Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Rotary Club of Tehachapi held its 7th Annual Rotary Wine Pairing Dinner at The Shed on Saturday, January 25. This year the club featured all local wines from the Tehachapi Wine Growers Association which were specifically paired with delicious food created by chef Mano Lujan of Red House BBQ and The Shed. Mano spends a lot of time tasting, talking, sampling and preparing food that will bring out the best of the wine and in turn the best of the food. The menu and wines served this year were...
On Saturday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. at The Shed restaurant in Tehachapi, the Rotary Club of Tehachapi will be hosting the 7th Annual Wine Pairing Dinner which is one of the Club's major fundraisers for the year. This year the featured wines are from Tehachapi Wine Growers Association. Mano Lujan, owner of The Shed and Red House BBQ, who has experienced culinary studies in China, Japan and Mexico is specifically designing the food so that the wine enhances its flavor and the food enhances the wine....
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Terry Brady D.C., on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019. Tehachapi and the world has lost a bright and shining light. Terry was born in Melbourne, Australia. He was the youngest child of Maurice and Connie Brady, following brothers Allan (deceased) and Graeme, still living in Australia. In his younger years he was a fruit farmer working on his father's orchards in Cobram, Victoria. He decided to attend Chiropractic College upon the insistence of his...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi has selected Chris Naftel as its Rotarian of Action for this year. Chris has been a Rotary Club member for more than three years and has proven himself to be a true Rotarian of Action. During his first year in the local service club, he was Director of Community Service, where he organized and oversaw excellent service projects. He also implemented new community projects. In his second year, he served as our club president. During his term, our club membership grew and weekly Rotary meetings were attended in...
Since the Tail Waggers Group was founded in Bear Valley Springs by Molly Mackin and others, they have reached out in many ways to help the community. One of the most interesting branches of Tail Waggers is the Alliance of Therapy Dogs, which is associated with a national organization. Therapy dogs are not the same as the well-known “service” dogs. Therapy dogs are owned by members of Tail Waggers and the national association and they pay visits to schools, senior rest homes and hospitals to brighten the lives of patients, residents, and sch...
On Nov. 7, Rotary's past president Chris Naftel made a slide presentation from his underwater exploration trio to the Dutch island of Bonaire during July and August of this year. The 24-mile-long island's primary industry is the production of salt. While there, the Tehachapi underwater photographer dove in 33 separate locations, photographing exotic underwater sea life. Naftel said this was his fifth trip to Bonaire and he spent 91-and-a-half hours under water diving to a maximum of 63 feet. He...
The Salvation Army has been providing services to Tehachapi for 19 years and continues to serve local families in spite of the fact that donations to public-benefit nonprofits have decreased in recent years. The organization has had to lay off employees and close branches; however, the San Joaquin and Tehachapi branches are still going strong thanks to the efforts of local branch manager Sandy Chavez and past manager Marget Willer. Willer said that years ago they used to sell things to raise...
Tehachapi's Rotary Club heard from the Bear Valley Springs Tailwaggers Dog Club when several of their members and their well behaved furry friends visited during lunch. The group explained their association with the national program Alliance Therapy Dogs. Tailwaggers President Molly Macklin and her associates said the group will soon be licensed to become patient visitors at Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley Hospital. They will also be starting a reading program at the Whiting Center in Bear...
On Saturday, Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. get ready to celebrate everything apples. Including apple pie, apple fritters, apple turnovers, apple nachos, apple salsa, dried apples, apple jams and jellies, apple bobbing, apple pie eating and baking, apple cider, caramel apples, and of course just plain old fresh picked apples, the world is our apple. Over 85 vendors will be selling their wares and lots of great food will be available to eat. There will...
The sixth year of Cheers to Charity raised $50,000 for local charities – $10,000 more than in the previous year. The 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 smiles and festive laughter as supporters raised money for charity. The Cheers to Charity committee, including Yolanda Acevedo, Linda Carhart, Becca Dillenbeck, Lydia Chaney, Theresa Dineen, Mary Beth Garrison, Barbie Herziger...
For the last five years, Tehachapi ladies have anxiously awaited the Fall Fashion Show sponsored by Tehachapi Rotary. This year the show will be held on Sept. 26 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Lifetime Events, 48771 Valley Blvd., Tehachapi. Join Rotary to view the latest fashions presented by five unique Tehachapi shops. Featured this year are The Dressing Room, Nannette Keller Designs, Sessions Women’s Consignment Boutique, Country Collections and Twisted Sister Revival. The show ticket will include s...
Kern Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Richard Chapman and Vice President Cheryl Scott visited Tehachapi Rotary on Aug. 22. The pair presented an update on the economic state of the County and what the future may hold. Chapman told the group that Kern County remains the number-one agriculture producing county in the entire nation. However, Kern County has dropped to number-five in oil production in recent years. The county has attracted several large corporations with projects...
During Mountain Festival weekend in Central Park, Tehachapi Rotary was selling tickets for an adult bicycle that will be given away at the GranFondo Festival on September 13 and 14. In addition, on Sunday afternoon, they gave away two children's bicycles and a quilt. The lucky winner of the boy's bike was Jason Sawade, who had waited all afternoon to make sure he and his mother were present at the drawing. Winner of the girl's bike was Lyra from California City and the quilt went to Savannah...
Save the date. Tehachapi Rotary Club announced that Thursday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. is the date for the 2019 Rotary Fashion Show, to be held this year at Slice of Life Enrichment School located at 48771 W. Valley Blvd., Tehachapi. This is a new and exciting venue for this very popular event, so be sure it is on your calendar....
At their Aug. 8 meeting, Tehachapi Rotary hosted local artist Dwight Dreyer. Dreyer is president of the newly formed Tehachapi Arts Commission, an affiliate of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council. Their mission is to bring representational fine art and art collectors to Tehachapi. To that end, they have planned Art 2020, inviting nationally known artists and locals to paint "en plein air" throughout Tehachapi from May 16-22, 2020. The artists will be encouraged to paint...
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...
It won't be long before every parent in the Tehachapi Unified School District will know Stacey Larson-Everson. On April 9, the District Board of Trustees announced that they had chosen Stacey as the new TUSD Superintendent. It was then that Stacey and her husband Lance Larson began to plan their relocation from Fallbrook, Calif. in San Diego County where they had lived on their ranch for 14 years. It was in Fallbrook that they went through 4H with their four kids, cared for their six horses and...
Save the date. Tehachapi Rotary Club announced that Thursday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. is the date for the 2019 Rotary Fashion Show, to be held this year at Slice of Life Enrichment School located at 48771 W. Valley Blvd., Tehachapi. This is a new and exciting venue for this very popular event, so be sure it is on your calendar....
Save the date. Tehachapi Rotary Club announced that Thursday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. is the date for the 2019 Rotary Fashion Show, to be held this year at Slice of Life Enrichment School located at 48771 W. Valley Blvd., Tehachapi. This is a new and exciting venue for this very popular event, so be sure it is on your calendar....
Save the date. Tehachapi Rotary Club announced that Thursday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. is the date for the 2019 Rotary Fashion Show, to be held this year at Slice of Life Enrichment School located at 48771 W. Valley Blvd. This is a new and exciting venue for this very popular event, so be sure it is on your calendar....
Planning for the most fun fundraising event in Tehachapi, Cheers to Charity, is underway. Aviator Park, at the Tehachapi Airport, will be the setting for the sixth year of this annual fundraiser. Shade trees, acres of grass, plenty of parking and a gentle breeze provide a cool venue on a hot August night. Scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 10, Cheers to Charity benefits local nonprofit organizations and features music, food, wines, craft and home-brewed beers - beneath the canopy of a Tehachapi...
Save the date. Tehachapi Rotary Club announced that Thursday, Sept. 26 at 5 p.m. is the date for the 2019 Rotary Fashion Show, to be held this year at Slice of Life Enrichment School located at 48771 W. Valley Blvd. This is a new and exciting venue for this very popular event, so be sure it is on your calendar....
While the City of Tehachapi was watching the country attempting to pull itself from the Great Depression, which had begun with the 1930s, there was a new look appearing in the downtown section. Green Street was paved for the first time in 1936 and two former Tehachapi mayors, Louis Kanstein and Frank Baumgart, built a movie theater which they named after themselves! Bee for Baumgart and Kay for Kanstein. Local contractor Vince Ninteman, was the construction superintendent. The theater closed in...
Daniela Peregrina of Dragonfly Networking & Social Media talked to Tehachapi Rotary on June 6 about the importance of business networking on social media as well as all the dos and don'ts of maintaining an internet presence. Peregrina, who has been in marketing since 1999, told the group that there are 7.7 billion people in the world and 4.4 billion of them are on social media. She emphasized the need for businesses to be on some platform and to maintain their presence daily. The Rotary Club of...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi has introduced this year’s bike which is on display at SAIL THRU CAR WASH starting on Friday, June 7 until the winning ticket is drawn at the Gran Fondo Dinner on Friday, Sept. 13. Tickets can be purchased at the car wash, at Alta One Credit Union in Albertson’s or at Terry Brady Chiropractic office on South Street. Tickets cost $5 each. By popular demand, this year the featured bike is a KHS Carbon Steel ROAD BIKE valued at $1,300. It features an alloy micro-adjust seatpost, an Ultracycle padded saddle, Shi...
