Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The queen contestents for Rodeo this year are pictured in all their finery after participating in the poise and speech part of the competition on Thursday night Aug. 14, 2014. The event took place at Jennifer's Terrace. As we are going to press the contest has not reached its conclusion. Stay tuned to find out the winners in our August 30, 2014 issue....
Fiddlers Crossing is putting a classical note on the end of summer by presenting a string quintet in concert on Friday, Aug. 22. The Millington Strings is a quintet of classical musicians who play their own arrangements of both classical and contemporary music. The group hails from Sacramento, where they perform in different formations – duo, trio, quartet or quintet – depending on the venue and occasion. The concert will take place at 7:00 p.m. in St. Jude's In-The-Mountains Anglican Chu...
Featured this issue is Moessner's Portobello mushroom melt, made with garlic olive oil and balsamic vinegar, roasted red bell pepper, provolone cheese on parmesan sourdough, with wasabi mayo on the side. Served with soup or salad (maccaroni salad pictured), with their famous pickle. See their ad below for info....
Hooray that you finally know you should talk to your lender before shopping for a home with your chosen Realtor. You’ve got a piece of paper that says you’ve done your homework first, but what should the seller make of it? Lots has been written about home loan pre-qualification versus home loan pre-approval. You could split hairs about what each term means, and every expert has an opinion. But all a prudent seller wants to know is that once you are under contract you can close the deal. So wha...
Tom and Debbie Burgess moved from Bakersfield, Calif. into their new Bear Valley home in May, not too long before Tom’s June 30th retirement as Federal Probation Officer. He had worked at the Federal Courthouse for 22 years and 9 months and now that they were “empty-nesters”, they felt it was time to move. Their oldest son lives in the area and Debbie says he tried to “lure them with the promise of grandchildren”. However, since they already liked the area, it didn’t take much “luring”. B...
Nearly 30 members of the Old Town Association Steering Committee met and voted to change the name of the revitalized Merchants Association to be all encompassing and held the election of their new officers for the remainder of 2014-15 fiscal year. Donna Fischman will serve as President, with Ron Depew as Vice President; Jay Prisco will serve as Secretary; Carol Lawhon as Treasurer; and Ron Fishgold as Member-at-Large. About a dozen members present took applications for grants offered up by Kern...
Lions Clubs throughout the state collect used eyeglasses and bring them to regional Recycling Centers like the one in Lancaster, Calif. There they are repaired, cleaned and sorted by prescription strength. These are then distributed to people in need in developing countries. Last year Lions recycled over 200,000 pair of eyeglasses and are setting up more collection points to top that figure. If you have eyeglasses you no longer use, please donate them now. Lions accept prescription and reading...
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental disorder that affects how the brain processes information. Symptoms of Autism vary in both type and degree and can develop gradually, but the condition is usually recognized by age three, and often sooner. An infant with autism does not react to social stimulation with healthy behavior such as babbling, laughing, smiling, or making eye contact. Instead, an infant with autism may show a marked inability to interact, and often begins to show...
Tehachapi, CA. – Calling it a "community success" the Tehachapi Mountain Brew and Grill Fest is donating over $11,000 to local charities including the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Central California, Tehachapi Boy Scout Troop 136, AYSO Region 479, Tehachapi Lyons Club, Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club, Kiwanis of Tehachapi, Rotary Club of Tehachapi, Rotaract Club of Tehachapi, Tehachapi Masonic Lodge 313, Marley's Mutts, Save Tehachapi's Orphaned Pets and Kelly's Therapeutic Riders. "We are so h...
Tehachapi, CA. – California Breweries up and down the State competed in the inaugural Central California Craft Beer Competition on July 19th in Tehachapi, California. The Beer Judge Certification Program sanctioned event featured some of the top judges in the state. The competition showcased several styles including Pale Ale, Brown Ale, India Pale Ale (IPA), Hefeweizen, Stout and Porter. Awards were given in each style as well as overall Best of Show awards. After several hours of quiet deliberation and serious swirling, sniffing and t...
What is retirement planning? Retirement planning involves an analysis of the various choices you can make today to help provide for your financial future. To make appropriate choices, you need to predict – as well as you can – your future economic circumstances. You’ll also need to establish your post-retirement goals. When you’ve determined how much of an income stream you’ll probably require in the future, you’ll be in a position to make wise choices now about income, saving, investments...
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Harvested trees from Alpine Forest find new home as furniture and construction lumber for use by Kern County Fire. Kern County Fire Crews at Camp-8, newly housed at the old Monroe High School have a working smaller scale saw mill. Fire crews 81 and 82, under the leadership of Crew 81 Forman Casey Payne, and Crew 82 Forman Craig Estep, have been helping in the harvesting and removal of Bark Beetle infested trees in the Tehachapi area. The infamous Bark Beetle kills a pine and moves on to a new...
Over 60 artists lined the sidewalks of Downtown Tehachapi bright and early on August 9th to begin the annual tradition of transforming an ordinary sidewalk into an extraordinary journey of color. This year's artwork ranged from prehistoric times to insights to the future and everything in between. No matter what your artistic preference, there was something to please everyone. Several judges were overheard commenting that this was the toughest year yet, but they did manage to come up with a...
This summer's community photo contest sponsored by Gallery 'n' Gifts featured father and son winners, and a friendly competition between local husband and wife. Seems the husband Neil Barney was last year's best of show winner (a black and white photo of a traditionally dressed Turkish man) tried his hand at digital photo darkroom work this year and was chosen first place for his category. His wife Ruth during this past winter, looked out into the front yard and saw an image she thought worthy o...
I am extremely excited to announce that TVRPD has been awarded $25,000 through the 2014 PetSafe "Bark For Your Park" contest! We finished 3rd in the nation in total votes, plus won the Small City category! Our status is listed at: http://petsafe.net/barkforyourpark/ It is creative and "out of the box" efforts like this that truly maximize government's ability to provide excellent public service. Together we have financially realized yet another valuable public resource for Tehachapi! I, on...
Over three dozen booths participated in the National Night Out event held in Central Park Aug. 5. The introduction of National Night Out, "America's Night Out Against Crime", began in 1984 in an effort to promote involvement in crime prevention activities, police-community partnerships, neighborhood camaraderie and to send a message to criminals letting them know that neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. "National Night Out" is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch,...
(August 11, 2014/Bakersfield) Last year, almost 2,000 individuals found shelter at the Bakersfield Homeless Shelter and 146,629 meals were served to the community. The Bakersfield Homeless Shelter is a location used daily. Garces Memorial High School student, Kendall Rudie is taking it upon herself to remodel a room in the Bakersfield Homeless Shelter for her Gold Award Project. From Monday, Aug. 11 to Wednesday, Aug. 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Kendall completed her room remodel. In...
Pacific Gas & Electric held a First Responder Workshop for the Stallion Springs CERT team, presented by Jeff Kestly, Sr. Public Safety Specialist with PG&E. This training was specialized training for public safety first responders on how to safely respond and operate at natural gas and electrical emergencies. Mr. Kestly is one of eight Sr. Public Safety Specialists within PG&E's service territory that provide this type of training to fire, law enforcement, EMS, public works departments and...
Times sure are changing. I recently heard on the news that there was concern that the lunches that parents packed were less nutritious than the lunches that the children receive at school. Although many school districts might work hard to provide nutrition packed meals, other districts nationwide are providing Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, or meals made with foods prepared somewhere else, like the frozen convenience foods found in the freezer of your supermarket. These foods have a tendency to be high fat, high sodium and/or high sugar. Now we are b...
This month my favorite household appliances are window fans. Since I live in an older house sans air conditioning, these fans are heaven sent. Add in an ice-filled bandana for my neck and a cool glass of iced tea and I’ll survive these hot summer days very nicely. For all of my complaining about the heat, my tomatoes simply love it and I do so delight in the longer summer evenings. Theoretically, summer is supposed to be a time of leisure with extra time for reading. I hope you are finding it so...
“The motorist and the bicyclist should be friends, Oh, the motorist and the bicyclist should be friends, The vehicle code they must abide, no matter what they choose to ride, But that’s no reason why they can’t be friends.” For some, there is nothing finer than gearing up and going out for a bicycle ride through the Tehachapi area. Some bicycle enthusiast find sheer joy in challenging themselves by riding great distances, but must do so by sharing the road with cars, trucks, and motorcycles. Bicyclist and motorist have responsibilities that th...
When I go through my mother Marion Deaver’s files, I never know what I am going to come up with. For instance, last week I was looking for some more information other than what I had so I could write a column on Tehachapi’s Mountain Festival. Instead I found an employment brochure for the Muroc Schools. There is no date on the brochure, but it says the district is unified, which happened in 1953, according to the current district webpage. As I have mentioned before my brother Mike rode the bus e...
Do you remember having to park in a dirt lot across from the train station to find the only radio signal in town? Did you ever live in a tent in your backyard after the 1950 earthquake? If so, you would be classified as a Tehachapi Oldtimer. Don't worry, the term is a respected one and is shared by the three hundred plus Oldtimers that met for the annual Oldtimers Reunion this past Sunday, August 3rd at West Park Activity Center. Some of Tehachapi's longest-living citizens traveled to the event...
A GranFondo is likened to one of those giant (serves 4-6) sundaes, offered in ice cream shoppes. To begin, the sundae glass is the incredible mountain scenery. To this, one would add several large scoops of ice cream or participants ranging from professionals to 80 year-old tourists. In lieu of hot fudge, pineapple and caramel toppings, you add mechanical and medical support, feeding and hydration stations and bring traffic to a screeching halt. Sprinkle with lots of enthusiasm and supportive...
