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ChairpersonStephanie GarciaTehachapi News

Chair ElectSally Periman-Lawrence

Wood Family Funeral Service

TreasurerCarolyn Wiles

Terra-Gen Operating Company

• Directors •Susan Abrego

1st Priority Vehicle Registration Service

Kellie DudevoirCanine Creek Pet Wash & Boutique

Carl GehrickeTBB

Jim MillerRace Communications

Ida PerkinsPresident

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2018Board of Directors

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Please join the Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce at our September Chamber Network Luncheon, Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:00 p.m. at Big Papa's Steakhouse & Saloon, 1001 W Tehachapi Blvd C200. Our guest speaker will be Jay Schlosser, Development Services Director for the City of Tehachapi. Mr Schlosser will provide an update on City projects. Mr. Schlosser joined the City of Tehachapi staff in July 2012 as City Engineer. Prior to serving on staff, Mr. Schlosser served as the contract City Engineer beginning September 2004. Licensed as a professional civil engineer in 2003, Mr. Schlosser has a total of 12 years of experience in the private sector before joining the Tehachapi team.As City Engineer, Mr. Schlosser has been instrumental in the transformation of the City of Tehachapi downtown over the last 10 years and has overseen the design and construction of numerous water system, wastewater system, transportation, and beautification projects within the City. Furthermore, Mr. Schlosser has aided in the management of private development within the City through plan review, permitting, and construction oversight on behalf of the City of Tehachapi.Beginning 2015, Mr. Schlosser was appointed Development Services Director with oversight over the Planning, Building, and Engineering Departments within the City. Mr. Schlosser graduated from the University of California at Davis in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with a minor in Engineering Geology.

The cost is $15 for Chamber Members, $20 for Non-Chamber members, which includes lunch. Reservations are required. Please make your reservation by calling the Chamber at 661-822-4180. Reservation deadline is Friday, September 14, 2018.

Jay SchlosserDevelopment Services Director

Monthly Network Luncheon

209 E Tehachapi BlvdP.O. Box 401

Tehachapi, CA 93581661 822-4180

Fax 661 822-9036www.tehachapi.com

Hours: Mon. - Fri. 10 AM - 4 PMClosed 1 - 2 PM for lunch

Hours subject to change for Chamber events

Tehachapi News, a member of the TBC Media family, is dedicated to being the strongest source of local news and information for the greater Tehachapi community.We publish a print edition each Wednesday, with home delivery to the Tehachapi area on Tuesdays. We publish daily at TehachapiNews.com, with news, features, sports, opinion pieces and obituaries added throughout the week.Here you'll find all of our reader favorites, including Jon Hammond’s Pen in Hand and Natural Sightings columns, a robust calendar of community events, and our extensive photo galleries capturing life in Tehachapi. Catch up on Warrior sports and youth sports. And stay informed about what is happening in local government.Tehachapi News actively engages with readers on some of our biggest stories on our Facebook page. We invite the community to comment on news there, where the discus-sion is often lively.Each year Tehachapi News publishes its annual Tehachapi Visitor Guide. Pick up a copy at our offices or at tourist stops around town. Even longtime residents are sure to discover something new and exciting.Tehachapi News also publishes a number of special sections throughout the year, includ-ing Spring and Fall Home and Garden sections and a graduation tribute.Tehachapi News can also help with all your advertising needs.Reach Tehachapi News by visiting our offices at 411 N Mill St., by calling 661-822-6828 or by emailing editorial@tehachapinews.com with news and information or advertise@tehachapinews.com withany advertising inquiries.

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City of Tehachapi

Greg GarrettTehachapi City Manager

It’s been hard to miss, but healthcare options in Tehachapi over the last three years have increased significantly. By the end of this year, residents will have at their fingertips, the best care in the history of the Tehachapi Valley. Yes, it has been that type of transformation, a transformation that started with a leap of faith. First, it was the approval of the bond measures to finance the construction of the new hospital. That building attracted a new partner a year ago in Adventist Health, who is actively working on opening the building after some inherited issues and code changes during construction. Over the last three years healthcare providers like Kaiser Perman-ente and Omni Family Health opened clinics in Tehachapi knowing that the level of hospital care was on the rise. In the process of expansion, those companies brought a new slate of options to an area that had been previously limited to local physicians. Those local physicians did and continue to do an outstanding job, recently one of those local physicians retired and his medical practice was purchased by Dignity Health, the fifth-largest health care system in the nation. The addition of local Dignity Health network doctors will greatly increase the options for care in Tehachapi. Healthcare is one of our largest growing sectors, the California Employment Development Department suggests that employment in the industry will increase by 25% in our area in the next 10 years. That not only means more jobs to boost our economy, but better care overall. Those providers that entered our healthcare boom early are seeing the benefits. Kaiser Permanente has already renovated their clinic once and now offers walk-in lab testing, a service that previously required an appointment or a trip to Bakersfield. It can now be done locally at your convenience. Omni Family Health’s Tehachapi success has led them to expand further into East Kern to provide services to residents that have gone without for far too long.Then there is the presence of healthy competition, the driving force behind any successful sector. Adventist Health and Dignity Health have a tremendous presence in the San Joaquin Valley and now they both have put down roots in Tehachapi. We’re glad to have them both and look forward to the care they will provide.In addition to physicians and clinics, new corporate partnerships with Walgreens and the Department of Veteran’s Affairs along with the recently-announced partnership with Walmart and Anthem means that prescriptions and certain over-the-counter healthcare purchases are covered and readily available. As we get older, these tools are an asset to our community.While we may have to wait a short time for the entire investment to pay off, that initial leap of faith with the hospital bond has opened a new market that is providing never-before available options for local healthcare. As we continue to pursue quality of life initiatives, I can’t think of anything more important than that.

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September Membership Anniversaries22 YearsGeorge & Anne Marie NovingerOptimal Hospice20 YearsHilltop Welcoming Service14 YearsLamar AdvertisingThink Travel13 YearsTehachapi Martial Arts CenterTom See & Associates11 YearsSail Thru Car Wash10 YearsRotary Club of Tehachapi9 YearsMercury Graphics8 YearsFIELD

5 YearsSheridan'sThe UPS Store 4 YearsCreative Connections, Inc.Diana P Wade, ADRLocal Craft Beer2 YearsAlta Homes, LLC1 YearAxianta Financial PartnersDelta Liquid EnergyMiramar International/Doug SlavinRuby RibbonSlice of Life Entrichment SchoolTehachapi Christian StoreT-MobileWaste Management

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Bee Good to Yourself Essential Oils Training Center

Mindy Martindale798 Tucker Rd, Ste 4Tehachapi, CA 93561

661-917-2332

Love's Travel StopsJaime Diaz

2000 E. Tehachapi BlvdTehachapi, CA 93561

661-823-1484

Perfect 10 GymnasticsDean & Julie Archie

20617 Santa Lucia St, Ste ATehachapi, CA 93561

661-822-7179

Picture Perfect PartiesDeidre Venable

20601 W. Valley Blvd, Ste A103Tehachapi, CA 93561

661-823-1240

Wanderlust International TravelTracie Moser

Tehachapi, CA 93561661-331-9602

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activity for August

Main Directory Search Page Visits

Alphabetical Listing SearchCategorical Listing SearchSearch ForNew Member ListingReferred to Member WebsiteEmails Sent to MembersMember Map Views

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The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce and the 2018 Mountain Festival Committee would like to recognize and express our appreciation for the following sponsors who supported our 55th Annual Tehachapi Mountain Festival®. Sim Sanitation, Inc. Gold Rush Sponsor; City of Tehachapi, Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District, and Terra-Gen Operating Company, LLC, and the UPS Store Silver Mine Sponsors; Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley, AMA Homes, Inc., National Chavez Center, P-Dubs Brew Pub, P-Dubs Grille and Bar, Southern California Edison and The Heat Source Carnival Round Up Sponsor; Bakersfield Family Medical Center, City of Tehachapi, 'hachapi Tees, Sim Sanitation, Inc., Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District and Terra-Gen Operating Company, LLC Branding Iron T-Shirt Sponsors; Airstreams Renewables, Inc., Banks Pest Control, ‘hachapi Tees, Kaiser Permanente, Race Communications, The Woods Pavilion and Wood Family Funeral Service, Inc. Gazebo Entertainment Sponsors.

These business sponsors make it possible to do many of the activities that are part of Mountain Festival. As you patronize them throughout the year, please say Thank You.

The community calls on them and they willingly support many activities and organizations.

The Mountain Festival Committee begins work every January in order to make this community event successful, and our 55th Annual Tehachapi Mountain Festival® was no exception. Each committee member gives of themselves by providing valuable support to this community event and promoting civic pride. Being part of this committee, they were able to contribute significantly to the economic growth and awareness of our beautiful community, which encourages people to want to come to Tehachapi to live, work and raise their families.

The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce gratefully acknowledges the committee, for without them there would be no Mountain Festival: Carl Gehricke, Chairman; Susan Abrego, Sally Periman-Lawrence, Stephanie Garcia, Jim Miller, Carolyn Wiles, Kellie Dudevoir, Dal Bunn, Heidi Tully, David & Barbara Shaw, Barbara Williams and Kerry Taylor.

Thanks go to hard working Chamber Directors who volunteered for various tasks: Susan Abrego, Kellie Dudevoir, Stephanie Garcia, Carl Gehricke, Sally Periman-Lawrence, Jim Miller and Carolyn Wiles.

Thank you to Laurie & Todd Dobbins and Amy Cook Terra-Gen Operating Company, LLC; Marty Abrego, Charlie Hansen 1st Priority Vehicle Registration Services; Carla Emory, Michael Josue and Matthew Nowell Race Communications; Tina Larson, Patrick Donahue and Nikole Neufield Chamber Ambassadors; Twila McMurray Crabtree and Lourine Hall for working at the Beer Garden.

Thank you to Gary Jones for the awesome job done as Sound Engineer and MC of the Mountain Festival Entertainment; David and Barbara Shaw Parade Co-Chairs and their many volunteers

for the work on the Mountain Festival Parade; Wounded Heroes Fund Kern County for hosting our Vendor Hospitality Booth; Tehachapi Mountain Trails Association for their hard work handling the trash & recyclables to ensure the park was clean during the festival. Thank you to the City of Tehachapi and Tehachapi Valley Recreation and Park District for their support during the Mountain Festival. It would be impossible to put on an event as large as the festival without them.

The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce would like to extend its appreciation to the officers of the Tehachapi Police Department and Knights Event Management for all of their hard work to insure that the Mountain Festival was a safe and enjoyable community event. Carl Gehricke, Mountain Festival Chairman, deserves a very special thank you. Carl worked diligently to make thisthe best one yet. He tried to make an appearance at nearlyevery Mountain Festival event. Thanks Carl, great job!

It is difficult to name and to adequately express our gratitude and appreciation for each and everyone who has done favors, given assistance, offered special help and advice for the Mountain Festival, because surely someone would be left out. There are so many individuals and organizations to thank for helping to make our 55th Annual Tehachapi Mountain Festival® an event that attracts thousands of people to our beautiful community.

It is truly a community event and we sincerely appreciate your hard work. Our hats are off to you!!!!!

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Tall Tales from the Hiring Process: Employers Spot Résumé LiesAug 28 2018 - Gail Cecchettini Whaley, CalChamber Senior Employment Law Counsel

The available labor pool is tightening, and you may be eager to fill empty or new positions at your business. But, this eagerness shouldn’t cause you to rush the recruitment process. According to a report from Career Builder, three-quarters of hiring managers have caught job seekers lying on their résumés. In fact, some résumés lacked any believability.

The hiring process can be long and frustrating – reading résumés, checking references and interviewing candidates requires significant time and effort. Applicant deception or résumé padding during the hiring process only complicates the process.

Given that nearly one in four hiring managers said that they spend less than 30 seconds reviewing a résumé – and nearly 40 percent spend less than a minute – spotting résumé fraud is critical to the hiring process.

Can this Be True?Hiring managers shared some notable résumé examples that either seemed far-fetched or were instant deal breakers:

• An applicant listed 40 different jobs in one year.• An applicant applied for a job for which they were vastly unqualified (e.g. grocery store shelf-stocker applying for a physician

position).• An applicant referred to having “as many marriages as jobs.”• An applicant stated at the bottom of their résumé that they do not like babies or puppies• An applicant had the same employment dates for every job listed.

Mind Your P’s and Q’sAn implausible résumé isn’t the only problem. Three out of four employers said that typos or bad grammar landed a résumé in the “no hire” pile, as well as other unprofessional mistakes. For instance, one employer complained that an applicant’s résumé had a different font type for every sentence. Another applicant’s résumé was only one sentence.

The seven most common résumé mistakes that are instant deal breakers are:

• Typos or bad grammar: 77 percent• Unprofessional email address: 35 percent• Résumé without quantifiable results: 34 percent• Résumé with long paragraphs of text: 25 percent• Résumé is generic, not customized to company: 18 percent• Résumé is more than two pages: 17 percent• No cover letter with résumé: 10 percent

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Résumé fraud complicates the hiring process.

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7 Budgeting Basics for Small Business OwnersSCORE -Courtney Nagle

So, you’ve taken the plunge and started your small business, now what? It’s important to make sure you set yourself up for success. One of the ways to do that is to make sure you have a budget that will keep your finances in order.

Check out these seven budgeting basics for small business owners.

1. Keep Your Small Business Finances Out of Your Personal Finances This one is huge! Co-mingling business and personal money may seem easier, but it can lead to complications down the road. Keep a record of your business expenses to take advantage of available tax benefits. It also can be risky to use personal money to fund your business as it increases your personal liability. Personal and business finances are equally important for success, and keeping them separate will help.

2. List your ExpensesNext, you’ll need to know exactly how much your business is going to cost to run daily and monthly. List out all your expenses, rent, employees, supplies, services, etc. Make short-term and long-term projections with your income.

3. Budget for Your WantsIf you’re planning ways to improve your business, be sure to budget for them, and save until you can afford them. If they are not necessary for your business to run well, there’s no need for you to go into debt.

4. Know What to Expect from Your Business IncomeRelying on your business to provide for your family takes some planning and knowing exactly how much money to expect each month.If you have no idea how much money will come in, then there’s no way to budget and allocate your money to certain things.

5. Set a Savings Goal for Expansion or SecurityStart a savings plan for your business. In order to expand, hire more people, and provide security for your family, it’s impor-tant for small business owners to set aside small amounts of money to have long-term financial health. Small business owners often face difficulty saving money, since many have very tight budgets when they start. Saving from the beginning will help ensure you have some cushion in tough months.

6. Look for Areas Where You Can Cut CostsEfficiency and frugality will help your small business succeed. I recommend taking inventory of your expenses every month and considering areas where you can cut costs, not with cutting quality. I’m not advising cutting corners, but there are ways to save money and run your business efficiently without affecting quality of your product or service.

7. Be RealisticMake sure you have realistic expectations for your income and your expenses. Do your research, and don’t expand too quickly.Budgeting is essential for your small business success. It’s important to keep your personal finances separate from your busi-ness finances so that you know exactly where your money is going and are able to easily provide documentation for your business taxes.

Senator Fuller & Assemblymember Fong Mobile Office Hours at the Chamber

Government Representatives will hold office hours at the Chamber office on Tuesday, September 18, 2018.2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Senator Fuller, Representative Benjamin Stark, 661-323-0443 Assemblymember Fong, 661-395-2995

For appointments please contact the above representatives.

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Don Perico 10th Anniversary Celebration 4-6 PM

Presentation 4:30 PM840 Tucker Rd, Ste A

661-822-5366

Health & Senior Resource Fair 1-4 PM Woods Pavilion

Coffee with the Mayor & City Manager

7:30 - 9:30 AM The Coffee Mill

For detailed information on events, visit our Community Calendar at www.tehachapi.com

City Council Mtg 6 PMWells Education Ctr

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City Council Mtg 6 PMWells Education Ctr

Go Native EventCentral Park 10 AM

661-340-0032

Dye Natatorium SummerPool Party 7-9 PM

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Board of Directors MtgChamber Office 4:30PM

Gone to the Dogs 5K Fun Run/Walk & Pet Festival

8 AM Warrior Park

GranFondo Festival10 AM - 5 PM

Centennial Plaza

Tehachapi GranFondo661-822-3228

Artisan Festival10 AM - 5 PM Railroad Park

Artisan Festival10 AM - 4 PM Railroad Park

CHAMBER LUNCHEONBig Papa's12:00 PM

Government Reps See page 3 for appt info

Dog Days of SummerSouza Vineyard 3-7 PM

Fall Business ShowcaseAspen Builders Inc

Activity Center4-7 PM 661-822-4180

Chamber Office Closed

First American Title Grand Opening 4-6 PM

Ribbon Cutting 4:30 PM1001 W Tehachapi Blvd

Suite B-300 661-823-1630

Rotary ClubFashion Show

5-7 PM The Shed

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Congressman McCartthy Mobile Office Hours 2-3 PM

Chamber Office

The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with Coggno.com, offers a selection of online training courses for purchase directly from the Chamber website.

We’ve hand-picked courses that we feel are relevant to our business-es and their employees, as well as individuals looking for additional education. Course topics include Human Resources, Compliance, Business Management, Safety, Software and much more.

All courses will be available on-demand, 24/7. The training courses are specifically designed to address many of the issues around risk and liability faced by businesses today, as well as develop the skills of your employees. To view course selection click here.

If you have questions about our online training courses, please give us a call 661-822-4180.