Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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"Music, Mountains & Memories" is the theme for the 2018 Tehachapi Mountain Festival®. Thank you, Rob Saranpa, the winner of this year's Mountain Festival Theme Contest. Presenting the check to Rob is Mountain Festival Chairman Carl Gehricke and Chamber Chairperson of the Board Stephanie Garcia. Rob will be the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce's VIP guest to all events during Mountain Festival, including participation in the parade, tickets to the rodeo, pankcake breakfast and Official...
The theme of the National Day of Prayer on May 3 is "Unity." The theme of the men's weekly Bible study led by World Wind and Solar Business Development Director Daryl Ragsdale is "Together." Those twin themes will blend in harmony at 6:45 a.m. on May 3 as Ragsdale addresses the Annual Prayer Breakfast, sponsored for 32 years by the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi. Together men's Bible study, launched four years ago, draws 60 to 80 men every Tuesday for a catered pizza dinner and an ecumenical evening...
Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts Association is presenting a special Bear Valley Springs resident, Meg Prior. She will expand our knowledge of the longest running war in American history, Afghanistan. Meg was a 'producing partner' of a team sent to document the men involved in recording, on film, the wars in Vietnam/Cambodia/Laos. Due to unprecedented circumstances, she found herself not in Southeast Asia, but in Afghanistan. In part, she was able to succeed in this position because of her...
The Tehachapi Symphony, directed by Dr. David Newby will perform on Sunday, May 6, 2018. The concert begins at 4 p.m. at Country Oaks Baptist Church, located at 20915 Schout Road, Tehachapi. This year's Young Artist Competition winner, Alexander Michael Bailey, violinist, will perform Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor. The Tehachapi Symphonic Chorus and director Kathy Kelly as well as the Antelope Valley Master Chorale will join the symphony for Haydn's Te Deum. Beethoven's Symphony No....
Vortex of fun – As a resident of downtown Tehachapi, Forde Files has observed that many families and children who use the new Kern County Library Tehachapi Branch on Green Street eveery day. It's a joy to see the eager faces skipping along to get into the building, to find new books and to sprawl on the comfortable sofas in the children's section. Since its grand opening Dec. 4, thefacility has had its start-up bumps, as the head librarian left, and staff has been working hard to learn the ropes...
Usually I'm a pretty optimistic person, but sometimes I worry about things both big and small. Take world peace, for instance (a really big thing) – I sometimes worry that no matter how noble a goal it is, it will never happen. I worry about this because of the constant reminders I see all around me that people can't get along in the smaller bits and pieces of life (i.e. the little things) – never mind the larger picture – and I seem to be thinking about it more and more these days becau...
Recently the Greater Antelope Valley Economic Alliance, in which Tehachapi is a proud member/investor, held their 2018 Economic Outlook Conference. Adam Fowler, the Director of Research and an economist for Beacon Economics out of Los Angeles, gave the keynote address. As many others have recently, he addressed "fake news" when it comes to the economy. There is no such thing as "Republican" or "Democratic" economic news, it's all one market supported by real data. For example, unlike the...
Kiwanis Club was fortunate to hear from two historic women, American Association of University members who participated in Women's History presentations. Diane Bergstrom portrayed poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and Laura Amstead was Beverly Cleary, children's author. Both were informative and entertaining. Millay was an American poet and playwright who received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923. She was also known for her feminist activism. At 102 years old, Cleary is America's most...
Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club sent six wrestlers to the 2018 California Kids Folkstyle Championships on March 17 and 18 in Fresno. Earning his way to a third-place finish and getting his California Bear Trophy, was Novice age group, 117 pounder, Michael Murillo. "Michael lost a close semi-final match but battled back to get on the podium," said Coach Curtis Nelson. Jairdan Medina had a long day of matches in the Middle School, 80-pound division and was able to place 5th. "Jairdan lost an...
Jeff Lingerfelt, President of Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley gave an update on the new hospital at the monthly Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council meeting on April 4. He said that code compliance adjustments should be completed by mid-May. There had been problems with gaps in at least 28 doors, pharmacy certification and the height of counter tops in the lab station had to be adjusted. He added that the projected opening for the hospital is this July. He thanked the Tehachapi...
On Wednesday, April 4, the CERT team met at CERT Headquarters for a tour of Woodward West with Christy Poston, Front Office Lead, serving as the tour guide. (It has been discussed several times how Stallion Springs CERT could partner with the staff at Woodward during a disaster.) This tour gave the team the opportunity to learn the layout of the camp and have a better understanding of what the facility looks like when it is full of campers and staff. While Woodward operates much like a city with...
The weekend of April 7 marked the end of an era for the Tehachapi wine industry. Bob and Patty Souza, the growers who started it all in 2003, symbolically poured their last wine. The reins were passed to new owners Mike Van Atta and his wife Beth Hamilton, who have been Tehachapi residents for about 10 years. "The next time we come here, we will be on the other side of the bar," said Bob. As part of the purchase, the four will be trading houses so Bob and Patty will now be city residents. The...
On April 9 the King Midgets West Car Club, a chapter of the International King Midget Car Club, had a get together from April 9-12 in Tehachapi. One of their many stops included the Tehachapi Museum. The club has a few annual meets in California along with occasional encounters at car shows. Find more information at www.kingmidgetswest.club....
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Tehachapi resident Stephen Schrepfer, owner of Think Green Pedicabs, brought one of his units to the April 4 GTEDC meeting. Schrepfer had treated City Manager Greg Garrett to a ride the day before. Garrett told the group that he liked the pedicab project. Schrepfer hopes he can have them available in Tehachapi this year. Pictured with Schrepfer is Tourism Commissioner Zanya Biviano and Tehachapi News reporter Cara Jackson....
Saturday evening, April 28, Exotic Feline Breeding Compound's Feline Conservation Center will host the first Twilight Tour of the year, inviting guests to visit during evening hours and find out what wild cats actually do at night. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is $20 per person (ADULTS ONLY, no exceptions). Advance tickets are available, in limited supply, by contacting EFBC directly (661) 256-3793 or through the wildcatzoo.org website for purchase. The benefit to those who take advantage...
