Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Rhonda Brady from the Tehachapi Rotary Club reported that the "12 Days of Christmas" senior food drive donations resulted in the distribution of 160 boxes. Rotarians and friends gathered just before the holidays to organize and distribute the donations. Sixty of the boxes were given to the Tehachapi Humanitarian Relief Group for distribution. Brady said that even during the pandemic, the community really stepped up with donations again this year. The Rotary Club of Tehachapi is a volunteer...
Chris Naftel, former president of the Rotary Club of Tehachapi, presented a video of underwater dives he did in June and October 2021 during a trip to the Caribbean island of Bonaire. The dives were among the Bonaire reefs and the video featured various types of fish and other creatures. The Rotary Club of Tehachapi is a volunteer service organization with the motto, "Service Above Self." The club meets on Thursdays at noon. For more information about Rotary Club, you can visit their Facebook...
At their Jan. 6 meeting, Tehachapi Rotarians welcomed Daniel Wolcott, Adventist Health's President of Kern County Care Delivery. Wolcott oversees the operation of the three Kern County AH hospitals located in Bakersfield, Delano and Tehachapi. He came to Kern County from Adventist Health Lodi Memorial in San Joaquin County, where he had served since 2015. Wolcott is a Californian by birth. He was born in St. Helena and grew up in Northern California. He received his bachelor's degree in...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi and the Tehachapi Lions Club have been working hard to make sure seniors have what they need to enjoy this holiday season. Both clubs selflessly serve the community's less fortunate residents. Lions Club president Vicki Satalino said that for the last ten years or so, Tehachapi's Lions teamed up with the Bakersfield Christmas For Seniors program, which has been featured on KGET 17 News. "There are so many programs for children," she said, "but we don't have a whole...
Cal Rossi from Southern California Edison (SCE) spoke to Tehachapi Rotarians at their December 9 meeting. Rossi has been the SCE government relations manager responsible for our area since 2009 when he began his relationship-building efforts with local leaders, a position which became more important recently with the policy of Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS). His territory covers an area from Bakersfield to Mammoth and includes Kern, Inyo and Tuolumne counties. Rossi began by thanking the...
Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Hospital hosted a gathering on Nov. 18 in the peaceful garden area west of the hospital in honor of Christina Scrivner as she stepped down from her Director of Philanthropy position. Colleagues and friends came together to show their respect and appreciation for her passionate and tireless years of service to the hospital and community. When an attendee asked Scrivner's assistant Peggy Mendiburu if she would be replacing Scrivner, Mendiburu answered simply,...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi celebrated the formal induction of two new members at their November 18 lunch meeting: Adriana Garthwaite, new owner of the Tehachapi Christian Store with her husband, Peter, and George Green, new owner of the Radio Shack. Jennifer Palakiko of Edward Jones has gone through the final vetting process and should be inducted into the Club soon. The Club is delighted to add new and younger members to their ranks. The featured speaker, Justina Engen of the Tehachapi...
Jason Stanley and Kevin Davey spoke at the Rotary Club on Nov. 4, sharing about local events and organizations that honor and support veterans in various ways. Stanley, the Quality Advocate Specialist at Airstreams Renewables, spoke first. He told how the company was founded in 2003 by Dave Schulgen. It started in Tehachapi and is now on seven military bases, nationwide. Airstreams' core values, "accountability, respect and integrity," are effectuated in many ways, but chiefly by serving...
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 City of Tehachapi is happy to announce we will be assisting the Rotary Club of Tehachapi with their Twelve Days of Christmas food drive for local senior citizens in need again this year. Tehachapi City Hall is one of multiple drop-off sites for non-perishable food items through December 14. In 2020 the Tehachapi community donated enough food to provide more than 100 boxes filled with the items from the list to each senior. "We are so blessed to have a group like our Rotarians who are...
The Rotary Club was regaled on Oct. 14 by Tehachapi's favorite local historian, Jon Hammond. Hammond is a locally celebrated and respected contributor of The Loop newspaper, Tehachapi News, The Bakersfield Californian and other local publications. His articles and columns focus mainly on Tehachapi history, agriculture and local wildlife. He did not disappoint, educating and delighting his audience with an overview of the agricultural history of the Tehachapi Valley from ancient times to the...
At the Oct. 14 meeting of the Tehachapi Rotary Club, Rotarian Claudia Baker presents the check for $4,068 to Rotary President Paul Kaminski that she had received from Cheers to Charity on behalf of Rotary. Rotarians were in charge of the silent auction and wine pull at the Cheers event and shared the proceeds with Cheers, who in turn wrote them a check as a donation for a portion of the amount....
Cheers to Charity 2021 has a lot to celebrate! What started as a small fundraising event in the Veritas parking lot back in 2014 has become the most anticipated fundraiser of the year in Tehachapi. This month, the Cheers team funded eleven local nonprofits with grants ranging from $2,000 to $15,000 for a total of $55,568. The August 2021 event, featuring food, wine, craft beer and home brews, was attended by 800 people. Tehachapi's Aviator Park lit up with thousands of sparkling lights, warm...
The Rotary Club welcomed speaker Jim Walker on Sept.23. Walker is the president of the newly formed Tehachapi Mountain Alano Club. An Alano club, for those unfamiliar with the term, is the name used for community centers for 12-step recovery programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous. Walker explained that the local meeting place for such programs faced serious financial (and other) setbacks due to the pandemic. Ironically situated behind a bar in Old Town Tehachapi, the meeting place was a haven...
The City of Tehachapi is happy to announce the collaboration between the Tehachapi Salvation Army and the Tehachapi Rotary Club on the “Coats for Kids” drop-off program, happening now through Oct. 14. The Salvation Army annually collects new and gently used coats for children and teens in the Tehachapi area who are in need. The Rotary Club has been a supporter over the past years by accepting donations and then purchasing coats to donate. This year the City of Tehachapi was invited to help wit...
The City of Tehachapi is happy to announce the collaboration between the Tehachapi Salvation Army and the Tehachapi Rotary Club on the “Coats for Kids” drop-off program, happening now through October 14. The Salvation Army annually collects new and gently used coats for children and teens in the Tehachapi area who are in need. The Rotary Club has been a supporter over the past years by accepting donations and then purchasing coats to donate. This year the City of Tehachapi was invited to hel...
On September 16, Jenny Lavers from Adventist Health AIS Cancer Center addressed the Tehachapi Rotary Club giving some of the background and functions of the center. Lavers is Administrative Director of Service Lines for the center. She told Rotarians that the AIS Cancer Center was founded in 2013, filling a real need in the Bakersfield community. Formerly, over 20 percent of cancer patients had to leave the area for treatment. The center now services over 9,000 patients per year. AIS is working...
Zack Scrivner, Supervisor District 2 of Kern County recently spoke to Tehachapi's Rotary Club. He began by updating those present on the latest issues surrounding oil extraction processes, policies and controversies in the state of California. He went into some detail about how important the oil industry is in helping poor and uneducated people gain a foothold at the entry level and rise to middle class income levels, a possibility that was freely available to past generations of Americans but...
Misty and Kevin Caudle, pastors of the Christian Life Assembly Church on Valley Blvd. in Tehachapi, were the guest speakers at the first Rotary meeting in the month of August. They both grew up in Tehachapi and have a strong desire to serve this community. Kevin explained that a few years ago he attended a City Council meeting and was dismayed to discover that, as the council members discussed organizations to approach for help with various community needs and projects, not one church was brought up or suggested. Kevin left that meeting...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi recently welcomed Lewis Brown as their guest speaker when they met for their weekly gathering of food and fellowship. Brown, now retired, has had a rich and varied professional life, which included serving in the Air Force as a firefighter stationed in Roswell, New Mexico. In 1971, he bought land in Stallion Springs and moved there in 2009. He currently sits on the board of the Tehachapi Community Theater and has been the board president of the Tehachapi Senior...
Several ladies of the Tehachapi Rotary Club and some of their friends have come together once a month to teach sewing techniques to anyone who is interested in learning to sew. The class is for beginners or anyone who wants to brush up their sewing skills, whether they are women or men, or are age 9 or 90. A different project is taught every month. Their project for June was an artistic American flag. In July they will be making fabric wallets. Students only need to have a sewing machine with...
On June 10, Bonnie Quinonez, Ph.D. spoke at the Tehachapi Rotary Club outlining a new program being offered by Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley. The Behavioral Health Integration (BHI) program is the result of a $1.2 million grant AHTV received in January 2021 to develop a program to assist patients with continuing care and counseling following a visit to the emergency room. The program has brought together a team of specialists to help patients deal with diet issues, substance abuse and...
This is the 14th article in a continuing series about local military veterans and their service to our great country. Tracey Keefe (née Alexander) was born and grew up in Massachusetts. Her parents owned and operated a small school bus company. "They were really awesome people," Tracey said. "Their doing that business, particularly in the winter, taught me a lot about determination and fortitude, about doing the right thing every day." Tracey attended grade school and high school in a town...
The Bakersfield Symphony was front and center for Tehachapi Rotary’s April 22 meeting. Executive Director Holly Arnold and Director of Marketing and Development Gabe Adame gave an outline of the organization’s history and plans for their 2021 season. Arnold has held her position with the symphony since May 2019. Before joining the orchestra she was CEO of the Kern Chapter of the American Red Cross and director of community relations for Hall Ambulance. Adame started with the symphony as executiv...
At their April 15 online meeting, the Tehachapi Rotary Club hosted Brynn Carrigan, Kern County's new Director of Public Health. Carrigan, who is replacing prior director Matt Constantine, had been Assistant Director of Public Health since 2012 and was responsible for managing departmental programs and services. During the COVID-19 pandemic Carrigan served as KCHD Incident Commander for the department's Operations Center. She is from Bakersfield and graduated from Cal State Bakersfield with a deg...
