Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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It was while visiting her cousin in Tehachapi that Gina Keeler knew she wanted to live here. When the opportunity finally arose, she and Hoss Melton decided to make the move from Ventura with their five daughters. The beauty and affordability of the area were also contributing factors. They had not planned to move in the middle of the school year, but they found what they thought would be the perfect house for such a large family. Now they are busy settling in a little bit at a time. Hoss is Wes...
Gladys Ennis has come to the Tehachapi area from Camarillo, Calif. where she had lived for fourteen years. Although she enjoyed coastal living, she decided to join her daughter Jackie and family in the mountains. Everyone pitched in to help Gladys unpack her three Pods. Gladys has an extensive business background is real estate. She spent 30 years working with Southern California real estate developers as a sales manager and, at one time, she even managed a tract in Bakersfield. Gladys was born...
Kathi and Scott Chattin have just settled into their home in Bear Valley. Kathi had been commuting from Lancaster, Calif. daily since June when she began her job as Administrative Assistant for the Bear Valley Springs Association. They had been in Lancaster for a long time. Scott had been there for 12 years and Kathi since 1989 but they knew they needed to make the move. She had previously been the office manager for Mission Linen Supply in Lancaster, Calif. but before that had worked in...
Rick and Cindy Remillard had been trying to move to Tehachapi for five years. Last November they were finally able to realize their dream. They both still commute to Bakersfield for work, but Cindy says it is very much worth the trouble. Rick has been an engineer at San Joaquin Community Hospital for twenty-six years and, while he doesn’t really mind the commute, would like to explore the possibility of working closer to home. Cindy is a recruiter for Western Truck School, a job she has held f...
Fran Riggs had many reasons to move to Tehachapi when she retired. Although she had been born in Kern County, she has not lived here for many years. She did, however, still have family in the area and she had always loved the mountain setting and the change of seasons so Tehachapi seemed a natural choice when it came time to retire and move from the crowded city environment of Fullerton. Last fall Fran finally retired from 13 years as a buyer for the City of Fullerton. I was not sure what a...
When Jack Roth met Sylvia in 2008 he was living at Rosamond Air Park with a 1949 Navion which he had owned for 15 years. He had met women and dated but no one had “clicked” until, by chance, he was waiting in line at Walmart one day for a prescription. While talking to a woman in line, she finally said “You need to meet my aunt”. He agreed, called Sylvia and they met for bagels. They were both a bit apprehensive at first but enjoyed each other’s company. Jack even agreed to watch her dog for t...
Laura Burdick moved to Stallion Springs in August with her two children Luc,14, and Corinne,12. She is very specific when she says she moved from East Lancaster. She said she wanted a safer environment for herself and her children, so she put her house on the market and began searching for a new home. She considered the western areas of Lancaster since the children’s paternal grandparents lived there but the rural setting and seasonal changes of the mountains called to her. When she found a b...
In 2010 Greg Harvey and Victoria Randall purchased their mountain home to be used for vacations and, eventually, retirement. They found the area through a friend of Victoria’s. This last August they both finally retired and made the move from Atascadero, in San Luis Obispo county, and became permanent residents of Bear Valley Springs. They say they are still getting used to retirement and their new location. Greg said that they met while riding the bus to Cal Poly. Victoria is a top notch admini...
Joan Fick moved to Tehachapi from Simi Valley to be near her children and to have the four seasons she experienced when she was younger. Although Joan was primarily raised in Sylmar, she was actually born in Olean, New York. Her family also spent some time in Elmira, New York where she claims she learned to skate on the dikes. She says she still has “hundreds of relatives” in upstate New York. Her sons, Aaron and John, also live in Tehachapi. Aaron, his wife Renee, and grandson Daaron are als...
In September Richard and Karen Ridgley sold their home in Anaheim and traded the hustle and bustle of the city for the quiet serenity of our mountain community. He had traveled through the area many times for work. At the time he was teaching commercial driving around the state and he thought this would be a great place to retire someday. They have since had some of their family join them. Karen's mother is in assisted living nearby and her sister and brother-in law are getting settled into a ho...
