Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Today, We Honor The Overall Man Classic Bill Mead With everybody tossing rotten tomatoes at the beleaguered Internal Revenue Service these days, I thought you might like to hear that the IRS did have a sense of humor at one time. I will violate one of my sacred principles just this once and tell you the absolute truth. Many years ago, I converted our garage into an office for my consulting business. Foolishly, I made it big enough that it encouraged my wife and daughters to cram it with their...
Ransomware sneaks onto your computer by either tricking you into opening an attachment or by subverting ads on websites you visit. Once on your computer, ransomware modifies your files by creating an encrypted copy of a file and then deleting the original file. It does this to all of your files, and holds them for ransom; you have to pay to get your pictures and documents back. A new player in the anti-ransomware space is RansomFree by Cybereason. RansomFree watches the file-related processes...
Tehachapi Mayor Ed Grimes was reappointed as a member of the Public Safety Policy Committee of the League of California Cities. As a long-standing member of the committee, Ed Grimes also served as Chair. Mayor Grimes will hold his term on the Public Safety Policy Committee until the League’s Annual Conference in the fall of 2017. “I am honored to serve as a member of the League of California Cities Public Safety Policy Committee. We have an opportunity to invest in strong relationships with bot...
Stallion Springs welcomes Jon Curry as the new General Manager, for the District. He comes to Stallion with extensive experience having previously worked with the Alpine Forest Park Mutual Water District, California Rural Water Association and the Golden Hills CSD in addition to having worked the past nine years as Public Works Director for the City of Tehachapi. Jon also serves on the Board of Directors of the California Rural Water Association and holds several certifications in water...
At their chili cook-off fundraiser Saturday, Feb. 25, the Tehachapi High School Robotics Team 585 (Cyber Penguins) unveiled their 2017 competition robot. This year's competition theme is Steampunk and the robot must perform functions using gears. The THS robot, named Toasty because of its color, maneuvers up to a suspended cord, grabs it and pulls itself up the cord. The team will be showing their robot in Sacramento, Las Vegas and, hopefully, the championship in Houston. The Tehachapi team...
At their first concert of 2017 the Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Newby, hosted sister violin virtuosos Alexis and Heidi Hatch. Their father Peter Hatch, also an accomplished musician, sat in with the string section. As usual, the Feb. 26 free concert was held at Country Oaks Baptist Church where the large space and acoustics enhance the orchestral experience. The Symphony's next performance is Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 4 p.m. at Country Oaks Baptist Church, loacted at 20915...
Many herbs grow naturally and go unnoticed in Tehachapi because they blend into the landscape and we have become accustomed to their subtle beauty. We are unacquainted with their history and myriad uses. I hope to correct that and encourage you to take a fresh look at several of these delightful and beneficial plants. "Use" is the key word when it comes to defining an herb. Webster states that an herb is a plant that is "valued for its medicinal properties, flavor or scent". Let us look at some...
Eight out of 10 people living with vision loss worldwide could have saved their sight through prevention or treatment.1 Pretty amazing, isn’t it? Of course, seeing your doctor for eye exams and treatment is key. Here are a few other things you can do to help ensure your eyes have a bright future: 1. Wear sunglasses. Sunglasses that block 100 percent of ultraviolet-A and ultraviolet-B rays give you a big bang for your buck. They can: • Delay development of cataracts. • Prevent retinal damag...
