Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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For the American Legion Auxiliary Tehachapi, Unit 221, April is Children and Youth month. What better month to honor fabulous young members of our community then this month. On April 21, the Unit hosted a Good Deed Award ceremony. In attendance were seven of the eight youth being honored along with District 2 County Supervisor Zack Scrivner, Benjamin Stark representing Jean Fuller, and Tanner Dyrness from Vince Fong's office. Representing the American Legion were Eddie Orozco, District 15...
Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club took part in the KCWA Salute to Veterans on April 14 at North High School. "We feel it is important to honor our Kern County Veterans and we do this with this tournament," said KCWA Director Curtis Nelson. "We selected nine veterans that we presented, thanking them for their service to our country, with a special trophy. TVWC Coach, Gabe Medina was one such honored Veteran." TVWC had 19 wrestlers competing in various age groups and weights, bring home Individual...
Planning for the 2018 Cheers to Charity fund-raising event, on Saturday, Aug. 11, is underway. Aviator Park, at the Tehachapi Airport, will again be the setting for the 5th year of this annual fund-raiser. Dozens of shade trees, plenty of parking, acres of grass and a gentle breeze provide a cool venue on a warm summer night. Cheers to Charity benefits local nonprofit organizations and features music, appetizers, wines, craft and home-brewed beers - beneath the canopy of a Tehachapi starry sky....
Sometimes when reliving memories of years past I think of something that is just too good to keep to myself. My husband and his friend, Sergeant Major Frederick W. Filkins, were what you would call "brothers in the Corps." Both served in World War II, both were with the China Marines, veterans of Korea and Vietnam. They often found themselves in the same duty station during the thirty years they spent in the Corps. One day, many years back, when Fred was telling one of his experiences, I turned...
To a lot of people buying a home seems impossible. Looking at the prices of homes can be overwhelming, especially if you are a first time home buyer. What many first time home buyers don't know is that there are many methods of buying a home. This includes special financing programs that are only available to first time home buyers. You don't always need to have a large cash down payment to purchase a home. There are several programs available for first time home buyers, here are just a few....
Laughter is the main ingredient at the monthly Honor Flight/Veterans' Breakfast at St. Malachy's Hall. It's fun to reminisce and tell experiences from Uncle Sam's military service. "I look forward to this breakfast every month," can be heard from the veterans attending. This month marks the second anniversary of the Veterans' Breakfast and January 27 found 130 vets, including wives and friends, enjoying the meal served to them by volunteers. The camaraderie of reliving memories in the U.S. Air...
Starting March 17, 2014, veterans who have a VA compensation rating of 100% permanent and total (P&T) may receive expedited processing of applications for Social Security disability benefits. What do I need to know about the VA and Social Security programs? Both Social Security and VA pay disability benefits. However, their programs, processes, and criteria for receiving benefits are very different. A VA compensation rating of 100% Permanent and Total does not guarantee that you will receive...
Buying long-term care (LTC) insurance is an option. While premiums may be costly, having LTC insurance may allow you to elect where you receive your care, the type of care you receive, and who provides care to you. Many LTC insurance policies pay for the cost of care provided in a nursing home, assisted-living facility, or at home, but the cost of coverage generally depends on your age and the policy benefits and options you purchase. And premiums can increase if the insurer raises its overall...
The Tehachapi Wreaths Across America committee would like to thank everyone in the community who helped by purchasing wreaths to be placed on the headstones of veterans buried in Westside and Eastside cemeteries. Also, thank you to the many businesses who had our donation jars available for their customers. We appreciate all of the organizations who participated in the ceremony on Dec. 16 and those that helped with the planning: Patriot Guard Riders, American Legion Post 221, American Legion...
The Douglas A-1 was originally designed in 1944 to meet World War II requirements to replace the SBD dive bomber. It was to be a carrier-based, single place, long-range, high-performance, dive/torpedo/bomber. First flight was March 1945. Douglas Aircraft Company at El Segundo developed the XSB2D Destroyer, a single engine two place dive bomber, also with the capability of torpedo attack missions. It was designed with an inverted gull wing, similar to the F4U Corsair. The maximum bomb load of...
The Tehachapi Westside Cemetery, 920 Enterprise Way, and the Tehachapi Eastside Cemetery, 820 Burnett Road, are both official Wreaths Across America (WAA) locations and will host a wreath-laying ceremony for Wreaths Across America Day. More than 1,200 other locations across the country will participate in this event that began in 1992 at Arlington National Cemetery. The event will be held Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, 10:30 a.m. beginning at the Westside Cemetery. Following a short program and the...
With many happy hoots and hollers, Tehachapi High School students enthusiastically welcomed local veterans to campus Thursday, Nov. 9. Student-crafted art and decorations covered the THS gym for the school's 10th annual Veterans Day Assembly. After refreshments in their honor, local veterans entered the gym to a standing ovation and loud applause from students and staff. Judging by the smiles on the faces of both students and their invited guests, this is an event that means a lot to all...
Dear Friends, How should churches recognize Veteran's Day? A free pancake breakfast, on Sunday, Nov. 12, from 9 to 10 a.m. for veterans and active military personnel is our chosen response this year. Come and enjoy! Flipping flapjacks is the least I can do to say thank you to those who have served our country or are serving it still. Join us for worship afterwards at 10:30, if you like. There are many ways to honor veterans and engage with our troops, but this is my church's choice this...
National Treasure – Built on a 500-acre parcel of rolling, golden, oak-studded land donated by the Tejon Ranch Company, the Bakersfield National Cemetery is the resting place for men and women who have served in the United States armed forces, their spouses and certain members of their families. The site, opened in 2009, is beautifully designed, a place of dignity and respect, and a shining example of what the National Cemetery Administration and the federal government can do. Most of those w...
The American Legion Auxiliary will be holding their fall Quarter Auction on Saturday, Sept. 30 beginning at 11 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial Building located at 125 F Street. Tickets are $10 which includes lunch and 1 bidding paddle. Additional paddles are available for $1 each. The lunch begins at noon with the auction immediately following. There will be a large assortment of items available, many that would make nice holiday gifts. So come out and join us, have fun and win some cool prizes....
As children, my sister and I used to have tea parties. It was usually just the two of us but occasionally my brother, Buster Davis, four years my senior, would sometimes join us. His real name is Thomas but we called him Buster. A little Japanese- made tea set would be on our small table and my mother would fill our little tea pot with hot water from her teakettle. We put cream and sugar in our cups and then added the hot water. Voila! Teakettle Tea! Of course the one ingredient missing was...
Before heading to any of the Festival events on Saturday, August 19th, come and enjoy breakfast sponsored by The America Legion Post 221 and prepared by the Royal Rangers of Tehachapi in the Veterans Hall at 125 East F Street. Breakfast will be available from 7 – 9:30 a.m. The Royal Rangers will be serving their traditional "all you can eat" Mountain Festival Pancake Breakfast, which includes pancakes, sausage, coffee and juice, all available within steps of the festival parade. Tickets are n...
Eric Scarlett is one of Tehachapi's claims to fame. If you've ever wondered who built the world's largest barbecue grill, or the world's biggest motorcycle, look no further than Bear Valley Springs, where Eric is a resident. Driving up to Eric's house off Jacaranda, there's a commanding view of the southern Sierra Nevada mountain range. He lives in a very nice 2-story house with a garage that looks like an automotive shop, which gives away a huge clue to one of his major hobbies. He invited me...
Continuing the 85 year history of the American Legion Auxiliary: The 1930s began slipping by and it seemed that each of Roosevelt's New Deal programs all had three initials by which they were labeled. So it was that the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 221, gave a dance for the CCC workers, who were young, unemployed single men. CCC can be interpreted as, Civilian Conservation Corps but it would be few who bothered to remember. The CCC camp was northwest of Tehachapi near Keene. The Legion Hall...
Once again, Tehachapi's very talented Christine Yandek has been invited to participate in the National Veterans Creative Arts Festival held in Buffalo, New York beginning Sunday, October 29, 2017. Christine was awarded three gold medals which earned her an invitation to participate....
Four Score and Five years ago the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 221 was founded in the small city of Tehachapi. To set the scene I take you back to the spring of 1932. Herbert Hoover was still President but would be soundly defeated by Franklin Roosevelt in November of that year. The depression was in full swing – money was tight-- and one of the songs of that period was, "Brother, can you spare a dime?" There were soup kitchens to feed the homeless and men, many of them being veterans of W...
The American Cancer Society's Relay for Life 2017, presented by "Adventist Health" is one week away at Meadowbook Park in Golden Hills on Saturday, July 8. Over 30 teams are putting the finishing touches on their booths offering lots of festivities for all to enjoy! Registration for the public opens at 8 a.m. Teams can sign up or an individual can join a team by Thursday, July 6 and individuals can sign up the day of RELAY! Registration and Profiles of Teams which anyone can donate to, can be fo...
I remember a gentleman who came up to me just after the Memorial Day Ceremony held at Mojave Cemetery on May 28, 2007, and asked if he could say a few words. He apologized for being so emotional, but he was a Pearl Harbor survivor who had served aboard the USS California (BB-44) and had been in Walmart in Lancaster, wearing his jacket bearing patches from Pearl Harbor signifying he was a survivor of the attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. A teenager came up to him and wanted to know...
I knew Mary Watts because she was a student at Tehachapi High School and was a classmate of my sister, Evelyn Davis, both graduates of Class of 1940. They were six years older than I so it was not until many years later that Mary and I actually became friends. The older one becomes, the more the age barriers are erased. I recall that Mary, during World War II, enlisted in the newly formed naval organization for women known as the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). She comes...
Final preparations are in place for the Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony on Monday, May 29. The parade will begin at 10 a.m. on West F Street in Tehachapi and will proceed to Philip Marx Central Park where the annual memorial service will begin. Any last minute parade entries may be directed to Michael Johnson at (661) 577-6712. Members of the community are encouraged to gather together to attend this important event that honors the veterans of this country. It is important to show our support and loyalty to those who, through the generations...
