Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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For many, the use of essential oils is nothing more than a new-age gimmick or fad. For others, they are a regular part of their daily routine and they swear by their effectiveness. So, which is it: fact or fad? The answer, it seems, is a little bit of both. The practice of aromatherapy is an ancient one. The biblical account of the three wise men bringing gifts of frankincense and myrrh to the baby Jesus is well known. However, there are many claims around essential oils that have been shown to...
You can tell when people are just moving to Tehachapi by what they ask for. I have been asked several times just this past week for citrus and avocado trees. I had to tell them I'm sorry, but they don't grow up here in the mountains. Why not? Citrus is damaged when the temperature is 25-27 degrees F for three to four hours during the night. This year our low so far has been around 20 degrees F, which could kill a citrus tree, at least the flowers, for the coming season. They grow great in...
Before local sculptor Dwight Dreyer could begin the design for the life-size bronze statue of a skateboarder that will be placed at the new Ollie Mountain Sports Park, he needed a model. After some consideration, he chose 9-year-old Jane Scrivner. "Scrivner was thrilled to learn she had been chosen," said Dreyer, "especially when she received a modeling certificate and $20. You would have thought it was $1,000." The bronze statue at the Sports Park will be the first of a series of bronzes...
Is contacting a real estate agent really the first step? Or a lender? Just today I saw a social media post from a first–time homebuyer looking for a realtor – who would typically refer them right over to a lender – who should ask them a series of important questions, that they may not know the answer to. It might surprise you to learn that neither of these are really the correct first steps. The very first step to buying or selling a house should be getting your financial house in order. What...
Rhonda Brady from the Tehachapi Rotary Club reported that the "12 Days of Christmas" senior food drive donations resulted in the distribution of 160 boxes. Rotarians and friends gathered just before the holidays to organize and distribute the donations. Sixty of the boxes were given to the Tehachapi Humanitarian Relief Group for distribution. Brady said that even during the pandemic, the community really stepped up with donations again this year. The Rotary Club of Tehachapi is a volunteer...
The Loop newspaper is first and foremost a publication with a heart for the community of Tehachapi. Owned and operated by a local family since 2001, this publication has always aimed to put the needs and cares of our beloved town first. That’s why, from the very beginning, we have published celebrations of life (obituaries) and life’s various happy announcements for Tehachapi residents at no charge. In recent months, we’ve heard from a few readers that there have been too many Celebration of Life articles in the paper lately. As the owner...
Keep Kern Beautiful (KKB), Kern County’s community-based Keep America Beautiful affiliate, is encouraging county residents to participate in an individual clean-up effort in their neighborhoods. KKB’s “Your Neighborhood” clean-up event will take place on Saturday, Jan. 22 at any time during daylight hours. KKB is inviting residents throughout the county to volunteer 15 to 30 minutes, cleaning up areas around their neighborhoods, local parks, or right outside their front door! How to Participate: 1. Sign up for Your Neighborhood Clean-u...
The Kern County Superintendent of Schools will host a Virtual Education Fair on Saturday, Feb. 5 from 9 a.m. to noon. This virtual fair is exclusive to Kern County School Districts. Individuals who are fully credentialed, intern-eligible and holders of bachelor’s degrees or higher are invited to attend. Pre-registration is required at bit.ly/educationfair2022 and will be open until Feb. 4 at 5 p.m. The event is Kern County’s largest gathering of school district recruiters in one location. It is an excellent opportunity for those who are credent...
At the Jan. 11 meeting of the board of Tehachapi Unified School District, Jacobsen Middle School Principal Eric Loe, as a part of a JMS update, reminded the board that the school has over a dozen empty portables that remained after the opening of the new 6th grade wing, suggesting that the district might find a way to put them to good use. A possible answer came in the form of comments made by former Jacobsen Middle School principal, Paul Kaminski. Kaminski had also acted at Interim...
In December Kelcy Krupicka arrived in Tehachapi to start a completely new chapter of her life. The Austin, Texas native had accepted a three-year internship program at the National Test Pilot School in Mojave where she will be completing her Master of Science degree in Flight Test Engineering and working as a graduate assistant. The offer came following her graduation from Embrey-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla. where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace...
Hello friends and neighbors. Welcome to 2022! It isn’t as pandemic-free as we would have liked by this time, but hopefully this year will see real progress against COVID-19. Meanwhile, we will carry on and do the best we can. One of the newest clubs in our community is the Bear Valley Springs Astronomy Club. If you are enchanted by the heavenly constellations, this club may be for you. They meet on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. They have numerous meetings, star parties, and p...
Child Tax Credit The Child Tax Credit is increased and made fully refundable but ONLY for the 2021 tax year. The IRS has: • Increased the amount of the credit from $2,000 to $3,000 per child ($3,600 for a child under age 6) for filers under specific AGI thresholds; • Made the credit fully refundable (typically, only $1,400 is refundable); • Repealed the requirement that taxpayers must have earned income of at least $2,500 in order to qualify for a refund of the credit; • Allowed for advance...
• There are 8,737 newly reported confirmed cases in Kern County bringing our total confirmed cases to date to 189,849. (As Jan. 17 was a county holiday, our dashboard was last updated Friday, Jan. 14) • There are eight new deaths being reported on Jan. 18 and a total of 1,972 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic. • The seven-day case rate is 155.3 per 100,000. • As of Jan. 17, 1,081,315 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to Kern County residents. 453,361 or 53% of Kern’s eligible population have been fully vac...
Beginning Feb. 1, the California Living Museum will be open Tuesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also beginning Feb. 1, Senior Discovery Days return to CALM. Every Tuesday, seniors (60 years and over) will receive a 50% admissions discount and a 10% discount on gift store merchandise. Regular senior admission is $7. CALM is home to a variety of native species of plants and animals. The 38-year-old zoo is located at 10500 Alfred Harrell Highway, Bakersfield (between Lake Ming and Hart Park). For information, call (661) 872-2256, visit...
The holidays are over, and life is getting back to business-as-usual. Or it's supposed to be anyway. Actually, holiday season or not, things have been pretty crazy now for a couple of years, and I'm not sure they will get any less crazy any time soon. Which makes this as good a time as any to remember that we don't have to do it all (and we certainly don't have to do it all at once), that everything doesn't have to be perfect, that we can only do what we can do and we can't do any more than that...
The long-running coronavirus pandemic has fueled a lot of anxieties – including financial ones. But some people have had far fewer worries than others. Consider this: Among those investors who work with a financial advisor, 84% said that doing so gave them a greater sense of comfort about their finances during the pandemic, according to a survey from Age Wave and Edward Jones. Of course, many people experience investment-related fears even without a global health crisis, and that's probably n...
Apologies for my absence from these pages over the last few issues. There has been plenty happening in my life and deadlines seem to come and go. A few months ago, I mentioned this insane journey I was starting to attempt to complete the 2022 Los Angeles Marathon - bringing attention to two things: my quest to assist World Vision in bringing clean water to developing countries, and overcoming the undeniable fact that I do not enjoy running. I guess it is time for an update with the big event...
Lisa McKim-Hall spoke at the January meeting of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). She introduced herself as the new music teacher at Tehachapi High School, although she is not new to teaching. She has a Master’s Degree in music and has been a teacher for 29 years. She believes music is so important in the schools because it makes one smarter and causes students to think creatively. It engages every area of the brain and helps students in learning other subjects. In 2020 Covid struck, and the music program at Tehachapi High S...
Craig Royce Collette, the first-born son of Coral and Barbara Collette, was born on March 13, 1959 in Arcadia, Calif. The Collette family attended the Church of the Nazarene in Arcadia and Temple City. Craig was involved in Cub and Boy Scouts and loved camping trips and the annual Pinewood Derby. At Dana Junior High and Arcadia High School, he played the trumpet in the marching band. He was a gifted and excellent student. At Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego he majored in Physics and g...
Governor Gavin Newsom released his $286 billion spending proposal today to the Legislature to begin the budget process. Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Kern County), Vice Chair of the Assembly Budget Committee, issued the following statement: "While the Governor makes political headlines, every day Californians are overtaxed and are struggling to afford to live and work in our state. "Parents are concerned about their children. Homelessness is on the rise. Small businesses are stressed. Crime is...
My first book review of 2022 was titled “Indulgence versus Resolution.” This second review of 2022 focuses on satisfaction. Satisfaction is defined as fulfillment of one’s wishes, expectations or needs. Satisfaction means fully satisfying one’s inner appetite by producing contentment. What could be better in a world of chaos but to fill self with contentment? Let me tell you what I found in my reading indulgences… I embraced old friends with joy. Re-reading the first Cat Who book by Lillian J...
In 1971 when the railroads gave up their passenger train routes to Amtrak, it blocked passenger trains on the route over the Tehachapi Pass. At the peak of railway travel it was used for passenger rail, but the routes they travel now are very limited due to poor profitability. Since then, only cargo trains have used the tracks. There are rare exceptions for the Coast Starlight and other Amtrak trains to use it when their main route is unavailable. It is a relatively rare thing to watch trains...
Chris Naftel, former president of the Rotary Club of Tehachapi, presented a video of underwater dives he did in June and October 2021 during a trip to the Caribbean island of Bonaire. The dives were among the Bonaire reefs and the video featured various types of fish and other creatures. The Rotary Club of Tehachapi is a volunteer service organization with the motto, "Service Above Self." The club meets on Thursdays at noon. For more information about Rotary Club, you can visit their Facebook...
On Jan. 10, the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources passed Assembly Bill 522, a measure by Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Kern County), to promote forest management and build wildfire resilience. "Catastrophic wildfires have devastated homes and entire communities, and sadly, lives have been lost," said Assemblyman Fong. "Properly managing forests by reducing fuels is a proven method of preventing wildfires." "This measure allows private landowners to continue their efforts to reduce wildfire...
On Jan. 6 the Twelfth Night Celebration was held at St. Jude's in the Mountains Anglican Church in Tehachapi. Pictured, on the altar performing the ceremony is Father David Brown (left), Wendy Clare (far right) on violin accompanying singer Erin Clare. Twelfth Night coincides with the Feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, marking the end of the Christmas festivities and celebrating the arrival of the Magi to see the Christ Child....
