Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Friday, Dec. 6 The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce is excited about their 3rd annual Holiday Window Decorating Contest which is now under way! Businesses across Tehachapi decorate their windows and store fronts to spread holiday cheer and compete to win first place! It is free to enter and decorating will need to be completed by Dec. 6. The contestants will be judged by a panel of judges and a popular vote, and winners will be announced Dec. 9. Awards will be distributed shortly afterward....
A Youth Initiative Expo will be hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi on May 18 at the Tehachapi Community Church, located at 100 E. E St., from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May is mental health awareness month and Kiwanis is eager to help youth achieve mental and physical well being. This event will provide resources to parents for youth coming to terms with physical disabilities, mental health struggles, gender identity or gender preferences as well as resources for youth to get involved with their communities through volunteering. This is a free...
A Youth Initiative Expo will be hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi on May 18, at the Tehachapi Community Church located at 100 E. E Street from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May is mental health awareness month and Kiwanis is eager to help youth achieve mental and physical well being. This event will provide resources to parents for youth coming to terms with physical disabilities, mental health struggles, gender identity or gender preferences, as well as resources for youth to get involved with their communities through volunteering. This is a free...
Holiday Decorating Contest Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce Second annual Decorating Contest for Downtown businesses and the theme is "Past, Present and Future." Decorate your business window to celebrate Tehachapi Hometown Christmas! Must be fun and most importantly represent Tehachapi. Prizes will be awarded to first and second place winners. Contest ends Dec. 2. Friday, Nov. 24 and Saturday, Nov. 25 Holiday Bazaar, hosted by the Bear Valley Springs Cultural Arts Association. Nov. 24 10...
The City of Tehachapi is happy to announce our second annual "Tehachapi Hometown Christmas" event on Saturday, Dec. 2 from 1-5 p.m. in downtown. The Rotary Club kicks off the day with Breakfast with Santa, the Historic Train Depot hosts photos with Santa along with a bake sale, the Chamber of Commerce hosts the annual Christmas Parade on F Street, which is followed by the Christmas Tree lighting at the Depot. We will close Green Street between Tehachapi Blvd. and F Street and host a...
To many people Eve Geisler was the eccentric lady who approached their table in local restaurants with a full repertoire of corny jokes. However, she was so much more. So very much more! I met Eve and her husband Bob in 1965 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church in Lancaster when our infant sons shared a crib in the church nursery. In 1971 both families bought property on Old Town Rd. and we moved to Tehachapi to build our new homes as neighbors. This was quite the adventure, working first at one...
Officials for the 2022 AV Fair & Alfalfa Festival have formally announced new dates for the 2022 nostalgic family event. For the past several years, the AV Fair & Alfalfa Festival has taken place in mid-August. This year the beloved event will move to fall, taking place from Sept. 23-Oct. 2. The 2022 Fair theme has also been announced - “What A Ride!” According to officials, after a 2-year hiatus due to COVID-19 health concerns and large-scale event restrictions, combined with both traditional and new plans for the fall 2022 Fair, the the...
Christina (Tina) Fisher Cunningham was born June 1, 1944, just five days before D-day. Her folks, Peter and Sherry of the Seattle Fishers were stationed in Venice, California on civil defense. They brought my mother, Tina into this world in a Hollywood hospital. On my last precious visit with her, I told her that if I had 1,000 lives to live, I would choose her to be my mother for every single one of them. This is because she had immeasurable personal power, wisdom and intellect that only grew...
Holiday Decorating Contest Sponsored by The Loop newspaper and the City of Tehachapi. Stop in at The Loop office at 206 S. Green St. to sign up or contact City Hall at (661) 822-2200 ext. 102 or email [email protected]. Expanded area for contest: Greater Tehachapi area homes & businesses, including Downtown, City, East and West Golden Hills, Oak Knolls, Bear Valley Springs, Stallion Springs and Sand Canyon. Deadline to enter: December 10 at noon. Judging during the evenings of Dec....
The Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi celebrated the installation of 2021-2022 President Dallas DeHart at a festive barn party Sept. 18 at DeHart's Tehachapi home. Div. 33 Lieutenant Governor Craig Haney of Shafter installed DeHart and pledged the support of the Kiwanis clubs in the division, which is all of western Kern County. DeHart said that communication will be the key to a successful year. "A major part of being a leader is listening," DeHart said. "We will take into consideration everyone's...
Jacqueline Torres, the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi 2021 college scholarship recipient, will draw the club's Bucket Prize winners on Thurs., Sept. 30, the final day of the Tehachapi Farmers Market. The club has sold tickets for a variety of prizes, at $1 each, since the beginning of this year's Farmers Market. The prizes, valued at $80 to $150, include purchases at Darlene's Real Swell Toys and Red House BBQ (a two-for-one); $100 Home Depot gift card; four bottles of wine from Tehachapi Winery; a f...
The previously announced AV Fair & Alfalfa “Barntober Fest” is now officially the 2021 AV Fair & Alfalfa Festival’s 82nd annual Fair. The eight-day event will take place Oct. 1-10, with dark days scheduled for Oct. 4 and 5. In March, the AV Fair Management team announced plans for an October Festival, titled the “Barntober Fest.” The initial announcement made in early spring was in response to the ongoing COVID-19 large event venue restrictions announced by the State. As these restrictions have eased, the logistics and planning for a more trad...
The Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi donated 24 playground balls to Tompkins Elementary School on May 14. The batch included volleyball, football, soccer, tetherball, bouncy balls and two air pumps. Shown, from left, Tompkins Learning Director Tara Clarke, Kiwanis members Eve Geisler and Dallas DeHart. The Kiwanis Club is grateful to Big 5 Sporting Goods store in Tehachapi and store Manager Wendy Merrick for assistance and support in this donation. Kiwanis is an international service organization...
The Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi acknowledged May as Mental Health Awareness Month by posting a banner in a high-traffic location with the Kern County Crisis hotline in bold numbers. As a service club that supports children and youth around the world, the local club is particularly concerned with teenage depression and isolation. The Kiwanis sign reads: "Do you feel hopeless or helpless? Do you have no one to turn to? You are not alone! Ask for help! Call Crisis Hotline: 1 (800) 991-5272. Kern...
In recognition of George Novinger's service to youth and the community, the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi is proud to honor the 37-year Kiwanian with the Kiwanis International Legion of Honor as well as the club's 2021 Distinguished Service Award. Kiwanis Division 33 Lt. Gov. Ron Gaiser, a member of the Tehachapi club, presented the Distinguished Service Award plaque to Novinger at the recipient's home in Tehachapi on March 23. Club President Tina Cunningham presented the embossed Kiwanis...
Due to the continued COVID-19 event venue restrictions, the annual 2021 Antelope Valley (AV) Fair & Alfalfa Festival will be postponed until 2022. The recent state reopening announcements, which include permitting California Theme and Amusement Parks to reopen on April 1, under updated guidelines from the state’s health department, do not include large-scale event venues such as the AV Fairgrounds. Traditionally the AV Fair & Alfalfa Festival takes place in late August and requires logistical planning to begin 12 months in advance of the e...
Volunteers from the Kiwanis Club of Westchester in Bakersfield drove up the hill on a foggy Presidents Day, February 15, to help deliver and install American flags to subscribers of the Kiwanis Club of the Tehachapi Stars and Strips Display the Flag Project. Shown, Vietnam veterans Larry Laxson, left, and Don Fowler recreate the famous World War II flag installation on Mt. Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima. Laxson and Fowler joined Tehachapi Kiwanis Club members and scouts and parents...
Teams from the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi, Scouts BSA and the Kiwanis Club of Westchester will deliver American flags to subscribers in Tehachapi on Presidents Day, Monday, Feb. 15, the first day of the 2021 Kiwanis Stars and Strips Display the Flag Project. The teams post the big flags in front of subscribers' homes and businesses within the Tehachapi city limits on six patriotic holidays: Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day (observed on July 5 this year), Labor Day and...
At Tehachapi's Heritage Oak School, a (HOS) private Christian school, students learn to argue. No, they are not shouting at each other. Their arguments are more dignified, as the students learn to use critical thinking skills to communicate their positions. It's a millennia-old method of education. Based on the three-step "Trivium" Veritas Press classical curriculum, HOS students study the academic basics (Grammar, grades K-6), logical thinking (Logic, grades 7-9) and how to effectively express...
Salvation Army Service Center Coordinator Sandy Chavez underscored the organization's local impact when she told members of the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi that she had misspoken earlier that day at the Dec. 2 Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council meeting. "It wasn't 350 Thanksgiving baskets that we provided," Chavez said. "We served 1,000 families with Thanksgiving baskets." Members of the Kiwanis Club visited the Center at 538 East Tehachapi Blvd. for a "field trip" meeting. Forty to...
The Tehachapi Arts Commission is planning two linked events that promise to attract nationally recognized plein-air artists to the area, Commission member Jim Wilson told the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi Nov. 11. "It will be the biggest art event ever in Tehachapi," Wilson said. "It will highlight professional artists from around the country." Forty plein-air ("open air") artists have been invited to come to Tehachapi for a week in May to begin work on paintings that will be featured at a ticketed...
Antelope Valley College Business Professor David. L. Adams of Quartz Hill came within two digits of guessing the correct number of acorns in the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi "Acorn Scramble" jar. Adams' guess of 1,412 was close enough to win half the summer fundraising kitty of $795. The number of acorns in the 16-inch-high decorator candle jar was 1,414. "Wow. I am surprised," Adams said. "It was just a random guess." He had visited the Tehachapi Main Street Farmers Market on July 30, where he pai...
Due to the continued COVID-19 event restrictions, for the first time in 65 years the Annual Kiwanis Jr. Livestock Auction was a virtual event spanning over seven days with add-on donations running for a total of 10 days. Despite a myriad of COVID-19 event restriction challenges, the 2020 Jr. Livestock auction ranks third in dollars raised over the past 65 years, with nearly $600,000 in bidding that directly supports local participating youth. Traditionally the auction is a single day event, however this year virtual bidding allowed a longer...
Susan Minor, owner of the Slice of Life Enrichment School, will be the speaker at the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi meeting on Wed., Sept. 16 at noon. The enrichment school offers a variety of classes in music, art and languages for children and adults. The Kiwanis club – “The Little Club with the Big Heart” – is meeting at a private home in downtown Tehachapi during the COVID restaurant restrictions. Guests are welcome, light lunch tray provided. Tired of being alone and isolated? Join us and re-...
The Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi aims to fill a pallet with food for the Kern County Food Bank on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Slice of Life Enrichment School, 48771 W. Valley Blvd. The food collection drive is a “Kiwanis One Day” event in which all Kiwanis clubs in Division 33 participate. The boxes and cans of unexpired food will help replenish free food supplies all over Kern County, including the numerous food banks in Tehachapi. The Kern County Food Bank provides food for...
