Kern County Raceway Park, Bakersfield Speedway and Famoso Raceway dragstrip. With the March Meet Drag races scheduled at Famoso Raceway on March 5 - 8, I thought it would be appropriate to touch on one the great many experiences I have had at that track. I have been a motorsports/aviation...
Michael and Susan Smith of Stallion Springs would like to announce the birth of their grandson Jayden Michael Hall Sandlin who was born Nov. 24, 2019 in Sacramento, California, weighing 8 pounds, 8 ounces with a length of 20 inches. Proud parents are Jonathan Sandlin and Jaclyn Smith Sandlin who graduated from Tehachapi High School in 2006....
