Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Cheers to Charity 2016, on Saturday, August 13, is shaping up to be the best ever! Aviator Park, located on the Tehachapi Airport property, will be the location for this annual fundraiser. Dozens of shade trees, plenty of parking, and acres of grass will provide a cool venue for the warm summer night. Cheers to Charity, a project of Community Clean Sweep, benefits Tehachapiarea charities and features live music, mouth-watering tapas and generous food plates, scrumptious wines and skillfully...
The July Fourth Warrior Booster Pancake Breakfast began 15 years ago as a way to raise funds for the Tehachapi Warriors Football Team. Ed Grimes and head football coach Steve Denman took on this project which continues to grow like crazy. According to Grimes it's a winner all around, the team players get involved setting up, helping throughout the event and cleaning up, they also sell tickets at the Farmers Market each week leading up to the event. By having the players get involved in the...
More Sponsors. More Fun. More Surprises. Cheers to Charity 2016 is shaping up to be the Must-Do Charity Event for the Summer Season! This annual fund raising event, to be held Saturday, August 13 at Aviator Park, has more sponsors, more surprises and more fun planned than ever before! Cheers to Charity benefits local charities and features live music, mouth-watering tapas, scrumptious wines, delicious craft beer ... plus the area’s only offering of skillfully made home-brewed beer. Choice cigars (available for purchase), a silent auction, a cof...
Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Parks officially broke ground at the new Meadowbrook Park and Playground on the morning of June 6. TVRPD board members, staff and city officials were joined by many members of the community at the event. Cash the Wonder Dog, a sponsor of the new Dog Park, also put in an apprearance. "Today is a monumental day for TVRPD," said General Manager LeAnn Williams, "I am very honored to be here." She and Maintenance Supervisor Nolan Ferdinand will be managing the project...
Above, top photo, Jason Meyer, 14, of Rosamond, salutes during a ceremony May 12, 2016, at Love's Travel Stop for the Fallen Soldier Cart that is being transported from Seattle to Washington, D.C. accompanied by patriotic fanfare and motorcycle escorts of veterans. The carrier, seen in the lower photo on the left, will be used for the transport of deceased service members. "We don't want them treated as cargo," escort James Rea said. During transport, a cart carrying a deceased veteran will be...
Supervisor Zack Scrivner attends National Security Forum Maxwell Air Force Base, AL – Supervisor Zack Scrivner received a personal invitation from the Secretary of the Air Force and attended the 63rd annual National Security Forum (NSF) at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The purpose of the NSF was to expose influential citizens to senior U.S. and international officers and civilian equivalents in order to engage each other’s ideas and perspectives on Air Force, nat...
Under a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Economic Adjustment, representatives of two economic development consulting firms have begun researching East Kern County. Their job is to discover the economic strengths and weaknesses of the communities in East Kern and to help structure plans for the future. County Supervisors Zack Scrivner and Mick Gleason, who together represent all of East Kern, won the grant, which is being administered by the county. Vicki Doll and Fawn...
TEHACHAPI – Supervisor Zack Scrivner today announced that the Kern Stop Meth Now Coalition will hold a community town hall on Thursday, May 12th, 2016 at 5:30PM at the Tehachapi Veterans' Hall, 123 E. "F" Street in Tehachapi. The Tehachapi Town Hall will provide local drug trend information and invite those in attendance to identify local issues that might contribute to the problem, as well as possible solutions. The Kern Stop Meth Now Coalition welcomes participation from those in business, e...
Nikki to MB – Nikki Cummings turned over the post of president of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council (GTEDC) to Mary Beth Garrison on Jan. 6 at the council's meeting in the Tehachapi Police Department community room. Cummings' three-term tenure as president was a period of robust growth and expansion for the organization, whose mission is to encourage economic growth in the Tehachapi area. When she first became involved with the GTEDC, she said, "I was the youngster hanging o...
Two Tehachapi community service superstars have announced new plans. Houchin Blood Bank Account Manager Christina Scrivner will leave that post on Dec. 31 to dedicate herself to her busy household. Scrivner has been instrumental in the success of numerous blood drives for the Bakersfield-based non-profit blood bank. At the Nov. 4, 2015 meeting of the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council (GTEDC), Houchin CEO Greg Gallion announced Scrivner's departure, praising her "enthusiasm, energy,...
TEHACHAPI - Second District Supervisor Zack Scrivner announced today all veterans are welcome to speak to a Kern County Veterans Services representative via teleconferencing at his Tehachapi office on the first Tuesday of every month, which started on Oct. 6, 2015. "I am happy to provide my Tehachapi office to those Eastern Kern vets to speak with the county Veterans Services Department to explore any and all benefits they may be entitled to. Using the teleconferencing at my office will save...
The Kern County Planning Commission has recommended approval of a 1,876-page Draft Environmental Report (EIR) aimed at streamlining the oil and gas drilling permitting process and improving communication between the people who own the surface of the land and those who own the mineral rights below. The EIR now goes to the Board of Supervisors for final approval. “The state wanted the EIR approved,” Second District Supervisor Zack Scrivner said Wednesday in Tehachapi. “The EIR will be a state...
The donor appreciation evening , Aug. 12th was a very special celebration of gratitude for the nearly 1,500 units collected in the greater Tehachapi area over the last 12 months. Not only is donor participation at an all-time high, but Houchin was able to acknowledge and thank some of their very special volunteers and partners that make these blood drives possible. Malcolm Harrell who has volunteered for Houchin for almost 2 years, prior to leaving for college, was honored for his nearly 100...
On Sept. 6th, Celebrity Bartenders Greg Loskorn and Susie Atherton helped raise money for Tehachapi Cancer Foundation and were able to say fairwell to Tehachapi as they embark on their new adventure in Colorado. Good luck on your new adventure and thanks for all you do for our community, you both will be missed. SAVE THE DATE: Sept 13, 2-5pm Join Celebrity Bartender Zack Scrivner, 2nd District Kern County Supervisor SAVE THE DATE: Oct. 25, 2-5pm Celebrity Bartender Kass McQuillen Survivor” Event...
You are invited to a very special Have a Heart Humane Society event – the roll-out of our custom-made/wrapped "Mobile Adoption Trailer", on Friday, August 7, 2015 at Triassic Legacy Winery, Tehachapi. The trailer will be our adoption center on wheels. We will be contacting various stores in Tehachapi asking them if we may use their parking lot for a few hours to have adoption day. We will also be contacting schools to host pet education classes and to pass out pet care information. And l...
On Saturday June 20, 2015 the Sand Canyon CERT team hosted an Emergency Evacuation Training Drill from 9 until noon with the assistance of the Wildland Fire Camp 8 personnel. The CERT team handed out information packets to Sand Canyon residents containing ReadyKern, Fire Safe Defensible Space, and FOR-CERT brochures and invited those interested to join a caravan from Umtali Rd. and Sand Canyon Rd. to the LEHIGH (Williamson Rd.) exit to Tehachapi Blvd. The route traverses private property and the...
Two years in the making, designed for a major purpose yet versatile enough for year round operation, Tehachapi's newest fire engine was delivered to Station 12 on South Curry Street in Tehachapi on June 26. Fully was funded by the Wind Industry under the guidance of Kern County 2nd District Supervisor Zack Scrivner and Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall and Deputy Fire Chief John Silliman. Designed and built for use in fires associated with wind turbines, the Class III all terrain/all season...
On Saturday, April 25 Have a Heart Humane Society and Supervisor Zack Scrivner combined funding to hold a spay/neuter clinic in California City. Dr. Willis, owner of San Joaquin Vet Hospital in Bakersfield, brought his mobile to the Strata Center and performed 37 cat and dog spays and neuters. Have a Heart volunteers tended recuperating pets, checked clients in and gave dozens of vaccinations at the vaccination clinic. Cal City’s Mayor and animal control staff were instrumental in providing a great venue beautifully set up and all the n...
WWS was awarded 2015 Outstanding Business Award from America’s Small Business Development Center Regional Network for the remarkable transformation, evolution and sustainability of their small business. The second generation wind entrepreneurs, accompanied by city dignitaries, traveled to Fresno on May 7 to receive their award. Pictured above from left are WWS partners Nikki Cummings, Buddy Cummings and Harvey Stephens with Jay Thompson from the Small Business Development Center. Bottom picture is Michelle Vance, Harvey Stephens, Nikki and B...
Howdy – Tehachapi City Manager Greg Garrett told the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council (GTEDC) on May 6 at The Shed restaurant that the California High Speed Rail project is moving forward. “Love it or hate it, they’re coming to town,” he said. “We’re working with the HSR folks on the proper alignment.” Due diligence moving along -- Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District (TVHD) CEO Eugene Suksi said transition from TVHD to Adventist hospital operation is set for Jan 1, 2016 and the hospital will open the third quarter of 2016. Coun...
Second District Supervisor Zack Scrivner announced today the total amount of dollars granted to Eastern Kern businesses in 2015 through the RENEWBIZ program. RENEWBIZ is a community revitalization program, created by Scrivner and the Kern County Board of Supervisors in 2012, that offers $5,000-$10,000 grants to businesses in unincorporated Eastern Kern, with a local match from the business of 10% of the total grant. The money from the grants funds the refurbishment of the exterior of businesses...
7 saw no shortage of challenges facing the County. Below are some updates on many important issues that came before the Board of Supervisors in 2014: Kern Medical Center The new management team hired by the Board of Supervisors to turn around Kern Medical Center has steadily brought the hospital back toward profitability while staying true to KMC’s core mission of providing quality health care to all who need it. KMC’s in come in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2014-15 came in $3.5 mil...
On Jan. 22, County Supervisor Zack Scrivner, City Manager Greg Garrett, Mayor Susan Wiggins and Tehachapi's Economic Development Council (EDC) were treated to a tour of the new 32-acre greenhouse in Cummings Valley which is owned and operated by SunSelect. The Canadian company is 100% family owned and operated by the Krahn family, which has operations in Toronto and British Columbia. The company has over 100 years of sustainable greenhouse growing experience and is headed by Chief Executive Offi...
Kern County has much to be proud of - especially the people that live here. Chelley Kitzmiller of Tehachapi is one of those people we can all be proud of. Chelley is diligently working to make one of our county's worst statistics much better - that of unnecessary animal killings because of the severe pet overpopulation problem we have in our communities. Chelley is the founder of Have a Heart Humane Society based in Tehachapi. Chelley and Have a Heart have been providing low-cost spay and...
Second District Supervisor Zack Scrivner announced today a vacancy on the Mountain Meadows Community Services District Board of Directors. “Our local districts need a full board to meet quorum requirements and to carry out the business of providing services that residents depend on. I am hoping some civically-minded residents of Mountain Meadows will come forward to help serve their community,” said Supervisor Scrivner. In the event of a vacancy, the Board of Supervisors may appoint members to the Mountain Meadows CSD Board. There is one ope...
