Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The Tehachapi Lions Club successfully completed their 3rd Annual Apple Drop 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 their support as well as Albertson's and Kmart for allowing them to sell tickets in front of their stores. Our generous sponsor, BSE Equipment Rental, played a huge part in the...
Wow – Tehachapi is awesome – The Aug. 8 Cheers to Charity event at Veritas (and the entire parking lot) brought in a $26,500 for local nonprofits, including the vital Salvation Army after school community center. The Tehachapi Car Club earned $22,000 at its Aug. 16 Thunder on the Mountain event, distributing all of it to more than a dozen local charities. Tehachapi goes global – An animated Henry Schaeffer, Jr. told the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council (GTEDC) -- meeting Oct....
Lion members kicked off their celebration by participating in a “Most Unique Glasses” contest at their Oct.1 meeting. Dr. Caroline Robison, local Tehachapi optometrist, spoke to the Lions about a fundraiser idea during the Oct. 3rd Tehachapi Valley Health Fair to help community members in need receive free eye exams through the Lions Club. The Lions also heard from Randy Stein of the Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation of Southern California. The Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation’s mission is to restore the gifts of sight and hearing to resid...
This year’s Links for Life Breast Cancer Walk on Oct. 3, began from West Park through Tehachapi ending at the Senior Center and breakfast. It was a huge success. Over 100 walkers participated. The founder of the Tehachapi Branch for Links for Life Mary VanBlake (right) is herself a breast cancer survivor and she, “Walks the talk”....
Three Tehachapi veterans have placed nationally, in the Veterans Administration Creative Arts Festival for 2015. Army veteran, Eric Leiss, owner and operator of Tehachapi Furniture, is once again, a national title holder, having won first place for his portrayal of Nathan Detroit, in a drama entry. Air Force veteran, Debbie DeCoursey Martin, a local entrepreneur with Mary Kay, and regular vocal performer at the Triassic Winery, also received a top three national placement for a vocal entry from the musical “Wicked”. Iraq War veteran, Chr...
Real estate looking good -- Jim Hutson of the Tehachapi Area Association of Realtors reported to the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council on Sept. 2 that in the area Multiple Listing Service there were 281 listings of homes, with 88 in escrow. The number of distressed sales (short sales and foreclosures) is down significantly, at 7 percent. In the last three m onths, 171 homes have sold, with an average of 60 days on the market. The median price of a home is $242,000, up 7 percent...
As most of you know our Senior Nutrition Program is a major part of what we do here at Tehachapi Senior Center. Earlier this month Cynthia Anderson left TSC for a new job, thankfully her position was filled by Patty Scott, a long time volunteer here at TSC. Our seniors already knew her and she them, making the transition easier for everyone! Patty and her husband, Jim, have been residents in Tehachapi for 17 years moving here from the Antelope Valley. Together they have two children and six grandchildren, with whom they enjoy spending as much t...
Stacey As a female in the world of construction, Stacey Pray no longer is an anomaly. "I've been in the business for 30 years and when I started I was always the only woman in the room," she told Forde Files. Today, Pray, founder and president of SHP Project Development of South Pasadena, is one of six women at the top of the construction team that is building the Tehachapi Replacement Critical Access Hospital. Working closely with the construction management services joint venture company...
At the monthly Board Meeting on July 1, 2015 Boy Scout, Eric Bilotta, offered to revamp the back patio area at Tehachapi Senior Center as his project in going forward as an Eagle Scout. The offer was warmly accepted by the board and members alike. Now armed with a letter from Mr. Lewis Brown, the board's president, as a representative of Tehachapi Senior Center, Eric will begin his fundraising and material donation endeavors. His plan is to lay a flagstone path from the kitchen to BBQ area,...
This will be a busy summer for TVGMS! We will have a booth at several Tehachapi events: Tehachapi Chili Cook-Off on June 20th, Bear Valley Springs 4th of July celebration at Cub Lake, and TVGMS’s Gem and Mineral Show during Mountain Festival August 22nd and 23rd at St. Malachy’s Church. The booths will have activities, wonderful displays and sales, and information about our club. Spin the wheel for $1 or $5 – everyone’s a winner of a lapidary item - a polished rock, a fossilized sharks tooth, a tiny bottle of gold, a piece of petrified wood, et...
The Tehachapi Lions Club held their annual Friendship Night on May 21 at the Tehachapi Senior Center. Lion Ric Williams emceed the evening. Ric shared a brief history of the Lions and reviewed how the Tehachapi Lions Club serves our community and the world. We honored Monroe High School senior, Kristyn Melton, as our May Student of the Month. We were excited to welcome home members of the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Group from EAFB, MSgt Michael Spradley and TSgt Guy DeMarco and EOD Care Package Coordinator, John Nichols. John coordinates the...
Get ready for some yummy pancakes! The Relay Survivor Social Pancake Breakfast is back for another year of honoring our Survivors on June 6 at the Senior Center on “F” Street. This is a great pre-Relay event presented by the American Cancer Society Relay for Life Tehachapi Committee, and sponsored by Chemtool. If you are a cancer Survivor then this is the event for you, and the cost is free! Because part of Relay is Celebrating YOU, and what better way than with breakfast, bingo and other super ways to win some cool prizes. The Pancake Breakfas...
Eugene Suksi, CEO of Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District, gave an update on the construction of the new Tehachapi hospital at the April 21 Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting at Pacino's. Chief Executive Officer Eugene Suksi came to the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District (TVHD) as interim CEO in July 2014 and was appointed permanent CEO in December 2014. He has more than 25 years of senior executive experience, including CEO at Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City, Calif.; Chief Operating...
Every Friday from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. an enthusiastic group of volunteers contribute their talents to make every Friday a blast at the Tehachapi Senior Center (500 East F St). We are here to provide a break for caregivers and would love to have more friends join us. For more information call (661) 821-1626....
Do you have too much free time? Have you been wondering what there is to do in this wonderful town of Tehachapi. Well let me invite you to a premiere event taking place on Tuesday, April 14. The Rotary Club of Tehachapi, in partnership with the Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks District, is having their first Non-Profit Showcase at West Park Activity Center, 410 West D Street from 5-8 p.m. This is an incredible opportunity to find out what non-profits and organizations are active in...
First Friday Features Wood and Weaving Wood carving and weaving will be featured on First Friday, April 3, at Tehachapi Community Church, corner of Green and E Streets, from 5 - 8 p.m. Carvers from the Tehachapi Senior Center Class, taught by Durwood Thrasher, will be demonstrating carving methods and displaying their work. Also on display will be pieces carved by Don Kordes, a master carver with 25 years of experience. Another method of working with wood will be demonstrated by Jim Dinsmore who makes bowls and chests and other beautiful...
Don’t want to cook that Corned Beef and Cabbage dinner? For just $10 you can enjoy a celebration for St. Patrick’s Day at the Tehachapi Senior Center. There will be vegetables, coffee and dessert plus entertainment and the popular 50/50 on Friday night, March 20. Reservations are recommended by listing on the signup form in the Center lobby and paying or calling 822-5412 at least a day prior to the dinner date. Doors open at 4pm with dinner service at 5pm. Membership is not required and diners of all ages are welcome. In other news, the lar...
The Tehachapi Lions Club held the 78th Annual Student Speaker Contest at the club level on Feb. 5 at the Tehachapi Senior Center. The topic this year is "Water Conservation- How Can We Reduce, Recycle and Reclaim?". Our three contestants this year were Amber Chow of Desert High School, Julia Whelan of Tehachapi High School and Tulsi Mistry also of Tehachapi High School. Julia Whelan, a sophomore, won at the club level and went on to the Zone B Competition on Feb. 28 in Ridgecrest where she...
Keith Wilson and his wife Annie purchased their Tehachapi home last year. They were attracted to the experience of four seasons and the great weather. Keith felt the new house needed a little work and has been upgrading it a bit at a time ever since. They still have a house in Inyokern, California, which they plan to sell and Annie still has her house in Palmdale. Even though the couple has been married for five years, Annie’s children are finishing school there and it is convenient to her j...
After completing five years in the Air Force, Victoria Lohnes is finally settling into her Bear Valley home along with her husband, Geoff, and two year old son, Gabriel. Her last assignment was a chaplain’s assistant at Barksdale Air Force base in Louisiana. Geoff came to California a couple of months before her and started setting up the household. He also spent four years in the Air Force and is now working for them as a civilian specializing in communications. Victoria and Geoff met in the A...
After three years of living in California City, Travis, Tonya and Grady Gidner have moved to Tehachapi. They said the feel of community really attracted them as well as our seasonal weather. They came to California from Madison, Wisconsin, as the result of Travis’ work on life support systems at the Air Force Test Center and then at the NASA Test Center in Mojave. Travis was born in East Lancing, Michigan, and graduated from Michigan State University. He remembers that while he was in school t...
The Rotary Club of Tehachapi announces that its 11th annual Senior Smoke Alarm Battery Replacement Program which is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 8th from 9 a.m. until noon. This Community Service Program continues to grow as more and more seniors sign up every year to have a team of Rotarians come to their home and put brand new batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors at no cost to the recipient. The members of our Rotaract and Interact Clubs are also a part of our team of enthusiastic volunteers who thoroughly enjoy making...
From humble beginnings on the streets of London in 1852, William Booth and his wife, Catherine, cofounded the organization we know today as the Salvation Army. Wanting to win the lost multitudes of England to Christ, Booth took to the streets preaching the Gospel to the poor, the homeless, the hungry and the destitute. Beginning in a tent in a Quaker graveyard, Booth's services became an instant success and quickly spread throughout London where he gathered followers who also were dedicated to...
For more than 20 years, Links for Life has been serving Kern County women and men who find themselves face-to-face with that nasty "c" word ... cancer, more specifically breast cancer. From humble beginnings in Bakersfield, over the years Links for Life has proven to be an invaluable resource for thousands of women, young girls and even men, endowing them with education, support and loving, understanding volunteers who literally have walked a mile in their shoes. Breast cancer is no respecter of...
In asking the Tehachapi City Council to approve the placement of a half-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot, City Manager Greg Garrett said the municipality is not desperate for the money and it's a good time to plan ahead. "We're lean and mean and at some point we need to build capital," Garrett told the Council on Aug. 4, 2014 at the Wells Education Center board room. The members voted 5-0 to place a measure on the November 4, 2014 ballot that would increase city sales tax from 7.5...
