Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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If good things come in small packages, Inkopelli is destined to become a touchstone for Tehachapi. Packed inside the smallest space imaginable for a bookstore, Inkopelli fills the shelves with a surprising variety of books and gift items. Co-owner Sandra Drescher moved to Tehachapi from the San Francisco Bay Area a year ago to get away from the crowds, noise and expense. The beauty, relaxed pace, and friendliness of Tehachapi confirm the wisdom of her decision every day. An early reader and...
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She was very surprised when I told her the monthly payment would be $1127 per month. “But my Realtor told me the payment would be only $925!” The Realtor was using a mortgage calculator to estimate the payment based on the price, but the answer you get is only as good as the data you put in. It’s pretty easy to find a loan payment using a web calculator. Most loans are fully amortizing, so if you have 30 equal payments at 4.0% on $193,751, the only correct answer is $925 in monthly princ...
Rob Dixon and Catherine McCord originally bought their Old West Ranch property as a vacation home. It was a perfect getaway for them and their animals from the congestion of the Ventura coast and a chance to own a ranch. They have owned the property and have been coming to Tehachapi for over a year. They bought a homestead where the house had been destroyed in a brush fire that had been started by a plane crash. Although the main house was gone, there was an apartment over the garage. It would...
In recent years, with eighty percent of the population being overweight, the majority of attention has been drawn to those who are too short for their weight. There is still a portion of those remaining who are underweight. According to CNN, in 2012, approximately two percent of Americans are underweight. For this small slice, gaining or even maintaining weight is a huge problem. Depending on the reason for the thinness, many who cannot gain weight are the envy of those who gain too easily and therefore get little sympathy for their plight. In...
Because dogs and humans are both highly social animals, social learning theory applies to both species respectively. There is also research into the theory that social learning in domestic dogs has been heavily influenced by dogs' co-evolution with humans. In other words, dogs learn from their own canine social groups as well as from their human group or "pack" members. Social learning can reduce the costs (e.g. time, effort, risk) involved in the acquisition of resources or new skills....
I’m Kate Lueder the lost/found phone line person for The Tehachapi Humane Society (THS). In the last couple of months a fellow THS member, Cathy Springer, has introduced me to a great new way to get the word out in the local area for lost and found pets. It’s Facebook! I myself don’t use Facebook but Cathy does and has given me instruction in how to pass on this great new way to advertise your lost/found pet. First go on your Facebook page. Then go to the following sites to post your pet: Tehachapi Pet, Tehachapi Pet Network, Tehachapi Class...
Orbital Sciences 'Stargazer' L-1011 launch aircraft was the star of the show at the Aerospace in California Plane Crazy Saturday event held by the Mojave Transportation Museum Foundation on August 16, 2014. This is the last flying L-1011 TriStar in the world and according to officials at Orbital, the plan is to keep her flying until 2020. Special thanks to Ed Dunlap and the Orbital crew for positioning the TriStar on the ramp and setting up informative displays complete with videos of rocket...
With a Presentation at 11am by Andrew Bingham, Innovative Space Propulsion Systems – Project Engineer Description: Learn about the design and testing of the Curiosity Mars Rover's Sample Acquisition/Sample Processing & Handling System, and the deployable dust covers which protected its cameras from being sandblasted during touchdown on Mars. Get the latest updates on the mission progress and a sneak peak at NASA's next rover which will be heading to Mars in 2020. Plane Crazy Saturday is at t...
Is the rate of cancer diagnosed for Tehachapi residents truly increasing as some believe, or is social media just making us more aware of this insidious disease within our midst? Whatever the correct answer may be, our community is realizing that Tehachapi is at a distinct disadvantage because of our location. Any kind of chemotherapy treatment is at least a 90 mile round trip trek, either "down" the mountain to Bakersfield or over to Lancaster/Palmdale. Diagnosed with stage IV colorectal...
The last few weeks our family has thought of nothing outside of Tehachapi’s first annual Gran Fondo. As the month progressed, we saw more and more participants riding the terrain in preparation for the upcoming event. This has motivated our entire household and today it has culminated into a near frenzy. With excitement in the air, the kids and I have drug out all our old bicycles from the garage and started the necessary maintenance for our family’s involvement. Mind you, none of us will be...
A person hears when sound waves inside the ear are converted into nerve signals that are recognized by the brain as sound. The eardrum and three bones in the middle ear amplify sound vibrations as they travel to the inner ear. Inside the inner ear is the cochlea, which contains fluid and to which are attached tiny hairs that translate the vibrations to electrical signals which in turn stimulate the brain to hear sound. When these hairs are damaged, the electrical signals are not transmitted...
The logo for the duo, JC & Laney reads, "Heart 'n' Soul & Rock 'n' Roll." That's the perfect summary for this dynamic musical duo who will take the stage at Fiddlers Crossing on Friday, September 26. Although they have been together for just five years, they have already released five CDs of original compositions, are regularly played on Pandora, Spotify, and dozens of other internet radio stations, and have had many of their songs picked up by touring artists throughout Europe and the US. JC...
The Apple Festival was an incredible success last year, so its coming back and this year it will be even more apple-y. David Brust, the event organizer, announced that this year the festival will be a two-day event on October 11 and 12 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Railroad Park and Robinson Street, in Tehachapi. Some of the things that you can expect are even more apple related items, including apple cider, apple drinks, more farmers with apples, and each vendor will have something apple-y....
Answer: You probably didn’t notice, but when the clock stuck midnight on Dec, 31, 2013, a number of popular tax benefits, commonly included the list of provisions referred to as a “tax extenders” expired. While it’s possible that Congress could retroactively extend some or all of these items, you’ll have to evaluate your 2014 tax situation based on the fact that you’re no longer available. Qualified charitable distribution: For the past few years, a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) of up...
Kelly from Kieffe and Sons Ford is offering this 2013 Ford C-Max Hybrid - Well-Equipped. Must take delivery from dealer stock by Sept. 29, 2014. Call and ask for Kelly for details and a test drive. See his ad below for contact information. MSRP: $26,185; Retail Customer Cash: Expires: 09/29/2014 $2,500; Ford Credit Retail Bonus Customer Cash: Expires: 09/29/2014 $1,250 = After Incentives: $22,435 Not all C-Max Hybrids qualify for these incentives. VIN# 1FADP5AU0DL537098; STOCK# 8D0200Offer...
Moessner’s Portobello brushed 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 location....
This month I thought I would depart from the “how to” and “what to do or not to do” to something perhaps a little more philosophical. Why do we fish? I started thinking about my own past and family-fishing traditions. It turns out my father was the only person in my family, on either side, that fished. In fact, we usually fished once a year on the family vacation to Yosemite. Occasionally my dad would take me to the lake and rent a boat, but he never taught me how to fish, so to speak. Therefo...
I was searching for a column subject in my mother, Marion Deaver's stuff and I was thinking that I might be running out of ideas when lo and behold – I found an article written by her in November of 1966 about Tehachapi apples. Talk about perfect timing. I learned from the article that in 1966 the apple crop was "one of the earliest in 40 years and brought the apple crop to a close by Thanksgiving." This year the apple crop might end even earlier, due to the strange weather this valley has e...
Stallion Springs CERT The Stallion Springs CERT team hosted a preparation meeting for the GranFondo Bicycle Ride to be held on September 13. Twenty three members of the Stallion Springs, Bear Valley and Sand Canyon CERT teams attended to get a briefing on what their duties would be, and what to expect on ride day. CERT members along with the Stallion Springs Citizen Service Unit will assist the Sheriff and Stallion Springs Police Department in traffic control and at rest areas in the Cummings Valley and Sand Canyon. Over 650 cyclists are...
As an investor, you’re well aware that, over the short term, the financial markets always move up and down. During your working years, you may feel that you have time to overcome this volatility. And you’d be basing these feelings on actual evidence: the longer the investment period, the greater the tendency of the markets to “smooth out” their performance. But what happens when you retire? Won’t you be more susceptible to market movements? You may not be as vulnerable as you might think. In...
Wine making is an important California industry. It’s even becoming more important in our own local area. And some of us make wine as a hobby. So when I saw a post recently on the Internet titled something like “Things Wine Makers Don’t Want You To Know” I had to check it out. Now I can’t answer to techniques for any particular wine maker, but there was one topic mentioned that seemed worth reading more about. And that was the fining of wine. Now wine fining isn’t some magic process for making...
Did you ever wonder how your phone number appears, or not, in the local Tehachapi phone book, Names & Numbers? As the publishers of the book, each year we purchase residential and business listings for the Tehachapi area, with prefixes 821, 822, 823. If you are an AT&T or Bright House customer, we are able to obtain your information, however, if you have switched to a mobile phone or use voice over IP (VOIP), we are not able to purchase those phone numbers. If you are a resident of Tehachapi and would like to have your phone number listed in...
It seems so strange to me that schools here in California start in August. In my mind, school starts right after Labor Day, unless you are attending college which usually begins later in September. I guess this is another one of those things that don’t remain the same. I’m finding there are a lot of those, especially as I get older. From what I hear, I’m not the only one experiencing this phenomenon. So I guess that’s why I chose an older book to review this month: The Cross Examination of Oliv...
After two months of public meetings and much deliberation, the Board of Supervisors passed the 2014-15 FY budget. The good news is that there will be no layoffs, save for the already scheduled layoffs from the ongoing restructuring at Kern Medical Center. The total budget passed is $2.7 billion, an increase of $87.1 million from last year’s budget. Of that $2.7 billion, only $72 million is discretionary. All the rest of the monies are either “pass through” funds from the state or federal gover...
