Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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A derelict country club building on an overgrown golf course located adjacent to a weed-covered slab that once was a tennis court went up in flames on May 5, 2016, and everyone cheered. The Kern County Fire Department incinerated the building as a training exercise and at the same time rid the Golden Hills Community Services District (CSD) of what had become a derelict eyesore, an attractive nuisance and a general pain in the neck. At one time, the structure was the home of Golden Hills Country...
Full circle – The husband and wife physician team of Dr. Harold Schlotthauer and Dr. Madge Schlotthauer, who established a hospital in Tehachapi in 1934 and served the community until 1969, were Seventh Day Adventists. Today, it is Adventist Health that is proposing to fund completion of the new hospital and lease and operate the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District properties (Proposition H, on the June 7 ballot, seeks voter approval for affiliation between Adventist Health and the h...
One of your biggest security threats doesn’t come from Internet criminals or online identity thieves. It comes from you and your outof-date software. The folks who write the programs we run on our computers spend more time on how their program works and looks than they do on security. Internet criminals know this and spend lots of time finding security flaws in popular programs. Java, Adobe Flash, and Adobe Reader are programs just about everybody has on their computers, so the criminals look f...
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 of...
Don't miss this informative presentation on the most important and contentious environmental issue of the last 100 years: Earth's warming climate and its root causes. Richard Turco (Rich) will review the latest evidence that Global Warming is unambiguously associated with human activities, and in particular, massive worldwide consumption of fossil fuels. He will then discuss the likely path forward, in light of continuing emissions of greenhouse gases, and growing concerns about serious effects...
Jessica Berman, a senior at Tehachapi High School and president of the THS Robotics team appeared before the Tehachapi School Board along with junior Anjelica Romero at their May 10 meeting. Jessica told the board that the Robotics Team recently returned from St Louis, Missouri and the robotics finals. Although the team didn't take major awards, it did receive the Dean's List Award. Ms. Berman has recently received the 2016 Young Philanthropist of Kern County Award and she and Ms. Romero both...
Open Studios Open Studios at the Treasure Trove do not require reservations – you can come and be inspired to do your best work (or play!) in our comfortable and creative environment and share ideas with other artists and crafters. No teachers will be available during open studios. Come by any time the store is open and classes are not using the entire room. Three hour Open Studio sessions are available for $5. Come on over and get busy being creative! Friday morning - 10 to 1 p.m. Open S...
Through their fundraising efforts, the Tehachapi Lions Club is able to provide four scholarships to local high school students each year. The following students submitted applications and were chosen by the Lions Scholarship Selection Committee: Nennaluz Rodriguez of Monroe High School, Jasmine Medovitch of THS, Lauren Owen of THS and Colton Tiefenthaler of THS. The students will receive their actual scholarships at their awards assemblies at the end of May, but were invited to attend a special...
For many years, we have heard that Tehachapi will have a wonderful Visitor Center. Well, if you have recently driven past the corner of Tehachapi Blvd. and Curry St., you know that it is becoming a reality. The scheduled opening of Freedom Plaza and the Tehachapi Visitor Center is late in June. Freedom Plaza will be a lovely parklike setting with shade, trees, tables and a play area for children. The centerpiece of the plaza will be monuments representing the five branches of our military. The...
tehachapi tots is an enrichment preschool program operated by the tehachapi Valley Recreation and park District. the program serves children 18 months through 5 years of age and enrollment is open to the public. All children are admitted to the program without regard to race, color, creed, or sex. the enrichment program, through fun filled activities, seeks to enhance children's social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development. Activities include supervised play, singing, games,...
On May 6, the Tehachapi Community Theater (TCT ) was given notice that they had been awarded $25,000 from the Spring Cycle grants awarded by The Bakersfield Californian Foundation. The foundation has a long tradition of giving back to Kern County through funding grants to a variety of local nonprofits. The $25,000 grant is to help with the funding of the expansion of the BeeKay Theater. Grant writers Douglas Jockinsen and Deborah Hand-Cutler couldn't be more pleased and proud. TCT is currently...
Fashion is an ever evolving change in colors, lengths, and styles. If you hold on to your wardrobe long enough it's most likely that your dated look will come back at some point in your future. Of course, our sizes change and our taste helps to dictate what we want to wear. Those who came to the Fashion Fiesta, Rotary's Spring Fashion Show held at The Depot on May 5 (Cinco de Mayo) got a firsthand look at styles, colors and fashions available locally as models from The Dressing Room, Dahlia's,...
The National Day of Prayer in Tehachapi began with an early morning breakfast sponsored by the Kiwanis Club. President Jonathan Hall welcomed the many guests and introduced Don Bowman, organizer of the event, who gave the invocation. After a delicious breakfast, prepared by Mill Street Kitchen, several young people from Heritage Oak School read scripture and offered prayers. Marian Stephens introduced key note speaker, Marget Willer, who is director of the Salvation Army Service Center in...
On Saturday, April 30, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Mormon Helping Hands, performed a service for the Stallion Springs community. Thank you to all those in attendance who helped spruce up the community roadways and parks. For more service opportunities, for you or your organization, go to www.justserve.org...
Local Kern County Fire Department spokesman Tyler Townsend introduced the speakers at this year's event which was held at Cub Lake in Bear Valley Springs. Fire representatives from several agencies spoke on the need for "Advanced preparedness". Cal-Fires theme: Ready, Set, Go was emphasized. Ready... Build a defensible space around your property and buildings. Set...Have in place an evacuation route out of the area. Go...Leave at the first sign of a wild fire in your neighborhood. Don't wait to...
It was nice to meet many of you column readers at this month's First Friday herb event. I decide to write this column because I found out that costmary is somewhat unknown. That is not surprising because the plants are not commonly sold and I have never seen it sold fresh. A good reason to grow your own! Costmary (chrysanthemum balsamita) flourished from Biblical times through the eighteenth century. It is a mystery why, with its many uses it is so overlooked today. Its minty, lemon, balsam scen...
