Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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She exuded a less than a subtle essences of elegance with her perfectly painted long manicured fingernails (she had them painted red most often for decades), and her professional colored and styled hair that classically mimicked her younger years. Then there was her never inexpensive clothing, accented by the 1-carate diamond stud earrings she sported. I don't think she had taken them off since my father said, "It's not much of an insurance policy, so purchase something to remember your father...
When I was first invited to write train related articles for The Loop several years ago, I had no idea what to expect or how long I could be productive. Having an ancestral background of railroad riders and workers willing to regale their accounts of riding the rails certainly does make my job easier. There is also an urgency to commit these wondrous stories to print lest the last generation to use trains as their primary form of transport be silenced by time. Grandpa Frank, his daughter...
Stallion Springs Clean-Up Day Saturday, May 9 from 8 - Noon in the CSD parking lot. Residents can do their spring cleaning and drop off their items at the CSD for FREE. Easy disposal and recycling. Acceptable bulky items include furniture, shelving, washers, dryers, carpeting, water heaters, and electronic waste, computer monitors, towers, TVs, etc. Items that cannot be accepted are, hazardous waste, construction waste, tires, asphalt, concrete, alkaline batteries, fluorescent tubes or light bulbs. Bulky item pick-up for senior and disabled...
An innovative and unique social club is forming here in Tehachapi: “The Fabulous Fridays Social Club”. Membership is open to any adult, 18 years and older, with intellectual and/or physical disabilities. Our mission is socialization, building personal support systems, and community service: Where all things are possible Meetings are each Friday at 3:30 p.m. Kelcy’s Cafe in Tehachapi. For more informationcontact Deborah Brown at (661) 205-7952....
1 hour classes - First class is free! Jazzercise every weekday 8:30 a.m. Strength Mon., Wed., & Fri. 7:30 a.m....
Every Friday from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. an enthusiastic group of volunteers contribute their talents to make every Friday a blast at the Tehachapi Senior Center (500 East F St). We are here to provide a break for caregivers and would love to have more friends join us. For more information call (661) 821-1626....
Sponsored by the American Legion. Bingo is every Friday night at the Veterans Memorial building, 125 W. F St. in Tehachapi. Play cards available for purchase. Doors open at 4 p.m., games begin at 6 p.m. Hamburgers and hot dogs will be available for sale....
First Friday Fun Fest will be celebrated at Tehachapi Treasure Trove, on Friday evening, May 1, from 5 to 8. The featured artist for May will be Kathryn (Katy) Jacobson. Katy creates what she calls Painterly Photos. She takes photographs which she then softens with filters, computer brushes and other techniques available on her computer software. The final product looks like a painting as much as a photo. Join us to greet Katy, enjoy food and wine and listen to music by Art Larson on clarinet. K...
Kevin Hill, landscape artist, will be the featured guest artist May 1 at Gallery 'N' Gifts. Don't miss the opportunity to meet this gifted artist and teacher. Hill, currently from the Palmdale area, was introduced to painting at fifteen while watching PBS. By the ripe old age of eighteen he was selling his landscapes at a rapid clip. This is a painter who is passionate about his own painting and teaching others. His specialty is a "wet-on-wet" oil painting technique and when you watch one of...
Hard working, focused and very talented are the best words to describe Cory Lockwood. Raised in the hills of Tehachapi, California, Cory has spent the majority of his life racing. During his two-wheel racing career he has successfully competed in both motorized and human-powered bike events. His talents for two wheels began with motocross from a young age, where he moved through the ranks to a local pro level. After racing motocross, bicycling became his main focus. He began competing in USA...
This year’s theme is: Lord, Hear Our Cry! Tehachapi will be celebrating with the following events: • 28th Annual Prayer Breakfast @ 6:45 a.m.-8:30 a.m. Kiwani’s Prayer Breakfast Mc Mullan Hall at St. Malachy’s 407 West E St. Soloist Maureen Recalde will be singing and sharing her testimony of coming to faith. $10 per person, call Michal Knowles for tickets 661-808-9596. Noon Prayer Rally @ City Hall 115 S. Robinson St. After opening ceremonies and a short message by Brian Drucker, local church leaders will lead us in united prayer for our cou...
Tehachapi's own Maureen Recalde, winner of the world-wide Voice of McDonald's singing competition, will share her Christian testimony and her gift of song at the 2015 Kiwanis Prayer Breakfast, Thursday, May 7 at McMullan Hall, St. Malachy Catholic Church. Recalde, operations manager for the two McDonald's restaurants in Tehachapi, won the Voice of McDonald's in 2012 at Orlando, Fla. before an audience of 25,000. She subsequently has traveled to Europe, South America and Canada to sing. The conte...
Hot Tip #1 – Don’t fertilize this spring or summer. Fertilized plants start growing faster and need more water. With some exceptions, your landscape plants can get by without fertilizer. Hot Tip #2 – Deep infrequent watering is more effective than watering frequently for just a few minutes. Hot Tip #3 – Only water what’s important. Vegetable gardens are making food. Trees provide shade and improve your property value. If you have an award-winning rose garden that you love, that’s important! Most of the shrubs in our landscapes can get by with...
In 2012 the City of Tehachapi introduced a sponsorship program that allowed businesses, organizations, families or individuals to sponsor an American flag in downtown Tehachapi. The sponsorship program, known as the Adopt-A-Flag program, gives Tehachapi and its residents an opportunity to show off their pride and patriotism for America. The City has approximately 100 decorative light posts on Tehachapi Boulevard, Green Street, "F" Street, Curry, Robinson, and the Mill Street corridor, right off...
Madison West, popular Tehachapi High School Junior and the 2015 Delegate to Girls State, was on hand to present the first poppy of the year to Father Wes Clare, Head Chaplain for the California Army National Guard and Rector at St. Judes in the Mountains Anglican Church in Tehachapi. Father Wes was chosen this year for his dedication to all veterans and especially to our local veterans, with his rehabilitative and therapeutic projects. The date for presenting the poppies to the public will be...
The warmth that comes with spring brigns increased sightings of Rattlesnakes in Kern County. "Although snakes generally come out when it is 78-82 degrees to hunt and mate, I am already seeing snakes out as temperatures are reaching 66 degrees," snake hunter Elliot Grimshaw said. Sightings of road-kill snakes have been reported to Grimshaw in California City and rancher Dory Kline, of Kline's Harem Arabians found a 3-½ foot, 10-rattled rattlesnake under his house just before Easter. "I...
Have you ever wanted to be a land baron? There are still some “deals” to be had in the housing market, but what does it take to buy rental property these days if you can’t pay cash? The most challenging prohibitions are Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s limits on the number of financed properties per borrower. You cannot have an interest in more than four financed one-to-four unit properties when buying a rental home. For so many investors who bought several houses the last time around, this prov...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi is thrilled to be able to send nine Tehachapi High School students to RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) in Ojai, Calif, April 23-26. RYLA is a leadership camp designed especially for the future leaders of our community. During their four days in Ojai, these nine young people will participate in classes ranging from "Goal Setting" to "Team Building". They will have the opportunity to work on their presentation skills as they participate in classes about public...
Midst the stories of couples that are celebrating their umpteenth anniversary there are scenarios of those who have loved and lost through divorce and other equally unhappy circumstances. I know. I speak for the latter group. Blame my daughter. She encouraged me to go online, seek out a suitable partner and as she put it, “For crying out loud, cut ten years off your age – they all do it, and you don’t look that old!” Now, I’ve done this online dating before and it was entertaining if nothing else and I’ve met some nice people but the playing...
Pacific Crest Trail Hikers will be disappointed this year as they proceed north from Mexico! They will learn that one of their favorite and famous traditional stops has closed, the Safley’s in Aqua Dulce. (See below for Donna Saufley's recent announcement.) Hikers will miss this place! In past years previous hikers have enjoyed showers, the mail stop, delicious food and fun, and many other delights as they collapsed in Agua Dulce after walking hundreds of miles across mountain crests and desert floors from the Mexican border. Luckily there i...
Two of the most common New Year’s resolutions are to stop smoking and to lose weight. While both are good ways to become healthier, together they pose a different challenges. Smoking is a difficult habit to break because nicotine acts to give energy, soothe nerves and increase calories burned. When someone stops smoking, the base problems stay, such as needing more pep and trying to remain calm. Weight GAIN is common because your body is no longer burning the extra 500 calories that it did when you smoked. Also, like any other addiction, in o...
Monroe High School Principal Laura Barba brought the school board up to date on the alternative school’s activities and achievements at their April 14th meeting. She told them that this year attendance is up and that the school has adopted a new motto, “All Panthers every day and on time”. A Magic Mountain Incentive trip will include between 20 and 35 students. She added that school is adding STM (science, technology and math) classes and now has a counselor two full days a week. The schoo...
Honor Flights is a program to recognize the service of veterans of World War II and the Korean War. Rick Zanuto says they deserve recognition because they sacrificed their innocence and their youth to fight for their country. He spoke recently to the Kiwanis Club and described the experiences he has accompanying veterans on these flights. Zanuto said Honor Flights in Kern County began in 2012 with 24 veterans ranging in age from 80 to 101. Since that time he has accompanied six flights as a guardian, one who is assigned to assist veterans...
At their meeting on April 16, the Rotary Club of Tehachapi presented a check for $1,000 to the Salvation Army’s after school program. The program has been an incredible success. The Rotary Club approved a $500 donation, and raised additional funds by donating all of the profits from the March 24 “Afternoon Tea” fundraiser. Pictured left to right: Marget Willer of the Tehachapi Salvation Army, and Rotarians Linda Carhart, Anne Tegarden and Rhonda Brady....
During the week of April 13 - 17, City of Tehachapi workers continued to upgrade the street lighting electrical system in front of Kohnen’s Bakery and the Tehachapi Railroad Depot and Museum. Earlier in the year the trees were replaced after their root system caused damage to the existing electrical distribution system. After new trees were planted, ones with a less intrusive root system, the workers replaced old conduit and added electrical access service boxes around the trees to prevent further damage....
