TehachaPod

Jeanette Pauer the new President of the Greater Tehachapi chamber of Commerce stops by the TehachaPod studio to talk about all of the events and business activities coming up in 2022. Jeanette has been with the chamber only a few short weeks but she has hit the ground running. The monthly luncheons are back on the calendar. The June luncheon will feature speakers from NASA. The luncheons are on the 2nd Tuesday at Big Papa's. She has the annual Installation Dinner coming in May where they will honor the Citizen of the Year, Small & Large Tehachapi Business of the Year, plus she is in the middle of planning the Mountain Festival Weekend coming in August. Jeanette talks about the value to being a chamber member and how she is there to help problem solve for local small businesses. It is an interesting conversation we have, be sure to follow the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce on Face at their new page @GreaterTehachapiChamber. Send your TehachaPod questions and thoughts to [email protected].

Join us for a conversation with Anitra Goddard from Husky National STOL. The SoCal STOL is coming to the Tehachapi Municipal Airport on Saturday May 28. STOL is Short Take Off & Landing competition for pilots. These special aircrafts will be coming to Tehachapi from around the U.S. and Canada to compete in this one day event to see who can take off in the shortest distance and land in the shortest distance. These are the types of planes we've seen in Alaska and rural parts of the world to transport people and supplies to areas that don't have airports or roads to land on. To get more information and purchase tickets to see this fun day of competition go to www.NationalStol.com This event is part of a national series to see who will become the National STOL Champion. Send your show thoughts to [email protected].

David Stenstrom is directing the next play at the Tehachapi Community Theatre called Moon Over Buffalo. He talks about the strength of the writing, the chemistry between the cast members and how everyone will just come away laughing. He is very proud of all involved in putting the play together and he explains more how others in the community can come out and help with future shows. Moon Over Buffalo will be at the BeeKay Theatre on Green Street in Downtown Tehachapi beginning April 22 and run through May 8. Tickets are available at TCTOnStage.org. Send your TehachaPod show thoughts to [email protected].

Local business owner Tyler Shryock talks business and baseball. Tyler is one of the owners of TKs Pizza in Tehachapi. He talks about how they transformed the business into what it is today and how baseball has played a strong role in his development as a businessman. He shares some of his baseball memories as a CSUB ball player and as minor leaguer in the White Sox organization. He talks about the parallels of playing baseball and transferring the things he learned into his business and how it operates. He talks about the generosity of the community during the pandemic among other success stories. Send your show thoughts and questions to [email protected].

On this Mini-Pod we talk about the $120 million proposed Hwy 58 project and that Caltrans is seeking public input. Caltrans has a deadline of April 28, 2022 for the public comments in this workshop. You can email your comments on this project to [email protected] or [email protected]. Send your show thoughts to [email protected].

We got a chance to talk to Ashley Sodergren from Make-A-Wish and find out how they impact the lives of children with critical illnesses by granting a wish for them. Ashley represents our area and she told us currently their are five children in Tehachapi that are waiting to have a wish granted. We talk about the positive impact a wish has on the child and family and she says research shows this can help in their recovery. We talk about different ways we as a community can help by both volunteer opportunities and financial. For more information you can go to www.wish.org/canv or send an email to [email protected] and we will forward it to Ashley.

Nichole Hamblin from #loveTehachapi stops by the studio to talk about the upcoming events they are working on for Saturday April 23 in Tehachapi. She shares that volunteers from #loveTehachapi will be doing multiple things for the community between 10 AM - Noon & Noon-2 PM and they are looking for additional volunteers to help. One of the things they will be doing is litter removal from various locations. They will also being doing a "pop up" type of event for members of the community. If you would like to volunteer email [email protected] or if you would like to help on Friday April 22 with litter removal in the city send an email to [email protected].

Trying something new to TehachaPod, a mini-pod(cast). Every once in a while we will give you a short version of the podcast with just some quick updates on events coming up around Tehachapi. On the debut of the Mini-TehachaPod I talk to Jeanette Pauer from the Greater Tehachapi chamber of Commerce and talk about events coming up in the local business, recreation and events calendars from our community. Send your questions, thoughts and events to [email protected].

We get an update on all of the happenings at the Tehachapi Municipal Airport from manager Ashley Whitmore. She talks about some improvements and maintenance to help with safety. Ashley also talks about events, some new first time events and other reoccuring annual programs. She talks to us about an upcoming STOL event, Short Take Off & Landing competition that is will be hosted at our airport in May. It will be spectatot friendly and tickets will go on sale soon. We also talk about the Build A Plane program and its success plus we learn a little more about airport based businesses. If you want any information regarding the topics discussed or have a show idea please send your email to [email protected].

Aaron Falk the President and CEO of the Kern Coummunity Foundation comes into the TehachaPod studios to talk to us about the upcoming Give Big Kern Day on May 3. He explains how the Kern Community Foundation helps nonprofits throughout the county and several here in Tehachapi. They also provide services to nonprofits to run more efficiently and assist in setting up nonprofits. Aaron talks about the successes throughout the past several years of charitable giving by the Kern County community. He talked about how more than $800,000 was raised on Give Big Kern Day in 2021 and the money was distributed to 129 local nonprofits. If you have a nonprofit and would like to participate in this years event Aaron explains how to do it. To donate to Give Big Kern Day or to get more information go to their website www.GiveBigKern.org.