Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The first time I heard the "make like a tree and leave" I thought she said "leaf." It conjures up all kinds of thoughts. The first thought was "What the?" and the second was, "It is spring and I guess she wants people to get into the spring renewal, as in leaves populating the previously barren limbs." I know-I was over thinking this but I was a teenager. Over the years I have thought of that saying every spring as I welcome my numerous shade and fruit trees back from their slumber. I am so...
The people of the Greater Tehachapi area have pledged their hearts and pocketbooks to the construction of the Replacement Tehachapi Critical Access Hospital. Voter approval of two Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District bond measures, one for $15 million in 2004 and one for $50 million in 2009, proclaimed the community’s determination to build a state-of-the-art medical facility to replace the existing old hospital, which must cease operation as an acute care facility due to state of California s...
Who doesn’t love a good list? Here’s a resource for anyone thinking about buying a home or refinancing. Use it to educate yourself now about what you’ll be asked to document for your mortgage application process. Do - Provide your Earnest Money Deposit from your own personal bank account. Have a sufficient balance available so your check doesn’t bounce! Know that your relatives will have to show their bank statement when they give you a gift. Do - Provide all documentation for large deposit...
Measure F is the future for Kern County Libraries. This was explained to Kiwanis by Mandy Walters, a librarian who devotes personal time to speaking about the measure on the June ballot. Yes votes will allow all branches to be open at least five days per week and update technology in Kern County libraries. It will expand library programs, services, and literacy programs for children, teens, and adults. Walters explained there are 24 library branches and two book mobiles in Kern. They are funded...
Re-Accreditation for Rotary-Wing and Ground CCT Services Hall Critical Care Transport (Hall CCT) of Bakersfield has received reaccreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems (CAMTS), for its rotary-wing and ground critical care transport services. The recognition demonstrates substantial compliance in the areas of safety standards, medical direction, crew education and quality improvement. The announcement was made after the successful completion of a rigorous...
Brandon and Katie Westley had lived in Rosamond for a while. However, after visiting Tehachapi they decided that this is where they wanted to live. Since they both work for The Spaceship Company in Mojave, it seemed like a natural move. They found a home in Bear Valley and finally moved in February along with their Black Lab, Oreo. Brandon is the Lead Production Technician for TSC. He was born in Huntsville, Texas, a small town near Houston. The town was Sam Houston’s home and Brandon told me t...
Two Town Hall meetings were held on Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 at Stallion Springs Community Center. Residents were brought up to date on the upgrades to the Wastewater Treatment Plant, required water banking beginning in 2017, and status of the community mailboxes and newspaper tubes. The community's wastewater plant requires long-awaited upgrades to meet the increasingly stringent state requirements and avoid state violations. Requirements and costs are being researched at this ti...
Three lovely, brilliant young women, singing folk, gospel and bluegrass songs through a jazz-infused filter, with stunning harmonies and body percussion – this is Honey Whiskey Trio. These three graduates of the esteemed Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at Cal State Long Beach have been enchanting audiences wherever they have performed. They will bring their honey harmonies to Fiddlers Crossing on Saturday, May 21, at 7 p.m., and fans of vocal music will want to be there. The Honey Whiskey Trio e...
Would you love an easy, no cost way to help our Tehachapi pet rescues? Tehachapi Pet Lodge owners, the Andersons and the Komins, invite our customers to designate a favorite local rescue/shelter to receive an amount equal to 10% of their purchases May 14-21, 2016. The money will benefit Doberman Pinscher SOS, German Shepherd Rescue, Have-a-Heart Humane Society, Marley’s Mutts, Save Tehachapi Orphaned Pets (S.T.O.P) and Tehachapi Humane Society. Pet lovers who shop at The Pet Lodge will get to choose the local pet rescue to donate to. The Pet L...
Saturday, May 7, 2016. The Rescued Treasures resale store was crowded with cats, dogs, kids and adults. Girl Scout Troop #3405 sat quietly to hear a talk about rescued pets from Rhoda Voda. Afterwards, the girls presented Have-a-Heart with a generous donation from their cookie sales. Then, the girls were treated to a visit from Blu, the cat who had been paralyzed after being thrown from a car. Blu assured the girls that he was healing and that his vet is confident he will walk again in the...
It’s May and Summer is around the corner. The end of April was very busy for me so I hadn’t really thought of anything that I could write about. But I discovered the National Day Calendar (www.nationaldaycalendar.com/calendar-at-aglance). And if you’re needing a reason to celebrate they’ve got you covered. Did you know that May is National Barbecue Month, Hamburger Month, Egg Month, Salad Month, Salsa Month, Strawberry Month and perhaps most importantly Chocolate Custard Month? (Of course...
Someone said, “Why don’t you write something about Mother’s Day?” The day has already passed but that’s ok. Well, let’s see, it’s kind of nice that a woman named Ann Reeves Jarvis, back in the Nineteenth Century, thought there should be a special day of recognition for all Moms. It wasn’t until 1914 that President Woodrow Wilson declared it a special day to be celebrated on the second Sunday of May. Not only that, Ann Jarvis later said that due to the commercializing of the day and the profite...
It was time to paint my office at home since it had never been painted in the time I have lived there. This required me to go through old totes of photos, etc. that were above the closet that had not been seen for a long time. Their contents were mostly old photos of the kids and their school “stuff.” Then I found something of mine! I had saved a copy of the Enterprise Newspaper because it featured a photo of my daughter Meg on a “slip and slide” when she was seven. The photo allowed me to note...
At the May 2 City Council meeting, Mayor Susan Wiggins presented a Certificate of Recognition to the Tehachapi Police Explorers and their advisor Officer Mike Adams for their exceptional performance at the Tactical Explorer Competition held in Federal Way, Washington at the end of February. The team is made up of 14 highly motivated boys and girls interested in pursuing careers in law enforcement. They competed against 12 other Explorer teams including the United States Border Patrol and came...
There is no real magic to making your sales barriers go away. If you are looking for that special close, or that magic button, there isn’t one. It is more about strategy than anything else but, there are incredible strategies that you can learn that will help you become better at “making the deal.” The secret is to become better at communicating and creating relationships. When you do that, you will sell more service and move more products resulting in you making more money than ever befor...
Young cowboys and cowgirls are busy roping and riding as they ready themselves and their trusty steeds for the upcoming 2016 Junior Rodeo season with the Tehachapi Mountain Rodeo Association. The rodeo season will kick off with a 2-day rodeo weekend on Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5. This will be the first of five rodeos for the season along with a one-day final. Junior Rodeo contestants ages 6 and under will be competing in stick horse racing and stick horse barrels and then try their hand at throwing a real cowboys loop in the dummy...
Holly Arnold has joined Hall Ambulance Service, Inc. as director of business development. In her new position, she will build upon relationships with area hospitals and extended care facilities located throughout the Company's 9-1-1 paramedic response areas. In addition, Arnold will establish direct contact with public officials, community groups and organizations in the Bakersfield, East Kern, and West Kern operating areas while increasing Hall Ambulance Service's presence through various...
It’s always exciting to get a new car – even when it’s used – but it can feel like you’re going out on a limb a bit when you buy a used vehicle. I mean, people sell vehicles for a lot of reasons. Maybe they just wanted a new car, maybe there was something wrong with it, and maybe there was something really wrong with it. It’s a great idea to order a report from a vehicle history service. This can uncover title problems and may reveal serious accidents or flood damage, as well as any recall notices for the vehicle. Maintenance and repair records...
This year Major Jason E. George VFW Post 12114 is being joined by American Legion Post 221, American Legion Auxiliary, and the Bear Valley Springs Military Association in sponsoring Christina's Second Annual Fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer Research. Tickets for prizes are being sold around town at Albertson's, K-Mart and Tractor Supply until June 3rd. Proceeds from this fundraiser will be donated to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network which received an A rating from Charity Watch. Pancreatic...
The Tehachapi Lions enjoyed volunteering at the Mountain Vineyard's Single Parent Health Fair on May 1. Mountain Vineyard arranged an incredible mount of services for single parent families. The Tehachapi Lions Club, with the help of Wayne Hoffmeyer and Doude Wysbeek of the Palmdale Lions Club and Tehachapi Lion Dr. Caroline Robison, was able to provide free glaucoma and vision screenings in District 4-L1's Eye Mobile (vision screening unit). The Lions also got a chance to use their Desert...
You can invest your Social Security retirement benefit Investing your Social Security retirement benefit is an option if you don’t need to use all of it for living expenses. If you are able to invest all or part of your Social Security benefit, receiving early retirement benefits might be advantageous. Not only would you receive more benefit payments, but also you would earn money on those payments when you invest them. The rate of return you would receive would depend upon your investment. (...
The Tehachapi Lions Club was pleased to honor three local students for their achievements at their May 5 meeting. Tehachapi High School's student was Karson Gilbert. Karson likes to participate in extracurricular activities. He is the ASB secretary and he is involved in the boys volleyball club program. Karson is a friendly individual with a pleasing personality and he works hard to make the events at the high school go off like clockwork. Elizabeth Partridge was chosen by the teachers at...
Keeping your business protected against credit card fraud has never been more paramount, but for whom? Does your business have this kind of exposure? There are some exceptions. What business types are included in the liability shift and, most importantly, is yours? With an astounding amount of misinformation and misrepresentation from both sides of payments industry processors, we want to give you some perspective coming from over 30 years of payment industry experience. So let’s go. We have noticed that there is a major disconnect with many m...
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have sadly cost the lives of over 6,600 U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines. These fallen heroes have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The remains of those fallen travel home aboard aircraft in flag-draped coffins to their final resting place. It was during this journey home when Alaska Airlines baggage handlers and mechanics felt there needed to be a more dignified process for the off-load and transfer of these fallen soldiers. In 2011 these...
If you are thinking it’s time to jump in the RV and head to the beach for a few days or just take a day trip to the sand and surf, fishing will be getting under way soon. The recent storms have dirtied up the water but Mother Nature has a way of self-cleaning in short order. As the weather begins to settle down, the beaches will be ready for some great surf fishing. If you are not a fan of the sand, I assure you that the rewards are worth the effort. Surf fishing for me is one of the ultimate a...
