Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Imagine 3,000 years ago, during the warmer months, a gathering of Kawaiisu families (or Nüwa people, as they call themselves) on a rocky mountaintop shaded by large oaks overlooking a beautiful valley. The women are using grinding stones to make meal from the plentiful acorns there, and the men are out hunting while children play hide and seek among the sage and rocks under the oaks. At night they sleep in huts made from willow, tule and bark, and use hot rocks from the campfire to keep warm....
Robert Peralta, owner of Air Tight Heating & Air has lived in Tehachapi ever since he arrived with his parent from Riverside at the age of 17. He was just in time for his senior year at Tehachapi High School. Peralta learned the heating and air conditioning business from the ground up from a friend. He had a knack for the business and it soon became his passion. He discovered that he loved assessing problems with heating and air units and making them run like new. "If a customer thinks their...
A word from the expert's should come in handy this time of year. Taking the following advice could help you stay comfortable and protect your investment this winter. Heating systems: It is time to get your heating system checked out before it gets cold. Clean the filters and make sure your system is working well. If you wait till you need it you might have to spend a few days in the cold if something goes wrong. Heating professionals are busiest in the wintertime. No need to get in that line...
Neighborhood Watch and the Property Owners Association (POA) joined forces to provide two additional Automated Electronic Defibrillators to the Stallion Springs Police Department. The new AEDs will be placed at the CSD office and the Community Center and will supplement the units currently in the patrol cars. The units include child pads in addition to the adult pads, as the Community Center is the point of a lot of youth activities. OktoberFest Attendance was even larger than last year's....
The Tehachapi Lions Club successfully completed its 5th Annual Apple Drop on Oct. 8 during the Tehachapi Apple Festival. Due to the generosity of others, the Lions will be able to donate funds to Christmas for Seniors of Tehachapi and The Lions Diabetes Foundation. The Lions would like to thank the community of Tehachapi for its ongoing support as well as Albertson's for allowing them to sell tickets in front of their store. For the past three years, BSE Equipment Rental played an integral part...
Chuck and Candi Hallman were wandering through Philip Marx Central Park on the 4th of July when they stopped by our booth. We finally had a chance to visit almost two months later. They said that they had moved to Stallion Springs around the first of this year. They came from Lakeview Terrace in the San Fernando Valley where they had lived for 36 years. However, The Valley was getting crowded and the traffic was annoying. They loved the slower lifestyle and the natural surroundings of the...
With apologies to Monty Python, I'm taking a break from the doom and gloom of tales about security breaches and giant corporations collecting and selling our data and identity theft. Let's start with a question. Why do smartphones get bigger every year? Seriously. In the beginning, smartphone screens were about 4" (measured diagonally, like TVs – for some reason). Then we moved up to screens between 4 and 5 inches, then between 5 and 6 inches, and now there are phones with screens more than 6 i...
Like Indiana Jones hates snakes, I hate spiders. I was really upset when I visited my parents in Tehachapi once and discovered there were black widows living in the garage. I went through conniption fits every time I had to go out there for something and I swear I could feel them crawling on me when I got back in the house, although I never found one in my clothes. I did, however, find one in my bed one morning as I was stripping off the sheets. I considered never visiting my parents again...
I'd like to thank The Coffee Mill, one of our great local businesses for hosting myself and Mayor Ed Grimes at our first 'Coffee with the Mayor and City Manager." We had several great conversations with residents and we left with more ideas on ways to continue to support the citizens of our community. This initiative is the latest of several communications-focused efforts by the City to keep the public informed on what we're working on, projects happening in our community and simply get to know...
A resident of a city that has adopted a district-based election system under threat of litigation – as the city of Tehachapi is in the process of doing -- is suing that city and the state of California, arguing that the system is unconstitutional. The suit asserts that the district-based system as defined by the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA) is illegal because it requires a city to draw boundaries based primarily on race. "Accordingly, the CVRA flagrantly violates the Fourteenth A...
Dear Friends, How should churches recognize Veteran's Day? A free pancake breakfast, on Sunday, Nov. 12, from 9 to 10 a.m. for veterans and active military personnel is our chosen response this year. Come and enjoy! Flipping flapjacks is the least I can do to say thank you to those who have served our country or are serving it still. Join us for worship afterwards at 10:30, if you like. There are many ways to honor veterans and engage with our troops, but this is my church's choice this...
Each year American Association of University Women sponsors Tech Trek, a week long summer experience for girls to learn more about math and science while living in dorms on a university campus. They attend interesting workshops and participate in field trips to educational sites. The girls are chosen from Jacobsen Middle School at the end of their 7th grade. The three girls who attended Tech Trek this past summer thanked AAUW Tehachapi Mountain Branch for the wonderful experience they had....
We couldn't do this event without the support of our sponsors. Thank you to our presenting sponsor Adventist Health Tehachapi, to Omni Health and to McDonalds. The financial support of these sponsors and their presence at the event really make it possible to contribute to several organizations who make our community better. Thanks to Waste Management for providing all the port-a-pottys and trash receptacles, to The Loop for the ads, stories and for sponsoring the apple pie baking contest. Also...
Communication is a key aspect of a successful community. That is the message Kiwanis members heard from Key Budge, Engagement Specialist for the City of Tehachapi. He strives to encourage an informed community using a variety of resources. When Budge was in high school and college, he developed a passion for radio and journalism. He was able to pursue this line of work for a while, but serving as a Deputy Sheriff gave him the financial security he needed. After 25 years in that role, he retired...
Cancer is not a death sentence. Those were the words of Janice Armstrong when she spoke at a recent meeting of American Association of University Women. She not only has a nursing degree but is also a cancer survivor. These two factors have sparked her interest in the causes and treatment of cancer in great detail. Armstrong was quick to point out that cancer is not a single disease but a family of diseases. With a history of cancer in her family, she has suffered with five different types of...
The Lancaster Museum of Art and History (MOAH) launched the #ARTOUTDOORAV Billboard Project from Monday, Oct. 16, 2017 to Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017. This is an exciting Fall Outdoor Art Exhibition that is made possible by MOAH teaming up with Lamar Advertising/Todd Porter and Lancaster Museum and Public Art foundation (LMPAF) to feature ten local artists on twenty billboards throughout Antelope Valley. Tina Dille, a local artist of Tehachapi, is one of the ten artists chosen and her artwork is...
It's not tax season yet, but it is time to start thinking about your 2017 taxes. I always encourage my clients to sit down with their Tax Pro during the 4th quarter of the year. It's good time to see how you are doing and what adjustments need to be made. There are a lot of things you can do to minimize your tax liability, but you need to take action before the bell tolls at midnight on December 31st. (If you are on a calendar year) Also, take a look to see what changes have been made to the...
My brother, just four years older than I, considered himself an "information, please" person from which I could gain facts and bits of history. One day when I was about nine, I asked him what made the scar on the timbered Tehachapi Mountain Range south of town. He told me it was an old lime kiln which once was used to take lime ore to the cement plant east of town. That was good enough for me, I just wanted to know why the scar was on the mountain. Some years later, my eldest brother, nine...
I have written about the Kern-Antelope Historical Society meetings, field trips, and special events. While searching my mother Marion Deaver's files I found an October, 1961 quarterly bulletin which featured some of the history of the organization. My parents Paul and Marion, my brother Bill Deaver, and me were all charter members of the group which held its first meeting May 26, 1959 (I was nine). The group held its organizational meeting Dec. 15, 1959, and was incorporated in December, 1960. T...
Today, We Honor The Overall Man Classic Bill Mead Reprinted with permission Autumn doesn't always bother to warn us when it comes to Tehachapi abruptly. Usually it kind of sneaks in, but some years, summer ends with a sudden chill. I've gone out to my curb in my usual shorts to pick up the paper and quickly discovered we had moved into long pants weather overnight. Having lived here a mere 23 years I don't fancy myself an expert on local climate, but I'll venture a guess that we'll have some...
In the same manner that the crystal opal shines many colors, so TCT's real life Opal Lawler possesses a brilliant range of talent from singing, dancing, acting, writing, and choreography to set design and directing. I first saw Lawler onstage in 2015, when she starred as Lizzie Curry in TCT's production of "110 in the Shade". She captivated us as we watched her struggles with love between the mystic con-man "Starbuck" (Guy Martin) and the wholesome "Sheriff File" (Thaer Irvin). Yet Lawler's...
At any age, health care is a priority. When you retire, however, you will probably focus more on health care than ever before. Staying healthy is your goal, and this can mean more visits to the doctor for preventive tests and routine checkups. There's also a chance that your health will decline as you grow older, increasing your need for costly prescription drugs or medical treatments. That's why having health insurance is extremely important. Retirement--your changing health insurance needs If...
On Thanksgiving Day, families across the country will come together around dining room tables. Many will share a bountiful feast and give thanks for many blessings. What better time than the month of November to also give thanks for our customers? We are particularly grateful this year: In the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Pharmacy Study, Health Mart was ranked "Highest in Customer Satisfaction with Chain Drug Store Pharmacies." We outpaced other "brick-and-mortar" chain drug stores in four of five...
National Treasure – Built on a 500-acre parcel of rolling, golden, oak-studded land donated by the Tejon Ranch Company, the Bakersfield National Cemetery is the resting place for men and women who have served in the United States armed forces, their spouses and certain members of their families. The site, opened in 2009, is beautifully designed, a place of dignity and respect, and a shining example of what the National Cemetery Administration and the federal government can do. Most of those w...
Jay Schlosser, Development Services Director for the City of Tehachapi, spoke to the Kiwanis Club at a recent meeting. Members were impressed with the number of City projects nearly completed and those in the planning stage. It was encouraging to know that most of the these projects have been funded by grants which have been obtained through the efforts of Schlosser. The Safe Route to School project connects schools so students may walk on sidewalks to Tompkins, Jacobsen or Monroe. The cost of...
