Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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I want to share a photo of Fitz Fulton and Bob Hoover that was taken by Mike Owen at the retirement party held for Dan Sabovich in 2002. These two men, Fitzhugh Fulton and Bob Hoover, are decorated veterans of World War II and Korea and were participants in legendary flight test work with the U.S. Air Force. I love the photos we have of the many illustrious test pilots that have flown in the skies over Edwards AFB, California City, Boron, North Edwards, Rosamond, Lancaster, Palmdale and Mojave....
Fly by battery – John Joyce of Rosamond reported at the Nov. 14 East Kern Economic Alliance meeting at the California City Arts and Community Center that builders have installed the engines in NASA's electric battery-powered experimental X-57 Maxwell airplane. The Rosamond community broke ground Nov. 8 on a revitalized $15 million water reclamation plant, which will recharge cleaned-up water into the ground, providing a credit of 1,000 acre feet (AF) of groundwater a year. Previous a...
The Tehachapi Valley lost a kind, interesting and community-minded man with the passing of Harold Cox, 84, on Oct. 20. Harold had been battling cancer but was still able to get around, and only a few weeks ago celebrated his 84th birthday at Kelcy's Restaurant surrounded by a large group of friends. Harold had a special appreciation for antiques and collectibles, and he did his part to capture some of America's past, creating a small but thoroughly-stocked gasoline filling station from the...
We Tehachapians adore our animals, both large and small – our cats and dogs, hamsters and horses. And we deeply appreciate all those who help us care for our four-legged family members – our skilled veterinarians, pet sitters and groomers. Sadly, Ms. Dorrie Walsh, proprietor of "The Groomer," located on South Street, is closing her business after serving the Tehachapi community for the better part of four decades (since 1981). Throughout all those years she has clipped, brushed, washed and, wel...
Artist Jedd Strange of Rosamond has put the finishing touches on a nearly block-long mural in Mojave that celebrates modes of transportation in that crossroads community. Painted in colorful acrylic, the artwork covers the north-facing exterior wall of Mission Bank on Panamint Street. The mural, moving from sunrise over the desert on the east end to sunset behind the mountains on the west end, features a mule team hauling a water wagon, the Southern Pacific Dayliner train, a diesel truck, a Huey...
Supervisor Zack Scrivner is pleased to announce that the RENEWBIZ program will be awarding $380,000 in grants to East Kern community businesses. A total of 46 grants were awarded to 15 businesses in Boron, 14 in Mojave, 11 in Rosamond and six in Tehachapi. The RENEWBIZ program begins with county seed money, but continues with matching efforts of the business owners and community leaders who work together to improve and beautify the business environment, clean-up the community and attract new...
School is back in session and as we warned, we have been in our local communities patrolling school zones. We want to remind everyone of what to do when you encounter a school bus with flashing red lights loading or unloading our children. Last week we were in Mojave and Rosamond and issued several citations. As a fair warning, we will be taking turns in our communities conducting school bus enforcement. We have provided a guide to when you need to stop for a school bus so you don't get stopped...
The Kern County Superintendent of School's award-winning "Do the Math" live TV broadcast and free tutoring program is set to return for its 18th season on Sept. 10. For the past 17 years, the live interactive program has helped students strengthen their math awareness as credentialed teachers help them work out math problems on live television. Free, phone-in tutoring is available to students from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays by calling (661) 636-4357 or toll free at (866)...
Walmart initiated the process of building a 154,569-square-foot Supercenter in Tehachapi 14 years ago in 2005. A resistance movement delayed construction and spurred community engagement on an unprecedented scale. One hearing at the high school gymnasium drew more than 700 advocates for and against building the Walmart. The store opened on Aug. 7, 2019. "I'm overjoyed to see this come to fruition and to have this for Tehachapi and our residents," Mayor Susan Wiggins said, recalling one public...
Tanya Martinez, representing sPower, was the June 18 speaker at Tehachapi Rotary. Martinez, who has an M.S. in Energy Engineering, was accompanied by Russell Johnson of South Valley Solutions of Bakersfield to help field questions. She outlined a new solar project sPower has planned for the Antelope Valley. The Raceway Solar Project is planned for the Rosamond area, located south of Rosamond Blvd. and the Willow Springs Raceway. The 400 megawatt (MW) solar farm will consist of 1,854 acres and...
Burt and Dick Rutan still have a "rock star" following at Oshkosh, the annual gathering of homebuilders and aviation enthusiasts. This year marked the "Golden Anniversary" of the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh – 50 years of aviation spirit, camaraderie and passion. "I've been to Oshkosh 40 times, the first one in 1971," said Burt Rutan during an interview after stepping out of Rob Scherer's Starship. "Since debuting the VariViggen at EAA Oshkosh in 1972, Oshkosh has been an important part of my c...
When I occasionally travel Willow Springs Road toward Rosamond and Lancaster, I pass Truman Road and Hamilton Road. For years I have told anyone who would listen that the two roads do not stand for an early American statesman, Alexander Hamilton, or former President Harry Truman. The two roads are a reminder of Truman Hamilton former lawman and Constable of the 11th Judicial Township. Beginning his job in 1922, residents saw a man of substantial size, both in height and weight. His size alone...
Mary Beth Garrison, external affairs and communications manager for Rio Tinto, said that the great borate mine will soon be known for lithium production. Speaking at the July 11 meeting of the East Kern Economic Alliance (EKEA) at the Rio Tinto visitor center in Boron, Garrison said that a new industrial process makes it possible to extract the valuable element from the waste piles (gangue piles) left over from mining borates. "There are 90 years of waste that we can re-process," she said....
The California High-Speed Rail project appeared to be careening toward oblivion when California Governor Gavin Newsom said in his Feb. 12 State of the State address that "Currently, there simply isn't a path to get from Sacramento to San Diego, let alone from San Francisco to LA." Echoing opponents of the project, Newsom said there had been "too little oversight and not enough transparency." Rather than abandoning the High-Speed Rail plan, the new governor chose to reduce the monster to smaller...
My favorite Tehachapi area back roads for you to explore I often get asked to recommend pleasant drives for people who are newer to the area and I'm happy to do so, since the Tehachapi Mountains have an assortment of picturesque country roads that wind their way through the foothills, valleys, canyons and mountains of this California range. These two-lane back roads are relics from an earlier time – some were even dirt roads for horses and wagons before the arrival of autos and asphalt. S...
First Friday in April will feature Catherine Hammons, glass painter, polymer clay artist and more. Catherine paints on glass creating beautiful glass vases, sun catchers and more. She creates cute polymer clay animals, which she uses to make fun earrings. Raised in a crafty family, Catherine learned to crochet as soon as she could hold a needle. She also paints glass and other things like fabric and henna tattoos. She makes wire wrap jewelry and works with polymer clay. A published author,...
Six members of Congress from California are campaigning to site the proposed Space Development Agency in the military areas of Edwards Air Force Base and the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. At the March 14 meeting of the East Kern Economic Alliance (EKEA) at the Mojave Air and Space Port, Representative Kevin McCarthy's field rep Gary Medina presented a letter sent from the congresspersons to President Donald Trump, stating the case for the location. "[W]e urge you to consider two bases...
Found an article by my mother Marion Deaver that she wrote about how the Kern-Antelope Historical Society was created. The article was taken from a letter written from Glen Settle to the Conference of California Historical Societies in June, 1961. Settle was the current president of the historical society located in Southeastern Kern County. Settle was responding to a letter written to him to find out more about the newly created group. The group held its first meeting in May 1959 and was...
Kieffe and Sons Ford dealership is closing its doors on its two locations in Mojave and Rosamond after 59 years in business in Kern County, according to Owner Rick Kieffe. He confirmed the rumor going around that the iconic and longstanding dealership that has been selling cars and trucks for 59 years is in fact closing for good. He stated the cause by simply saying "the Future has arrived." By that he explained that the modern means of purchasing automobiles has changed so drastically that the...
Such sad news for family, friends and patients of Dr. Phil Coussens and his RN wife, Ellen Coussens, who both passed away within days of each other during Christmas week. They often attended Plane Crazy Saturday at Mojave Air & Spaceport. Philip Cameron Coussens was born in Los Angeles on July 28, 1927 and passed away at his home in Rosamond Skypark on Dec. 24, 2018. Ellen June Coussens was born on March 26, 1939 in Sidney, MT and passed away at home in Rosamond on Dec. 28, 2018. Elle had been...
Sisters and best friends, Hannah and Elisabeth Macy (ages 24 and 27) developed a love for beauty from a very young age. Growing up in a large family of 12, they were home-schooled through all 12 grades. After graduation, they continued their education, taking art classes to learn new techniques and methods. Elisabeth first began taking art lessons from Alicia Garver at the age of 12. Although she had always wanted to be an artist, she had already given up hope. It was too frustrating when she...
I am grateful for the honor and privilege of serving Kern County's Second District on the Board of Supervisors. Together, we have accomplished much, and this newsletter focuses on some of the highlights for Kern County and the Second District. Kern County Budget Update The Board of Supervisors passed the county's budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. We are in year three of our 4-year plan to eliminate the General Fund structural deficit, after several years of falling oil prices and rising...
It was over a year and a half ago that Dr. Sheryl Haggerty began looking for a home in Tehachapi. The physician had been practicing in Palmdale for over three years in the field of occupational medicine when she was offered a job in Bakersfield that she just couldn't refuse. She knew what she wanted in a house and was willing to make the hour and a half commute each way until she found what she was looking for. What appeared was her dream-come-true in spades. She knew she wanted owned-solar...
Jason and Elise Duma moved to Tehachapi in August. They came from a little town called Wildomar in Riverside County. Wildomar is not too far from Lake Elsinore. Jason had worked as a lineman for Southern California Edison for 11 years and had been trying to get a transfer some place close to mountains, the outdoors, four-seasons and camping. Elise said that he had tried to transfer to Bishop but the area is so desirable that someone has to retire before anyone new can get in. He was offered...
McKenna and Danielle Ryan moved into their Tehachapi home at the end of August. They had been living in West Lancaster and really wanted a change of environment. The natural setting and seasonal changes of Tehachapi appealed to them. Both of them said they were trying to downsize but it was harder than they thought. It took them a while to find the right house, but when they did, they didn't hesitate. McKenna was raised in Downey, Calif. Her folks came to California from Rhode Island. She...
