Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Tehachapi Valley United Methodist Church will present its annual Carols & Candlelight Christmas Eve service at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at the Methodist Church on Schout Rd. (across from Country Oaks Baptist). This is a great opportunity to escape for awhile from the presents and the food, and enjoy fellowship around the true meaning of Christmas. The service will include scripture reading and the singing of carols by candlelight. Come join us as we lift our voices and celebrate the birth of...
At the December Board meeting of the Mojave Air & Space Port, Tim Reid was selected to fill the position of general manager/CEO. In April 2022, Reid came to Mojave Air & Space Port as the Operations Manager and Todd Lindner was selected by the MASP board to serve as the new general manager/CEO. Formerly, Lindner was the Jacksonville Aviation Authority Director, at Cecil Spaceport. After less than a year, Lindner's wife became very ill and they returned to their home in Florida to be near...
Dennis Lee Kelly, a resident of Hart Flat, California passed away on Nov. 27 at the age of 79. He was receiving treatment at the Bakersfield Memorial Hospital and surrounded by family at the time of his passing. Services were held on Dec. 9, at the Bakersfield National Cemetery in Arvin, California, officiated by a military Chaplain. Private interment followed at the cemetery. Dennis was born in Fresno, California on May 27, 1943, the first son of Donald and Virginia Kelly. According to his mom...
Ruth E. Ingraham, 95, of Tehachapi, passed away unexpectedly, but quietly, in her sleep on the morning of Dec. 5 in her home. Ruth was born on Aug. 9, 1927, in Los Angeles, California, to Ross and Clara Raymond. Ruth attended primary school at Kemple Unified School District in Little Rock, California, and graduated from Antelope Valley High School before attending Antelope Valley Jr. College, then when onto L.A. City College where she obtained her B.S. Degree. After college, she went on to work...
Councilwoman Christina Scrivner submitted her resignation from the Tehachapi City Council on Dec. 5. On Nov. 8, Scrivner was elected as the east Kern County representative to the Kern Community College District. She has represented City Council District 2 since March 2020, first as an appointee and then elected to the position in November 2020. From left in the photo are Mayor Pro Tem Michael Davies, Joan Pogon-Cord, Scrivner, Mayor Phil Smith and Susan Wiggins. The Tehachapi City Council meets...
On Dec. 10, the Tehachapi Police Foundation hosted 17 local children at their annual Shop with a Cop event. After enjoying pizza from Hungry Howie's at the Tehachapi Police Department, the children rode to Walmart in police vehicles, sirens blaring, for a shopping spree. This year the Police Foundation was joined by Bear Valley Springs Police, Stallion Springs Police, California City Police, Kern Country Sheriff's Office and California State Parks Assn. The children that were chosen to shop had...
There was a jam packed day at the Tehachapi Unified School District Board Meeting on Dec. 13. The oath of office was taken by new incoming school board members. The new trustees are Cassandra Sweeney of Area 2, covering Stallion Springs and some of Bear Valley; Deborah Du-Sorenson of Area 4, covering Golden Hills; Professor Wayne Cooper of Area 5, covering some of Golden Hills and the west side of Tehachapi; and Paul Kaminski of Area 6, which covers Downtown Tehachapi and Sand Canyon. Once...
The Tehachapi Girl Scouts Lego Robotics Team, the Koding Koalas, Team 55502, would like to thank all the mentors that assisted them in their inaugural year with the FIRST LEGO League (FLL). The Koding Koalas competed at the Duncan Dynamic Qualifier in the California Central Valley FLL Regional competition on Dec. 3 and won first place for the innovation award and was given the opportunity to advance to the Central Valley FLL Championship competition on Dec. 17! As a rookie team with rookie...
Joyce Yvonne Stanley, born on Oct. 9, 1936, passed away in her Tehachapi home on Nov. 11. She was surrounded by her family listening to them laugh and compete with "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune." Joyce was the sixth child born to Frank and Elizabeth Ursery, in Kennett, Missouri. She grew up and attended school in Deering, Missouri. She was active in her local 4-H Club. She learned to sew at the age of 9 and won many ribbons at local fairs. She loved working outdoors with her brother Bill and...
The matriarch of our family passed away on Dec. 7, 2022, peacefully in her sleep at home. Known by mom, grandma, grams, potta, and Pat. She was born Dec. 11, 1934, to Sam and Josephine Lindeboom in Bellflower, California. She graduated from Tehachapi High School in June 1952. Shortly after she married the love of her life, Elmer Young on June 14, 1952. They moved to Oxnard a week after the 1952 Tehachapi earthquake, something she would never forget, and started and completed their family with tw...
Season 3, Episode 101 – Sgt. Jason Dunham from the Tehachapi Police Department stops by to share some holiday safety tips while out shopping. He also talks about things you can do to make your home a little safer, avoiding porch pirates, elder phone scams and other things you can do to be proactive about your personal safety. Season 3, Episode 99 – State of California decides to close another CCI facility and to completely close the Cal City Prison. We have a frank discussion regarding both sho...
Cherished Wife, Beloved Mother and Grandmother, Dear Friend, Faithful Sister. Memorial: Dec. 17 at 2 p.m. • In Person: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, 21260 Golden Hills Blvd., Tehachapi. • Zoom Link available upon request. In lieu of flowers, please donate to your favorite charity. If you have any special photos of Jean or have any stories of her that you'd like to share with us, there will be a box available at the Kingdom Hall on Dec. 17. Please feel free to leave it in the box (wi...
Kirk Eugene Foster, 67, passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 28 at his home in Tehachapi. Kirk was born on Feb. 26, 1955, to Robert E. Foster and Jo-Ann M. Foster in Long Beach, California, and was one of five children. Kirk grew up in Bellflower, California where he met and married his high school sweetheart, Noelle on July 16, 1977. They remained married for 45 years. They moved to Tehachapi in 1985 with their three kids, into the house that Kirk and the family built. He called the city of Tehacha...
The passage of the SECURE Act in 2019 effectively eliminated the stretch IRA, an estate planning strategy that allowed an inherited IRA to continue growing tax deferred, potentially for decades. Most nonspouse beneficiaries, including children and grandchildren, can no longer stretch distributions over their lifetimes. Moreover, proposed IRS regulations require most designated beneficiaries to take annual required minimum distributions (RMDs) within the 10-year distribution period if the...
My childhood was pretty traditional, generally speaking, and our holiday celebrations were no exception. Through college, winter holidays were spent with my family – some years at our house, some years at the grandparents' houses. Some part of the Christmas holiday was also always spent with lots of aunts and uncles and cousins around. We kids would spend part of the day sledding or skating on the pond or playing board games if the weather was too bad. When I was out of school and off on my own,...
