Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Throughout the year the Tehachapi Area Association of REALTORS® along with our Affiliates have been busy fundraising for worthy causes in Tehachapi. In January at our annual Installation of Officers and Directors Dinner, we hold a silent auction where 100% of the money raised goes to Scholarships for local High School Seniors. In May, at a breakfast in their honor, President Jim Hutson awarded scholarships to six seniors in the amount of $3,750. It is important to our community to invest in...
Get your dancing boots all shined up and join us after the Saturday night rodeo for an old fashioned western dance at the Tehachapi Event Center and Rodeo Grounds. The dance immediately follows the rodeo in the southwest corner of the grounds. Tickets will be on sale for $10 at the TMRA information booth on the north side of the stands. The Boys Scouts of Tehachapi will have lots of food and non-alcoholic drinks. Adult beverages will be available also at the TMRA Watering Hole. The dance...
Devoted to authentic bluegrass pickin' and rich gospel-style vocal harmonies, the Bear Mountain Boys offer up a menu of original songs, traditional hymns, and classic covers from legends such as Flatt & Scruggs, Bill Monroe, and Jim & Jesse McReynolds. Rick Morgan pilots the band with rocksolid guitar rhythms while reaching those high tenor notes in the vocal harmonies. An all-around bluegrasser, Rick can also pound the "doghouse" bass, provide solos on banjo and dobro, and write heartfelt...
Before heading to any of the Festival events on Saturday, Aug. 20, 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” St. 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. Pancakes, sausage, coffee and juice will be available within steps of the festival parade. Tickets are on sale now and advance ticket prices are $5 for adults, while chi...
The Kern Community College District Board of Trustees voted Thursday to place a local education bond measure on the November 8, 2016 ballot for voters’ consideration. The measure, if approved by voters, would provide local funding to repair and upgrade classrooms and facilities at Bakersfield College, Cerro Coso Community College, and Porterville College. “More and more local students and veterans are relying on Bakersfield, Cerro Coso, and Porterville colleges,” said Kern Community College District Chancellor Sandra Serrano. “Repair and upg...
Picture the end of World War II with the troops coming home. Men, and some women, mostly in their twenties and early thirties, still young and ready to pick up their lives or make a new start. Some went to college on the G.I. Bill, and some took up jobs they had left. Families were reunited and children often met a daddy they had not seen at all or not in a long time. These military members , glad to be home, still carried in their minds and hearts, the memories of comrades who would not be...
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...
In 1950, Marine Reservist George Williamson, age 21 and already a veteran of the World War II battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, received orders to report again for duty. Troops of the Peoples Republic of Korea (Communist North Korea) had invaded the Republic of Korea (South Korea), sweeping in quickly to control the capital Seoul and all of the country except a small corner in the southeast called Pusan. U.S. and other U.N. troops swiftly mobilized to stop the onslaught, in what became the first...
George M. Williamson, 87, of Bear Valley Springs, saw fierce action in WWII and Korea; the Marines called him again during Vietnam. George Williamson was 12 years old in 1941 when the expanding Japanese empire attacked Pearl Harbor and drew the United States into the global conflict that had been going on since 1939. A native of Cincinnati, Williamson had lost his parents in a car accident. His mother's sister adopted him, and he went to live on the forested, sparsely populated Mercer Island,...
With a dignity born from tradition Tehachapi Boy Scouts from around the valley retired nearly 200 American flags on June 14th....
The 2016 Playwrights Festival will be honoring all active duty and veterans on opening night, Friday, July 8, 2016, at the beginning of our 7:30 p.m. performance. Those wishing to join in, please contact Executive Producer, Kenny Chugg, at [email protected] to receive up to two complementary ‘special tickets’. Only 30 of these special tickets are available, so please don’t wait to send in your email request. Those who were not able to reserve a special ticket ‘still may possibly’ be able to obtain tickets that same evening, by coming...
Through the years, here in town, people have been known to say, "It's never been this hot!" Then, I have heard, "It's never been this cold!" Then, of course, "It's never been this dry!" and "It's never been this wet!" Well, the answer to all is, "It has." Just to finish this off, I can say that in 1899 we had 3.70 inches of rain( a dry year to match 2015) and in 1982 we had a record of 26.89 precipitation. That last is an all time record. Why, the above is mentioned is that when attending the...
The annual Memorial Day parade kicked off at 10 a.m., with the sound of bagpipes playing Yankee Doodle and other American tunes the whole way through. Many groups walked in the parade, including the Bear Valley Springs Veterans Association, the Tehachapi Mountain Scouts, the Civil Air Patrol Tehachapi Composite Squadron 46, and the Kern Country Scottish Pipe Band. Veterans sped past in classic car models, often carrying flag-waiving family members or crowned winners of local pageants. 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...
Save the date: June 12, 2-5pm. Celebrity Bartender Jeff Duff is pouring for Veteran Collaborative Services Come to Souza Family Vineyard for Celebrity Bartender fundraisers. Bartenders raise money for the charity of their choice. Veteran Collaborative Services This organization provides for Veterans Rights Awareness; temporary financial assistance for Veterans and their dependents; Veteran employment training and job search; support for earned Veteran medical, educational and financial benefits; and mentoring services. Their goal is to support...
In the earlier days of America's military, units of soldiers would have to travel for a considerable time after a war before they reached home, giving them time to mentally process their experiences. With today's advanced transportation, veterans will often be thrown into everyday life immediately, giving them no time to absorb and process the weight of the war they were in. Warrior Expeditions provides "outdoor therapy" for recently discharged combat veterans, equipping them with hiking gear an...
Memorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored those lost while fighting in the Civil War. But during WWI the United States found itself embroiled in another major conflict, and in 1971 the holiday evolved to commemorate all men and women who died while serving the United States military. The Tehachapi Lions Club remembered these brave men and women and also showed their gratitude and appreciation for their fellow Lion members who served in the U.S. military and a...
The Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District's clinics in Tehachapi, California City and Mojave are modest, unassuming and absolutely vital to the rural population they serve. Some of the patients, newly signed up under subsidized insurance, have not had proper health care for years. had proper health care for years. "There's a longer wait now," said Elizabeth Herrera, LVN, who manages the trio of clinics with quiet efficiency and a calm demeanor. "It's six weeks for an appointment. Before, it was t...
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...
Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club has been busy competing in the Kern County Wrestling Association tournament schedule. Two outstanding wrestlers have gone undefeated in the KCWA meets so far this year, Jacob Cardenas, Rookie 55lb and Bill Takara 100lb Novice. April 16, TVWC competed at Arvin Grizzlies Tournament with Jacob Cardenas and Jairden Medina placing first in their Divisions. Levi Hart, Elijah Graves and Stephan Meek took 2nd place and Cayden Castrellon placed 5th. The same weekend was the California Greco State and Cadet Freestyle Tourn...
This year Major Jason E. George VFW Post 12114 is being joined by American Legion Post 221, American Legion Auxiliary, and the Bear Valley Springs Military Association in sponsoring Christina's Second Annual Fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer Research. Tickets for prizes are being sold around town at Albertson's, K-Mart and Tractor Supply until June 3rd. Proceeds from this fundraiser will be donated to Pancreatic Cancer Action Network which received an A rating from Charity Watch. Pancreatic...
A long standing tradition of the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 221 is to have the chosen Girl State Delegate give the first poppy of the year to a distinguished member of the community. This year is no exception. At a recent Tehachapi City Council meeting Tehachapi High School Junior Emerson Fisher gave the first poppy to City Mayor, Susan Wiggins. This is the first step in announcing May as Poppy Month. American Legion Auxiliary members and Post Legion members will be seen around town passing...
The Bear Valley Veteran's Association were well represented at the Honor Flight Kern County monthly breakfast held free for all Veterans in the Tehachapi area. This event is held the 4th Saturday of each month at St. Malachy's Church at 9 a.m....
Kern County representatives who spoke at the El Nino preparedness meeting Jan. 9 at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Tehachapi offered valuable advice that can – and will – save lives. It's easy to say "Get prepared," but harder to actually sit down and plan it. Red Cross volunteers at the meeting helped attendees jump-start the process by giving out information and Go-Bags filled with life-saving items such as light sticks, emergency blankets, face masks, water and emergency ponchos. Here is som...
Social security myths and facts MYTH: “I was told by Social Security that even if I applied for disability and my claim is allowed, I wouldn’t be able to draw any money because I’m drawing Workers’ Compensation, so I guess there is no need to apply.” FACT: Monthly benefits are not the only advantage to receiving a favorable decision from Social Security on your disability claim. Also: Protect your retirement benefits with “Disability Freeze”. You may be eligible for Medicare coverage just...
