Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Jeanne and Michael Bryant are glad to be back in California. They moved to Tehachapi in August from Piedmont, South Carolina, where Michael built planes for Lockheed. Between Palmdale and Greenville, South Carolina, he spent 36 years with the company. When he retired, it was time to go home. There were a number of reasons for choosing Tehachapi. They love the mountains and the trains as well as having four seasons, but the primary reason was that Tehachapi is between Lancaster and Monterey...
Life insurance is a gift – yes, a gift – we give to our loved ones. Without it, they do not have the money to perhaps cover our burial, their ongoing living expenses, and college expenses. It is the one gift given to them at the time of our death, the gift of money. When our office is notified of one of our client’s deaths, we carry their policy with us constantly so the money can be distributed immediately to the beneficiaries. There are different types of life insurance. Term life insur...
Tehachapi, I hope you'll indulge me as I revel in the waves of good news that we at Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue, with help from all of you in our "Mutt Militia", are ushering in these days! While Zach was recently off in Washington building an animal shelter, "Extreme Makeover" style, the wonder-women of MM (Jackie, Amanda, Erin, Cindy, Kim, Traci and Andrea) were in Las Vegas, networking and taking classes at the Best Friends Animal Society conference. In the meantime, our dog rehabilitation...
4 more Tehachapi pets were spayed or neutered, microchipped and given Rabies vaccinations. We would like to thank our community partners: Tehachapi News and The Loop newspaper for announcing the event; Tehachapi Valley Parks and Recreation for donating the West Park Activity Center; Hungry Howies Pizza for donating yummy pizzas for lunch; and Starbucks for donating coffee and condiments. We also want to thank Dr. Willis and his staff for their professionalism and hard work; it was a long,...
Have a Heart Humane Society will be hosting their 10th low cost spay & neuter clinic on Saturday, December 6, 2014. The organization is partnering with Tehachapi Valley Parks and Recreation, who is making the West Park Activity Center on “D” Street available to house pets before and after surgery. This clinic is being funded by a private donation (not taxpayer money) from New York Times Best-Selling Author Fern Michaels, a true animal lover. Michaels has authored more than 100 novels, and visited Tehachapi some years ago for a book signing to p...
Santa is missing from the North Pole! It has been rumored that Santa Claus has left his workshop and can be found wandering throughout local businesses from Dec. 2 through Dec. 5. This errant Santa is carrying tickets with him for a $100 drawing at Santa’s Workshop Craft Boutique on Dec. 6, from 10-5 p.m., located in the Tehachapi Moose Lodge on West F Street. in Tehachapi. By using the clues below, local residents can find Santa and have their name placed in the drawing for one hundred bucks from St. Nick. Participants may attend several sight...
The Stallion Springs Neighborhood Watch held its monthly meeting on November 12 with a packed house. Police Chief Mike Grant gave a presentation on social media and its effects on our lives. Grant noted that all information you place is stored on the company’s server and is accessible for years even after you delete it. The majority of employers are asking for your passwords and use social media to research candidates. The same hold true for colleges. Postings of inappropriate photos, drinking, drugs, bad mouthing previous employers can a...
Saturday, Dec.13 is your last chance to pitch the TCT Production Committee a play you’d like to see. The Tehachapi Community Theatre is taking proposals for plays to be produced in the next season (2015-2016) and the public is invited to come and give us your input! The new season will include 4 main stage, 1 children/teen, 2 black box and 2 possible workshop productions (if applicable). If you missed the November two-day Pitch event your final chance for presentation will be Saturday, Dec.13, 2014 between 2 and 5 p.m. This is the last o...
Every year around this time of year you get to choose your next years’ insurance carrier during what is called “Open Enrollment”. Why you can’t change your insurance coverage any time you want is beyond me, but that is another story. You get about four weeks to make up your mind and make a decision. Talk about stress. You have to do your research, make your decision and then live with it the rest of the year. I think that the whole scenario is to make it convenient for the insurance compani...
If you Google “things I learned from my dog” many lists pop up containing snippets of wisdom people have gleaned from their loyal, fur-covered friends. My little dog, Oliver, a rescued miniature pinscher-chihuahua (MinPinHuahua), is one of my best spiritual guides. When life is overloaded with crazy, he remains calm, predictable, always loving, and reassuring. He keeps Sabbath by resting regularly and he extravagantly welcomes everyone. Recently, when my daughter’s high school in Baker...
Susan Andreas-Bervel, Superintendent of Tehachapi Unified School District, was the guest speaker at a recent Tehachapi Kiwanis meeting. She stated the goal of TUSD is to promote college and career readiness for all students. She described Common Core as a way to ensure that students are prepared for college work and for a productive life. Under new guidelines, learning is progressive with spiral curriculum that begins in kindergarten and continues through all grades. Focus is on critical...
Thanksgiving is here already! Can you believe it? This a great time of year in Tehachapi and I’m grateful for this wonderful community. In the spirit of this gracious holiday, I’d like to take the opportunity offer my own sincere thanks for some of the many things I am grateful for. First and foremost, I am thankful to live under the flag of our great nation. Each year, as elections come and go peacefully, I’m reminded that despite our shortcomings and disagreements, we are still a nation full...
It had taken the whole family to load up the side dishes we were bringing to my Mother’s for Thanksgiving. Once we arrived the kids dashed excitedly into the house, leaving only me and my husband to unload everything. “I don’t know if there is enough food,” he said sarcastically. “Are you sure there’s not more in the trunk?” “Well, I had to make enough to feed 25 people!” I defended myself. “Yes, but eighteen of them, all put together, weigh less than all this food.” I gave him a dirty look...
Time to get out the boots, mittens, hats and warm coats. Winter in Tehachapi is just around the corner and with it comes the wonderful time of the year when everyone is shopping for the holidays. The best part is, shopping in Tehachapi can make the experience actually pleasurable. No big-box stores and no long and tedious lines. Park the car and off you go on a short jaunt, without the hassle of large parking complexes and huge malls to navigate. The local shops of Tehachapi provide the customer...
We’ve just entered the Open Enrollment period (Nov. 15 - Feb. 15) for Individual and Family Health Insurance with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If you haven’t taken advantage of it yet, there is something to consider –penalties. None of us like them, especially when they’re being levied by the IRS. For those of your who are currently without medical insurance for whatever reason, these are the penalties you face on April 15: For 2014, the penalty is either a flat amount or 1% of your income,...
A local business has been all the buzz lately-and much of the hype is due to its recent success in a nationwide competition hosted by media mogul Martha Stewart. Handcrafted Honey Bee, a Tehachapi-based business that creates DIY skin and beauty care kits, finished second in the popular vote out of almost 1,000 finalists and over 4,000 entrants overall in the Martha Stewart American Made competition. The contest advertised that it celebrates both the maker and the handmade, and included a wide...
Build your retirement fund: Save, save, save When you know roughly how much money you’ll need, your next goal is to save that amount. First, you’ll have to map out a savings plan that works for you. Assume a conservative rate of return (e.g., 5 to 6 percent), and then determine approximately how much you’ll need to save every year between now and your retirement to reach your goal. The next step is to put your savings plan into action. It’s never too early to get started (ideally, begin saving...
On Saturday, November 15, 125 volunteers came from neighborhoods throughout Golden Hills to clean up, cut back, tear down, and stuff bags with fly-away litter and illegally dumped debris. This was the first Clean-Up Day of the former Golden Hills Country Club, located on the corner of Westwood Drive and Woodford-Tehachapi Road. Littered with fly-away trash, overgrown with long-forgotten junipers and nasty Star Thistle; punctuated with tires, old wood with rusty nails, and broken fencing...
This is a really good question. Most new vehicles in Tehachapi come with all-season tires that work pretty well in the Tehachapi winter conditions many car owners encounter. First, let’s talk about the things that dedicated winter tires do really well, touch on all-seasons and then you should have some information to help you in your tire selection. The first thing about winter is that it’s cold. The rubber compound used in summer and all-season tires gets a bit hard when California temperatures drop below 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Winter tir...
If you haven't visited Inkopelli, you're in for a treat. We're an independent, full-service bookstore tucked inside Uneek Findz at 450 West F St. in Tehachapi. We offer thousands of new and used books, rare and collectible books, audiobooks, calendars, yarn, knitting and crochet needles, DVDs, CDs, and gifts. New books and audiobooks are discounted 25% off publisher's list prices. Used books and audiobooks are 50% off publisher's list prices. Calendars are 33% off publisher's list prices. DVDs...
Here it is, the holiday season and time to start thinking about Christmas and Christmas trees. I decided to write this article to let people know some things about the care of living Christmas trees. Getting a live tree should save you a lot of money because you are able to use it as a Christmas tree for a few years – as long as you can keep it alive. Then when it grows too big to be a Christmas tree, you could either plant it in the yard or in the community. But how easy is it to keep it alive? Here are a few points to help you made a d...
Tehachapians are on the front lines of the conquest of space. Many work at Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Edwards Air Force Base/NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center, Mojave Air and Space Port, or one of the many supporting activities in the area. We all share the thrill of success – and the agony of the setbacks. We lost one of our own when Michael Alsbury went down with SpaceShipTwo VSS Enterprise on Halloween Day. He left behind a wife and two young children. We must help them find lasting m...
An informational meeting Nov. 20 on the Lehigh Southwest Cement Plant application to use alternative fuels in the cement-making process – including treated trash, biomass and old tires – drew tough questions from residents worried about air quality. "If this great experiment goes awry," said a person in the audience of 30 at the Kern County Veterans Memorial Building, "is there insurance to compensate people?" Another person said, "I am being treated for COPD, asthma and chronic bronchitis. Whe...
Neighbors pitching in for the community It was burned and blackened by two major wildfires -- the West fire in 2010 and the Canyon fire in 2011-- and it has a reputation as a sanctuary for the rebellious and iconoclastic, but Old West Ranch is a beautiful place that the residents love. Recently the neighbors spent five days sprucing up miles of ranch roads and removing charred, dead trees. Everyone shared lunch at mid-day, taking time to talk and enjoy the view from high above the Tehachapi...
Kiwanis Division 33 Lt. Governor Greg Mudge installed President Marget Willer and officers of the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi at a dinner Oct. 29 at the Original Apple Shed Restaurant. Willer, director of the Salvation Army Center in Tehachapi, and her officers have planned a busy year for the club, whose signature service projects include Coats for Kids, the Flag Project, a golf tournament, fundraising to provide scholarships for graduating high school seniors, service at civic events,...
