Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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California law states that Comprehensive Sex Ed must be taught in public schools at least once in middle school and once in high school. Beginning in the year 2001, I taught sexual health (the legal term at that time was Sex Education with an emphasis on abstinence), in both middle and high school. In preparation, I observed both faith-based curriculums and non-faith curriculums. My conclusion? I didn’t care for either one. Both “sides” seemed to have a bias that attempted to lead the listener to “their” side. In my opinion, facts should be...
Tehachapi Boy Scout Troop 3 was boothing at Mountain Festival on Aug. 19, selling beef jerky to fundraise for their future activites, when tropical storm Hilary decided to drop in. As the rain picked up dramatically, the Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce was forced to shut down the event, but not before washing out vendors and festival-goers. After quickly packing up their booth, boys from Troop 3 rushed through the pouring rain to stack chairs and take down tables from the event's outdoor dining...
October marks the beginning of the holiday season for many people and with that comes lots of things that need to be done. There are Halloween costumes to make or buy, decorations to be displayed and candy to be purchased. The same goes for those who celebrate Samhain (pronounced sow-in). The November and December holidays often include extra family and friends in the home which sparks a whole host of things to be done. While cleaning, decorating, buying or making gifts and cooking, we can get...
Just 30 minutes down Tehachapi Willow Springs and tucked away from sight is an exotic animal ranch run by Diana Freiling, who has over 25 years of experience in exotic animal handling. Windswept Ranch is home to a variety of unusual animals like buffalo, reindeer, ostriches and camels, including one from the second "Jumanji" movie. Her camels travel regularly to visit children and provide camel rides. During the winter months, Diana's reindeer also travel all over California, like SeaWorld and c...
Coinciding with Tehachapi's Apple Festival, the Friends of the Library's "Big Book Sale" takes place on Oct. 14 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Oct. 15 (10 a.m. to 1 p.m.) This will be another 2-in-1 sale. There will be two areas of books set up in the library's courtyard. The first area is the "Friend's Boutique" where we will have individually priced vintage and coffee-table books, as well as DVDs and signed-by-author books. This year we are featuring a beautiful collection of leather bound editions...
Volunteers are needed for a litter clean-up day on Wednesday, Oct. 11 from 8 to 10 a.m. beginning at the Starbucks on Voyager Drive (location near the Post Office). This is an opportunity to remove trash and debris ahead of the wet winter season. Members of the Tehachapi Area Association of Realtors (TAAR) and the City of Tehachapi will join to pick up litter in the areas north of the highway 58 on-ramps and near the Post Office. All gloves, trash bags and other materials will be provided by...
Have you ever wished for a machine that time travels? Where would you go? Do you want to know the future? Or would you rather experience the past? Can we learn from the past to make our future better? Museums are a time capsule that promotes time travel. Displays, photographs and sometimes even audio recordings tell us the "story" that was. Our Tehachapi Museum has such displays and a wealth of literature that can be looked through and purchased, materials that highlight the twists and turns of...
We have so many great events at our Tehachapi Railroad Depot Museum. One of them is Bark for Life, which supports the America Cancer Society and Relay for Life. Dog owners came out in force for the event on Sept. 16, which began at the Depot Museum. Dogs and their owners, of all ages, did a one mile walk around Tehachapi supporting Relay for Life. Kaylor, a local Tehachapi resident and dog lover, told me this is a great event to get behind and she had fun walking her dog Cali around the...
"The natural world has always been an inspiration for me. I love to explore it and attempt to convey its natural beauty in my paintings," said Gallery 'N' Gifts guest artist Cherice Hatton. "My work is about the environment and the wildlife within it. "I have an interest in the colors and patterns found in animals and how they appear almost invisible within their surroundings. Just as animals can be camouflaged in their environment with color and pattern, I sometimes place them within the...
Alien, by definition, means foreigner. I have been an alien visiting Tehachapi for over 20 years. It has become the place I escape to for a sense of nature and normalcy. I love the peaks and valleys of the sometimes green, sometimes brown, and sometimes white landscape. The epic wildflowers give me a childlike excitement when they briefly reveal their colors. The scant dusting of winter white fascinates me. To see it, makes me feel like a child with the promise that Santa Claus is coming to...
One of the oldest still extant creatures on Earth is the intimidating-looking scorpion, those ancient arachnids who have somehow managed to persist through endless catastrophes and unimaginable changes to living conditions on our planet. Scorpions have been found throughout the fossil record, dating back an amazing 420 million years or more, which is long before the first trees appeared around 380 million years ago. Scorpions are among the first animals who adapted to life on land, and there...
William F. Beasley passed away at home in California City, under hospice care on Sept. 8. He was born in Cody, Nebraska on Oct. 5, 1930 to Prudence Eva and Frank (Pete) Beasley. He was raised by his mother in Lincoln, Nebraska. He joined the Marine Corps right out of high school. He fought in the Korean and the Vietnam Wars. He was a lifetime member of "The Chosin Few" with frostbitten feet to show for it. He was a proud Marine and had emblems on everything. He was both a still photographer and...
Robert G. Myers, “Bob” passed away peacefully at home on Sept. 9. Bob was 88 years old; he grew up in Albuquerque, NM with his parents Nadine and Gearold Myers and sister Betty Lou. Bob graduated from Albuquerque High School and went on to earn a BSME at New Mexico College of Agriculture & Mechanical Arts, now New Mexico State University, Las Cruses, New Mexico in 1958 and an MBA at Golden Gate College, now Golden Gate University, Vandenberg Air Force Base in 1972. Bob served in the United States Air Force, he retired after 27 years in act...
The family members and many friends of Christopher Edward Esten, 74, are mourning his unexpected passing on Sept. 13 in Tehachapi from cardiac arrest. Chris was a highly intelligent, honorable, funny, inquisitive and loving man who brought joy, kindness and laughter to his circle of friends, neighbors and family. Chris spent his career as an aerospace engineer, and in his free time and after retirement he enjoyed travel, dining and exploring the world both in person and through documentaries...
Join the Stallion Springs community for Trunk or Treat on Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Community Center, 27850 Stallion Springs Dr. There will be candy, games, costume contests, food, a cake walk, haunted hallway and a car decoration contest. To guarantee a spot for your car, sign up on stallionsprings.recdesk.com/community/home. Volunteers are needed to help with the haunted hallway, cake walk and more, call SSCSD at (661) 823-7883. Candy donations needed, please drop off at the Stallion...
I remember one Dec. 31, 2016, New Year's Eve. Father Time, old 2016, made an effort to throw the weather book at us and surely did. Starting with sunshine, then dense fog, then rain and finally snow, he went out in a fit of madness. Guess he didn't want to leave. It gets one to thinking about days gone by, sometimes decades. Our brain is a wonderful filing cabinet for episodes from our lives that can be called up at will. We see kids today completely engrossed in their smart phones that can take...
No, we're not talking about brushing your teeth. How could that be a scam? A brushing scam is probably happening when you receive a random package you didn't order. By most estimates, millions of people around the globe receive packages they haven't ordered. You might find things like beard care items, duck head earrings, a nose flute, a big foot air freshener, or ping-pong balls in the boxes. Most of these things are small and light, making shipping cheap. But why do that? And why is it called...
Here are a couple of stories that have come to me via the Internet, stories I think are worth sharing. One perhaps will make you smile; one may make you think before you react to some situations; both are by unknown authors: Dear Dad A father passing by his son's bedroom noticed the room was unusually clean, and he saw an envelope propped up prominently on the pillow. It was addressed, 'Dad'. With the worst premonition, the father opened the envelope and read the letter with trembling hands....
Growing up Finnish meant hearing the elders talk about every subject around the kitchen table. As a child the tales my dad, uncles, relatives and visitors from Finland would tell intrigued me. The stories would emphasize the idea of the "Sisu," the soul of the Finnish people. Sisu allowed this group of people living in very harsh conditions to survive adversity. It meant that even when there was no hope left in the world Finns would scrape up every bit of urgent persistence, focus and then...
At the Sept. 21 meeting of the Golden Hills CSD Board of Directors, General Manager Christopher Carlson presented the first draft of a new 15-year Master Plan for the Golden Hills Nature Park. Carlson emphasized that this was a draft only for the board and residents to review and make suggestions. The new plan reviewed the accomplishment of the previous (2016) 5-year plan that had focused on trail and lake maintenance and the board agreed that it was time to move forward. All of the Directors...
We are taking over Papa’s House Pizza in Stallion Springs again this year with our 9th annual Oktoberfest Volkswagen Cruise-In, presented by G’s Spot VW. Last year we had more than 100 cars. This year we expect to have well over our previous year amount of participants showing off their German and Bavarian vehicles at Papa’s House, 27821 Stallion Springs Drive from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free family fun, plus vendor displays, food and entertainment. Free admission! Contact G’s Spot for any questions or details, (661) 972-6944 from 10 a.m. to 6 p....
A wonderful Senior Wellness Information Event will take place on Thursday, Oct. 12 from 11 a.m. til 1 p.m., at the Whiting Center. It’s sponsored by the BVS Police VIPS, and is for the benefit of seniors in our community, as well as anyone else who is interested. You will learn about home care, home health, local hospitals, Medicare planning and assisted living. So do come and benefit from a great learning experience! The roads and byways in our community are beginning to show signs of litter. Fortunately, the Horseman’s Association is spo...
"The Addams Family, a New Musical" by Marshal Brickman and Rick Elise, is currently astonishing sell-out crowds at the BeeKay Theatre on Green Street. It's the singing, the sets, the actors, the costumes. No question about it, the play is not only a family affair, it's a community event. The Tehachapi Community Theatre Association's current production is living proof that TCTA lives up to its mission of providing excellence in entertainment by and for members of the Tehachapi community. The...
The Ridgecrest Chamber Music Society (RCMS) is pleased to announce that its 2023-24 season will begin on Saturday, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. with a performance by the Beo String Quartet (first violin, second violin, viola and cello). Beo String Quartet was founded in 2015 in Pittsburgh by two brothers, Jason and Sean Neukom who wanted to record a song called "Happy, Happy" composed by Sean. However, to do so, they needed two more players. To date, the group has had 65 world premieres and 145 concert work...
Cowboy Mounted Shooting is a speed and precision based equine sport. The California Desperados began in 1994 and held their first competition (Shoot) in 1995. At the time, the ammunition and everything else about the sport was being developed. Rules were changing regularly and competitors were inventing the techniques. Early "Shoots" we often held in open fields or desert meadows. Today, rules of the sport and the courses engaged in competition are defined in rule books. The championship level...
