Meet Your New Neighbors

Rick and Cindy Remillard had been trying to move to Tehachapi for five years. Last November they were finally able to realize their dream. They both still commute to Bakersfield for work, but Cindy says it is very much worth the trouble. Rick has been an engineer at San Joaquin Community Hospital for twenty-six years and, while he doesn’t really mind the commute, would like to explore the possibility of working closer to home. Cindy is a recruiter for Western Truck School, a job she has held for the last ten years. For now they are able to drive together, which makes life so much easier.

They are both pastoring a new church in Stallion Springs, which currently meets at the Stallion Springs Library. It is called the Community Bible Fellowship, and I’m sure we will hear more from them as the church grows.

Rick was born in Pontiac, Mich. – just north of Detroit. He grew up and was educated there before he moved to California in the 1980s. Cindy, on the other hand, was born and raised in Bakersfield and is a country girl at heart. It was in Kern County that they raised their three children, Cala, Richard and Carly. For eight years the family lived on a small ranch, raised horses and rode daily. They have now been out of ranching for four years.

Cala, who now lives in Florida, has a boy (four-years-old) and a girl (15-years-old). They are very much missed by their grandparents. Richard has a girl (two-years-old) and a boy (four-years-old) and is near enough for “grandma and grandpa time”, as is Carly and her five-year-old son. Cindy claims her main hobby is spending time with her grandchildren. She says their time together is very much music oriented.

If they want to get away the Remillards take to the coast. They love walking the beach at Morro Bay. However, according to Cindy, living in Tehachapi is like being on vacation. They are very excited about their new home. “Welcome to Tehachapi, Rick and Cindy!”

It was three years ago that Rick Bogner and Lauren James bought their ranch property in Tehachapi. It has taken Rick that long to completely remodel their lovely house himself with the help of family and friends and no contractor. He had been working on the house whenever he could come up from their home in Pasadena. It also helped that Lauren’s mother has lived in Tehachapi for ten years. They were finally able to make the move in October.

Rick is a CT Technologist and had been working at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena for many years but he has now transferred his skills to San Joaquin Community Hospital in Bakersfield. Lauren is a RN but is now using her creative skills as a doll artist, designing collectible dolls for Ashton Drake.

Lauren was born near Dodge City, Kans., where her grandfather was a cattle rancher. She has one brother and three sisters and grew up in La Crescenta, Calif., attending private schools and graduating from Glendale City College. However, she still loved the country. Rick was born in Indiana, the fifth of seven children. He has a brother who is ten years older and a sister who is eight years younger than he is. Five of his siblings are teachers. At one time his family lived in Mammoth and he even worked for a pack station there. Eventually they moved to Altadena where he attended John Muir High School and Pasadena City College. They have five children between them ranging in ages from 18 to 26. The oldest, Brandon, is a comedian in Burbank. The rest – Sophia, Austin, Jesse and Emily – are still in college.

Lauren and Rick spent most of their free time in Pasadena riding their horses that were boarded near their home. They had ridden almost all of the mountain trails in the Pasadena area and are now looking for trails to ride here, among them the Pacific Crest Trail. They have three horses at home, Rick’s Appaloosa, Lauren’s Rocky Mountain and a beautiful little Rocky Mountain yearling.

I don’t want to leave out the James-Bogner “welcoming committee”. Paloma, Ruby and Noah are their three dogs,and they are always there to greet anyone who comes to visit. We are delighted to welcome the entire James-Bogner household to Tehachapi.

If you have moved to the Greater Tehachapi Area within the last six months and would like to know more about your new community, call 661-822-8188. We will be happy to make an appointment for a hostess to come by and give you lots of helpful information, some valuable coupons, gifts and much more. Many families and individuals who come to the area are pleasantly surprised with the amount of knowledge they gather about their new home. Publishing your welcome article is completely voluntary and is not a requirement of being welcomed.