Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Saturdays at the ranch begin early. There are the regular chores to get done plus preparing for guests. We usually begin at 7 a.m. and are still scampering around getting things done when the first visitors arrive. The animals know. They just know. You can see a level of excitement as they wait for the first guests to arrive. And that is when the fun begins! Visitors are greeted at the gate and checked in, then led on a personal tour which includes teaching about the animals, taking the time to...
Keeping downtown Tehachapi beautiful is something that we can take pride in and with the City of Tehachapi's Adopt-a-Landscape program, the City is once again promoting this 12-month program and encouraging businesses, organizations, families and individuals to sponsor the landscape maintenance of areas within the city limits. With your sponsorship, the City will provide the landscaping and maintenance at one of the designated locations of your choice. Specific maintenance includes irrigation...
How many Tehachapi residents have driven Steuber Rd. between Tehachapi Blvd. and Highline Rd. and noticed a little sign on the east side of the road that said "Ha's Apple Farm" and wondered, " are they ever open?" Starting on Sept. 28, Tehachapi's best kept secret will be open every weekend for local residents to sample the products that have represented our area in Los Angeles and the rest of Southern California for over 30 years. According to owner, David Ha, it is not unheard of for a Los...
On Sept. 24 civic leaders and the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce turned out for the Grand Opening of the First American Title's new location at 1001 W. Tehachapi Blvd., Ste. B-300....
In comparing today's mortgage rates to exactly one year ago today, we are up almost exactly 1%. That's water under the bridge and can't be changed, but let's take a quick look to see what future rate increases means in real money. If you are borrowing $250,000 over 30 years, each 0.25% change in interest rate means about a $38 per month difference in payment. For a loan of $325,000, 0.25% change in rate means about $50 per month difference in payment. And at loan amount $400,000, 0.25% change in...
It is challenging for women to enter fields that have traditionally been dominated by men. This was the message heard by members of the American Association of University Women at their September meeting. Diane Barney and Sandra Urias shared their experiences working in aerospace. Both have a love for flying and each owns an airplane, in fact more than one. Barney graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University and immediately took flying lessons. Her first airplane...
I learned a lot from Mr. Rogers as a kid. He continues to be a personal hero with his gentle and loving ways of teaching us how to handle life's beautiful and difficult moments. Maybe one of his best lessons was about helpers. "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping," he wrote. "To this day, especially in times of 'disaster,' I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by...
There's no denying the health, quality of life and social benefits a healthy parks and recreation footprint has on a community. But investing in your local parks also makes a positive impact on our local economy. Our Tehachapi parks play host to a variety of events throughout the year that benefit local artists, businesses and restaurants. Activities like the Mountain Festival, Go Native, All American 4th of July festivities and the ever-popular Tehachapi GranFondo cycling event bring a big...
How do you make an event exciting year to year? You look at what worked, who came and what will bring them back. The Apple Festival, which will take place this year on Green Street in Downtown Tehachapi on Oct. 13 from 10 to 6 p.m. and 10 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 14, keeps adding more family fun. Besides the traditional Kid Zone with numerous bounce houses, which kids can experience for hours on end with the purchase of a $10 bracelet, last year we had free face painting and a glider plane experience...
Recently Sally Fields was on "The View" talking about her new book "In Pieces." During the discussion, Fields explained how creative arts have made a major impact on her life. Her statement, "when you take the arts out of the schools, you disallow children the place to explore who they are," really resonated with me. I couldn't agree more. When children use paint and drawing materials, their fine motor skills improve. Learning creative concepts teaches them to think outside of the box....
Do you know you are loved? Engrained in our culture is the belief that you must follow the rules, be exceptionally good, be in control, please people. Wrong! Author Nichole wants to tell us why. Nichole was taken out of the game and put on the bench. Upon sitting she felt for the first time an aching void, deep in her soul. Her easily relatable and humbling narrative of this journey discusses: • Being vs Doing. • The one thing we were created for. • Living a life in peace and balance. Wife...
Gallery 'N' Gifts Featured Artist for October is Linda McDermott a world traveler, hiker and eclectic artist. Linda grew up in a rural area near Cincinnati, Ohio, developing a deep love and curiosity about the world and travel. Linda moved to the Los Angeles area in 1971 and began mountain climbing and hiking in the mountains and deserts of the southwest. At the same time, she developed a love for the arts going to UCLA and majoring in Fine Arts graduating with a B.A. After raising children and...
Join us for First Friday Fun Fest at Tehachapi Treasure Trove on Oct. 5 from 5 to 8 p.m. and meet Nancy Waldron, watercolor artist extraordinaire. Nancy is constantly working with new techniques and a variety of subject matter. She will be demonstrating some of her techniques at First Friday. Come support Nancy, listen to music by Art Larsen on clarinet, enjoy some food and wine. Born and raised in San Jose, Nancy moved to Tehachapi when she was transferred to Bakersfield with State Farm...
On Wednesday evening, Sept. 19, at the Depot Museum, Cheers to Charity organizer Mary Beth Garrison and her committee handed out checks totaling $40,000 to local nonprofits and the organizations that assisted with the event. With Garrison were Barbie Herziger who organized the desserts, Becca Dillenbeck who scheduled the volunteers, Marcia Thompson who handled the insurance, Lydia Chaney who handled the printing and Curtis Nelson who was in charge of set up and take down. Over 750 people attende...
In the final minutes of the Sept. 17 City Council meeting, Councilman Phil Smith mentioned that, after his many years on the Kern Council of Governments (Kern COG) and his appeals to Caltrans for truck climbing lanes on Hwy 58 between General Beale Rd. and Tehachapi, there recently has been movement from Caltrans. Not just movement. Smith additionally reported that Caltrans District 9 Director Brent Green and his senior staff met with City of Tehachapi officials on Thursday, Sept. 20. City...
The United States Naval Test Pilot School (USNTPS) Class #154 from Patuxent River, MD; The U.S. Air Force TPS Class #18 from Edwards AFB and the National Test Pilot School Classes 18A and 18B recently came to the Hansen Hangar at Mojave Air & Spaceport for a barbeque. Vietnam combat pilots, Dick Rutan and Ralph Wise, shared aviation stories with the pilots. The U.S. Navy students come to Edwards Air Force Base for a field trip to exchange flights, or what is called "qualification flights," in...
McKenna and Danielle Ryan moved into their Tehachapi home at the end of August. They had been living in West Lancaster and really wanted a change of environment. The natural setting and seasonal changes of Tehachapi appealed to them. Both of them said they were trying to downsize but it was harder than they thought. It took them a while to find the right house, but when they did, they didn't hesitate. McKenna was raised in Downey, Calif. Her folks came to California from Rhode Island. She...
The RAM PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) California Circuit Finals Rodeo Committee and the Antelope Valley Fairgrounds proudly announces the return of the RAM PRCA California Circuit Finals to the Antelope Valley Fair & Event Center on Oct. 5, 6 and 7. This year's event will once again host the top 12 California rodeo contestants who will compete in all seven rodeo events, including bareback riding, bull riding, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, team roping, tie-down roping and...
Continuing a look at the BeeKay Theatre Mural, we skip down several folk to a U.S. Marine and his pretty, young date waiting in line to see a movie. The time frame being early 1944. World War II changed the lives of not only Tehachapi residents, but of the whole nation. The attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, caused record enlistments for all branches of the service. Many fine young Tehachapi men lost their lives. One woman, Helen Green Kent, after receiving notice that her husband had been...
I was born into a Christian family and raised mostly in two non-controversial protestant denominations: Presbyterian and Methodist. Neither church was on the fringe, and I learned a lot of good stuff in those places on Sunday mornings, and Wednesday evening youth fellowships, and at Bible camp and later church camps (both in the woods and, when we were older, on college campuses). My extended family – on both my mother's and my father's side – were fundamentalist, but I was the daughter of a m...
Recently, I hosted a small business roundtable at my office in Bakersfield for Kern County Entrepreneurs. One thing is certain, and the consensus was clear, taxes are taking too much time and money away from business operations and these owners would much rather be investing those dollars in their businesses. One entrepreneur said, "If I can pay less taxes I can expand and grow my business. This will allow me to create more jobs!" Another said, "Trying to figure out how to pay all of these...
The Tehachapi City Council voted unanimously to approve a Verizon Wireless cell tower ground lease agreement on Airport Hill, better known as the Rock Pile, located at the rodeo grounds. The original request came from Verizon in July, 2017 but had to be sent to the FAA for review as they wished to approve any non-aeronautical uses of airport land. The FAA requested that the City hire a consultant to assess the fair market value of the lease. Airwave Advisors, LLC was contacted and their...
There are many ways to give back to your community, but donating blood or platelets is one very powerful way! On Saturday, Sept. 22, Tehachapi hosted their first ever Platelet Drive in Stallion Springs. Houchin Community Blood Bank has been partnering with the Tehachapi community for more than 35 years. This was the first mobile drive where Houchin Community Blood Bank collected both blood and platelet products. Most people have heard about blood donations, but many are unaware of the...
On Sept. 15, the 5th annual award-winning Tehachapi GranFondo took place with 1,200 riders from all over the world. The long distance, mass-start cycling event is lauded by visitors and participants alike and has even garnered statewide recognition from "Cycle California! Magazine" as the Best Century Ride in California in 2014, 2015 and 2016.n...
Mark 9:30-37 tells a story of Jesus walking with his friends while they hang back bickering over which one of them is the greatest. Jesus turns around and catches them in the act. Awkward. Imagine Jesus, of all people, catching us bragging about our "greatness." I'll bet he gave them a stink-eye pause as they looked away in embarrassment. Yep, however, this story tells me that the disciples weren't hopeless, because people only get embarrassed about bragging if they value humility and in this...
