Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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The year was 1942 and a not quite 18 ½ year old young man, Winthrop "Win" Saville, made a choice – to enlist in what later became known as the Army Air Corps. Living in Alameda, California, at the time, Win and his buddy "Teenie" Baker signed their names on the dotted line the day before Halloween. As it turned out, Win was with the first group of Women Auxiliary Civilian Service members (WACS). Thus began Win's travels and experiences during WWII. From Alameda it was off to La Junta (...
If a community has a local VFW, it truly is a haven for veterans from all foreign wars. Tehachapi is one of those lucky communities which is blessed with two posts: Post 12114, and Post 5948 on Tehachapi Blvd. Post 5948 was chartered in May of 1960 and has been at its current location on Tehachapi Blvd. since 2000. Veterans come in all sizes and ages these days, and currently there are 240 members who call Post 5948 their home away from home. "We have members who served in WWII, Iraq,...
From humble beginnings on the streets of London in 1852, William Booth and his wife, Catherine, cofounded the organization we know today as the Salvation Army. Wanting to win the lost multitudes of England to Christ, Booth took to the streets preaching the Gospel to the poor, the homeless, the hungry and the destitute. Beginning in a tent in a Quaker graveyard, Booth's services became an instant success and quickly spread throughout London where he gathered followers who also were dedicated to...
Is the rate of cancer diagnosed for Tehachapi residents truly increasing as some believe, or is social media just making us more aware of this insidious disease within our midst? Whatever the correct answer may be, our community is realizing that Tehachapi is at a distinct disadvantage because of our location. Any kind of chemotherapy treatment is at least a 90 mile round trip trek, either "down" the mountain to Bakersfield or over to Lancaster/Palmdale. Diagnosed with stage IV colorectal...
For more than 20 years, Links for Life has been serving Kern County women and men who find themselves face-to-face with that nasty "c" word ... cancer, more specifically breast cancer. From humble beginnings in Bakersfield, over the years Links for Life has proven to be an invaluable resource for thousands of women, young girls and even men, endowing them with education, support and loving, understanding volunteers who literally have walked a mile in their shoes. Breast cancer is no respecter of...
While the lion may sleep in the mighty jungle, please be assured that the Lions Club of Tehachapi is prowling around discovering more and more ways to serve our community Founded in 1950, the Monolith-Tehachapi Lions Club saw its humble beginning at the sponsorship of the Indian Wells Lions Club (which since has become the Ridgecrest Lions Club). Its 52 charter members were shining examples of what the Lions Club is all about – serving not only its community, but ever reaching outward to the d...
Hip Hip Hooray! They're Coming Home! A problem has arisen as a result of the drastic cuts the government has chosen to make by discharging great numbers of our military: coming home may not be as exciting as it used to be. Of course, coming home to family has got to be one of the greatest feeling in the world to both military personnel and their families. At some point a cold hard fact rears its ugly head for many: You don't have a job once you get home! OMGG (oh, my goodness gracious), what do...
Your writer remembers (years ago) when Memorial Day (before it became just another three-day weekend celebrated on the last Monday in May rather than May 30 as it had been for years) was set aside for special events and services honoring our various branches of military who had died. It was a big deal. In more recent times it seems that we just get too busy to remember what Memorial Day really is all about. But, if you ask someone who has served their country, it still is a big deal to honor the...
Tehachapi is well-known for its compassionate community. Rain or shine, our community steps up to the on-going needs of some of Tehachapi's residents. Thrift shops abound: some have a designated end for the monies they raise and others "reinvest" their donations right back into their stockpile of help available. Sharing and Caring, in its current location at 203 South Pauly for about three years, is one of the latter. "We have a variety of needs to meet," shared Ada Snapp who, in her words,...
In the past, when we thought about hospice care we tend to conjure up only images of death because the bottom line is that someone we love or care a great deal about is dying. And while we can't change the bottom line, we can change the way we view hospice care. "Hospice care is about living to the highest quality possible during the time a person has left," shared Cherie Shoemake (who has been with Optimal Hospice Foundation for five years and has been Foundation Director for 15 months) and...
You may remember hearing about manna from Sunday School, Bible studies or even Sunday sermons, and while the manna served up on the last Monday of each month at Tehachapi Mountain Vineyard differs in substance from that which God gave His people in the desert, the intent is very similar: feeding God's people when they find themselves in need and when there's more month than money. Between Pastor Barry Galloway and Lilliana Valdez who, according to Pastor Galloway "runs a tight ship," organizes...
Have you ever driven down West F Street and noticed the building on the north side of the street at 311 (next to Wood Family Funeral Service)? You may have noticed the name on the building – Mountain Pathways – or perhaps not. The building itself certainly is not an architectural wonder – just a plain building with a name across the front. Your writer has driven by this building more times than she can count and always wondered "what is Mountain Pathways?" Is it a tour guide service offer...
