Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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You can help make a difference by supporting Christina's 5th Annual Pancreatic Cancer Fundraiser to Wage Hope for a Cure. This year Major Jason E. George VFW 12114 would like to thank our community for its generous support over the last four years by inviting you to a complimentary spaghetti dinner on Saturday, October 19. Adults only, please. There will also be a silent auction, door prizes and 50/50 tickets. The fundraiser will be held at Kern County Veterans Memorial Building located at 125 E...
We’ve all had family or friends in a nursing home and for some people it’s a wonderful experience with friends, activities and plenty to do. For many veterans in V.A. Nursing Homes it can be a tough road to hoe. Many of our Veterans are alone and have very little contact with the outside world. In many cases family, if there is any left, are far away and the vet is out of sight and out of mind. Project D.E.F.T. was designed to help fill that void by providing our veterans with a Christmas car...
The 22nd Annual Thunder on the Mountain Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show will be held Sunday, Aug. 18 in Historic Downtown Tehachapi. Early in the morning, as the sun rises, "Car Guys and Gals" start lining up at the corner of Tehachapi Blvd. and Robinson St. at 6 a.m. Car Show Committee members will be admitting participants and directing the vehicles to the parking areas. The show officially opens at 9 a.m. Master of Ceremonies Patrick Donohue will welcome participants and spectators, and the...
It's August, which means school will be starting soon, football games will be held . . . and Tehachapi will celebrate its 56th annual Tehachapi Mountain Festival! August is a time for coming home – home for Tehachapi High School reunions of times past, home for the annual Old Timers Picnic in Central Park, and of course the Mountain Festival, which is always held the third weekend of August – this year August 16-18. The Mountain Festival draws up to 40,000 residents and guests to our won...
The 2019 Thunder on the Mountain Car Show Committee, with major support from Youngblood Customs, proudly presents the 22nd annual Thunder on the Mountain Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show on Sunday, August 18 in historic downtown Tehachapi. It is free to the public. New TOTM Chairman Mike McHenry says an important goal of the show is to give back to the community while hosting a fun car show. To date, past shows have raised almost $500,000 that benefit local schools, charities, veterans support...
provided by Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce Before heading to any of the Festival events on Saturday, August 17, come and enjoy breakfast sponsored by The America Legion Post 221 and prepared by the Kids Clubs of Tehachapi in the Veterans Hall at 125 E. F St. Breakfast will be available from 7 to 9:30 a.m. The Girls and Boys of Kids Clubs will be serving a traditional "all you can eat" Mountain Festival Pancake Breakfast, which includes pancakes, sausage, coffee and juice, all available...
The 22nd Annual Thunder on the Mountain Car, Truck & Motorcycle Show will be held Sunday, Aug. 18 in Historic Downtown Tehachapi. Early in the morning, as the sun rises, "Car Guys and Gals" start lining up at the corner of Tehachapi Blvd. and Robinson St. at 6 a.m. Car Show Committee members will be admitting participants and directing the vehicles to the parking areas. The show officially opens at 9 a.m. Master of Ceremonies Patrick Donohue will welcome participants and spectators, and the...
Each year, veterans are offered the opportunity to take a free trip to Washington D.C. to see the monuments. More importantly, this is to honor them for their service to the nation. World War II veterans and Korean War veterans have made the trip, and now they are concentrating primarily on our Vietnam veterans. Two veterans from Bear Valley Springs were awarded the honor this year. On June 17 they were on their way. One of the honorees was Don Bailey. Don enlisted in March 1966 and served...
Have a Heart Humane Society is very happy to announce their newest program, Food for Love. When people face financial hardships, it isn’t just their own livelihood that is jeopardized. For many people, especially the elderly, disabled, veterans or vulnerable members of the community, their pets are the reason they get out of bed in the morning. Pets can also serve as guides, emotional support and constant companions to those who need it the most. When it gets hard to pay the bills, Have a Heart does not want to see these important members of th...
According to recent ASPCA statistics, senior dogs account for 12 percent of dogs that end up in shelters across our nation annually. Of that population, only 25 percent of senior shelter dogs get rescued or adopted compared to a rate of over 60 percent for younger dogs. Senior dogs may not have much time left and it is hard to process the loss of a friend it seems like you just met, but loved completely nonetheless. Senior dogs may need a little more care and higher costs to maintain, but the...
Have a Heart Humane Society is very happy to announce their newest program, Food for Love. When people face financial hardships, it isn’t just their own livelihood that is jeopardized. For many people, especially the elderly, disabled, veterans or vulnerable members of the community, their pets are the reason they get out of bed in the morning. Pets can also serve as guides, emotional support and constant companions to those who need it the most. When it gets hard to pay the bills, Have a Heart does not want to see these important members of th...
At the end of May, my youngest son, Douglas Burdick, apparently died from a heart attack at the age of 51. I couldn't believe that the clocks kept moving and time kept moving on. My life totally stopped the moment I found him. My life will never be the same. The sudden loss of one of your children is devastating. What a great and multi-faceted life Douglas led. When he was very young, his father and I were deeply involved in aviation and had the opportunity to work with Bill Barnes, Pancho's...
Have a Heart Humane Society is very happy to announce their newest program, Food for Love. When people face financial hardships, it isn’t just their own livelihood that is jeopardized. For many people, especially the elderly, disabled, veterans or vulnerable members of the community, their pets are the reason they get out of bed in the morning. Pets can also serve as guides, emotional support and constant companions to those who need it the most. When it gets hard to pay the bills, Have a Heart does not want to see these important members of th...
The community joined together on May 27 to honor and pay tribute to the men and women who gave their lives serving the nation. Events included the annual Memorial Day Parade in town, and ceremonies in Central Park and Bear Valley Springs....
Honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation on May 25 at 9 a.m. at the Bakersfield National Cemetery Assembly Area, 30338 E. Bear Mountain Blvd., Arvin. Keynote speaker and participants include Brig. Gen. E.J. Teichert Commander, 412th Test Wing, Edwards AFB; Barry Zoeller, Tejon Ranch Vice President; Assemblyman Vince Fong; Congressman Kevin McCarthy and Jose Gurrola Jr, Mayor of Arvin. About Memorial Day Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May (May 27 in 2019). Formerly...
It's been three-and-one-half years since Pam and Tom Stenson initiated the Veterans Breakfast here in Tehachapi. The gathering is also known as the Veterans/Honor Flight Breakfast. Pam and Tom realized that even though there was a Veterans' Breakfast in Bakersfield, many vets in the Tehachapi area couldn't make it to Bakersfield. The first breakfast held locally was at the Veterans' Hall where there was "standing room only." Father Mark Maxon, Pastor St. Malachy Catholic Church, also a Veteran,...
The Tehachapi American Legion Auxiliary Unit 221 held a Good Deed Award ceremony before their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, April 17 at the Veterans Memorial Building. The American Legion Auxiliary Children and Youth Committee established the Good Deed Award in 2002 to honor the youth in our communities who have made a positive difference and who have lived up to the Auxiliary motto, "In the spirit of service, not self." Honored this year were Layla Lujan and Milo Lujan for being...
A customized cart created to carry the remains of our Nation's fallen heroes will make a brief stop Sunday, May 11 in Tehachapi. A procession of motorcycle riders, led by the Patriot Guard Riders, will be escorting an Alaskan Airlines truck with a special cart in tow known as Alaskan Airlines "Fallen Soldier Cart." The escort will make a brief stop at Love's Travel Stop for fuel around 9:25 a.m. The remains of our nation's fallen service members travel home aboard an aircraft in flag-draped...
Each May, members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 221, along with members of the American Legion Post, offer poppies to the community to remember those who have given their lives in service to our country. During WWI, the bright red poppies flowering in the spring on the battlefields of the Western Front became synonymous with the casualties of war. The following poem, written in 1915 by Canadian Lt.Col. John McCrae, M.D., ingrained the poppy in our minds. The poppy became the memorial flower...
Last week I visited Have a Heart Humane Society, not to adopt the adorable puppy I fell in love with, but to witness a wonderful act of kindness. For the last eight years, Red House BBQ owners Mano and Mei Mei Lujan have held their Super Bowl Charity BBQ Cater, offering the highest bidder a Super Bowl meal that feeds 25. This year, Barbara Ferrante, proprietor of Jake's Steakhouse, was the winner with her $425 bid. Not only did she win the 25 meals, but the chance to donate her bid to a local...
Salvation Army Director Sandy Chavez appeared at the Feb. 12 TUSD School Board meeting to express her appreciation for the partnership the Salvation Army shared with the school district. She thanked them for the food donations for their pantry and coats from the elementary school Lost & Founds. The Salvation Army was able to provide 350 families with Thanksgiving dinner and Chavez said that they could not have done that without the school district. Superintendent Kaminski said it was reciprocal...
If you have a VA loan, I bet your phone is ringing off the hook with offers to "save you money." Or at least, you are receiving multiple postcards by mail, encouraging you to "Refinance NOW!" As a prudent consumer, you already know that anyone who is calling to sell you something is doing just that: Selling you something. If you have not initiated the contact, beware. VA loans are big business, and these offers are not always in the best interest of the Veteran. Here's what contributors to the R...
Exciting dreams come true at Mojave Air & Spaceport! Dec. 13 produced a calm, crisp morning and there was excitement and an edgy sense of accomplishment hanging in the air around the Virgin Galactic team who have worked so diligently to reach this day; seeing SpaceShipTwo "Unity" climb into space. The attempt to soar 264,000-feet, or 50-miles, above the surface of Earth, beyond the boundary of what the U.S. government deems as space, was a milestone for the team and TheSpaceShipCompany at...
Wreaths Across America is an annual national observance celebrated by communities in respect for all deceased veterans, everywhere. This year it was held on Dec. 15. The observance is in REMEMBRANCE of fallen veterans from all wars, conflicts, or police actions. The placement of wreaths HONOR those veterans who served their country, often unseen, with quiet dignity and full allegiance. Generational in its observance, it helps to TEACH the value of freedom. The holding of these national...
Mike Nixon and his team did Tehachapi proud for the arrival of Santa Claus at the Tehachapi Depot Railroad Museum on Dec. 1. The days leading up to Breakfast with Santa and photo ops with the jolly elf, Nixon and crew were busy setting up the holiday train display inside the Depot ... making sure each house, track and miniature figure was in the best position. Dozens of picturesque houses, holiday decorations and miniature characters, line the 32 feet by 12 feet train village display. There's no...
