Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts Association is a non-profit organization that is offering a special afternoon of fact sharing on two of the biggest hot-button issues concerning many Americans, and hopefully, many other countries. You are invited to join us June 18 at 3 p.m. in the Oak Tree Country Club for an informative presentation by one of Tehachapi's preeminent experts on climate change, global warming, and the effects of these issues. Dr. Richard Turco is a Distinguished Emeritus...
Water is amazing. We tend to take it for granted, turn on the faucet and out it flows. Flush the toilet and away it goes. Put your glass under the ice dispenser, and clunk, clunk, clunk, out comes solid water. Here are some fun water facts to help you appreciate this fabulous fluid, or solid, or vapor. Remember the water molecule, that Mickey Mouse shape with one oxygen atom and two hydrogens sticking out like ears? Molecules are surrounded by a whirling cloud of electrons and protons. The water molecule is polar, which means that the negativel...
Michelle Vance, Economic Development Coordinator for the City of Tehachapi, spoke to the Tehachapi Lions Club on May 19 about three proposed projects for the Active Transportation Program Grant. The grants, if awarded and implemented, will greatly enhance public safety and non-vehicular connectivity for our community. The three proposed projects are: 1) Cherry Lane Southside Sidewalk Project: This project will close the existing gaps in the sidewalk from Tucker Road to Elm Street 2) Tehachapi...
Tuesday, May 31, five year old Leilani West asked Hitching Post Theater General Manager Chris Thurlow to pick one lucky ticket from nearly 2000 sold by Have a Heart volunteers. "We sold them at Radio Shack, Rescued Treasures and outside the theater. Leilani and her mom sold more than 500 tickets all over Tehachapi," says Chelley Kitzmiller, Have a Heart's president. The winner is John Stambaugh of Lancaster, California. Despite the hour's drive to Tehachapi, John was delighted with the prize...
The Thunder on the Mountain Car Show Committee awarded $6,000 in scholarships to five Tehachapi High School Students at a ceremony held May 25, 2016 at Tehachapi High School. The Thunder on the Mountain Eileen McPhee Memorial Scholarship was established ten years ago for students entering the teaching field. This scholarship honors Eileen McPhee who was a beloved teacher here in Tehachapi and also an active volunteer with Thunder on the Mountain. The Thunder on the Mountain Rufus and Dianne...
More Sponsors. More Fun. More Surprises. Cheers to Charity 2016 is shaping up to be the Must-Do Charity Event for the Summer Season! This annual fund raising event, to be held Saturday, August 13 at Aviator Park, has more sponsors, more surprises and more fun planned than ever before! Cheers to Charity benefits local charities and features live music, mouth-watering tapas, scrumptious wines, delicious craft beer ... plus the area’s only offering of skillfully made home-brewed beer. Choice cigars (available for purchase), a silent auction, a cof...
Kiwanis members learned about fire safety at a recent meeting of the club. Three members of Kern County Fire Department spoke about fire prevention programs and precautions that should be taken to be fire safe. Engineer Aaron Davis was the main spokesman with additional help from Captain Trevor Baldwin and Firefighter Mike Sanchez. An interesting program in Kern County is called ReadyKern. It is a telephone notification system that will deliver public safety messages to you at any phone number...
Develoment Services Director Jay Schlosser told the City Council that RRM Design Group, Inc has been retained to update the City's Landscape Design Guidelines. They will also be developing a new recommended plant list to incorporate into the list of draught tolerant vegitation. The list will be available online. The Council also approved two requests from Police Chief Kent Kroeger. The first approved an agreement with the California Highway Patrol for use of the Bakersfield Communication...
The name lavender is from the Latin word meaning to wash. The Greeks and Romans bathed and perfumed their bodies with lavender soap and oil. They refreshed their homes and repelled insects with urns filled with this pungent herb. Victorian women used sachets called tussie mussies to overcome unpleasant odors. Those were the "good old days" when bathing was considered unhealthy, because you might get a chill! Lavender was so favored by the British that it was called English lavender, although it...
May 6-12, 2016 (Tehachapi, CA) – During National Nurses' Week, about 60 creative children enrolled in Tompkins Enrichment & Academic Mentoring (TEAM) after school program, showed their love for Tehachapi Hospitals' Extraordinary Nurses. Mrs. Walker the TEAM director along with her team leaders Mr. Cavazos, Mrs. Meister, Mrs. Lasnier and Mr. Herrera encouraged the children to make beautiful cards expressing how they feel about Nurses and to just say thank you. Here is what some of the children w...
Event Come and join the fun. No reservations necessary. First Friday Fun Fest July 2, Friday evening 5 to 8 p.m. The theme for the Fourth of July weekend will be Red, White, and Blue. 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 any time the store is o...
Psoriasis, also termed, ‘psoriasis vulgaris,’ is a common, chronic, relapsing/remitting, immune-mediated skin disease characterized by red, scaly patches, papules, and plaques, which usually itch. The skin lesions associated with psoriasis may vary in severity from minor localized patches to, at its worst, complete body coverage. The disease affects 2-4% of the population and often runs in families. The patches range in size and most commonly appear on the knees, elbows, scalp, hands, feet, and...
There is no denying that the use of bicycles has increased tremendously in the last few years. Not only for the purpose of sport such as mountain biking and racing, but more and more people are riding their bikes to and from work. According to CNN Money the use of bikes to commute to work has increased 70% since 2000. Did you realize that there is a National Bike to Work Day (which this year was on May 20th) and Bike to Work week (May 16-29, 2016). The enthusiasm and participation for this event and for bicycling in general has just continued...
Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks officially broke ground at the new Meadowbrook Park and Playground on the morning of June 6. TVRPD board members, staff and city officials were joined by many members of the community at the event. Cash the Wonder Dog, a sponsor of the new Dog Park, also put in an apprearance. "Today is a monumental day for TVRPD," said General Manager LeAnn Williams, "I am very honored to be here." She and Maintenance Supervisor Nolan Ferdinand will be managing the project...
The 2016 Tehachapi Rodeo season kicked off June 4 and 5 for young cowboy and cowgirl competitors in the newly named Milano Arena at the Tehachapi Rodeo Grounds and Event Center. There are five scheduled Junior Rodeo events this year. Last weekend's events counted for two. Along with these fine athletes, parents stand beside the competitors working long, hard hours leading up their child's competition. These young athletes follow the Western Heritage that sets the stage for tomorrow's...
The depot locomotive bell was rolled out on the deck and was clanging away to announce that this First Friday in Tehachapi was not just another first Friday celebration, it was also the 6th Anniversary of the Tehachapi Depot. The depot opened its doors to the public on the 5th of June, 2010 after the community rallied together to rebuild the depot that had been destroyed by a tragic fire. Mayor Susan Wiggins was on hand to cut the cake along with Friends of the Tehachapi Depot (FOTD) President...
The first Dog Days of Summer at Souza Family Vineyard saw the largest gathering of pooches and their owners to date. The May 27 event was also co-hosted by Demi Kapler, who is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, and Kern County Animal Services. Tehachapi is an ideal stop for Demi as her family lives in the area. Her mother joined her at the event at Souza and she will be visiting with her father at Walker Pass. Demi left Utah in April with plans to hike the PCT and raise money for Best Friends Anima...
Five Duke University students arrived in town on June 1, after hiking from the Mexican border. They intend to continue north to the Canadian border. They are showering and sleeping at Aviator Park at Tehachapi Airport. Hikers will continue coming through Tehachapi until late June, and then the numbers slow to a crawl. There will be a fall group coming through also, but in much smaller numbers. Over forty Tehachapi Pacific Crest Trail Angels have volunteered their time to take hikers like this...
United Farm Workers, Keene, Calif.-After they were married in 1948, Cesar Chavez would return home after experiencing a fresh injustice toiling in the fields and tell his bride, Helen, "somebody's got to do something about it." Helen Chavez nurtured her husband's dream of organizing farm workers. She and their eight small children gave up a middle class lifestyle in 1962, embracing a life of voluntary poverty to support her husband's labors. During the earliest years when he would sometimes...
