Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The California City Parks and Recreation Department and California City Arts Commission will present the 14th annual California City Renaissance & Fantasy Faire, taking patrons back in time to 16th century England on Oct. 15 and 16. Gates will be open 11 to 6 p.m. Saturday and 11 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Cost of admission for adults is only $8. Children 12 and under are free. Military & seniors are $5. Cash only. Parking is free. The Guilde of Sainte Marie returns this year as the Court of Elizabeth...
On Saturday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. you are invited to Downtown Tehachapi for the 4th Annual Tehachapi Apple Festival. This year a red Car Show has been added. It will take place on Saturday only, on F Street between Green and Curry from 10 a.m. til 6 p.m. There will be approx. 25 cars for you to view and then vote for the one that you think is the best of the best. The car owner will get a cash prize based on your votes. On Sunday only the...
Several weeks back my phone rang and a California City caller wanted to know if it was real that home loan appraisals were taking over a month. For her rural area, it was true. What’s that about?! You heard my story about the out-of-town lender who wanted to charge a Tehachapi buyer $1000 to do an appraisal. After some creative suggestions, we were able to find someone to take the job for a more normal fee … But that report still took over three weeks to be completed. (As the seller on that dea...
In Part 1 in the last issue of The Loop, I shared how my disappointment at the absence of keynote speaker, Hollywood producer Leo Severino, at the Second Annual "A Night in the Vineyard" on August 27, 2016, turned to delight with the sharing of two young Hollywood stars, "Joe" and "Michael." We had gathered at Triassic Vineyard to help raise funds for the Norbertine Sisters' new chapel project (more details on this in The Loop, August 6, 2016). We left off in the last article with "Joe" being...
I met Paul and Pamela Forbat in Central Park on the 4th of July. They said that they had bought their new second home in Bear Valley Springs last April and were only weekenders. It took a few months and several phone calls for us to connect again. Paul told me that this was their second vacation home in the mountains; the first had been in Pine Mountain Club. Their permanent home is in Simi Valley, Calif., between the San Fernando Valley and Ventura County. They said that it was the four...
I knew one of the steam locomotive engineers whose usual run brought him from Bakersfield up and over the Loop, through the Tehachapis and down to the desert area. They called him "Olie" (O-lee) but his official name was Hubert Porter Oldham. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad out of Bakersfield as an engineer for forty-four years; from 1904 until 1948. The term "hoghead" was given to the steam locomotive engineers of that time and was sort of a status symbol as were the pinstripe...
October is here: cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, colorful leaves, windy days and the last full month of presidential political ads. God help us. This, too, shall pass. I write today knowing that there are many things in the air at my church this month. Folks are fall cleaning their closets and preparing for a church rummage sale on Saturday, October 22. Meanwhile, artistic elves have been painting up a storm in our Friendship Hall, adding color to a previously beige gathering space. Our...
As most regular readers of our column know, I am the director of Marley's Mutts' community outreach, education, and therapy dog certification program, also known as "Miracle Mutts". Zach and I started the program just over three years ago, and it has evolved in leaps and bounds ever since. I've been very fortunate to have almost limitless creative license to develop and expand; to innovate in alignment with the program's natural inclination to "face the sun" and grow. Our program has many...
Have a Heart Humane Society is pleased to once again offer a family pack of 4 Park Hopper Disneyland (Anaheim, Calif.) tickets. These one day Park Hopper tickets are valued at over $600. We are looking to raise $2000 through an opportunity drawing of only 100 entries for $20 per entry, which means you have a one in a hundred opportunity to get the family pack, and those are some pretty good odds. Our goal here is to begin a special building/buy fund account geared only for one thing, to buy property in Tehachapi to build our own adoption...
Hall Ambulance Service has opened recruitment for Class 32 of the Hall EMT Academy, which begins January, 2017. Recruits are full-time employees who learn everything they need to get started working as an emergency medical technician in the Hall Ambulance 9-1-1 system. The Hall EMT Academy is not a school, but a pathway to starting your career at Hall Ambulance. It is comprised of classroom and field training in an accelerated 12-week format. Upon completion, graduates will have received their s...
The annual American Indian Celebration at Antelope Valley Indian Museum returns on October 15 and 16, 2016, from 11 to 4 p.m. Admission is $8 for adults (cash only). Children age 12 and under are free. Parking is free. Proceeds from the event will be used by Friends of the Antelope Valley Indian Museum to support museum programs. The dance arena will feature the Little Creek Lodge Singers Northern Traditional-style drum group. This year we will also welcome the Changing Spirits drum group. Nativ...
First Fridays have become a popular event of fun, refreshments, hospitality and shopping at all the participating venues. Gallery 'N' Gifts will be hosting a Costume contest. Gallery 'N' Gifts is located at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. Tehachapi Treasure Trove is located at 116 East Tehachapi Boulevard, right across the street from the water tower in Railroad Park. Meet our teachers, see their work and learn about the classes they offer. Come see what is happening and join the fun, food, wine and conversation. Oak Tree Art Antiques Etc Located 102...
Lucinda Thomas teaches a drawing class on Monday morning in addition to an afternoon kid's class. Lucinda has 30 years experience in teaching a variety of art forms including drawing, painting, clay throwing and sculpture, mosaics and more. She has worked with children, adults and disabled clients. Gloria Moore specialized in clay sculpture and hand building using locally mined clays. Her favorite subjects are animals and small containers. Periodically she takes groups to Rosamond to mine their...
Witch's Hats and Costume contests mean one thing...fall is right around the corner. What better way to kick off the season than with some cool prizes to celebrate your creative spirit? With Halloween only weeks away it will be fun to get your costume together early and join Gallery 'N' Gifts for a costume contest on First Friday Oct. 7 from 5 to 8 p.m. at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. If a whole costume is too overwhelming for you, why not grab a $4 witch's hat from Gallery 'N' Gifts early and...
Stallion Springs Parks and Recreation invites you to the annual Octoberfest Celebration on Oct. 1, from Noon to 6 p.m. at the Stallion Springs Community Center. Everyone is welcome to join in the fun. Food, beer, wine, gifts, and kid friendly activities are just part of the fun for the whole family. No dogs allowed. Vendors are welcome. Contact the CSD at (661) 822-3268 for more details. The library in Stallion Springs needs volunteers for 2 to 4 hour shifts Tuesday or Thursday 10 to 12 p.m. or 12 to 2 p.m. or Saturday 12 to 3 p.m. We are...
Friends of the Tehachapi Depot (FOTD), the organization that operates the Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum, is happy to announce the election of Keith Sackewitz as its new Vice President. In his new role, Keith will continue his excellent work as Depot Director of Education and he will now also oversee several key Depot departments including the Tuesday Work Crew, Museum Registrar and Facilities, Event Coordination and Depot Historian duties. Keith brings many years of strong FOTD board experienc...
On the Fourth of July, NASA/JPL's Juno spacecraft arrived at Jupiter. It's the first probe dedicated to the study of the planet itself: its atmosphere, its internal structure; and of particular interest to me, its magnetosphere. Our planet is surrounded by a magnetic field, called the magnetosphere, which protects us from most of the nasty charged particles from the sun and interstellar space. This field is generated by the churning of the molten iron and nickel in the earth's core. It can be...
Taylor Shumway, a senior at Tehachapi High School and a four year veteran of the T.H.S. Drama Program, is excited to be directing Ax of Murder. Shumway was interested in this comedic mystery because it features many plot twists and interesting characters. Bonnie Bagwell, played by Kaylee Winn, and her drama troupe are looking for a play to perform. Writer, Colin Chambers, played by Darian Brown, turns up with a script, Ax of Murder. He warns them to not read it, hints at the horrors and death...
Any one of these names will do! Shiso is Japanese, Zisu is Chinese and Kkaennip is what the Koreans call this very versatile herb. I find it to be beautiful, tasty and unusual in flavor. I think you will too. The botanical name is perilla frutescens var. crispa. I grow the variety that is green on the topside and purple on the underside but it is also available in other colors. It is an attractive perennial that has slightly prickly, ruffled leaves. The flowers are various shades of purple and...
Today, We Honor The Overall Man Classic Bill Mead Reprinted with permission from Tehachapi Lifestyle Magazine, March 2014 issue. A few weeks ago I had lunch with Bernie, a fellow I grew up with back in Iowa. We both came to California in the World War II Navy although not together. Neither of us went back to the cornbelt. The similarity ends there because Bernie's career over the intervening decades has been more noteworthy than mine. Among other things, Bernie was among those who invented the...
Every night about nine o’clock, Moonpi (our dog) and I step outside. For him it’s an opportunity to do some sniffing around and do some other doggy business. For me it is an opportunity to look up at the night sky. For the past few months I’ve been watching a small triangle of stars in the southwest part of the sky. Of course, when I finally paid attention to what they probably were, it turns out that two of them were actually planets, Mars and Saturn. The other one is actually a star, Antar...
St. Vincent de Paul, St. Malachy Conference along with the financial assistance of our National Organization was able to provide some relief for those in the Erskine fire that lost so much. Larry Fanucchi and Eileen Butera from our organization were put in touch with Tehachapi's American Legion's Post and Post 711 out of Kern River Valley as well as St. Jude's Catholic Church in Woffords' Heights. These two organizations had seen so much of the fire damage first hand and were screening those in...
The Tehachapi Apple Festival is taking place on Saturday, Oct. 8 and Sunday, Oct. 9 in Downtown Tehachapi. If you are an excellent baker, love to make apple pie, feel that apple pie is one of your specialties, get compliments from your family and friends on your apple pie, then you should consider entering the Apple Festival Pie Baking Contest. You must submit an entry form which is available at www.tehachapiapplefestival.com (see the Bake Contest Tab) and the $10 fee asap. You can call Linda at...
Don't miss this courtroom thriller directed by Rick Gould. It was originally written in 1954, as a CBS teleplay by Reginald Rose, then adapted to the stage play known as "Twelve Angry Men" the following year. Most people would be familiar with the 1957 screen version directed by Sidney Lumit and featuring Henry Fonda. Since then, the play has been produced all over the world, and a remake of the film, titled Twelve Angry Jurors, was made in 1997, directed by William Friedkin, and featuring...
I remember communicating with our dear late friend, Bob Grondzik, also known as, "Skyraider Bob" about the incredible Douglas AD Skyraider. Bob suffered a heart attack and passed away in October 2012, we still miss him deeply. He always flew up from Ramona to Mojave on Veterans Day to honor all who served. His daughter, Dana Mattner, flew Bob's T-28 Fennec in formation with the Skyraider and was the only Father-Daughter flying team out there. When they flew up for Veterans Day, his wife Mary...
