Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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To celebrate and recognize the great contributions of the men and women throughout all of the branches of the military, we'll be opening our new Freedom Plaza on June 30, 2016, at the corner of Curry St. and Tehachapi Blvd. at 3 p.m. The new plaza will feature a stunning one-of-a-kind monument consisting of individual pieces recognizing the five branches of the military, as well as host a new Visitor Center being run through a partnership with the Greater Tehachapi Economic Development Council...
For those of you who have not visited the new boutique, Nannette Keller, at 116 South Robinson across from City Hall, be prepared for a feast of color and style for all women. The Nannette Keller Boutique offers several designs in natural fabrics of cotton, linen, and silk. The store carries sizes from petite to plus and everything in between. It is with great pride that all of Nannette's garments are created and produced in the USA. Nannette and her husband, Roger, moved to Tehachapi in April o...
This fall, the USDA home loan program is reducing its mortgage insurance premiums, which will make its loan program more affordable than ever. In context, it means that using USDA financing to buy a $200,000 house in October will cost about $25 per month less than it does today. Hooray for USDA! We had a moment last time to talk about mortgage fees, and a real-life scenario came up since then. A buyer had shopped their long-time credit union for a mortgage quote, then they called me. The credit...
We’ve had a Start menu in Windows since Windows 95. It’s changed a bit in every version of Windows until that darn Windows 8 came along. I think some folks at Microsoft took a look at PC and laptop sales and decided we’d all be using tablets or phones, so they created a way more mobile device friendly operating system and figured that’s what people would want. They were wrong In Windows 8.1 Microsoft gave us back a kind-of-sort-of Start menu, but it didn’t make anyone happy. So, lots of people...
I was just reading Jon Hammond's fine article about local man, Rufus Thomas, showing his realistic miniature reproductions of the once common oil derricks which, at one time, dotted the countryside. At present, the works of art are on display at our local museum. They are a part of the past but not so long ago past that it can still make some of us recall the sea of black oil derricks dotting the landscape in the San Joaquin Valley. Some years ago when passenger trains used to run through Tehach...
Anna Hoffmann, Dean of Students for Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy updated the school board on the successful first year of the program. TILA is a K-12 institution. According to Hoffmann, grades K-8 include books and more traditional learning. Parents are the teachers at home. All of the lessons are planned and materials provided by the school and the families instruct the students in those lessons. All testing is done at the TILA office and weekly meetings are attended by teachers,...
I went to an all-day seminar yesterday for updates on dementia in general including Alzheimer’s disease. The speaker was a neurologist who is also a researcher in the field. Among the topics explored were whether any particular foods could slow or detour the onset of Alzheimer’s and what other measures could be taken to avoid dementia. His responses on this made sense. There are certain conditions that seem to increase the risk, especially of vascular dementia where the brain is damaged because of multiple strokes or clogged/ damaged blood ves...
This week I found an article in a 1957 copy of the Tehachapi News that had reprinted an article from the Fresno Bee in my mom’s files. The article was written by Leo Dollar, following a tour he took of the Tehachapi Valley’s seed industry. At that time Tehachapi was certified as one of the primary seedgrowing areas in the United States. Dollar wrote “This little mountain community, snugly bedded in a cool valley 4,000 feet above the San Joaquin Valley, is demonstrating for the agricultural world the old saying that good things come in small...
The " Miracle Mutts" program – Marley's Mutts Dog Rescue's Outreach, Education, and Therapy Dog Certification endeavor – continues to spread joy across Kern County, reaching ever-farther into the community in a variety of unique and meaningful ways. Our new class at The Mission at Kern County is called "Moving Forward With Dogs: 12 Steps at a Time"; it integrates dog handling, walking and training into addiction recovery work. Both the Men's and Women's programs are benefitting, as are the the...
Trees are having a tough time right now because of the drought. Nobody knows better than residents of Bear Valley Springs and other forested areas. The drought has weakened the trees and left them more vulnerable to bark beetles, mistletoe, and other pests and diseases. When was the last time you took a good look at the trees in your yard or along your street? How many of us have a tree in the middle of the lawn, and have stopped (or at least reduced) watering the lawn. That tree had an easy life up until now, and didn’t need to grow its r...
The Stallion Springs Property Owners Association congratulates to THS student Hailee Riddle who received a $1,000 scholarship in May from the SS POA. Hailee had a great application and grade average. They wish her the best as she takes the next step in her life. Police report The Stallion Springs Police Department for the month of May reported three arrests and one citation was issued. There were 68 calls for service, six call outs, eight want and warrant checks, 101 officer initiated...
This is a testimonial received from the mother of one of my young acne clients. While I do have several mature acne clients, it's the teens I believe, who suffer the most: "One day in July, 2015, I read an article in our local paper that was written by Donita, on the subject of acne. I could not feel hopeful at this point given all that we had been through in the last several years, but I told my daughter, Emmy Beth Sturckow, we would give this a try. "I scheduled an appointment and loved what...
Trains Etc. has added new lines of merchandise to better serve Tehachapi and visitors to the area. They have added a line of clothing ranging from bibs, creepers and PJs to T-shirts and sweatshirts for kids, teens and mom and dad up to 3X. They have also just added a line of Auto World slot car sets and cars. Check out our new line of Metal Earth 3D laser cut models that include planes, ships, bridges, towers, cable cars and Star Wars models. The children's book section has been expanded and...
As a therapist, I am often asked about the characteristics of emotional abuse (EA). Essentially, EA is any attitude or behavior that uses humiliation or fear or verbal degradation to control, demean, punish or isolate another person. Yelling and screaming and name-labeling are the most readily understood forms of EA. However, the more subtle strategies of isolating an individual from family and friends or quashing another person’s thoughts or feelings are also types of EA. EA often has an incapa...
When I was young I stayed on my uncle’s farm during the summer. They farmed feed corn, wheat, and hay and had a dairy herd, pigs, and chickens. Their garden for household use was huge. Most of the produce would be canned and used during winter. My cousin and I would get the vegetables for the meal fresh from the garden. It was fun and tasted great especially after taking a detour through the strawberry patch! Our customers get what they need to make their gardens successful from us at Pioneer T...
President Obama is a lame duck. That means that his primary focus is no longer on bold plans for the future, but on what his administration has accomplished over the last eight years – his legacy. My personal feeling is that history will judge him to have been a decent president; not stellar, but not bad. He came into office with a global economy in chaos and an America entangled in a nightmarishly complex international situation. Yet, we're now doing fairly well when viewed from a global perspe...
You can elect to delay receiving Social Security retirement benefits You can choose to delay receiving Social Security retirement benefits until you are past normal (full) retirement age. Perhaps you want to work longer because you enjoy it, or maybe you want your retirement benefit to be higher when you finally do retire. Your benefit will be increased by the delayed retirement credit If you are eligible to receive Social Security retirement benefits but you delay receiving benefits until...
Driving home from work, on April 20, 2016, I saw a bird in the middle of the road, and assumed it was a Raven, which would normally fly away as cars approached, but this bird didn't. As I got closer, it was apparent that this was a red tailed hawk, and it looked right at me as I slowly drove by. It was apparent that he needed help, so I turned my truck around. After pulling off the road, I ran out to pick him up and brought him to the truck. Both of us safely seat-belted, I headed home. Once we...
Recently the board members of the newly formed Tehachapi Police Foundation met to sign the documents making the foundation officially a non-profit body. Board member Darrel Brown stated, "Our foundation represents the city as well as our police department. We are in the forefront of the public eye. Our aim is to raise funds above and beyond that which is budgeted. We plan to build and strengthen community youth safety programs and to work with our fine law enforcement Explorer Program. As our...
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,...
Summer is upon us and the kids are out of school, vacation time is here and perhaps some time to go fishing. One of the least talked about subjects when it comes to angling is proper catch and release technique. Now I know many of you are catch, filet and cook folks put for a few years now many anglers have taken to releasing their catch back into the lake or stream. For me I started practicing catch and release 20 years ago when sport fishing in the ocean. Back then, you could bag 20 fish in...
Recently, I saw this poster, “Hate Has No Business Here” at an elementary school. It was refreshing to see these words while children from different cultures played on the playground. Boys and girls wearing stocking and baseball caps, braided ponytails, and hijabs, filled with energy, running and laughing - playing - what beautiful sounds together they made. The poster (which can be downloaded from mainstreetalliance.org or discussed at #hatehasnobizhere) specified: “We stand with our LGBTQ comm...
Fundamentals of wills A will is a legal document which directs how a person’s property should be distributed after his/her death. Within this document you designate your executor (the person who will handle your assets and ultimately make distributions per your instructions) and your beneficiaries (the person or entities which will receive gifts from your estate). You must be 18 years of age and of “sound mind” to create a valid will. You must know what a will is, what it does and that you are m...
First Fridays have become a popular event of fun, refreshments, hospitality and shopping at all the participating venues. Nannette Keller Boutique at 116 So. Robinson across from City Hall. New to the First Friday lineup. Come see what is happening and join the fun, food, wine, conversation and see her unique designer clothes. (See article on page 2.) Gallery 'N' Gifts is delighted to showcase Bear Valley Springs artist Jeff Peal. Gallery 'N' Gifts is located at 100 W. Tehachapi Blvd. Tehachapi...
Tehachapi Valley Arts Association (TVAA) and Gallery 'N' Gifts announces their annual "Take Your Best Shot" Summer photo contest. Each year new, anonymous judges look for that one special photo which stands out above the rest to take home a $100 cash prize for Best of Show honors. Each category's first place ribbon winner takes home a $25 cash prize. Second, third and honorable mention prizes receive ribbons. The contest is open to all amateur photographers with a special category for...
