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Spotlight: Whiskey Flat and the Kern River area
East Kern
January 2015
Visions
Furnace Creek getaway
Bakersfield
Condors
hockey
Burro Schmidt’s tunnel
East Kern
January 2015
Visions
Publisher
John Watkins
Editor
Aaron Crutchfield
Advertising Director
Paula McKay
Inside this issue
Burro Schmidt’s Tunnel.....................3
Bakersfield Condors ..........................4
Tierra Del Sol Golf Course ................5
Whiskey Flat Days .............................7
Ewings on the Kern...........................9
Advertising Sales
Rodney Preul
Barbara Schultheiss
Writers
Cheryl McDonald
Ryan Kuhn
Joyce Grant
Aaron Crutchfield
Jessica Weston
Adam Robertson
For this issue, we take a look at
the major festival that is
Whiskey Flat Days in
Kernville. We also feature
restaurant Ewing’s on the
Kern, a local institution that
recently reopened.
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Whiskey Flat Days events ...............10
California City 50th anniversary ......11
Furnace Creek..................................12
Movie extra casting agency .............13
Upcoming theater productions .......15
On the cover: The Kern River, by Wikimedia Commons user Rastrojo
Burro Schmidt’s tunnel:
A study in perseverance
BY CHERYL MCDONALD
For the Daily Independent
I was flipping through the channels
the other evening, on my way to the
News Hour, and I came across an
episode of Huell Howser’s California
Gold. It was his episode on the “California Underground.” The last half of the
show was just beginning, and guess who
was on the agenda: Burro Schmidt and
his tunnel.
I made my own trip to Burro Schmidt’s
tunnel in 2013 on a field trip with the
Historical Society of the Upper Mojave
Desert. Several of us did a car/truck caravan out to the location in Last Chance
Canyon just this side of Red Rock
Canyon State Park off of Highway 14 (I
highly recommend the HSUMD field
trips, always interesting with lots of
knowledgeable people).
Burro Schmidt, or William Henry
Schmidt, was from Rhode Island. He
came to California for his health — most
of his family died of consumption before
the age of 30. On arriving in California
he went to work for the Kern County
Land Company and got interested in
mining. Although he did do some mining in Copper Canyon, he began digging
a tunnel in the El Paso Mountains
through Copper Mountain in 1906, and
this became his reason for life. He believed this tunnel would be a useful way
to get ore mined in Last Chance Canyon
over to Cantil and the train station on the
other side of the mountains. Unfortunately, it took him 32 years to complete
the tunnel, and by then there were faster
forms of transportation. However, digging this half-mile tunnel probably saved
his life. He lived to the ripe old age of 81,
dying just a few days before his 82nd
birthday.
William got his nickname of “Burro”
because his only companions were two
burros he used for hauling supplies. He
never married for fear of passing on the
family disease — consumption is now
known as tuberculosis.
During the summers he worked in the
Kern River Valley on farms as a ranch
hand earning money to buy the supplies
he needed. In the winters he worked
alone digging the tunnel with only a jack
hammer, dynamite, a shovel and a single
ore cart, which he pushed in and out by
hand to remove the dirt and rock from
the tunnel. His concern was not so much
about the ore he was finding, but completing the tunnel. He lived in a small
cabin he had built, insulated with magazines and newspapers, eating flapjacks
and beans.
Near the end of his life, he offered the
tunnel to the University of California for
their studies on mineralogy, news spread
and soon Schmidt was entered into “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” as the “human
mole.” He eventually gave his interest in
the tunnel to Mike Lee, and when Mike
passed on, Toni Seeger purchased the
claim from the county seat, Bakersfield.
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The view once you emerge from the other
end of Burro Schmidt’s tunnel.
She lived in a newer house next to
Schmidt’s cabin. Her home was
equipped with all the amenities, including pumped water from a well and power
from a gas powered generator. When
Toni passed on in 2003 at the age of 90,
there was no longer a caretaker or guide
to share the tunnel with tourists. Although I never met her I have heard numerous stories of her hospitality from
others who used to visit on a regular basis. Toni is buried in the Johannesburg
Cemetery and was loved by many in the
mining community.
Since her passing the cabin sites have
been ransacked and pretty much destroyed by those with no respect for the
history of this place. The tunnel is still
open and is well worth the trip. The view
from the entry side is quite beautiful:
Robber’s Roost, the Southern Sierras and
Walker Pass. As you enter the tunnel, you
will need a flashlight, as it gets dark pretty fast. It is a narrow straight run for
most of the length with only a couple of
side deviations. Near the other end there
is a sharp turn to the right and then you
are soon out on the other side of the
mountain with an incredible view of
Koehn Lake and Cantil in Fremont Valley, and off to the left is Highway 395 and
the Rand Mining District.
Burro Schmidt’s tunnel is really worth
the trip. An amazing tribute to the power
of what a focused individual can achieve.
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Condors: Hockey just over the mountains
BY RYAN KUHN
The Daily Independent
One might think hockey is only popular in places where deep layers of snow
fall and lakes are frozen over, but here on the west coast, hockey’s popularity is
actually on the rise.
Even before the National Hockey League’s Los Angeles Kings won its two Stanley Cup Championships, hockey was popular in Southern California.
You just have to drive west heading over the Tehachapi Pass.
Since 1998, the Bakersfield Condors have been entertaining fans on the ice and
have been successful, making the playoffs eight out of the last 11 years.
“You can’t live (in Bakersfield) and not hear about the Condors or know someone who goes to the game,” said Kevin Bartl, vice president of communications.
“After 17 years and 3 million fans coming through our doors, this has turned into
a pretty good spot.”
The Condors started by playing in the West Coast Hockey League before it disbanded in 2003, and some of the teams, including Bakersfield, were absorbed
into the East Coast Hockey League.
The ECHL is divided into two leagues, with two divisions in each league. The
Condors play in the Pacific Division, which includes teams from Alaska, Utah,
Colorado and other cities in California.
Just as minor league baseball helps give young players experience, each team in
the ECHL has an NHL affiliate. For years, the Condors were affiliated with the
Anaheim Ducks, but just this last year, the Edmonton Oilers purchased the team.
Staying around has not been easy. While the Condors have seen continuous
success, other minor league teams have not. Both the San Francisco Bulls and
Fresno Falcons, who each had ECHL seasons in the past, folded midseason.
“You have to go back 17 years ago to when we got started and our whole M.O.
was getting the players out in the community and working with nonprofits,” Bartl
said. “We try to work with as many groups as we can, and we have woven ourselves into this community.”
This season, Bakersfield is currently 18-18, but first-year coach Jean-Francois
Houle said it is a challenge every day.
“One part of our job is to develop players to move on to the next level, and
sometimes they leave,” Houle said. “That said, it is a lot of fun to come to the rink
every day, and it’s the best job in sports.”
The Condors not only cater to hockey fans, but to anyone that wants to have a
good time. Some promotional nights that have been held include Star Wars
Night, celebrating Seinfeld’s 25th anniversary, “Frozen” Night, and the infamous
Teddy Bear Toss, where fans bring teddy bears and throw them on the ice after
the team scores its first goal. The teddy bears are then donated to charity.
Another reason the Condors have been successful is their impact in the local
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Bakersfield goalie Frans Tuohimaa looks to keep the other team from scoring during a
recent game.
youth hockey community.
“We have a rapidly growing youth hockey program that is guided along by explayers who still live here,” Bartl said. “As opposed to other communities, our
youth players are growing up being taught by ex-pros, and it has done wonders
for us.”
Bakersfield has 28 games remaining on the schedule. Whether you have
watched hockey since you were a child or have never been to a game, the Condors
welcome any type of fan.
“For years we had a saying: ‘We don’t have hockey fans, we have Condors fans,’”
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master academic classes in a curriculum that
instructed him in every aspect of the golfing
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Following this rigorous preparation, Dacey
Course in California City is widely considered
secured a position as head golf pro at the Apone of the best-kept secrets in the high
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desert.
Jersey, where he remained for five years during
The golf course, which opened in 1977, was
which time he also opened up the Howell Golf
originally owned by Great Western Cities. It
Academy.
was part of what was termed the “317 Project”
Known for his talent on the golf course, as
by the developers who eventually deeded the
well as his administrative and people skills, in
317-acre property to the city, under whose
the 1990s Dacey was recruited for the top golfownership it remains to this day.
ing job in California City, where Dacey and his
Second-generation P.G.A. professional and
wife, Joyce, have resided since June 1995.
New Jersey native Bob Dacey has been the
The Tierra Del Sol Golf Course is a Bruce
course manager for the past 20 years. Dacey’s
Devlin and Robert von Hagge design. The
father, a golf professional, oversaw his son’s
well-known pair of pro golfers and golf course
early career, which began when Dacey won
JOYCE GRANT/MOJAVE DESERT NEWS architects collaborated in the ‘70s and ‘80s on
his first golf tournament at the age of 11.
signature golf course designs that featured
East Kern County is home to first-class golf facility, Tierra Del Sol Golf
To this day, Dacey and his brother, John,
Course, located in California City.
beautiful trees, elevation drops, and fast
are the only two siblings to have ever won the
greens.
New Jersey State Boys and Junior Golf Championship.
The course, a six-mile walk from first tee to the 18th hole, is like a scenic park
After graduation from Ramapo College with a degree in communications,
lined with benches and pleasant walkways, filled with the sounds of nature, and
Dacey embarked on an intensive seven-year program that culminated with his
abounding in wildlife, including a peaceful duck pond on the periphery that is
receiving the coveted status of PGA golf professional.
surrounded by cattails and bamboo.
While formally apprenticing himself to his father, Dacey was also required to
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According to Dacey, the golf
course is open “sunup to sunset,”
and is closed only at Christmas.
At the clubhouse, one can order
home-cooked meals, prepared by
Joyce Dacey in the Bunker Restaurant, which is open from 7 a.m. until
4 p.m. seven days a week. The
restaurant is open to the public.
The Pro Shop, offering shoes,
hats, jackets and golfing equipment,
is also located in the TDS clubhouse. Special orders from any golf
manufacturer can be requested, and
Dacey offers a full range of club repair and club fitting.
TDS annually hosts the High
Desert Classic Pro/Am every September. The popular event attracts
entrants from all over the state of
California and the Southwest, and
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Bob Dacey, PGA golf professional and manResources Golf Marathon in which
ager at the Tierra Del Sol Golf Course in California City, shows off the Pro Shop located
participants play 100 holes of golf
in the clubhouse.
per person with the proceeds going
to benefit the Grace Resources Center, an organization located in Lancaster that provides emergency food, shelter,
clothing and job training.
On Sept. 28 of this year TDS, which has raised more than a half-million dollars
for the charitable organization, will host its 23rd annual fundraising event for
Grace Resources.
Both resident and non-resident memberships are available at TDS with discounts offered to senior citizens, aged 62 and above.
Golf lessons are available for all skill levels starting at ages 5 and up. Private
lessons with Dacey are available by appointment.
His son, Robert, a scratch golfer, assists with free clinics, which are offered
throughout the year to area students. Clinics are also offered to the golf team at
California City High School and three high school golf leagues in Ridgecrest and
the Antelope Valley.
Dacey said he’s encouraged to see the growing emergence of girls golf teams.
“This trend is really great, compared to the situation a few years ago,” he said.
“People are starting to appreciate the availability of golf scholarships for girls as a
viable avenue to higher education.”
As one can imagine, golf courses have been hit hard by the water crisis in California.
“All golf courses have been going through some tough times,” he said. “We’ve
had to cut back on water consumption already and we plan to do more in the future.”
However, in the process, staff have become creative in dealing with the water
issues in ways that have made the course more environmentally friendly and
cost-effective, he said.
“We feel we’ve successfully met the challenges and, as long as the city keeps
supporting us, we’ll be here keeping this a first-class facility,” Dacey promised.
The Tierra Del Sol Golf Course is located at 10300 North Loop Boulevard in
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A taste of the Wild West at Whiskey Flat Days
BY AARON CRUTCHFIELD
Locals and travelers can get a taste of what the Old West was really like when
Kernville is taken over by Whiskey Flat Days Feb. 13 through 16.
The 58th annual event, featuring a carnival, rodeo, parade, wild west shootouts
and more, attracts about 55,000 people over the course of President’s Day Weekend. For comparison, Kernville and the surrounding area has a population of
about 3,000 the rest of the year.
“It’s an outdoor event, and it encompasses the entire Kernville,” said Lily Mason, Executive Director of the Kernville Chamber of Commerce. “We have people
booking their stays here six months to a year in advance. It’s amazing how our
town welcomes all those people, who come from all over southern and northern
California, all over the United States, and we have had some international travelers for this event, too.”
This year’s theme for Whiskey Flat Days is “Fearless Fighting Bucket Brigade.”
Travelers can visit the Whiskey Flat Encampment, across from the rodeo
grounds and hosting more than 200 participants, dressed in period-correct attire
to show how things were 150-plus years ago. Watch hold-ups and gunfights,
sawmill demonstrations, horseshoeing, a shotgun wedding, and more. The encampment runs from noon till sundown each day.
“This encampment is an amazing learning experience for anyone that wants to
learn more about the Wild West,” Mason said.
An Old West event would be remiss without a rodeo, and Whiskey Flat Days
delivers on that.
“We have a rodeo, the Wild West Days Rodeo, and that rodeo takes place on
the 14th and 15th,” Mason said. “It starts at 1 p.m. at the McNally Rodeo Arena in
Kernville. That is a fantastic event. It draws about 10,000 people.”
There is also a carnival, and the parade starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
There will also be music, with the headliners being the Rock Bottom Boys.
“They are an amazing band,” Mason said. “They travel all over the place —
Kern County Fair, Ventura Fair — and we’re lucky enough to have them for a second year here. They’ll be playing concerts on Saturday and Sunday throughout
the day. Of course, we have additional bands that will be opening for them.”
But the most suspense comes from the mayor’s race. The winner won’t be announced until Sunday.
Leading up to the event, each of the two candidates will be selling “bribes” to
raise funds for local causes, with the biggest fundraiser as the winner.
“We have two mayor candidates running currently,” Mason said. “We have
Man-Trackin’ Jami. She is running for the Kern County Search and Rescue, so
she’ll be raising funds for that. The other group is a duo. It’s Rockin’ Rex and Jelly Belly Joel, and they’re the Keeper Brothers. One of them is one of the founding
members of the Keepers of the Kern, so they’re raising money for that, and also
FILE PHOTO
A group of revelers at a previous Whiskey Flat Days.
for the Nuui Cunni Cultural Center here in Lake Isabella. So the race is under
way.”
The event started off 58 years ago as a way to bring people to Kernville in the
offseason, as the town relies on tourism to keep its economy moving. During the
summer, Kernville offers the Kern River and whitewater rafting and kayaking
available on it. But in February, not so much. Thus, the Whiskey Flat Days celebration was born.
“I believe we had about 3,000 people at the first Whiskey Flat Days, so it’s
grown in its 58 years,” Mason said. “It was to be able to bring more people and
tourism into town to support our local businesses.”
The history of Kernville goes back to 1845, when artist and topographer Edward Kern accompanied John C. Fremont on his expedition. They camped at the
confluence of the north and south forks of the Kern River. A gold rush in 185 led
to the formation of town, which was first called Rogersville, then Williamsburg,
and then Whiskey Flat after a bar opened. The town was renamed again in 1864,
this time to Kernville.
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BY AARON CRUTCHFIELD
A Kernville local has brought a local icon back.
Ewings on the Kern, an iconic steakhouse built in 1954 on a cliff overlooking
the river, had been closed for a while, but reopened a month and a half ago after
Mark Preston and his wife, Sherry, bought the place.
“In ’66 when I got here, it was a pretty amazing building and restaurant,” Mark
Preston said. “Movie stars were coming in from LA, and it was a destination.”
After escrow closed, the Prestons spent time getting the building ready.
“It just needed some love, so we went through an almost eight-month renovation, inside and out,” Preston said. “We’re not quite done with the outside, but the
inside is done and gorgeous.”
Ewings features traditional steakhouse fare, including steaks, lobster, lamb,
pork and halibut. There are banquet rooms, a bull bar, a wine cellar with a few
hundred bottles, a dining room with a spectacular view of the river, and an openair patio with a fireplace and big-screen TVs.
Ewings is open at 7 a.m. seven days a week, with the last order coming at 9
p.m. and a bar menu that takes over after that.
As for the house specialty?
“Probably prime rib, of course, and our steak,” Preston said. “We have a lot of
different specialties that are really nice, medallions that are beautifully presented.”
He also said he’s gotten a good reception from the community.
“Everybody’s just excited and thankful that it’s back,” Preston said. “Being a
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I’m 60 now — they know me and what my expectations are, and I think they’ve
received it well. Like anything, we’re going to have bumps, but I think we’re
bumping through it.”
It’s something Preston has a personal investment in, after spending nearly five
decades in the grocery business in Kernville.
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Whiskey Flat Days schedule of events
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2015
11AM: WHISKEY FLAT ENCAMPMENT
Cowboy and Mountain Man Encampments on Scodie Ave across
from the Rodeo Grounds. You’ll see history and gunfights. All
day there will be a Wells Fargo station and eatery, Chuck wagon
cook'n and coffee, a horse trader and livery. There’ll be horse
shoe'n and horse doctor'n, the Whiskey Flats Saloon, a Justice
of the Peace, a Saddle maker and leather craft, a Bath house,
Beautifier and Hygienist, storytellers of the Old West, mining
and sawmill demonstrations and a Civil War Confederate camp!
1PM: GOLDEN GULCH OPENS
Circle Park: Crafts, handmade items, jewelry, info booths, & art
vendors. Food vendors are non-profit organizations: Kern Valley
FFA, Sweet Adelines, White Blanket Allotment, and the Rotary
Club of KRV, Whiskey Flat Headquarters & Info on the corner of
Kernville Road & Tobias Street selling Whiskey Flat shirts &
memorabilia.
1PM: RIVERSIDE PARK & FRONTAGE RD. OPENS
Riverside Park: Food Court, Family Entertainment and misc. vendors. Frontage Rd.: Vendors, vendors, vendors!
2PM: BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW
Cowboys & Indians Exhibition. Buffalo Bill himself will salute
you at each performance. Special appearances by Annie Oakley
and Chief Sitting Bull! Located at Riverside Park.
5PM: SCHOEPPNER AMUSEMENT CARNIVAL OPENS
On Kernville Road, across from Pizza Barn, by the Forest Service
Work Center, enjoy great adult and children’s rides & games.
6PM: MAIN STAGE
Music & Street Dance with Obsidian. Put on yur dancin’ boots
and hit the street! Let‘s rock! The AltaOne Main Stage is located
at the northeast end of Circle Park.
7PM: MELODRAMA!
"Double Take At Beatrice's Boardin' House" ("Things Ain't Always What They Seem”).At the Kernville Elementary School auditorium. Admission is $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for children 12
and under, and as always, lap sitters and stroller riders are free.
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2015
9AM: GOLDEN GULCH OPENS
9AM: RIVERSIDE PARK & FRONTAGE RD. OPENS
9AM: WHISKEY FLAT DAYS CHECK-IN/LINE UP ALONG SIERRA
WAY & KERNVILLE RD.
10AM: SCHOEPPNER AMUSEMENT CARNIVAL OPENS
Work Center.
10AM: MAIN STAGE Music by The Rock Bottom Boys! The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of Circle Park.
10AM: TROUT HATCHERY OPEN (Sat., Sun.)Museum & Visitor
Center 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Sierra Way, 1 Mile North of
Kernville. Free Admission
10AM: KERN VALLEY MUSEUM OPEN 10:00 am to 4:00 pmon
Big Blue Road next to the Post Office. Historical Society ~mining
info ~ Indian exhibits ~ artifacts
11AM: WHISKEY FLAT DAYS PARADE SPONSORED BY SO. CAL.
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2015 Grand Marshall: Mr. Steve Gradowitz of KUZZ Radio.
1PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music by The Rock Bottom Boys!.
The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of Circle
Park.
1PM: WILD WEST DAZE RODEO SPONSORED BY BUD LIGHT
McNally Rodeo Arena. Brought to you by Cotton Rosser’s Flying
U Rodeo. Open Team Roping, Bull Riding, Hide Race, Open Barrel Race, Junior Barrel Race, Calf Scramble, Sheep Riding, and
more.
1PM: WHISKEY FLAT ENCAMPMENT
2PM: “FIRST HEAT” FROG JUMPING CONTEST!
Held at the corner of Big Blue and Kernville Rd. Look for the
Green Stage come and bet on your favorite jumpin frog!
2:30PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music by The Rock Bottom
Boys! The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of
Circle Park.
3PM: BUFFALO BILLS WILD WEST SHOW
Cowboys & Indians Exhibition. Buffalo Bill himself will salute
you at each performance. Special appearances by Annie Oakley
and Chief Sitting Bull! Located at Riverside Park.
4PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music by The Rock Bottom Boys!
Park.
6PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music & Street Dance by The
Stoneflys. Stoneflys are an original alternative/ska/reggae/jazz
group of musicians formed out of Ventura and Kernville, California. The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of
Circle Park.
7PM: MELODRAMA: "Double Take At Beatrice's Boardin' House"
(or "Things Ain't Always What They Seem.) At the Kernville Elementary School auditorium. Admission is $7.00 for adults,
$5.00 for children 12 and under, and as always, lap sitters and
stroller riders are free.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15
9AM: GOLDEN GULCH OPENS
Circle Park : Crafts, handmade items, jewelry, info booths, & art
vendors. Food vendors are non-profit organizations: Kern Valley
FFA, Sweet Adelines, White Blanket Allotment, and the Rotary
Club of KRV.
9AM: RIVERSIDE PARK & FRONTAGE RD. OPENS
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10AM: SCHOEPPNER AMUSEMENT CARNIVAL OPENS
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Old West church service at 10 a.m.
11AM: Alta One MAIN STAGEMusic by The Rock Bottom Boys!
Park.
1130AM: “FINAL HEAT” FROG JUMPIN’ CONTEST Held at the
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California City celebrates 50 golden years
The area where California City now exists was largely uninhabited prior to the
1960s. Padre Francisco Garcés, a Franciscan missionary, camped at Castle Butte
in what is now California City in 1776 during the Juan Bautista de Anza expedition of Arizona and California.
In the late 19th century, the Twenty Mule Team Trail, which carried loads of
borax to the railhead in Mojave from Harmony Borax Worksmines in the east,
ran through the California City area.
California City had its origins in 1958 when real estate developer and sociology
professor Nat Mendelsohn purchased 80,000 acres of Mojave Desert land with
the aim of master-planning California's next great city. He designed his model
city, which he hoped would one day rival Los Angeles in size, around a central
park with a 26-acre artificial lake. Growth did not happen anywhere close to
what he expected. To this day a vast grid of crumbling paved roads, intended to
lay out residential blocks, extends well beyond the developed area of the city.
Satellite photos show how it stakes its claim to being California's third largest geographic city, 34th largest in the U.S.
California City was incorporated in 1965 and is celebrating its 50th anniversary
this year by getting everyone involved in plenty of activities all year long to culminate by a dinner/dance celebration on Dec. 5, which is five days before the official
Dec. 10 incorporation of the city.
The celebration was to kick off Jan. 22, 2015, with a dinner hosted by the East
Kern Historical Museum Society. In February, the Arts Commission and the
Desert Rose Garden Club will hold a ‘60s Valentine Party followed in March by a
Quarter Auction and Golf Tournament organized respectively by the Sunshine
Vendors and the Parks and Recreation Department.
April will bring the ever-popular Easter Egg Hunt hosted by Parks and Rec,
and May is the celebration of the Chamber of Commerce’s Desert Tortoise Days
and the Annual Art Show of the Arts Commission. May is also the East Kern Historical Museum Society’s Mother’s Day Tea. June is the Father’s Day NAPA Truck
and Car Show in collaboration with the California City Optimist Club.
The Fourth of July Firework Gala is an event comparable as other displays seen
in much bigger cities.
The California City Community Club brings a Casino Night in August, and the
Museum Society will have a groundbreaking ceremony for the building of the
New TV Gorden Museum to replace the museum that burned in the early ‘80s.
October is the Renaissance Fair weekend hosted by Parks and Recreation, the
Cancer Awareness Walk hosted by the East Kern Health Care District and the
scary Halloween presented by the Parks and Rec Department. In November, the
Senior Citizens Association will present historical displays of California City
Through The Years. December will also bring the famous Tree Lighting and Parade followed by the 50th Anniversary Dinner Dance. The California City EDC
will host their second annual Holiday Village and the California City Quails bird
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Furnace Creek offers Death Valley recreation
BY ADAM ROBERTSON
The Furnace Creek Resort, situated in
Death Valley National Park, is part of one
of the hottest places on Earth; with daily
highs reaching or exceeding 110 to 120
degrees in July, it is not a place one wants
to get lost. However, during the cooler
fall to spring months, the conditions are
perfect for people to enjoy the myriad attractions the area has to offer.
Death Valley itself, reported as one of
the hottest places on Earth and home to
the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere, is only a stone’s throw from Furnace Creek. As one of the nation’s largest
national parks, the valley has some
amazing sights.
“Everywhere you look, you will find
natural wonders unknown in any other
part of the world,” touts the resort’s website.
A variety of outdoor activities, ideal
recreation during the cooler months, are
available through the resort and National
Park office.
For equestrian enthusiasts, horseback
rides along trails as well as tours are
available from fall through to spring. According to the resort’s website, the Ranch
at Furnace Creek offers one- and twohour guided rides; the one-hour ride
goes out to the floor of Death Valley
while the two-hour takes riders into the
foothills of the Funeral Mountains.
The ranch's staff offers basic riding instruction and is able to answer any questions about the area. The stables can provide helmets to any who need them,
though children 6 to 18 years old are required to wear one.
The ranch also offers carriage rides to
the lowest points of the valley, at 282 feet
below sea level, and hay wagon rides.
The carriage rides are approximately 45
minutes long and described as perfect for
an afternoon of relaxation.
Walking and hiking opportunities are
available for people wishing to explore
and view the desert’s beauty under their
own power. The resort offers high claims
of the natural landscapes available.
“The breathtaking scenery itself justifies recreation and guests are encouraged
to take advantage of the several hiking
and walking trips,” states the resort’s
website.
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people cross below sea
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world's lowest golf
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According to the their website, while
formal trails do not exist, the paths other
visitors have taken are easy to follow. Attractions like the Harmony Borax Works,
Gold Canyon and the sand dunes of Mosaic Canyon are within a one- to threemile hike of the resort. They also offer
guided walks with naturalists each day
with illustrated talks about the environment in the evening. Various walking
and hiking options are available and
“many points of interest are accessible
for the casual or seasoned walker.”
Wildflower viewing and bird watching
are also activities available in Death Valley and around the resort.
Off-road adventures through Jeep
rentals are also available for those seeking a more high-tech or fast-paced experience. The resort's website states people
can take the Jeeps through canyons,
craters and around old mines. The website states the area “offers unparalleled
views and adventure only available when
you leave the paved highways behind.”
The Jeeps are only available for rent
from mid-September to mid-May. While
no off-roading experience is required,
renters must be 25 years old and have a
valid driver’s license as well as proof of
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As a very low-tech attraction, the
desert is perfect for stargazing. With very
few city lights around and a huge expanse of open valleys right out the
proverbial back door, the Furnace Creek
area is ideal stargazing territory. According to the resort’s website, it is 120 miles
from Las Vegas and 295 miles from Los
Angeles; this gives stargazers a perfect
view of the sky free from skyscrapers and
almost no city lights for miles.
While stargazing is welcome and encouraged year-round, the National Park
rangers hold events for stargazers during
the winter and spring. The park has even
been labeled a Gold Tier Dark Sky Park,
the highest-level award a stargazing area
can receive.
“Whether you’re an astronomer using
a high-powered telescope, or someone
who simply enjoys stargazing, Death Valley’s dark skies offer an opportunity to
see things that cannot be detected in
most of the world,” states the resort’s
website.
While it is over 50 miles away from the
resort – near the Nevada state line –
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a trip to Death Valley and Furnace Creek.
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dress, year round. Tours of the house itself are available, as well as tours of the
underground tunnels where the inner
workings of the building are located.
The house tour is ADA accessible, but
the tunnels are not.
Other activities around the resort at
various times of the year include camping, theatric shows, festivals and educational programs, shopping, bicycle
rentals, golf courses – including tournaments – and hundreds of photography
opportunities. The resort itself also offers
a number of attractions – such as basketball courts, swimming pools, a spa and
children’s playground – although, many
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Elena Vitale stands next to a movie poster for Planet of the Apes. Her agency provided
extras for use in some scenes.
Casting for movie
extras in ridgecrest
BY JESSICA WESTON
According to Elena Vitale, if you are working as an extra on a movie set, there are
two words you need to know.
“What I tell the extras is, there’s two words that you are really, really listening for:
one is ‘action,’ and the other is ‘cut.’”
Vitale ought to know. In a recent interview, she ran through an impressive resume:
a UCLA graduate with a degree in film, she runs the High Desert Talent Agency &
Casting. She has been involved in local theater in one form or another since 1971,
having directed over 200 shows. She also had her own theater on Balsam Street for
five years. In addition, she taught at Cerro Coso Community College as an adjunct
faculty for 18 years and currently teaches classes for the community education program for the college, she said.
Of it all, however, “film has always had a soft spot in my heart.”
Consequently, she has been running her talent agency since 1995. “It has evolved
into doing various and sundry different films,” she said. The office is associated with
the Ridgecrest Regional Film Commission and the websites are linked, she said.
She has supplied as many as 170 people to film shoots, providing extras for movies
such as G.I. Jane, Planet of the Apes, Arizona and the Brave, she said. On the TV program The Event, for example, “I've had over 100 people on set” and “when they
filmed another recent [production] we had over 100 people again.”
In addition to “action” and “cut,” Vitale said she trains her extras in the finer points
of on-set etiquette.
“You have to arrive early,” Vitale said. “No alcohol, no drugs, there’s nothing like
that. Don’t bring anything that makes noise. And you’re going to sit there for hours,”
so bring something to do that is quiet. The sound equipment is very sophisticated,
she explained, and picks up many noises.
Extras are usually parked in a certain area. “And they’re not supposed to leave from
that area, so that they're there when they want them.” Extras can wait for hours, she
said, and Vitale is occasionally called on to “wrangle” them.
Pay can run $50 for an eight-hour day, with time and a half or double-time for
longer hours.
“It’s not glamorous to be an extra,” Vitale said. “They’ll use you and then [you're]
done.”
Still many people sign up for the experience, intrigued by a behind-the-scenes
glimpse of movie-making magic.
Vitale has some stories of her own.
She said she provided about 120 people to Johnny Depp's film, The Brave, but said
“my experience with that film was probably the most difficult of experiences.”
The movie filmed in Red Mountain, she said, and was plagued by disorganization
and last-minute changes in plans.
The set, she said, was impressive. The storyline had to do with Depp's character
living around a junkyard “and so they built this magnificent city.” It had chicken wire
with artistically applied garbage flipped over the dirt walls that the production wasn’t
supposed to touch.
Vitale said she was intrigued by Depp and watched him work, albeit discreetly. She
described him as complicated and “a very quiet man.”
Casting the film provided challenges. Depp was not present at the first meeting,
leaving Vitale to contend with his his first AD [assistant director] and his second AD.
Vitale said the ADs had provided a book of the type of people they were looking for
and “I’m looking at this book, and in my mind I’m thinking, 'Where am I going to
find these people?'
“And as it turned out, we found raunchy looking people, so to speak.”
The background characters were meant to be “kind of the dredges of the world,
and so we had to provide him with that.”
Although the film was ultimately never released in the US, Vitale said, “I got some
poetic justice. He took it to the Cannes film festival and they didn’t like it. The only
thing they liked was the background folk.”
Planet of the Apes, she said, “was a different kind of an experience,” complete with
having to share casting duties with another agent.
That movie added something new to the extras' preparation. “The first few weeks
was kind of amazing in that the actors [had] to go through ‘Ape School.’ They
brought people up from LA to train [them].
“They had to be crouched, they had to use their hands, they had to maneuver
around. It was quite a rigorous kind of education.”
Ultimately, she said, when filming was done by the Pinnacles, “you had these wide
open spaces and they had to lope along as apes in the larger scenes.”
According to Vitale, movie experiences vary. “And the type of experiences that you
glean, some are good, some are not good.”
One good experience was working with Amy Brenneman. According to Vitale, she
was a pleasant person. “Oh, my gosh. So friendly, so — I want to say — human,” despite being poised for subsequent stardom with Judging Amy.
Prospective extras check in with Vitale’s agency. “We take a picture, they fill out paperwork and then it's on file.”
Anybody can do that, she said. Parental approval and participation are required for
kids to take part and “there's different rules when they use children on sets. So we
make sure that those rules are followed.”
There is no telling what a production may require.
One commercial required a person who could fit into a particular costume. “They
gave me the measurements that this person had to fit into this suit. Had to. So we
had a female that I had to get into a specific thing,” she said.
“You never know. They've wanted little people, a photo double to an actor.
It varies. Each one is a unique experience and each one comes in with their own requirements and their own needs.”
A recent addition to her services, according to Vitale, is definitely high tech. “Aerial
Perspectives” uses remotely piloted vehicles to take cameras along for the ride. “It’s
very economical by comparison to the use of helicopters and planes,” she said.
For more information see www.highdeserttalent.com or
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‘Come out and play’:
Local theater groups prep spring productions
BY JESSICA WESTON
For more information call CLOTA at 760-446-2411
Measure for Measure, ridgecrest Community theatre troup
There’s no need to leave town for live theatrical entertainment this upcoming
season. For local theater-goers, springtime (and summer) options abound. From
comedy to drama to a little bit of good old-fashioned Hollywood murder, our local theater groups have got it covered.
Goodbye Hollywood, presented by the ridge Writers
at My Enchanted Cottage
This original mystery by Daniel Stallings is set in 1943 Hollywood and will be
presented as a “full immersion” experience. The vintage Hollywood theme was
inspired by the Enchanted Cottage, the event’s venue, he said. “The space needed
something that was set in an era of glamour.”
March 21, 28, April 25 at 2 p.m.
at My Enchanted Cottage
Tickets on sale March 1 at Red Rock Books, 760-375-3454
on Golden Pond, CLotA
Larry Lier is directing this classic production for Community Light Opera Theater Association (CLOTA). “This is our golden anniversary for CLOTA and we
wanted to find things that kind of related,” he said. The play is a comedy-drama
about relationships and how an 80 year old man deals with them. He makes up
with his daughter and “resigns himself to the fact that he's not going to live forever and he's going to go out fighting.”
Performance dates: March 6-8, 13-14, 20-21
The CLOTA building
For more information call CLOTA at 760-446-2411
According to director Pearl Woolam, Measure for Measure is considered one of
Shakespeare's problem plays because it mixes genres, but it is a personal favorite
of hers that has been getting more attention in recent years.
Performance dates: April 10, 11 7:00 p.m.
The Old Town Theater
Tickets on sale in March at Red Rock Books, 760-375-3454.
Dreams, rMES
The 2015 major production by the Ridgecrest Musical Enrichment Society
(RMES) will be “DREAMS.” The group describes it as a new variety show featuring characters from storybook, fantasy and fairytales. Expect to hear music from
productions such as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Mary Poppins, The Pirates of
Penzance, Anastasia, Into the Woods, Frozen and other works.
Open auditions are planned for early May, with rehearsals beginning in June
and performances scheduled for the August/September timeframe.
For more information see www.RMESonline.com.
Editor’s note: DI reporter Jessica Weston’s mother is scenic artist Dorothy
Saitz. She has worked with or is working with many of the people mentioned in
these theater articles and is currently working on several of these shows.
Saving Water
For Future Generations
the Lion in Winter, CLotA
To celebrate their anniversary, director Barbara Roberts said, CLOTA let members vote from among past shows which they would like to see again. “The Lion
in Winter and Sweeney Todd were selected.” As for Roberts, it’s a show “I have
wanted to direct for years. It's a fabulous show. The art of repartee could have
been invented for this.”
Auditions are in March.
Performances June 12-13, 19-21, 26-27
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