Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Located on the corner of Tehachapi Blvd. and Steuber Rd., Tehachapi's new Pilot Flying J Travel Center finally and quietly opened on Saturday, Dec. 2. Originally scheduled to open in October, signals, islands and road construction delayed the opening for over a month. Tehachapi residents have been awaiting the opening of the center including Cinnabon, known for their decadent cinnamon rolls smothered in frosting, and Tehachapi's first Wendy's. The new Wendy's includes a drive-thru window. PJ...
Most students from Tehachapi High School are familiar with the leaf project. Each year, science students are asked to complete a special nature assignment. In my day, depending on the time of year that you took the class, you'd either complete a leaf or bug project. Our goal was to locate samples of various leaf varieties or creepy crawlies. I was thankful to fall in leaf season. Both because the idea of catching, killing and then pinning bugs to a board completely repulsed me and because I'm...
We seem to see service animals everywhere we go these days but how many of these animals actually went through the arduous process that being a true service dog requires? According to cci.org, the Canine Companions For Independence website, each of their service dogs spends the first two years of their life in training before being assigned to the person they will assist. This training costs them nearly $50,000 per dog. This is what Melissa Billingsley's service dog Hiltie had to go through...
"Parlez-vous français?" If not, venture out with us to learn the beautiful French language. As French is a latin-based language and one of the most spoken languages globally, it is a particularly enriching way for you or your child to be further exposed to the wider world. Its latin roots give an enhanced command and understanding of the English language while fluency provides a practical, increased accessibility to a vast array of historical literature, culture, and peoples of the broader...
This article was written by Edward Jones for use by your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor. As the year draws to a close, it's a good time to review your progress toward your financial goals. But on what areas should you focus your attention? Of course, you may immediately think about whether your investments have done well. When evaluating the performance of their investments for a given year, many people mistakenly think their portfolios should have done just as well as a common market...
A desert community such as Mojave must have a reliable water source to survive. An article by my mother Marion Deaver details the history of the water supply for that town. Those of you who read this column know my complaint that my mother never dated anything, and this article is no exception. Mojave came into being because of the Southern Pacific Railroad Co. in 1876 when its rails reached the town. The railroad picked the site for water at the bottom of the hill, at the foot of the nearby...
The Jewish celebration of Chanukah is often associated with the Christian holiday of Christmas, but that association has little to do with the significance of each holiday and more to do with the timing. Each is celebrated at the end of the year when the holiday season has hit full swing. But much like the story of Christmas, the story of Chanukah is a rich one. The celebration of Chanukah has a deep history that can be traced back to a successor of Alexander the Great. Upon conquering Syria,...
Taylor and Eustace Laurie arrived in Tehachapi in September from Alexandria, Va. to begin work in their new clerical positions; Eustace as the new pastor of Tehachapi's Seventh Day Adventist Church and Taylor as Director of Spiritual Care and Volunteer Services for Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley. They had both been pastoring their own church in the Washington, D.C. area. However, they realized that their future kids might have to go to two different churches so they began to search for a plac...
Audubon's 118th Christmas Bird Count will be conducted this coming season, around the world, with counts held between the dates of Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 through Friday, Jan. 5, 2018. Tehachapi's count is scheduled for Monday, Dec. 18. It will start at 6:30 a.m. with a gathering of all interested participants to Henry's Café, 550 Tucker Road. This is where we'll meet with our compiler Larry Parmeter. He will determine, by the number of attendees, who will bird where. We have a designated...
Through the holidays, a new exhibit at the Tehachapi Museum features a carved wooden figure, on loan from Zanya Biviano. It is in the style of the German Baroque era, indicated by the softness of the features and the pastel colors. It is masterly carved and shows the superb craftsmanship of the German woodcarver. The beautiful figure would have originally been in a church and is several centuries old. It has been in her family's possession for many years. The family history holds that the...
How did Continuing Disability Reviews (CDR) come about? In 1980, legislation created a requirement that SSA conduct CDRs every 3 years for beneficiaries whose impairment(s) were not considered permanent. The CDR review had a particularly harmful impact on beneficiaries with severe mental illness. In just 2 years, more than 80,000 had their benefits terminated. For many, this was their only source of income and many experienced extreme hardship. Courts ordered SSA to apply a "medical improvement...
The Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Newby and the Tehachapi Symphonic Chorus with selected soloists under the direction of Kathy Kelly, will be performing on Friday, Dec. 15, at Country Oaks Baptist Church beginning at 7 p.m. Country Oaks Baptist Church is located at 20915 Schout Road. First on the program is G. Finzi's In Terra Pax, which is founded on a poem by Robert Bridges. In Terra Pax, subtitled "Christmas Scene" was composed in 1954. Finzi uses Luke's...
Advent is a season of waiting, on high alert. Scripture tells us to "Keep Awake" and be ready. We are to be diligent to welcome a savior coming. However, we can't appreciate the savior if we can't see what in our lives needs saving or transforming. This past year, some people have been awoken to things they didn't know were a problem. Some were startled to see Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville and racism on bold display. Others have been aroused by a steady stream of gun violence in our country....
The Kern County Board of Supervisors receives feedback and responds to concerns raised by Kern County residents on a regular basis. We take our community's concerns very seriously, and evaluate the best actions to take on each issue presented to us. Earlier this year, our Board was presented with an issue from a local business owner regarding a massage facility adjacent to her business and suspected prostitution taking place. She asked us to look into the matter as she felt strongly that this wa...
Today, We Honor The Overall Man Classic Bill Mead Reprinted with permission I have put aside my efforts to close the ozone hole to deal with a more urgent problem. My wife says we must decide how much stuff we can give our grandkids without spoiling them. You whippersnappers who lack third-generation progeny have no inkling how weighty this matter is. Like managing the national debt, it is a question with no good answers-only bad ones and worse ones. As Grandma and Grandpa see it, doling out...
My childhood was pretty traditional, generally speaking, and our holiday celebrations were no exception. Through college, winter holidays were spent with my family – some years at our house, some years at G'pa and G'ma White's house, some years at G'ma and G'pa Larimer's house, some years at the home of my dad's sister and her family (with whom we were very close). Thanksgiving always meant dozens of people (large extended family) and a huge home-made farm fresh feast, and if Green Bay was playi...
A quick and easy sauce that can be used as-is or quickly converted to a salad dressing. It is also 100% "guilt free" as it contains no oil and no salt. I use this sauce in enchiladas where the cashews create both a creaminess and a cheese-like quality when heated. The sauce is also great as a vegetable dip or in fresh spring rolls, or add a little bit of rice wine vinegar and you have the perfect salad dressing. Items with an asterisk (*) are available at Taylor's Provisions, 208 S. Mill...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi announces their 2018 Wine Pairing Dinner fundraiser which will take place on Saturday, Jan. 27 at The Shed. This year the wines of Minassian Young Vineyard (MYV) will be featured. Our extremely talented local Chef, Mano Lujan will be designing a 4 course dinner to compliment and exquisitely pair with each of the different wines. The cuisine that Mano prepares is a gourmet extravagance which he creates after tasting each wine. The evening will begin at 6 p.m. with a...
On Nov. 16 the Tehachapi Area Association of Realtors (TAAR) and our Local Realtors donated $2,275 to the Salvation Army for their Thanksgiving Turkey Dinner Drive. $25 provided a family of 4 with a basket filled with a turkey and all the trimmings! That comes to 91 dinners going out to our local families in need! In addition, TAAR's Young Professional Netwok (YPN) committee collected canned food that went to St Vincent de Paul's Canned Food Drive. An overflowing shopping cart full of food was...
It's generally a good idea to review your employer-sponsored retirement savings plan at least once each year and when major life changes occur. If you haven't given your plan a thorough review within the last 12 months, now may be a good time to do so. Have you experienced any life changes? Since your last retirement plan review, have you experienced any major life changes? For example, did you get married or divorced, buy or sell a house, have a baby, or send a child to college? Perhaps you or...
The Exotic Feline Breeding Compound (EFBC) invites everyone to join in the spirit of the holiday season and support its mission to save endangered wild cat species. Visitors and the public can help the center through the lean winter months when several activities will occur. Many assume winters are more extreme in the Antelope Valley high desert, and though temperatures are cooler, the mild climate (little rain or snow) is more comfortable for EFBC's wild feline residents. They are more active...
On Nov. 15, Jennifer and her husband were attending a conference in San Antonio, Texas. They decided to visit the First Baptist Church and pay respect to all 26 angels that went home during the recent shooting incident. When they entered the church they were overwhelmed by a strong sense of spiritual presence. The freshly painted white walls and floors along with 26 white chairs adorned with single roses and the angels names in gold created a feeling of peace so powerful that you cannot imagine...
The one thing that is missing in the Tehachapi valleys on a hot summer day is an ole swimming hole. Michelle Vance, manager of the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District, aims to remedy that defect by opening Brite Lake (Jacobsen Reservoir) to swimming. While the Tehachapi-Cummings County Water District owns Brite Lake, the Rec & Park district manages the campground and fishing access. The two public districts are negotiating a change in the historic ban on swimming in the lake. "The proc...
Police Department Commendation On Nov. 15, 2017, Senior Officer James Best Jr., Sergeant Gary Crowell, and Chief of Police Michael Grant responded to a medical aid call in the township of Stallion Springs. The call stated that an adult male subject was the possible victim of cardiac arrest. Officers responded with due haste and upon arrival, were met by the frantic victims brother who directed them to the victim who was laying on the floor in the living room in obvious distress. Senior Officer...
George Thomas "Tom" Novinger (61) and his wife, Gladys (62), were swept away by a strong current while crossing the Wailuku River above the falls in Rainbow Falls State Park in Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii on Nov. 25. Tom Novinger is the son of well-known Tehachapi residents George and Anne Marie Novinger. The younger Novingers were residents of San Diego County where they owned and operated Vineyard Hacienda, a bed and breakfast and wedding venue. According to Anne Marie, during the...
