Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Of course there will be things wrong with your dream house! The home inspection is designed to tell you that upfront so you can be an informed consumer. What do you do with those findings? Your Realtor is your main advocate when it comes to negotiating for repairs. You’ll review the home inspection report together and make a list of things you’d like the seller to fix. I’m here to beg you to keep your loan officer in the loop. (Heehee! That would be “me” – your loan officer in The Loop!) Your...
On August 26, dine outdoors in front of the historic Errea House and enjoy an authentic Basque dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. Begin with a glass of Picon punch, a typical Basque drink accompanied by Basque style tapas as part of the four-course meal, finishing with a slice of Gateau Basque. This is a rare opportunity to experience authentic Basque food in Tehachapi and to help fund the renovation and exhibits at the Errea House Museum. The dinner is a fundraiser for the Errea House Museum, where the...
Today is one of the best moments in history for small businesses. They not only make up the overwhelming number of businesses in the United States, and account for over half of all employment, but they are the source of the greatest job growth in the United States. While most businesses usually start out small, some of them grow very fast and become quite large in a relatively short period of time. Some grow so fast they create enormous economic growth and create an incredible amount of jobs,...
Today, We Honor The Overall Man Classic Bill Mead Reprinted with permission When we were in Sacramento recently to visit a sick relative my wife made an interesting observation. She noted that in the past we take the good times for granted while we reserve our sharpest and fondest memories for the pratfalls. She said this revelation came to her because of an incident in Sacramento when she was a young women. She was being driven down Freeport Boulevard when the drover, another relative, had the...
You can join in the fun for $15 that gets you a 4' x 4' square to create your masterpiece, a box of 24 colorful chalks and a 2017 Chalk on the Walk t-shirt. Deadline for t-shirt orders is Saturday, August 5 at 5 p.m. Check in to draw after 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 12 in front of Gallery'N'Gifts. Drawing sites are not assigned first come, first choice. Prizes are awarded for each age category at approximately 3 p.m. in front of Gallery'N'Gifts: Grade 1-2, Grade 3-4-5, Grade 6-7-8, High...
David and Bonnie Michaels arrived in Tehachapi at the end of June. They had lived in Chino Hills in San Bernardino County since their marriage 26 years ago. Bonnie retired on June 30 after working for the City of Chino Hills for the last 16 years. They both said that the area had become too congested. After looking at various retirement locations, Tehachapi offered the rural environment that they had once had and was still within close proximity to their grandchildren in Victorville. After...
The internet is a weird and wonderful place and has become something way beyond what anyone thought it could be and something no one could have predicted. From email to videos, to messaging, to images, most people have a lot of their life posted on the internet. All of your internet content is stored on servers, and mostly everything is fine. But internet content companies do go out of business or get bought by other companies, products get discontinued, and accounts get hacked. To safeguard...
I have a confession to make. Either I am getting old(er) or I have been writing this column way too long – or both! When I began this venture, it did not occur to me that I should devise a plan to keep track of the materials from my mother, Marion Deaver, so that I would know whether I had written a column about it. At the time I just figured I would remember – after all – I was "not that old" at the time. I guess I never envisioned that I would still be doing this after several years. Yet h...
On Tuesday, July 25, Assemblyman Vince Fong visited the City of Tehachapi and met with city officials and toured city facilities. "It was a great visit. We got a chance to talk about several things that impact the greater Tehachapi area. He was very gracious with his time and is genuinely interested in what's happening in this part of Kern County," said Greg Garrett Tehachapi City Manager. Mr. Fong spent approximately two hours with city staff and officials including Mayor Ed Grimes. Items...
B.T. writes, "I'm trying to train my dog to do basic commands like sit and lay down, and at first he was doing great. But now, no matter how many cookies I give him, he seems distracted and won't listen, much less do what I ask. Please help!" Dear B.T., Food can work wonders in motivating your dog, and getting him interested in learning new things. However, food is an extrinsic motivator of behavior; and the ultimate goal of positive reinforcement training is to build a dog's intrinsic drive to...
Have you ever found something you could not say no to, besides, drugs, alcohol or other addictions, but rather something positive that was like a miraculous treasure? Sometimes we discover real treasure that we can't ignore and we are willing to give everything to have it in our lives. Some of us find "treasure" that influences our careers. We are called to be police officers, firefighters, soldiers, teachers, activists, or even beleaguered ministers, not due to the salary that is paid, but due...
I'm going to revisit the Title IX issue again because once again it is being dissed and dismissed by certain government officials in our country. Like many people (and like the ex-jock I am), I tend to think of Title IX in terms of what it has meant to female athletes, but while sports are certainly worthy of equality, 1972's Title IX itself encompasses so much more than sports. The Title reads: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be...
Just like a well known American truck, your body is built to last. But if it's built to last, why do so many people have serious problems with their bodies? If a human body is built to last, why does it seem to break down so easily? The drug industry earns billions of dollars per year, profiting from the tendency of so many people to suffer from debilitating diseases. For example, osteoporosis affects more than 10 million people in the United States, mostly women. The condition involves loss of...
Once again the path of the moon is going to match up well with the position of the sun in the sky. So we're going to get a solar eclipse. This one will be total for a large strip of the US; but given that the eclipse is a Monday (August 21), many of us won't have the opportunity to head off to someplace where the eclipse is total. (It's only a few hundred miles up to Oregon, for those of you that can!) Here in Tehachapi we won't be getting a total solar eclipse, but during the eclipse it will...
Tehachapi's own 10-12 year old Little League softball girls place 3rd in the State of California Southern Softball Championship. Thirteen 10-12 year old Tehachapi girls made local Little League history with a third place finish in the State of California Southern Softball Championship in Hesperia, CA. June and July of this year, the team progressed farther into the Championship tournaments than any other team in Tehachapi history. Success started with a 2-1 win in a District 51 Championship...
Some stories begin with "Once upon a time" and that's as good a place to begin as I speak of long time Tehachapi citizen, Adalay Elva Johnson Bassler, who celebrated her 94th birthday on July 23. A host of friends were there to wish her well. It was time, I thought, to get acquainted with the vintage lady and find out what kept her busy these many years. I might as well begin at the beginning. Traveling back four score plus fourteen years ago, we find that she is one of the twelve children born...
As one of her last duties as secretary to the Planning Commission, Roxanne Davis swore in new commissioner Ken Wright at the Commission's July 24 meeting. Davis, who has been secretary to the Planning Commission since 1995, will be moving to the Department of Public Works to assist Director Ryan Montgomery....
You've researched long-term care insurance (LTCI) and are seriously thinking of buying a policy. Just make sure you're doing it for the right reasons--don't be swayed by unsubstantiated sales pitches. Here are some claims you'll want to think twice about. A long-term care policy is a great tax write-off Though it's true that premiums paid on a tax-qualified LTCI policy can reduce your tax burden, you must itemize deductions to be eligible. When you're older, perhaps you'll no longer itemize...
The Tehachapi Society of Pilots (TSP) has recently awarded scholarships to local area students for aviation and aerospace related pursuits. These scholarships have been made possible by contributions from area businesses and individual contributors. Local area businesses and individuals making major contributions include; Galactic United (Mojave), Jennifer's Terrace (Tehachapi), Adaptive Aerospace (Tehachapi), The Space Ship Company (Mojave), Scaled Composites (Mojave), Skylark North Glider...
California City Arts Commission is excited to host Rich Gallego, an accomplished Plein Air Painter, for their August workshop on Saturday afternoon, August 19 from noon to 3 p.m. The class will be held at the California City Arts and Community Building. Rich will be teaching the basics of Plein Air Painting including what to bring while you're painting outside, and how to compose your painting. Rich Gallego has been painting the landscape since 1996. His longtime love of nature's wild places hav...
Safer driving Driving is such a common part of our everyday lives that it's easy to forget how inherently dangerous it can be. Every vehicle on the road – including yours – weighs several tons. That is a massive amount of energy to be transferred in an accident. Here are a few simple ways to enhance driving safety. Back away from the phone Let's start with mobile phones. Before your eyes glaze over, think about this: 25% of all road accidents are caused by mobile phone use. If someone waved a m...
Where is Onyx? It's east of Lake Isabella on the south side of Highway 178. From Tehachapi drive north on Highway 14, and turn left (West) on the 178! Onyx is west of Walker Pass and east of Weldon. Why go there? To explore the area and check out the unique Old Onyx Store with its unusual gifts, treats, old fashioned candies, and delicious sandwiches! You will feel like you have gone back in time as you browse through this interesting store. Kindly owner Gaye Honeycutt makes customers feel...
We all know what it is like to lose a loved one. It is painful. It is part of life. But imagine you are a 10-year-old kid and when you come home from school one day someone tells you that your brother has died. There is pain but there is also confusion, anger, disbelief, worry and frustration because you don’t know how to express what you are feeling. To make matters worse, your family members may try to protect you by not talking about the death when you are around. Not talking about it does n...
Gary Jones, (born in Duncan, Oklahoma, 1955), is a professional musician, songwriter and sound and recording engineer. He attended Sound Masters Recording Engineering Schools in North Hollywood where he received a degree in Recording Engineering in 1983. His mentor and teacher , Brian Inglesby, encouraged him to also attend San Fernando Valley College where he continued his studies in electronics. After receiving his recording degree, Gary worked as a Recording Engineer at Amigo Studios in...
The excitement of the Carnival will again be part of Mountain Festival. The rides, the lights, the fun! There will be rides and fun for all ages. The Carnival will be located at the corner of Robinson and "D" Streets south of the school district offices. Carnival hours are Friday, August 18th from 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., Saturday, August 19th from 12:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. and Sunday, August20th 12:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Presale tickets at a reduced price are available at the Chamber Office. Presale...
