Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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CalTrans has recently had roadside trash picked up along Highway 202 from the four-way stop at Cummings Valley Road to Tucker Road. This was a big project, as the amount of litter was considerable, particularly in the area of Old Town. I was embarrassed to think that visitors to our area were seeing the pride of Tehachapi – NOT! To demonstrate our pride in the Greater Tehachapi area, we should encourage every organization in this area to adopt a section of Highway 202 to keep litter free. I hate to think of the many months and the amount of t...
Heritage Oaks School is proud to send forth these gentlemen and look forward to seeing them live as "Knights for Life" and give "All for Christ!" Nathan Bruhl (Valedictorian) Nathan Bruhl is Valedictorian of the class of 2021. He has attended Heritage Oak School since fifth grade and participated in the Drama Club and served on the Student Council in public relations and as vice president. Nathan is also a two-year member of the National Honor Society. Nathan's passion for music allows him to...
Scott Bugé began his high school career in 2017 after culminating from Jacobson Middle School. At the end of eighth grade he applied to be accepted into the Tehachapi High School Engineering and Manufacturing Academy (THEMA). He was accepted and was in the Academy for all four years of high school. Being in THEMA entailed taking AP classes every semester. Beginning in ninth grade, Scott was on the varsity swim team. He spent four years as a Warrior swimmer. During ninth, tenth and eleventh...
The exhibit “Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas” was held at the High Museum of Art Atlanta in 2014, and it featured the world’s most stunning concept cars built between 1934 and 2001. In many instances, seemingly futuristic cars like the ones in this exhibit influence what’s to come in the automotive industry. For instance, William Stout’s Scarab, built in 1936, was inspired by the shape of a scarab beetle. While it seemed radical at the time, the shape eventually gave way to a classic automotive style: the minivan. Here are some...
Another of the innovative and beautiful flooring products sold by Stockdale Tile and Flooring Center are Mohawk’s RevWood flooring products which are revolutionary laminate wood flooring combining the elegance of hardwood with the toughness of laminate. Developed to withstand real life flooring issues, the two RevWood products, RevWood Select and RevWood Plus, offer durability, beauty, functionality and longevity. Mohawk laminate flooring is made in the USA and is NALFA (North American Laminate Flooring Association) certified. This c...
Ransomware is one of the biggest and fastest-growing threats online. The year 2020 saw a massive spike in ransomware attacks and the amount of money paid out to criminals. Quick refresher: Ransomware is malware or malicious software. Malware can damage your computer or your files. Computer viruses, worms, trojan horses and spyware are all considered malware. I think any program that advertises itself as free and then makes you pay for it once it's installed on your computer is malware, too....
One of my earlier memories from the 1930s was Tehachapi's 4th of July free barbecue! It was taken for granted that everyone would be in the City Park and have a wonderful meal that included beef prepared in deep-pit style cooking where the meat is slow cooked for 24 hours in an underground pit. Word spreads fast when the term "free" is included and people from near and far came; some as far as Los Angeles. Our small community, in the 1930s, had a population of a scant 1,000 souls, including the...
On Memorial Day a service took place at the Cub Lake Veteran's Memorial in Bear Valley Springs. Ben Chavez, US Army Vet, gave the introduction and then called for the Pledge of Allegiance. The National Anthem was beautifully rendered by Tamara Solange. Martin Hernandez, the BVSVA Commander, spoke and asked, "Are we worthy of the sacrifices these servicemen gave?" Many Honorees were remembered this day. Each has a plaque on the pillars at Cub Lake Memorial and the widow of each member was called...
Memorial Day in Tehachapi was full of ceremony, honor and a grand parade. A large crowd gathered to watch the parade travel down F Street to Central Park, where a flag raising ceremony took place accompanied by a 21-gun salute and the fly-over of a Navy biplane. The program in the park began with an opening prayer by American Legion Post 221 Chaplain Eric Purdy. It was followed by an address delivered by combat veteran Dave Reinhart, Dennis Ragsdale read the names of over 150 local veterans who...
The Mojave Transportation Museum saluted radial engines at the May 15 Plane Crazy Saturday and Mike Nixon, president/CEO of Vintage Radials, was so good to come and tell everyone about these great round engines. It reminded me of some of the airplanes we have owned with big radial engines. In January 2003, we owned a C-123K Provider and my husband Al decided to start the engines. It sounds easy enough, but it takes a lot of preparation since it had been sitting for several months. The Fairchild...
The Road Not Taken By Robert Frost, 1916 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same, And both that morning equally lay In leaves no step had trodden black. Oh, I kept the...
I know that the official start of summer isn't for a couple of weeks yet (that is, June 21), but thanks to the weather and the Memorial Day weekend, I feel like summer has finally arrived. And I'm loving it! I hardly remember last summer at all. I know my store was closed for a couple of months while we were trying to figure out this new pandemic thing, and when we reopened, everything was different. And we were not alone. Many other businesses shut down for a few weeks, some never reopened. My...
Now that "this" is beginning to wind down in our local area I – accompanied, of course, by my constant companion, Pepe – have just barely begun to take a toe step into potentially hot water during the SIP (sheltering in place), isolation routines that have been pretty much well established for us during the year 2020; now leading into mid 2021. Simple things, like meal planning and purchasing food combined with preparation and enjoying the pleasures of eating the meal itself, have been an eve...
This is the 15th article in a continuing series about local military veterans and their service to our great country. Ron was born in Wichita, Kansas, on Sept. 6, 1947. His father, just out of the service – he had fought with the Army in the Pacific Theater, at one time becoming trapped behind Japanese lines for six months until being rescued – was going to school in Wichita for the Boeing Aircraft Company, for which he would work as a machinist for several years. As a young boy, Ron moved bac...
Cora Shea Sweeney is an exceptionally talented young woman. Especially appropriate for the 2020-21 school year, her favorite quote by Victor Hugo illustrates her optimism: "Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise." Cora has attended Valley Oaks Charter School for six years. She loves art, music and drama. Cora has taken advantage of VOCS' unique charter by also attending dual-enrollment academic classes with Humboldt State University and Cerro Coso Community College. Her rigorous p...
Recreational Swim Cost: $5 (cash or check only) Punch cards available for $40 (10 punches). Days & Times: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Lap Swim Ages: 14+ Cost: $5 (cash or check only) Punch cards available for $40 (10 punches). Days & Times: Monday-Friday, 5-7 a.m. Shallow Water Aerobics Ages: 16+ Cost: $5 (cash or check only) Punch cards available for $40 (10 punches). Days & Times: Mondays and Wednesdays, 7-8 p.m. Deep Water Aerobics Ages: 16+ Cost: $5 (cash or check onl...
Something untoward happened to me in 2006. One January night about 8 p.m. I felt pain behind my right lung, back side of scapula. It kept getting worse. My husband George went to bed (not feeling very well) and then I packed a bag. I sat in a lounge chair and hoped it would go away. But the pain just got worse and moved around to the front of my chest, so at 2 a.m. I drove myself to our local Tehachapi Hospital five miles from our house. Dumb? We are on a dark street – no street lights – and...
Frank R. Stibor was a frequent contributor to the Tehachapi News with his Letters to the Editor, but this will be the last time his name graces those pages as he succumbed to his battle with esophageal cancer the morning of May 6, 2021. Known for his acerbic wit, humor, gregarious personality, love of books and booming voice, his presence will be sorely missed by family and friends. Frank taught at Mojave High School for 28 years and lived in Tehachapi since 1988. Frank was a Vietnam Era U.S. Ar...
Francisco Javier Herrera simply known as Javier Herrera or Javi entered into Heaven with our Lord on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. He was born to Francisco Javier and Juana Herrera Oct. 2, 1950 in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Javier moved to Tehachapi in 1963 and proceeded to attend Wells Elementary, Jacobsen Junior High and Tehachapi High School where he graduated as a Warrior in 1970 and continued on to Bakersfield College. Javier married the love of his life Rosa, Aug....
Valley Strong Credit Union and Financial Center Credit Union are excited to announce their plans to merge pending regulatory approval and membership vote. If approved, the organization will operate under the Valley Strong name. The organization’s combined assets would be approximately $3.2 billion, and would serve nearly 200,000 Members with 27 branches throughout the San Joaquin Valley from Lodi to Tehachapi. “The phrase ‘Growing Together,’ is a perfect adage, as this merger represents a strat...
All American 5K presented by Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Virtual and In-Person Options We are offering both in-person and virtual options for the 2021 All American 5k. This race will be a rolling start. Rolling start begins at 7 a.m. and will go until 9 a.m. You can start running when you arrive. Register online at www.tvrpd.org/events/all-american-5k. In-Person 5K Registration: Open through June 24 Pre-registration only - no day of race registration! Registration fee: $45 Race Day: July...
At 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, June 15, the City of Tehachapi will hold a symbolic Grand Reopening Ceremony for all local small businesses. With the governor lifting the tier system and allowing businesses to reopen without restrictions in California on June 15, the City of Tehachapi will hold a Grand Reopening Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Green Street in downtown. Small business owners from both the city and county areas of Tehachapi are invited to participate along with community members wanting to...
This '55 Thunderbird is in qualified hands at Blacksmith Automotive....
