Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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A chance encounter lead to today’s topic. Would it be smart to refi a 30-year mortgage to a 15-year term? This family bought their home within the past few years and currently has a 3.875% fixed rate on a 30-year loan. They don’t like their loan servicer and don’t want to have a house payment forever, so they wondered if doing a refi would be smart. I also heard about what a pain in the neck the whole loan process was. Before we begin, note that it’s hugely important to know the “why” o...
I first met Lauren Thompson at the Fall Business Showcase where she was representing Creative Connections, a non-profit that helps to find homes for developmentally disabled adults. She told me that she and her husband, Nathan, had just moved their family from Bakersfield to Tehachapi. On my subsequent visit with Lauren, I learned that they had been looking for a chance to raise their family in the clean mountain air so, when Lauren’s company decided to open an office in Tehachapi, they j...
Sue Wonacott, with the Marty Pay Insurance Agency, is an Authorized Independent Anthem Blue Cross agent, but is also appointed with other carriers such as Health Net, Aetna and United Healthcare and AARP. She specializes in all Medicare products including Medicare Advantage plans, Medicare supplements, and Part D stand alone prescription drug plans. She also sells health insurance, on and off the marketplace including medical, dental and vision plans as well as life insurance including term, whole life and long term care. Sue is a Certified...
Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue is a 501(c)3 non-profit based in the mountains of Tehachapi, California. Our goal is to not only give dogs in high-kill shelters a second chance at life, but help people who need a second chance as well. Our founder, Zach Skow, recently celebrated his 6th year of sobriety by running the 2014 Chicago Marathon, and attributes his recovery to the unconditional love of his dogs. Marley's Mutts was founded to give shelter dogs a chance, not only to survive but also to thrive...
Warren Buffet, the “Oracle from Omaha,” is considered one of the most successful investors in history. Yet while the investment world may seem complex, Mr. Buffet’s advice is actually pretty simple. Here are a few Buffet quotes, along with some suggestions on putting them to use: “Whether we’re talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.” Essentially, this means you should look for good investment vehicles whose price may have dropped. A “bear” mark...
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...
Lots of articles come out this time of year suggesting wine pairings for large, rustic holiday meals and dinner parties with many conflicting ingredients. Indeed, there are perfect food and wine matches to be discovered. However, I use holidays like these to pair the wines with the guests more so than with food, especially with the wine novice guests. So many people have horror stories from college involving neon colored jug wine and have refrained from wine ever since. Others are just...
The Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at the CSD building. Director Susan Mueller who chose not to run for re-election was thanked by the board and audience for her service over the last nine years. Newly elected Vince McLaughlin will take her place at the December board meeting. Retired Police Chief, Brad Burris has been named as Interim General Manager to fill the shoes of Mary Beth Garrison who resigned in October. Current Police Chief Mike Grant will act as assistant General Manager assisting Burris....
Whether you are collecting Social Security Disability (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI), your medical records will be reviewed periodically to see if you are still disabled enough for benefits to continue. Social Security calls these medical reviews “Continuing Disability Reviews,” or CDRs. They should not be confused with the financial reviews that SSI recipients receive every year to confirm their financial need for SSI. Each time Social Security reviews your medical file, they set the schedule for the next medical review. You...
As usual, I was looking in my mother Marion Deaver’s files to find a column. Every time I think I have run out, I find some other nugget that my mother wrote. This time I stumbled on to a speech given by California Governor Goodwin J. Knight, whom my mother affectionately referred to as “Goody Knight”, although I am sure not to his face. I glanced at the top and saw that it was a speech by the Governor and I thought it was the one given by him when he dedicated the Oroville Dam, which my mother...
Are you dreading the holidays this year? For some, the holidays are difficult times, especially if there have been recent losses of loved ones, divorces, separations, or loss of employment. Holiday traditions can be a harsh reminder of someone or something important that is now gone. If you are dreading the holidays, or know others handling difficult losses, join me for a unique gathering on Sunday, December 21 at 5 p.m. If weather allows, we will meet outside in my church’s courtyard, s...
Last week, I had the opportunity to see a new movie. I sat in the dark, with a drink and a bucket of popcorn, and enjoyed the fruits of labor performed by hundreds of people who either wrote, produced, directed, designed, built, supported, or marketed the movie. After the movie, it occurred to me that I now had an opinion about the final results of their labors and could criticize the set design, the length of the movie, the quality of the dialogue, or any one of the million pieces that go into...
Often when someone says they saw a crane, what they actually saw was an egret or a heron. All are often found around water, but herons and egrets are typically more solitary. Oh, you might see several at the same place, but usually not too close together, and cranes come in flocks. Odd thing that is different about cranes and egrets or herons is their feet. Cranes only have three toes, all pointed the same direction, so they can’t grip a tree branch like most birds, including herons and egrets....
The Tehachapi Gandy Dancers Square Dance Club participated in a food drive recently. The Gandy Dancers turned all food collected from Club members' generous donations over to the Tehachapi chapter of the Salvation Army by Club members Linda Carmichael, Sharon Guinn, and Diana Hart. On hand to accept the donation for the Salvation Army was Marget Willer, Director for the Tehachapi chapter. The Salvation Army will use the donated food to fill Thanksgiving food baskets they distribute throughout...
The Tehachapi Cancer Foundation would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the foundation and give you all an update on how these amazing donations are being used. Through your generous donations we were able put a new set of tires on a patient's car, so she could make it to Bakersfield for her treatments. We were also able to purchase ten gas cards, two Kmart gift cards and five Starbucks gift cards, which were distributed to those in need. In addition, donations have been made to...
The entire week had been blissful; with not a single unfortunate incident to report. One would have thought I'd be grateful that my children were acting like saints. I would have been except for one minor detail: The deadline for the article that I write for The Loop newspaper was rapidly approaching and all this role-model conduct was leaving me with no artistic inspiration. Usually this late in the week, something crazy would be happening. Somebody would have found a few left over cherry...
What are appropriate checklists for year-end tax planning? Tax planners often develop checklists to guide taxpayers toward year-end strategies that might help reduce taxes. Typically, suggestions are grouped into several different categories, such as “Filing Status” or “Employee Matters,” for ease of reading. When year-end approaches, it might be wise to review each suggestion under the categories that may apply to you. Filing status and exemptions If you’re married (or will be married b...
Tehachapi• Fern Michaels, a New York Times Best-Selling author of womens' fiction and her daughter, Cynthia Kuczkir, donated a combined total of $30,000 to Have a Heart Humane Society in Tehachapi. Michaels, a resident of Summerville, South Carolina, has been writing and selling books for 37 years. Most of those books have hit the New York Times Best-Sellers list. Her Polish grandmother told her that when God is good to you, you have to give back. Michaels set up The Fern Michaels® F...
Be ready for winter with this 2008 Toyota Tacoma 4X4. This truck is a local, one-owner trade in, with a clean Car Fax. We replaced all four tires with B.F. Goodrich. This truck has a 4.0 V-6 motor, auto transmission, cruise control, tilt wheel, power windows, navigation, DVD player, and more. The Kelley Blue Book suggested retail price is $17,784. Ashmore Motors price $16,700. O.B.O. 100% financing available with approved credit. See our ad below for contact information....
This festive season join your friends at Postal ASAP in Tehachapi for all your shipping and gift needs. Enjoy coffee and cookies on us. See our ad below for our information....
The Tehachapi City Council, at its Dec. 1, 2014 meeting at the Wells Education Center, approved the introduction of two ordinances written in response to citizen complaints of an increase in bothersome solicitation and of people rummaging through residents’ garbage. One ordinance would prohibit loitering and aggressive solicitation at specified locations, and another ordinance would prohibit “unauthorized entry into waste containers” – otherwise known as dumpster diving. “The foraging of waste...
Forde Files The Tehachapi City Council said farewell to Council member Mary Lou Corpus-Zamudio, who has served on the council since her appointment in 2012. At the Dec. 1 City Council meeting, she wished the best for Dennis Wahlstrom, her successor, and thanked her husband Eli for his support "in everything I want to do." Mayor Phil Smith presented Corpus-Zamudio with a certificate of appreciation and a houseplant. "You have nurtured the city," Smith said. Corpus-Zamudio, a native of Texas who...
Photo above left, light and shadow play on the hillsides of the eastern Tehachapi range Dec. 4, 2014, two days after a refreshing rainfall of .72 inches of rain (source: http://mountainbase.com). The view is to the north. At the center is the electrical substation operated by Terra-Gen that delivers power to Edison's Windhub substation on Oak Creek Road in Mojave for connection to the main grid. Power from the 28 Terra-Gen turbines near Tehachapi flows into the Terra-Gen-operated substation at 3...
Richie Meister, 23, of Tehachapi is fighting his way to the top in the Mixed Martial Arts competition circuit, posting his first professional win Nov. 29 at the Hollywood Park Casino. His opponent in the 135-lb weight class defaulted so he agreed to be matched with an opponent 10 pounds heavier. "I submitted my opponent in the third round by rear naked choke," he told Forde Files. He won $700. His immediate goal -- to compete on The Ultimate Fighter reality show on Fox Sports within a year and...
Tompkins rocks! –The Tompkins Parent Teacher Group, whose president is Amanda Schmidt, purchased a programmable sign that is now installed in front of the school. School staff is just learning how to program it, which at present gives the time and temperature and welcome. The group paid $12,000 for the sign. They also bought the Buddy Bench for the playground, where lonely or disengaged youngsters can sit and wait for a friend or staff (see cover photo), and paid for the big Tompkins Tigers s...
