Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The campaign for two seats on the five-seat Tehachapi City Council is a ferocious one this year as candidates Mary Ann Hester and Ken Hetge battle incumbent councilpersons Ed Grimes and Mayor Pro-tem Kim Nixon in a race in which the fundamental nature and direction of the city is in the balance. The Forde Files spoke to each of the candidates. The Incumbents Kim Nixon – Tehachapi resident for 30 years, age 60. Nixon has served on the Tehachapi City Council for five years and is Mayor pro tem. I...
Octoberfest 2016 Beer, bratwursts, and Volkswagens were all in abundance at this year's Oktoberfest held in Stallion Springs on October 1. Larger than ever, this year's event was fun for the whole family....
The Tehachapi Apple Festival is taking place on Saturday, Oct. 8 and Sunday, Oct. 9 in Downtown Tehachapi. If you are an excellent baker, love to make apple pie, feel that apple pie is one of your specialties, get compliments from your family and friends on your apple pie, then you should consider entering the Apple Festival Pie Baking Contest. You must submit an entry form which is available at www.tehachapiapplefestival.com (see the Bake Contest Tab) and the $10 fee asap. You can call Linda at...
I remember communicating with our dear late friend, Bob Grondzik, also known as, "Skyraider Bob" about the incredible Douglas AD Skyraider. Bob suffered a heart attack and passed away in October 2012, we still miss him deeply. He always flew up from Ramona to Mojave on Veterans Day to honor all who served. His daughter, Dana Mattner, flew Bob's T-28 Fennec in formation with the Skyraider and was the only Father-Daughter flying team out there. When they flew up for Veterans Day, his wife Mary...
Charity bartenders Tim Trujillo and Scott Taylor bartenders for the day at Souza Family Vineyard on August 28, had fun raising funds for Friends of the Depot. The next Celebrity bartender will be Linda Carhart for Veterans Collaborative Services on September 18....
The American Legion Auxiliary Tehachapi unit 221 would like to thank the seven veterans and their interviewers for participating in the Veterans History Project. This unique project videotapes a veteran interview which will ultimately be sent to the Library of Congress. This important project will be a great genealogical tool for the future as well as a learning experience for the interviewer. The seven Veterans are Winthrop Saville WWII, Paul Doody Korea, Lora Clendenin Operation Enduring Freed...
The Tehachapi Friends of NRA held its 14th Annual Fundraising Dinner and Auction in Tehachapi on August 6, 2016. Drawing members of Tehachapi and surrounding communities over 260 people packed the event space at Benz headquarters. The draw of the event was not only the raffle drawings, live auction and silent auction, but camaraderie in support of the NRA and firearm ownership. First time attendee and NRA member Tim Garnica is "pro-gun" and was "supporting the cause," he says, while enjoying...
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...
