Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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In case you missed it, late last month Yahoo! reported that in 2014 thieves broke into their servers and stole information on 500,000 Yahoo! email users. The information stolen included names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and some security questions and answers. If you haven’t changed your yahoo.com, sbcglobal.net, or att.net password since 2014 you should put down this paper and change it right now. Really. While we’re changing passwords, go ahead and change your password on the...
As most of you have noticed, it’s election season, which is hard to avoid unless you live on a deserted island. As with most campaigns, those who are running want to be elected to the office which they seek. Everyone has their own mantra and claim that choosing them in November will be the best choice. When all this rhetoric begins and then rumors get added in along with it, it is hard to see the “forest for the trees.” Most of you know that I am currently the mayor of Tehachapi and I have...
The tragic events last week that culminated in the death of Sgt. Steve Owen left the community in shock, and those of us with ties to law enforcement reeling. Long before my husband Mike became a wine maker, he was a Deputy Sheriff with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Steve Owen was Mike’s partner when he worked at the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. Although Mike retired in 1999 due to an on-duty injury, when the call came in last week about Steve’s death, memories I thought were buried forever deep down inside came flooding back. M...
Today, We Honor The Overall Man Classic Bill Mead Reprinted with permission from Tehachapi Lifestyle Magazine, July 2013 issue. My wife and I feel blessed that all three of our daughters have kept close ties to the old homestead even as they have started their own families. Unfortunately, every silver lining has a cloud. In this case, it's the girls' presumption that all possessions of Mom and Dad are up for grabs notwithstanding the fact the old codgers are still alive and kicking. "Can I have...
C. Daniel Boling has been called "a thinking man's singer/songwriter." While most of his songs and stories are simply about relationships -- with his wife, children, parents and life itself – there is nothing that sounds simple about them. Boling, said one reviewer, is "one of those characters who can keep you glued to his telling about a whole day in his life without your getting bored at all." The award-winning singer/songwriter will be in concert at Fiddlers Crossing on Friday, Oct. 28, at 7...
Have you ever felt special at the doctor’s office? Are there snacks and music, and an aquarium for your viewing pleasure? Is the ambience gentle, and filled with the good memories of the four seasons of Tehachapi? Are you greeted with friendly staff members who like their jobs? And most important, does your provider listen to your concerns? Dr. Susan Hall, MD and I, Terri Steinberg, FNP, believe the adage, “They don’t care how much you know unless they know how much you care”, and caring for our patients is what makes the world go ‘round...
Promise - (prom'is) n. - Assurance that one will or will not do something specified, a pledge.To most people, a promise made is a guarantee that something will happen. A promise carries a lot of weight and sometimes many years pass before a promise can be fulfilled. Back in 1977 David Cord made such a promise at his fathers grave side and his promise was finally kept on August 5, 2006. Born in Loma Linda in 1954, David and his family moved to Mojave in 1959 where they lived for 5 years. In 1964...
It’s become a tradition in our lovely Tehachapi Valley to begin the holiday shopping…not at the mall or on-line, but at the BVS Whiting Center, where many of the talented artists and artisans in our area will be gathered for the Annual Holiday Bazaar. The festivities begin on the day after Thanksgiving (Nov. 25) from 10 to 5 p.m., and continue Saturday (Nov. 26) from 10 to 3 p.m. Admission is free! Event passes are available at the gate, or call 821-3534 for info. At the Bazaar you will find many wonderfully unique gift items for those you lov...
The campaign for two seats on the five-seat Tehachapi City Council is a ferocious one this year as candidates Mary Ann Hester and Ken Hetge battle incumbent councilpersons Ed Grimes and Mayor Pro-tem Kim Nixon in a race in which the fundamental nature and direction of the city is in the balance. The Forde Files spoke to each of the candidates. The Incumbents Kim Nixon – Tehachapi resident for 30 years, age 60. Nixon has served on the Tehachapi City Council for five years and is Mayor pro tem. I...
The Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. David Newby will be performing on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016, at Country Oaks Baptist Church beginning at 4 p.m. Country Oaks Baptist Church is located at 20915 Schout Road. The program features LA Philharmonic cellist, David Garrett, joining the symphony to perform Schumann's Cello Concerto in A Minor. David Garrett joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in February 2000, after tenures with the orchestras of Houston, San Antonio, Shreveport,...
The Tehachapi Lions Club successfully completed their 4th Annual Apple Drop on Oct. 9 during the Tehachapi Apple Festival. Due to the generosity of others, the Lions will be able to donate funds to Christmas for Seniors in Tehachapi and the Lions Diabetes Foundation. The Lions would like to thank the community of Tehachapi for its support as well as Albertson's for allowing them to sell tickets in front of their store. For the past two years, BSE Equipment Rental played a huge part in the succes...
Members of the Kiwanis Club of Tehachapi attended the Installation Dinner of 2016-2017 Lt. Governor John Sullivan in Bakersfield. The installation was conducted by Pete Edwards who is Governor of Kiwanis International California-Nevada-Hawaii District Division 33. Edwards recalled the purpose of Kiwanis is to improve the world, one child and one community at a time. The local Kiwanis Club meets each Wednesday at noon at Don Juan's on South Street. Kiwanis projects to help children include...
The Tehachapi Lions Club was honored to welcome home the Edwards Air Force Base Explosive Ordnance Disposal Airmen who recently returned from their six month deployment overseas. While deployed, the Tehachapi Lions Club, in conjunction with the 412th Civil Engineering Group, sent a taste of home to the airmen in the form of care packages loaded with items that are not easily obtained where they were deployed. The airmen were treated to warm fellowship and a hearty meal by the Lions and their...
At the Oct. 11 meeting of the Tehachapi School Board, Superintendent Susan Andreas-Berval introduced Dennis Franey, the new District Interim CEO, to the School Board and to those in attendance. Franey, who is semi-retired, was appointed by the Kern County Superintendent of Schools. He told everyone that he was delighted to be in Tehachapi. Born and raised in Kern County, he said that he has come up often and loves it in Tehachapi. Superintendent Andreas-Berval told the Board that district...
Many years ago when an unacceptable nitrate level was discovered at the water well located at Snyder and D Street, making it undrinkable, the water district capped the well. Fast forward to the last few years of draught when it became increasingly difficult to justify using potable water on the playing fields at Jacobsen Middle School and Warrior Stadium. The Snyder Well Intertie Project was born from the need to provide the sports fields with the reduced cost agricultural/non-potable water....
Tehachapi Apple Festival 2016...
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On Saturday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. you are invited to Downtown Tehachapi for the 4th Annual Tehachapi Apple Festival. This year a red Car Show has been added. It will take place on Saturday only, on F Street between Green and Curry from 10 a.m. til 6 p.m. There will be approx. 25 cars for you to view and then vote for the one that you think is the best of the best. The car owner will get a cash prize based on your votes. On Sunday only the...
Several weeks back my phone rang and a California City caller wanted to know if it was real that home loan appraisals were taking over a month. For her rural area, it was true. What’s that about?! You heard my story about the out-of-town lender who wanted to charge a Tehachapi buyer $1000 to do an appraisal. After some creative suggestions, we were able to find someone to take the job for a more normal fee … But that report still took over three weeks to be completed. (As the seller on that dea...
In Part 1 in the last issue of The Loop, I shared how my disappointment at the absence of keynote speaker, Hollywood producer Leo Severino, at the Second Annual "A Night in the Vineyard" on August 27, 2016, turned to delight with the sharing of two young Hollywood stars, "Joe" and "Michael." We had gathered at Triassic Vineyard to help raise funds for the Norbertine Sisters' new chapel project (more details on this in The Loop, August 6, 2016). We left off in the last article with "Joe" being...
I met Paul and Pamela Forbat in Central Park on the 4th of July. They said that they had bought their new second home in Bear Valley Springs last April and were only weekenders. It took a few months and several phone calls for us to connect again. Paul told me that this was their second vacation home in the mountains; the first had been in Pine Mountain Club. Their permanent home is in Simi Valley, Calif., between the San Fernando Valley and Ventura County. They said that it was the four...
I knew one of the steam locomotive engineers whose usual run brought him from Bakersfield up and over the Loop, through the Tehachapis and down to the desert area. They called him "Olie" (O-lee) but his official name was Hubert Porter Oldham. He worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad out of Bakersfield as an engineer for forty-four years; from 1904 until 1948. The term "hoghead" was given to the steam locomotive engineers of that time and was sort of a status symbol as were the pinstripe...
October is here: cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin pie spice, colorful leaves, windy days and the last full month of presidential political ads. God help us. This, too, shall pass. I write today knowing that there are many things in the air at my church this month. Folks are fall cleaning their closets and preparing for a church rummage sale on Saturday, October 22. Meanwhile, artistic elves have been painting up a storm in our Friendship Hall, adding color to a previously beige gathering space. Our...
As most regular readers of our column know, I am the director of Marley's Mutts' community outreach, education, and therapy dog certification program, also known as "Miracle Mutts". Zach and I started the program just over three years ago, and it has evolved in leaps and bounds ever since. I've been very fortunate to have almost limitless creative license to develop and expand; to innovate in alignment with the program's natural inclination to "face the sun" and grow. Our program has many...
Have a Heart Humane Society is pleased to once again offer a family pack of 4 Park Hopper Disneyland (Anaheim, Calif.) tickets. These one day Park Hopper tickets are valued at over $600. We are looking to raise $2000 through an opportunity drawing of only 100 entries for $20 per entry, which means you have a one in a hundred opportunity to get the family pack, and those are some pretty good odds. Our goal here is to begin a special building/buy fund account geared only for one thing, to buy property in Tehachapi to build our own adoption...
