Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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On the evening of Dec. 10, Tehachapi GranFondo ride coordinator Michelle Vance presented checks totaling $25,000 to 20 volunteer organizations that donated their time and efforts to help put on the 5th GranFondo on Sept. 15. Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District were the new organizers for the successful event and their December Board Meeting was the perfect venue for the presentation. The groups honored were Bear Valley CERT, Sand Canyon FOR-CERT, Bear Valley Volunteers in Police...
On Saturday, Dec. 1 members of Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions clubs hosted over 250 parents and kids at the annual Breakfast with Santa at the Jacobsen Middle School cafeteria. The event included a breakfast of pancakes, sausage and beverage and a photo with Santa, all complimentary....
Ybarra installed the Tehachapi board on Oct.13. Kiwanis rocked Centennial Plaza at Main Street Tehachapi’s Halloween Trunk or Treat event as the music of president-elect Bill Bettis of MusicMX and Eric Leishman Karaoke inspired costumed little goblins to dance and dance with uninhibited glee. The club sponsored a popular photo booth at the Main Street Tehachapi event, which drew 1,200 children who collected 27,000 pieces of candy....
A key concern for Kiwanis is the well-being of children, and they were interested to know how Measure R would improve outdated recreational facilities. Therefore, they invited Michelle Vance and Laura Lynne Wyatt to tell them about the measure which would upgrade and renovate existing parks, grounds and recreational facilities in the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District. The measure is on the November ballot and must pass by a 2/3 majority. Vance said TVRPD was formed in 1959 and...
The Kiwanis Club awarded scholarships to three Tehachapi High School graduates this June. They were introduced to the membership at a recent meeting by Scholarship Chairperson, Marian Stephens. She began by thanking Dick Cavanaugh and Liz Wolfe for serving on the selection committee. Each of the three winners then addressed the Kiwanis members. Emma Stanley made good grades in high school, but she admitted she worked hard to maintain a high grade point average. She said she really had to focus...
Sandy Chavez is passionate about her work as Center Coordinator for Salvation Army. She recently shared the reasons for her enthusiasm with Tehachapi Kiwanis Club. In just the first quarter of this year, she reported that 3,143 people were able to get food to feed their families in Tehachapi. The center distributed 109,901 pounds of donated food. Albertsons is the largest donor to the Salvation Army, and they give food that is about to exceed its expiration date. Volunteers sort this food...
On June 1, the Tehachapi Museum will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. for the First Friday Art Walk. Along with other downtown venues, the Museum and will be offering appetizers, desserts, and champagne for guests. This month's food and beverage is being provided by the Kiwanis Club and their members will be on hand to assist for the evening. A small exhibit of Victorian cabinet cards will be on display through June. The collection was assembled by Bill Reed and all feature men in their finery, the phot...
"We made some miscalculations," was how Ron Gaiser described the hike he and Kiwanis Club President Jonathan Hall took on the Pacific Crest Trail. The two men undertook the hike as a fundraiser for the Club, asking each member to donate dollars for miles hiked. At the last Kiwanis meeting they showed pictures and talked about their experience. The hikers set off from Lander's Meadow and planned to hike toward Tehachapi in five days. They got a ride to that point and were prepared with food,...
It was a great turn out at McMullan Hall for the 32nd Annual Kiwanis Prayer Breakfast on May 3 as speaker Daryl Ragsdale, business development director for World Wind & Solar, shared his compelling story of faith. "It was the picture of unity, of believers and others coming together for a common purpose," Ragsdale told The Loop. The event, he said, "highlights the importance of the power of prayer." Kiwanis Prayer Breakfast Chairman Don Bowman, a retired Salvation Army officer, said the...
Scott Spielman is a Kern County Assistant District Attorney who has seen numerous cases during his career where families have been devastated when loved ones have died as a result of drunk driving. During the last year there were 4,000 DUI arrests in the county and probably more that eluded arrest. Many teenagers have been involved in accidents where drinking was a factor. Spielman wanted to help prevent senseless deaths so he joined an organization called A Life Interrupted. He became a volunte...
Kiwanis Prayer Breakfast -- The National Day of Prayer on Thurs., May 3, kicks off in Tehachapi with the 32nd Annual Kiwanis Prayer Breakfast, 6:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at McMullan Hall, St. Malachy Catholic Church, 407 East E St. Tickets are $10, available at The Loop, the Christian Store, from a Kiwanis member and at the door. Other events are at 12 noon in front of City Hall, 115 S. Robinson St., and, the All-City Church Service at Mountain Bible Church, 630 Maple St., from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m....
As of Thursday, April 5 the Rotary Club of Tehachapi has moved their noon lunch meeting to The Shed restaurant, 333 E. Tehachapi Blvd. Although The Shed is not open to the public, it is available for events and regular meetings that include food. What is Rotary? Rotary is a renowned worldwide organization. The Tehachapi Rotary Club meets to do good in our local community. Members are community leaders who enjoy getting together, forming friendships and finding meaningful ways to give back here in Tehachapi. Our lunchtime meetings include a...
Kiwanis member Liz Wolfe is passionate about her support of the Norbertine Canonesses, which is a women's monastery near Tehachapi. She shared her interest and knowledge with the Kiwanis Club recently. The Norbertine Order, the oldest of monasteries of the Catholic Church, was established in the 11th century. The local Norbertine Canonesses began in 1997 when 476 acres was acquired near Mountain Park. The monastery began with just five sisters, but that number has increased to the present 43...
The theme of the National Day of Prayer on May 3 is "Unity." The theme of the men's weekly Bible study led by World Wind and Solar Business Development Director Daryl Ragsdale is "Together." Those twin themes will blend in harmony at 6:45 a.m. on May 3 as Ragsdale addresses the Annual Prayer Breakfast, sponsored for 32 years by the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi. Together men's Bible study, launched four years ago, draws 60 to 80 men every Tuesday for a catered pizza dinner and an ecumenical evening...
Kiwanis Club was fortunate to hear from two historic women, American Association of University members who participated in Women's History presentations. Diane Bergstrom portrayed poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and Laura Amstead was Beverly Cleary, children's author. Both were informative and entertaining. Millay was an American poet and playwright who received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1923. She was also known for her feminist activism. At 102 years old, Cleary is America's most...
Jonathan Hall, served in two capacities at the Kiwanis meeting on March 7. As our President, he conducted the meeting, then stepped into his role as a member of Tehachapi's water board as our featured speaker. His program was about the current thinking on California's water transport issues, the "California WaterFix". More than half of Southern California's water comes from the Sacramento/San Joaquin delta, through the California Aqueduct and the parallel federal Central Valley Project. To the...
Kiwanis members were visited by women from history as portrayed by Storytellers from American Association of University Women. During Women's History Month in March of each year AAUW members visit schools and clubs to highlight contributions women have made throughout history and are continuing to make. Jeannette Crounse was Margaret Brown an American socialite and philanthropist. She told a fascinating account of surviving the sinking of the Titanic. Hollywood made a movie about that and...
Marget Willer has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award by Kiwanis Division 33. The presentation was made at the Kiwanis Governor's Official Visit to Bakersfield. A dozen members of Tehachapi Kiwanis Club attended the dinner event at Hodel's Restaurant to honor her. Willer was nominated for this honor because of her tireless dedication to less fortunate children and adults. She has been employed by the Salvation Army for twenty-five years. Recently they recognized her talent by promoting...
We must be an example for our children. This was the message Jim Pendleton shared with the Kiwanis Club at their recent meeting. He became a single parent when his daughter was seven years old. That was a life changing experience for him, and he determined to become the kind of man he would want her to eventually marry. Pendleton had a successful career and worked for 39 years at Edwards Air Force Base. However, it was in raising a daughter that he found real fulfillment. She is now 17 years old...
A low-carb diet can cure diabetes and lower cholesterol. Dr. Susan Hall knows this because of her personal and her family's experiences. She spoke about healthy eating at a Kiwanis meeting, citing statistics from Robert Lustig's book, Fat Chance. In the last 35 years Americans have increased their caloric intake by more than 335 calories a day. They have increased their intake of sugar and decreased their intake of vegetables, fruit and fiber. This has resulted in higher rates of obesity,...
The city of Tehachapi is run as a business. "We are a non-profit business," City Manager Greg Garrett told members of the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi on Jan. 31 at the Tehachapi Police Department Community Room. "The trick is keeping the lights on," he said. The city operates the water and service utilities and owns, among other properties, the train depot museum, the BeeKay Theatre, the police department building and the wastewater treatment plant. "We have highly trained professionals," he...
Service to the community – The Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi board of directors and all club members invite guests to the club's Welcome dinner, 6:00 p.m., Wed., Jan 24, 2018 at the home of President-elect Ron Gaiser. Chef Ilona Klar will present a gourmet meal. For information call 661-822-4515. The growing club is planning a major new signature event in 2019. Shown, the board following their Jan. 6, 2018 meeting at the Gaiser home. From left, standing, director Don Bowman, Gaiser, President J...
Lyndsey Wolfe thought it would be fun to live in Spain for a year. Now it's ten years later and she still lives there. She comes home to Tehachapi twice a year to visit her parents, George and Elizabeth Wolfe. Both of them are Kiwanis members and they asked their daughter to tell the Club about her experiences living in Spain. Lyndsey took a job as a nanny that first year and learned to speak Spanish fluently. Now she works teaching English to Spanish speaking adults and children. She pointed...
Porter Underwood spoke to the Kiwanis Club about hydraulic fracturing or "fracking." He worked in the oil business for more than 30 years and is now retired from Halliburton Energy Services. Since retiring he has served as a consultant to the energy industry specializing in stimulation recommendations for oil wells. Underwood explained that fracturing was discovered in 1947 and first used in 1949 to increase production of oil. He admitted that the process has had opponents during later years,...
Improving the lives of children is a major concern for Kiwanis International as well as the local club in Tehachapi. Members were especially interested in the learning about Children's Miracle Network which provides treatment and hospitalization for children at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. Robin Woodward is the Children's Miracle Network Director at the hospital and she spoke about the benefits CMN provides. She is in charge of fundraising for the organization and works with various clubs and...
