Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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On March 1, the Tehachapi Lions Club honored B.S.E. Rents with a Harry J. Aslan Fellowship Award for their continual support of the club's Apple Drop fundraiser. B.S.E. Rents manager, Juanita Axel, accepted the award. The Tehachapi Club made a donation to the Lions Student Speaker Foundation Inc. in honor of B.S.E. Rents. B.S.E. has been providing the man lift for the Apple Drop event for the past four years which enables the club to donate more funds to their Christmas for Seniors project and...
Stallion Springs CERT The Stallion Springs CERT team held its basic training classes over the past four weeks. The course prepared residents on what to do during an emergency in the community. The classes included courses in Disaster Preparedness, Fire Safety, Search and Rescue, Medical Operations, Disaster Phychology, Terrorism, and Communications. A total of 23.5 hours was involved. CERT would like to welcome the new members to the team. Stallion Springs Board of Directors At the Feb. 20...
Marget Willer has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Kiwanis Division 33. The presentation was made at the Kiwanis Governor's Official Visit to Bakersfield. A dozen members of Tehachapi Kiwanis Club attended the dinner event at Hodel's Restaurant to honor her. Willer was nominated for this honor because of her tireless dedication to less fortunate children and adults. She has been employed by the Salvation Army for twenty-five years. Recently they recognized her talent by promoting...
Part of being a grown-up is facing the fact we won't be here forever. Most people are familiar with wills and family trusts as instruments of helping your loved ones know what to do when you die. Wills and family trusts make it clear what your wishes are. You do have a will, right? If not, get one. While you're at it, set up an advanced healthcare power of attorney. OK, now when you're gone your will or family trust makes it clear to whoever you appointed as your fiduciary (the executor of your...
It's St. Patrick's Day – the day when everyone is a little Irish. And why not? If this is a holiday that brings us closer to a feeling of togetherness and camaraderie through green colored celebrations and adopted heritage, then I say Faith and Begorrah, let the celebrating begin! I do have a drop or two of genuine Irish blood in me veins, thanks to me grandmamma, Josephine O'Brien, who was, coincidentally, born on March 17, so we were always celebrating St. Paddy in one way or another as I w...
On March 10, Disctrict 3 of the California State Old Time Fiddlers Association held its ninth annual Amateur Old Time Fiddle Contest at the Tehachapi Valley United Methodist Church. Contestants 20 years of age and younger entered this free competition, some coming from as far as Hanford, Calif....
Local BMX racer Alex Howard recently moved up to the Expert Division of the 9-year-old age group. Winning his 12th race at Bakersfield Metro race track on March 2. Alex had been competing in the Intermediate Division which is where racers learn to use clip pedals and start to upgrade their bikes. Alex had competed at the Winter Nationals in Las Vegas in January and brought home first place trophies. Alex puts a lot of time in training, he does various strength workouts with his bike and hones...
Tessa Bryant reads to Val Bowman and Lucy while Angel Alamillo and Anthoney del Gado read to Maggie and Oliver. Barks and Books is at the Tehachapi Library, 212 South Green St., on the second and fourth Mondays of the month from 4-6 p.m. Build your reading skills and enhance self-esteem by reading aloud to an affectionate furry friend. Ages K-8. Registration required. For the Library's schedule of events see Community Happenings on page 22. Photo by Pat Doody....
Friends, family and Chamber Ambassadors help Susan Abrego cut the ribbon at the Grand Opening of 1st Priority Auto Registration on March 14. Holding the ribbon for Susan are Claudia White, Stephanie Garcia and Sally Periman-Lawrence. Photo by Ida Perkins....
If you don't want to wait for the inevitable to become an angel, you can sign up right now to be one. Tehachapi has a list of Pacific Crest Trail Angels that you can join. Angels give rides, lodging, and/or information to travelers hiking the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) that starts on the Mexican border and ends on the Canadian border. The PCT is a National Scenic Trail that follows the pacific crest through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. It also passes approximately...
