Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Want to take your photography to the next level? Learn fundamental principles you can build on to help you make those images you envision in your mind's eye. In this 8-session course, designed for novice to intermediate photographers, this course will cover technical foundations and aesthetic concepts to help you turn your creative impulses into beautiful images. Building on those foundations, find your personal point of view to become a visual storyteller. Technical basics covered will...
I met Jacob Sawade in high school. He's the older brother of a friend of mine and I remember him always smiling with such a positive and bright outlook on life. Jacob, 37, was born with cerebral palsy, but that has never stopped his adventurous soul. After a recent surgery, he hasn't been able to get around as easily as he'd like and the wheelchair he was using never let him explore as much as he wanted. He began doing some research and found his dream chair! The Action Trackchair would allow...
Celebrate Valentines this year by joining Main Street Tehachapi for the 12th Annual Chocolate and Wine Walk in Downtown Tehachapi. The event, held this year on Feb. 9 is always a lot of fun for romantic couples, groups of friends and those who come alone. There are plenty of friendly faces in the crowds that go from business to business along the downtown streets to sample tasty wines, paired with delicious chocolates, hand-made by local resident Linda Pettitt of Linda's Cakes and Things. Not...
Have you ever been stuck trying to think of a unique theme for an adult or children's party; or perhaps you just need more party space for your event? Picture Perfect Parties can help you with that. Although the Picture Perfect Parties Photo Booth has been seen around town for much of last year, they will be celebrating the Grand Opening of their party space located at 20601 Hwy. 202, Ste. A103 on Jan. 28. Everyone is invited from 4 to 6 p.m. to help them celebrate. The Greater Tehachapi...
The public is invited to Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park's 25th anniversary celebration on Saturday, Jan. 26 from 1 to 4 p.m. in Friendship Hall at Tehachapi Community Church, UCC, 100 East E St., featuring a talk by anthropologist Dr. Bruce Love and a flintknapping demonstration by master flintknapper Gary Pickett. Tomo-Kahni State Historic Park features the remains of many aspects of Kawaiisu Indian village life in the Tehachapi Mountains. Renowned anthropologist Dr. Bruce Love will share an...
The Tax Cuts and Job Act (TCJA) is the most sweeping change in federal tax law since 1986. It contains more than 115 new provisions. I will list a few of them now. Do you qualify for the new section 199A deduction? As a result of the new federal tax reform, owners of pass-through entities (e.g. partnerships, S corporations and sole proprietors) may be entitled to a new section 199A deduction for qualified business income ("QBI"). Under section 199A, certain taxpayers may be entitled to a deducti...
At their December Board meeting, Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District was asked to put a discussion of how Board members are chosen on the January agenda. The request was made by a group of Sand Canyon residents spearheaded by Michael and April Biglay, Dr. Beverly Billingsley and the group that was actively opposing Measure R on the November ballot. Historically all members of the TVRPD Board are appointed, two by the Tehachapi City Council and three by the Kern County Board of Supervis...
The Tehachapi Humane Society is the oldest humane organization in the Tehachapi area. The grassroots organization has been forced to make some major changes. The Humane Society’s office on Golden Star will be closed as of April 1. Therefore, they will not be able to hand out pet food to low income pet owners. There are other humane organizations in the area who do help folks with pet food, although it may not be on a regular basis, Dr. Billingsley will still hold vaccination clinics; but after t...
Before any other business was transacted at the Jan. 7 City Council meeting, new council member Joan Pogon-Cord was sworn in by City Clerk Tori Marsh. Pogon-Cord had been out of town at the time of the Dec. 17, 2018 meeting. That done, Councilman Kenneth Hetge nominated Mayor Pro Tem Susan Wiggins to be the next mayor. She was unanimously elected. Councilman Mike Davies nominated Phil Smith as mayor pro tem and he also was unanimously elected. Kim Nixon was appointed to complete the Planning...
Question: I am a 53 year old man with severe diabetes. I have such bad neuropathy in my feet and hands that I can barely walk. In fact, most of the time I have to use a cane in my dominant hand and occasionally I have to use a rolling walker when the pain gets real bad. I was a heavy equipment operator for CalTrans for 25 years. I was forced to quit a year ago and took a disability retirement. I have paid into Social Security through my employer. Can I qualify for benefits? Ask the Advocate: If...
The Windows shutdown process After you click "Shutdown," and before your computer actually turns off, Windows runs a bunch of processes. First, Windows checks where any other users are logged in to your computer. If so, you'll see a "Someone else is still using this PC" message. If you continue, the other user(s) will lose any unsaved data. To prevent that, click "Cancel" and let the other user sign in, save their work and log out before shutting down the computer. If there aren't any other...
In my never-ending quest to find articles of my mother Marion Deaver to explore East Kern History, I discovered an old press release put out by the Mojave Faculty Association demanding that a study be done to justify the construction of a new gym for Mojave High School. This article was written sometime prior to the school district holding a bond election to fund such a new facility. A new gym was funded by the sale of bonds and construction started in 1977, according to an old photo I found...
I'm sure you share the pride I feel to live and work in Kern County. Our home is a special place! As we all begin 2019, I look forward to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Here are some of the highlights that the Board will tackle in the coming year: We are in the third year of our four-year plan to eliminate the county's General Fund structural budget deficit, originally pegged at $44.5 million, due to a drop in oil prices and steep increases in county employee pension costs....
The Mojave River Academy Tehachapi Resource Center is excited to welcome two new additions to its teaching staff this year in Tiffani Lewis and Wendy Graffam. Lewis brings 13 years of teaching experience to MRA Tehachapi, located at 20948 Sage Lane, and most recently taught small reading intervention groups at the Bakersfield City School District. Wanting to be closer to the family business, Tehachapi Floor Covering, she moved to Tehachapi a year ago and began looking for a job that would help...
The volunteer organization that helped sustain the old Tehachapi Hospital by purchasing hundreds of thousands of dollars of medical equipment since 1975 is redefining its relationship to the Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District (TVHD). The Guild of Tehachapi Valley Healthcare District, also known as the Hospital Guild, historically has provided funds for hospital equipment by making donations to the healthcare district (the hospital owner), which in turn purchased the equipment. In a recent gift...
Fiddlers Crossing tries to honor its Celtic roots by offering an Irish concert on or around St. Patrick's Day in March, a Scottish one to celebrate Robbie Burns' birthday at the end of January and presenting the Winterdance Celtic concert at Christmas. This year, to honor Robbie Burns and Scotland, the venue is presenting Jim Malcom on Sunday, Jan. 27, at 3 p.m. This will be his second visit to Tehachapi. Malcom is considered one of the finest voices and interpreters of Robert Burns' songs in Sc...
Calling all artists, writers and creative-types! The TALE is looking for more contributions. Send us your photos, artwork, short stories, poems, songs, etc. and you may see them in a furture edition of The Loop. Don't forget to get the kids involved, too. We love to see the creativity of the Tehachapi youngins. Send your submissions to [email protected]....
Before any other business was transacted at the Jan. 7 City Council meeting, new council member Joan Pogon-Cord was sworn in by City Clerk Tori Marsh. Pogon-Cord had been out of town at the time of the Dec. 17, 2018 meeting. That done, Councilman Kenneth Hetge nominated Mayor Pro Tem Susan Wiggins to be the next mayor. She was unanimously elected. Councilman Mike Davies nominated Phil Smith as mayor pro tem and he also was unanimously elected. Kim Nixon was appointed to complete the Planning...
Libraries! Don’t you just love books? I do! I love reading and being around books and there is no better place to spend one’s time than in a library. As a former librarian, I might be a bit prejudiced, but I really don’t think so. Many writers entice their readers by weaving their stories between aisles of tomes. I’d like to share a few of those authors and their books with you. For our youngest readers, in “Biscuit Loves the Library” by Alyssa Satin Capucilli, a frisky golden retriever p...
Such sad news for family, friends and patients of Dr. Phil Coussens and his RN wife, Ellen Coussens, who both passed away within days of each other during Christmas week. They often attended Plane Crazy Saturday at Mojave Air & Spaceport. Philip Cameron Coussens was born in Los Angeles on July 28, 1927 and passed away at his home in Rosamond Skypark on Dec. 24, 2018. Ellen June Coussens was born on March 26, 1939 in Sidney, MT and passed away at home in Rosamond on Dec. 28, 2018. Elle had been...
A large number of members from the local chapter of the American Association of University Women enjoyed an afternoon lunch in Adventist Tehachapi Valley Hospital's Mountain Cafe. Open to the public, the cafe serves breakfast from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and lunch/dinner from 11 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. on weekdays, and until 5:30 p.m. on weekends. The kitchen and its staff is currently serving around 75 to 100 meals a day to employees, visitors and patients....
Taking another look at the BeeKay Mural one may see Margie and Kelcy Owens, two citizens who managed to carve out a legend for themselves and for local citizens by simply opening a café on Main Street, Tehachapi. I say Main Street for that is what we "locals" always called it. Sometimes we could remember it was G Street, but mostly just Main. Whatever the name of the street, the name Kelcy's Café made its own reputation as a family restaurant. The minute one walked in you knew you were home a...
Look for construction to begin on a new Tehachapi hotel in the coming months. At their Jan. 14 meeting, the Tehachapi Planning Commission approved the architectural design, site plan and the environmental impact report for the TownePlace Suites by Marriott. The three story, 82 room hotel will be located on the southeast corner of Magellan Drive between Capital Hills Parkway and Athens Street. The project was originally submitted to the Commission by Tehachapi Lodging, LLC of Bakersfield at...
Tehachapi Valley Wrestling Club Wrestler Michael Murillio recently competed in the USA Folkstyle Showcase Tournament, Jan. 5 in Anaheim. The Showcase Event is one of the toughest West coast events with wrestlers from throughout the Nation competing. Michael lost only 1 match in the 12 and Under Division. He lost in the Semi-Finals to Landon Sandoval from New Mexico, who went on to win the Division. Micheal stayed focused and pinned his way through wrestle backs to be able to challenge for true...
photos by Nick Smirnoff (NPPA)...
