Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Tulare resident, Don Searcy, entered his first century cycling race when he rode Tehachapi's Gran Fondo on Sept. 17. He was riding to raise awareness of Rett Syndome, a rare genetic disease which attacks mostly girls in their first few years of life. Searcy's five year old granddaughter, Scarlett Parks, was diagnosed with the disease at the age of two. Rett Syndrome was identified in 1966 by Dr. Andreas Rett. It occurs spontaneously, is not hereditary, but still affects one in every 10,000 to...
Guild to the rescue – From the operation of its little thrift shop at 101 West E Street, the Tehachapi Hospital Guild through the years has provided hundreds of thousands of dollars in hard cash to purchase vital hi-tech equipment for the Tehachapi Hospital. Now the Guild has in excess of $675,000 in its bank account, and Adventist Health (soon to be the operator of the new hospital and clinics), with its big purchasing power and resources, doesn't really need those funds for equipment. As the R...
Tehachapi’s Old Pioneer Cemetery, originally called the Shields Cemetery, was established in 1858 just a few years after early settlers came to the Tehachapi area. Men who were “shot in a gunfight” or “died of infected bowels” are buried there as well as many infants who perished under harsh conditions. Everyday people who were the back bone of a budding community that would become Tehachapi found a resting place on a barren acre, in what is now Golden Hills. The Tehachapi Heritage League will sponsor a Day of the Dead Festival on October 2...
Jose Luis Gutierrez passed away suddenly on July, 22nd 2016. Having had Jose work for me over the past 25 years, it would be easy to write a book on just how much he has meant to me, not only as my gardener, but as a trusted friend. Jose never let me or any of his many other customers down, whether they were here in Bear Valley, Cummings Valley, or within Tehachapi. Jose never once said a job was too hard for him or that he just couldn't do it. In fact he did things most anyone would not even...
Tehachapi Valley United Methodist Church has a new pastor. Reverend Robin Wells began her new assignment on July 1 and the itinerant pastor said that this is her ninth move in ten years. Her prior assignment was Outreach Chaplain at Church of the Wayfarer in Pacific Grove, California, near Monterey. While on the coast she was also Staff Chaplain at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. She said that was where she first heard of Tehachapi, when one of her coworkers was from here. Robin...
What is the name of the new hospital? There's a corporate name and a hospital name. The corporation name is Adventist Health Medical Center Tehachapi Valley. That's who the employees will be working for. The official name of the new hospital (the corporation's dba) is Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley. "We knew it was important to the people of Tehachapi to have 'Tehachapi' be part of the hospital's name," Adventist spokesperson Jimmy Phillips said. The clinics will be Adventist Community Care...
Everyone is invited to the Tehachapi Audubon meeting on Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at 7 p.m. in the Golden Hills Elementary School Cafeteria, 20215 Park Road. Guest speaker Reed Tollefson will present a multimedia program about the Audubon Society's 3,000-acre Kern River Preserve. Located on the South Fork of the Kern River, the preserve is one of California's finest remaining riparian forests. As a designated Globally Important Bird Area, it provides habitat for rare and endangered birds and...
Police Chief Mike Grant reports, the Stallion Springs Police Department assisted the Kern County Sheriff at the Erskine Fire. Two units responded to the Fire on Thursday, June 23 and again on Friday, June 24. The third unit covered calls in the Tehachapi area when needed on June 23, 24, and 25. On June 25 our officer established a command post and called out Kern County Search and Rescue to search for a missing adult female in the Golden Hills area. We also had Stallion Springs CERT on standby...
I was just reading Jon Hammond's fine article about local man, Rufus Thomas, showing his realistic miniature reproductions of the once common oil derricks which, at one time, dotted the countryside. At present, the works of art are on display at our local museum. They are a part of the past but not so long ago past that it can still make some of us recall the sea of black oil derricks dotting the landscape in the San Joaquin Valley. Some years ago when passenger trains used to run through Tehach...
Driving home from work, on April 20, 2016, I saw a bird in the middle of the road, and assumed it was a Raven, which would normally fly away as cars approached, but this bird didn't. As I got closer, it was apparent that this was a red tailed hawk, and it looked right at me as I slowly drove by. It was apparent that he needed help, so I turned my truck around. After pulling off the road, I ran out to pick him up and brought him to the truck. Both of us safely seat-belted, I headed home. Once we...
It always amazes me, when I think I have exhausted all of the files of my mother Marion Deaver, I find something new. Yesterday I was searching through the file drawer and found a file that I had created when I started organizing all of this that was titled "Garlock". I obviously had forgotten about it so I pulled it out. It was a gold mine! There was an article about the dedication of the historical landmark placed there in 1960 to honor the early residents of Garlock. In case you don't know,...
Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks officially broke ground at the new Meadowbrook Park and Playground on the morning of June 6. TVRPD board members, staff and city officials were joined by many members of the community at the event. Cash the Wonder Dog, a sponsor of the new Dog Park, also put in an apprearance. "Today is a monumental day for TVRPD," said General Manager LeAnn Williams, "I am very honored to be here." She and Maintenance Supervisor Nolan Ferdinand will be managing the project...
Tehachapi Valley Arts Association and its supporters are at it again. For the second time this year they have collected art supply wish lists from local area teachers and set about making those wishes come true. In September over $2200 in supplies were donated and just this week another $2400 in supplies were delivered throughout Tehachapi. Tehachapi High School, Jacobsen Middle School, Cummings Valley Elementary School, Golden Hills Elementary, Tompkins Elementary and Hope Academy were all...
Golden Hills Elementary teacher Debbie Lee is probably the most excited 5th grade teacher in Tehachapi. Mrs. Lee, who will be retiring at the end of the school year, said that she "will be going out with a bang." Mrs. Lee's class, the X Team, took home the trophy from the Intermediate Space Challenge held at Tehachapi Airport on May 18. This is the second year in a row that her class has won the top prize. Thirty teams of Tehachapi 4th and 5th graders from Cummings Valley, Golden Hills,...
Holly Arnold has joined Hall Ambulance Service, Inc. as director of business development. In her new position, she will build upon relationships with area hospitals and extended care facilities located throughout the Company's 9-1-1 paramedic response areas. In addition, Arnold will establish direct contact with public officials, community groups and organizations in the Bakersfield, East Kern, and West Kern operating areas while increasing Hall Ambulance Service's presence through various...
A derelict country club building on an overgrown golf course located adjacent to a weed-covered slab that once was a tennis court went up in flames on May 5, 2016, and everyone cheered. The Kern County Fire Department incinerated the building as a training exercise and at the same time rid the Golden Hills Community Services District (CSD) of what had become a derelict eyesore, an attractive nuisance and a general pain in the neck. At one time, the structure was the home of Golden Hills Country...
A familiar landmark is about to disappear. A lot of Tehachapi history, going back for five or more decades, will soon be going up in smoke. The joint efforts of the Golden Hills CSD Board and the Kern County Fire Department will come together as a "live fire drill" when the old, now derelict country club building is set to flame in a fire department training exercise. Weather permitting, the training and burning of the structure will take place in the mid morning hours of May 5, 2016. All...
Addressing the Tehachapi School Board on Jan.13, Mary Beth Garrison, one of the founding members of Community Clean Sweep, reported on the recycling project launched at Golden Hills Elementary School last year. Community Clean Sweep, which has been in existence since 1989, works with the county, cities and school districts to raise awareness of the importance of recycling. Ms. Garrison's program uses puppets like Dulce Roja (fox) and Sebastian (skunk) to educate school children on the importance...
Ryan Ashley Rosenthal arrived in Tehachapi over the summer when her family moved to Bear Valley from Santa Clarita. They felt it was time to get away from the city. Ryan was born in Mission Hills, California but said that she lived in Missouri, Mississippi, Texas and Nevada during her first four years of life. This was due to her father’s work in food distribution. She said that she enjoys all outdoor activities; however, it is singing that is a real passion for Ryan. In high school she was invo...
Pssst ... You can play if you plan ahead... read on... hapi undertook to develop a brand that distilled the Greater Tehachapi area's appeal. Following months of study and surveys, consultants concluded that what resonated the most with residents and visitors was the mountains. The logo that the consultants developed is a calligraphic suggestion of mountains. In the logo's various iterations by local agencies and groups, the word "up" is used -- as in "Come up and enjoy our community." In the...
Awards of Appreciation were presented at the December 8th School Board meeting. Naylan Bender, who left the board this year, was presented with an acknowledgment for time spent on the Tehachapi School Board. Superintendent Susan Andreas-Berval praised Bender for his service from 2011 to 2015 as an advocate of the students, staff, parents and the community. She also presented Awards of Recognition and Appreciation from the Kern County Superintendent of Schools to Trustees Leonard Evansic and...
Works of art are to be appreciated. I often look at paintings, quilts, ceramics and any attractive work that has been labored over and finished to perfection. It is a pleasure to admire such efforts and appreciate them. I say this because now, as I drive down Woodford-Tehachapi Road, I cannot help but admire the fine paving job that has just been completed. Mostly though, I had to admire the lines painted to show us "our side" of the road and the turn off sections. They are so mathematically...
August 27, Hall Ambulance Service donated an automated external defibrillator (AED) to the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District, for use at the Dye Natatorium Pool. Hall Ambulance Founder and President Harvey L. Hall traveled to Tehachapi to make the presentation. The donation is part of Hall Ambulance's community outreach program, which has previously donated AEDs to senior centers in the Company's East Kern Response Areas, which include Boron, California City, Rosamond, Mojave and Teh...
Shakespeare’s Ophelia tells us that “rosemary is for remembrance” and over time it has come to be known as such. It is given in the hope that you will be thought about or to signify that someone is on your mind. Did Ophelia mean remembrance or remembering? The ancient Greeks wore garlands of rosemary during exams to improve memory. It is being used today to improve the thinking process in Alzheimer patients. It appears that Ophelia’s meaning may have been misunderstood. Whatever the case, rosemary is a plant of worth! Rosmarinus officin...
Looking good – The Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District finances are looking better. The district has $5 million in cash, $3.1 million in reserves and $1 million in Medicare reserves. A year ago, Chief Financial Officer Chet Beedle reported to the board on June 16, the district had $500,000 in investments and $500,000 in the bank. District counsel Scott Nave said that healthy cash reserves must be kept for expenses related to lawsuits. Bond money cannot be used to settle lawsuits, he said. S...
