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Publisher John Watkins Inside this issue Editor Burro Schmidt’s Tunnel ...... 3 Whiskey Flat Days events ...... 10 Aaron Crutchfield ...... 4 City 50th anniversary ...... 11 Tierra Del Sol Golf Course ...... 5 Furnace Creek ...... 12 Advertising Director Paula McKay Whiskey Flat Days ...... 7 Movie extra casting agency ...... 13 Ewings on the Kern ...... 9 Upcoming theater productions ...... 15 Advertising Sales Rodney Preul Barbara Schultheiss On tthe cover:: The Kern Riiver,, by Wiikiimeddiiaa CCoommmmonnss uusseer Rasttrojjo 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.

2 JAnuAry 2015 EASt KErn VISIonS Burro Schmidt’s tunnel: A study in perseverance BY CHERYL MCDONALD other side of the mountains. Unfortu - For the Daily Independent nately, it took him 32 years to complete the tunnel, and by then there were faster I was flipping through the channels forms of transportation. However, dig - the other evening, on my way to the ging this half-mile tunnel probably saved News Hour, and I came across an his life. He lived to the ripe old age of 81, episode of Huell Howser’s California dying just a few days before his 82nd Gold. It was his episode on the “Califor - birthday. nia Underground.” The last half of the William got his nickname of “Burro” show was just beginning, and guess who because his only companions were two PHOTO BY CHERYL MCDONALD was on the agenda: Burro Schmidt and burros he used for hauling supplies. He The view once you emerge from the other his tunnel. never married for fear of passing on the end of Burro Schmidt’s tunnel. I made my own trip to Burro Schmidt’s family disease — consumption is now She lived in a newer house next to tunnel in 2013 on a field trip with the known as tuberculosis. Schmidt’s cabin. Her home was Historical Society of the Upper Mojave During the summers he worked in the equipped with all the amenities, includ - Desert. Several of us did a car/truck cara - Kern River Valley on farms as a ranch ing pumped water from a well and power van out to the location in Last Chance hand earning money to buy the supplies from a gas powered generator. When Canyon just this side of Red Rock he needed. In the winters he worked Toni passed on in 2003 at the age of 90, Canyon State Park off of Highway 14 (I alone digging the tunnel with only a jack there was no longer a caretaker or guide highly recommend the HSUMD field hammer, dynamite, a shovel and a single to share the tunnel with tourists. Al - trips, always interesting with lots of ore cart, which he pushed in and out by though I never met her I have heard nu - PHOTO BY CHERYL MCDONALD knowledgeable people). hand to remove the dirt and rock from merous stories of her hospitality from A group walks through the tunnel, near - Burro Schmidt, or William Henry ing the end. the tunnel. His concern was not so much others who used to visit on a regular ba - Schmidt, was from Rhode Island. He about the ore he was finding, but com - sis. Toni is buried in the Johannesburg side deviations. Near the other end there came to California for his health — most pleting the tunnel. He lived in a small Cemetery and was loved by many in the is a sharp turn to the right and then you of his family died of consumption before cabin he had built, insulated with maga - mining community. are soon out on the other side of the the age of 30. On arriving in California zines and newspapers, eating flapjacks Since her passing the cabin sites have mountain with an incredible view of he went to work for the Kern County and beans. been ransacked and pretty much de - Koehn Lake and Cantil in Fremont Val - Land Company and got interested in Near the end of his life, he offered the stroyed by those with no respect for the ley, and off to the left is Highway 395 and mining. Although he did do some min - tunnel to the University of California for history of this place. The tunnel is still the Rand Mining District. ing in Copper Canyon, he began digging their studies on mineralogy, news spread open and is well worth the trip. The view Burro Schmidt’s tunnel is really worth a tunnel in the and soon Schmidt was entered into “Rip - from the entry side is quite beautiful: the trip. An amazing tribute to the power through Copper Mountain in 1906, and ley’s Believe it or Not” as the “human Robber’s Roost, the Southern Sierras and of what a focused individual can achieve. this became his reason for life. He be - mole.” He eventually gave his interest in Walker Pass. As you enter the tunnel, you Cheryl McDonald is a local artist and lieved this tunnel would be a useful way the tunnel to Mike Lee, and when Mike will need a flashlight, as it gets dark pret - resident of Ridgecrest. You can see more to get ore mined in passed on, Toni Seeger purchased the ty fast. It is a narrow straight run for of her work on her website, over to Cantil and the train station on the claim from the county seat, Bakersfield. most of the length with only a couple of www.cherylmcdonald-art.com. O

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The Tierra Del Sol Golf Course is located at 10300 North Loop Boulevard in CALIFORNIA CITY, CA 93505 California City. Further information can be obtained at the website, www.tdsgolf - club.com, or by calling 760-373-2384 or 1-800-GOLF-TDS. O 6 JAnuAry 2015 EASt KErn VISIonS A taste of the Wild West at Whiskey Flat Days BY AARON CRUTCHFIELD The Daily Independent 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 Week - end. 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 Ma - son, 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 travel - ers 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 en - campment runs from noon till sundown each day. “This encampment is an amazing learning experience for anyone that wants to FILE PHOTO learn more about the Wild West,” Mason said. A group of revelers at a previous Whiskey Flat Days. An Old West event would be remiss without a rodeo, and Whiskey Flat Days delivers on that. for the Nuui Cunni Cultural Center here in Lake Isabella. So the race is under “We have a rodeo, the Wild West Days Rodeo, and that rodeo takes place on way.” the 14th and 15th,” Mason said. “It starts at 1 p.m. at the McNally Rodeo Arena in The event started off 58 years ago as a way to bring people to Kernville in the Kernville. That is a fantastic event. It draws about 10,000 people.” offseason, as the town relies on tourism to keep its economy moving. During the There is also a carnival, and the parade starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday. summer, Kernville offers the Kern River and whitewater rafting and kayaking There will also be music, with the headliners being the Rock Bottom Boys. available on it. But in February, not so much. Thus, the Whiskey Flat Days cele - “They are an amazing band,” Mason said. “They travel all over the place — bration was born. Kern County Fair, Ventura Fair — and we’re lucky enough to have them for a sec - “I believe we had about 3,000 people at the first Whiskey Flat Days, so it’s ond year here. They’ll be playing concerts on Saturday and Sunday throughout grown in its 58 years,” Mason said. “It was to be able to bring more people and the day. Of course, we have additional bands that will be opening for them.” tourism into town to support our local businesses.” But the most suspense comes from the mayor’s race. The winner won’t be an - The history of Kernville goes back to 1845, when artist and topographer Ed - nounced until Sunday. ward Kern accompanied John C. Fremont on his expedition. They camped at the Leading up to the event, each of the two candidates will be selling “bribes” to confluence of the north and south forks of the Kern River. A gold rush in 185 led raise funds for local causes, with the biggest fundraiser as the winner. to the formation of town, which was first called Rogersville, then Williamsburg, “We have two mayor candidates running currently,” Mason said. “We have and then Whiskey Flat after a bar opened. The town was renamed again in 1864, Man-Trackin’ Jami. She is running for the Kern County Search and Rescue, so this time to Kernville. she’ll be raising funds for that. The other group is a duo. It’s Rockin’ Rex and Jel - The original site of the town is now under water — it was flooded when the ly Belly Joel, and they’re the Keeper Brothers. One of them is one of the founding dam for Lake Isabella was completed. Kernville was moved upstream to its pres - members of the Keepers of the Kern, so they’re raising money for that, and also ent location. O

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JAnuAry 2015 EASt KErn VISIonS 9 Whiskey Flat Days schedule of events FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2015 Kernville. Free Admission 10AM: SCHOEPPNER AMUSEMENT CARNIVAL OPENS 11AM: WHISKEY FLAT ENCAMPMENT 10AM: KERN VALLEY MUSEUM OPEN 10:00 am to 4:00 pmon On Kernville Road, across from Pizza Barn, by the Forest Service Cowboy and Mountain Man Encampments on Scodie Ave across Big Blue Road next to the Post Office. Historical Society ~mining Work Center. from the Rodeo Grounds. You’ll see history and gunfights. All info ~ Indian exhibits ~ artifacts 10AM: WHISKEY FLAT ENCAMPMENT day there will be a Wells Fargo station and eatery, Chuck wagon 11AM: WHISKEY FLAT DAYS PARADE SPONSORED BY SO. CAL. Old West church service at 10 a.m. cook'n and coffee, a horse trader and livery. There’ll be horse EDISON 11AM: Alta One MAIN STAGEMusic by The Rock Bottom Boys! shoe'n and horse doctor'n, the Whiskey Flats Saloon, a Justice 2015 Grand Marshall: Mr. Steve Gradowitz of KUZZ Radio. The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of Circle of the Peace, a Saddle maker and leather craft, a Bath house, 1PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music by The Rock Bottom Boys!. Park. Beautifier and Hygienist, storytellers of the Old West, mining The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of Circle 1130AM: “FINAL HEAT” FROG JUMPIN’ CONTEST Held at the and sawmill demonstrations and a Civil War Confederate camp! Park. corner of Big Blue and Kernville Rd. Look for the Green Stage 1PM: GOLDEN GULCH OPENS 1PM: WILD WEST DAZE RODEO SPONSORED BY BUD LIGHT come and bet on your favorite jumpin frog! Circle Park: Crafts, handmade items, jewelry, info booths, & art McNally Rodeo Arena. Brought to you by Cotton Rosser’s Flying 12PM: CONTEST SIGN UP TIME! vendors. Food vendors are non-profit organizations: Kern Valley U Rodeo. Open Team Roping, Bull Riding, Hide Race, Open Bar - 1860’s COSTUME CONTEST SIGN-UPS! Adult & Children forms FFA, Sweet Adelines, White Blanket Allotment, and the Rotary rel Race, Junior Barrel Race, Calf Scramble, Sheep Riding, and at WFD’s Info Booth. Judging starts at 12:30 p.m. PET PARADE Club of KRV, Whiskey Flat Headquarters & Info on the corner of more. SIGN UPS! Forms at WFD Info Booth – Judging at 2:30 p.m. Kernville Road & Tobias Street selling Whiskey Flat shirts & 1PM: WHISKEY FLAT ENCAMPMENT 12:05PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music by The Rock Bottom memorabilia. 2PM: “FIRST HEAT” FROG JUMPING CONTEST! Boys! The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of 1PM: RIVERSIDE PARK & FRONTAGE RD. OPENS Held at the corner of Big Blue and Kernville Rd. Look for the Circle Park. Riverside Park: Food Court, Family Entertainment and misc. ven - Green Stage come and bet on your favorite jumpin frog! 1230pm: COSTUME CONTEST Held at the corner of Big Blue dors. Frontage Rd.: Vendors, vendors, vendors! 2PM: BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW and Kernville Rd. Look for the Green Stage 2PM: BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW 2:30PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music by The Rock Bottom 1PM: WILD WEST DAZE RODEO SPONSORED BY BUD LIGHT Cowboys & Indians Exhibition. Buffalo Bill himself will salute Boys! The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of 1PM: SIGN UPS FOR WHISKERINO CONTEST you at each performance. Special appearances by Annie Oakley Circle Park. Whiskers, beards, & all mustaches apply. Ribbons awarded. Free and Chief Sitting Bull! Located at Riverside Park. 3PM: BUFFALO BILLS WILD WEST SHOW to enter. Forms at Whiskey Flat Days Info Booth. 5PM: SCHOEPPNER AMUSEMENT CARNIVAL OPENS Cowboys & Indians Exhibition. Buffalo Bill himself will salute 1:50PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music by The Rock Bottom On Kernville Road, across from Pizza Barn, by the Forest Service you at each performance. Special appearances by Annie Oakley Boys! The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of Work Center, enjoy great adult and children’s rides & games. and Chief Sitting Bull! Located at Riverside Park. Circle Park. 6PM: MAIN STAGE 4PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music by The Rock Bottom Boys! 2PM: BUFFALO BILL’S WILD WEST SHOW Music & Street Dance with Obsidian. Put on yur dancin’ boots The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of Circle 2PM: OLD FASHIONED WHISKERINO JUDGING Held at the cor - and hit the street! Let‘s rock! The AltaOne Main Stage is located Park. ner of Big Blue and Kernville Rd. Look for the Green Stage. at the northeast end of Circle Park. 6PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music & Street Dance by The 2:30PM: PET PARADE JUDGING-At the Green Stage on Big Blue 7PM: MELODRAMA! Stoneflys. Stoneflys are an original alternative/ska/reggae/jazz Rd. and Kernville Rd. "Double Take At Beatrice's Boardin' House" ("Things Ain't Al - group of musicians formed out of Ventura and Kernville, Califor - 2:55PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music by The Rock Bottom ways What They Seem”).At the Kernville Elementary School au - nia. The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of Boys! The AltaOne Main Stage is located at the northeast end of ditorium. Admission is $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for children 12 Circle Park. Circle Park. and under, and as always, lap sitters and stroller riders are free. 7PM: MELODRAMA: "Double Take At Beatrice's Boardin' House" 3:55PM: ALTAONE MAIN STAGE Music by OMG! The AltaOne (or "Things Ain't Always What They Seem.) At the Kernville Ele - Main Stage is located at the northeast end of Circle Park. SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14, 2015 mentary School auditorium. Admission is $7.00 for adults, 9AM: GOLDEN GULCH OPENS $5.00 for children 12 and under, and as always, lap sitters and MONDAY FEBRUARY 16 9AM: RIVERSIDE PARK & FRONTAGE RD. OPENS stroller riders are free. 9AM-3PM: GOLDEN GULCH OPENS Riverside Park: Food Court, Family Entertainment and misc. ven - 9AM-3PM: RIVERSIDE PARK & FRONTAGE RD. OPENS dors. Frontage Rd.: Vendors, vendors, vendors! SUNDAY FEBRUARY 15 Riverside Park: Food Court, Family Entertainment and misc. ven - 9AM: WHISKEY FLAT DAYS CHECK-IN/LINE UP ALONG SIERRA 8AM: WHISKEY FLAT ENCAMPMENT dors. Frontage Rd.: Vendors, vendors, vendors! WAY & KERNVILLE RD. 9AM: GOLDEN GULCH OPENS 10AM-3PM: SCHOEPPNER AMUSEMENT CARNIVAL OPENS 10AM: SCHOEPPNER AMUSEMENT CARNIVAL OPENS Circle Park : Crafts, handmade items, jewelry, info booths, & art On Kernville Road, across from Pizza Barn, by the Forest Service On Kernville Road, across from Pizza Barn, by the Forest Service vendors. Food vendors are non-profit organizations: Kern Valley Work Center Work Center. 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After the Johnsons’ deaths, WIKIMEDIA COMMONS the purchased the A sign marks where The Furnace Creek Resort, situated in area the house was built on. Death Valley National Park, is part of one people cross below sea level in Death Valley Guided tours of the luxurious home of the hottest places on Earth; with daily National Park and the are given by park rangers in 1930s-era highs reaching or exceeding 110 to 120 Furnace Creek area; a variety of activities can dress, year round. Tours of the house it - degrees in July, it is not a place one wants self are available, as well as tours of the to get lost. However, during the cooler be enjoyed below sea level, including the underground tunnels where the inner fall to spring months, the conditions are world's lowest golf workings of the building are located. course. perfect for people to enjoy the myriad at - The house tour is ADA accessible, but tractions the area has to offer. the tunnels are not. Death Valley itself, reported as one of According to the their website, while As a very low-tech attraction, the Other activities around the resort at the hottest places on Earth and home to formal trails do not exist, the paths other desert is perfect for stargazing. With very various times of the year include camp - the lowest point in the Western Hemi - visitors have taken are easy to follow. At - few city lights around and a huge ex - ing, theatric shows, festivals and educa - sphere, is only a stone’s throw from Fur - tractions like the Harmony Borax Works, panse of open valleys right out the tional programs, shopping, bicycle nace Creek. As one of the nation’s largest Gold Canyon and the sand dunes of Mo - proverbial back door, the Furnace Creek rentals, golf courses – including tourna - national parks, the valley has some saic Canyon are within a one- to three- area is ideal stargazing territory. Accord - ments – and hundreds of photography amazing sights. mile hike of the resort. They also offer ing to the resort’s website, it is 120 miles opportunities. The resort itself also offers “Everywhere you look, you will find guided walks with naturalists each day from and 295 miles from Los a number of attractions – such as basket - natural wonders unknown in any other with illustrated talks about the environ - Angeles; this gives stargazers a perfect ball courts, swimming pools, a spa and part of the world,” touts the resort’s web - ment in the evening. Various walking view of the sky free from skyscrapers and children’s playground – although, many site. and hiking options are available and almost no city lights for miles. of these are reserved for guests of the inn. A variety of outdoor activities, ideal “many points of interest are accessible While stargazing is welcome and en - More information on the resort and its recreation during the cooler months, are for the casual or seasoned walker.” couraged year-round, the National Park attractions can be found at furnace - available through the resort and National Wildflower viewing and bird watching rangers hold events for stargazers during creekresort.com. O Park office. are also activities available in Death Val - the winter and spring. The park has even For equestrian enthusiasts, horseback ley and around the resort. been labeled a Gold Tier Dark Sky Park, rides along trails as well as tours are Off-road adventures through Jeep the highest-level award a stargazing area available from fall through to spring. 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JESSICA WESTON/DAILY INDEPENDENT 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 The Daily Independent 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 pro - gram 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 supposed to touch. the Ridgecrest Regional Film Commission and the websites are linked, she said. Vitale said she was intrigued by Depp and watched him work, albeit discreetly. She She has supplied as many as 170 people to film shoots, providing extras for movies described him as complicated and “a very quiet man.” such as G.I. Jane, Planet of the Apes, Arizona and the Brave, she said. On the TV pro - Casting the film provided challenges. Depp was not present at the first meeting, gram The Event, for example, “I've had over 100 people on set” and “when they leaving Vitale to contend with his his first AD [assistant director] and his second AD. filmed another recent [production] we had over 100 people again.” Vitale said the ADs had provided a book of the type of people they were looking for In addition to “action” and “cut,” Vitale said she trains her extras in the finer points and “I’m looking at this book, and in my mind I’m thinking, 'Where am I going to of on-set etiquette. find these people?' “You have to arrive early,” Vitale said. “No alcohol, no drugs, there’s nothing like “And as it turned out, we found raunchy looking people, so to speak.” that. Don’t bring anything that makes noise. And you’re going to sit there for hours,” The background characters were meant to be “kind of the dredges of the world, so bring something to do that is quiet. The sound equipment is very sophisticated, and so we had to provide him with that.” she explained, and picks up many noises. Although the film was ultimately never released in the US, Vitale said, “I got some Extras are usually parked in a certain area. “And they’re not supposed to leave from poetic justice. He took it to the Cannes film festival and they didn’t like it. The only that area, so that they're there when they want them.” Extras can wait for hours, she thing they liked was the background folk.” said, and Vitale is occasionally called on to “wrangle” them. Planet of the Apes, she said, “was a different kind of an experience,” complete with Pay can run $50 for an eight-hour day, with time and a half or double-time for having to share casting duties with another agent. longer hours. That movie added something new to the extras' preparation. “The first few weeks “It’s not glamorous to be an extra,” Vitale said. “They’ll use you and then [you're] was kind of amazing in that the actors [had] to go through ‘Ape School.’ They done.” brought people up from LA to train [them]. Still many people sign up for the experience, intrigued by a behind-the-scenes “They had to be crouched, they had to use their hands, they had to maneuver glimpse of movie-making magic. around. It was quite a rigorous kind of education.” Vitale has some stories of her own. Ultimately, she said, when filming was done by the Pinnacles, “you had these wide She said she provided about 120 people to Johnny Depp's film, The Brave, but said open spaces and they had to lope along as apes in the larger scenes.” “my experience with that film was probably the most difficult of experiences.” According to Vitale, movie experiences vary. “And the type of experiences that you The movie filmed in Red Mountain, she said, and was plagued by disorganization glean, some are good, some are not good.” and last-minute changes in plans. One good experience was working with Amy Brenneman. According to Vitale, she The set, she said, was impressive. The storyline had to do with Depp's character was a pleasant person. “Oh, my gosh. So friendly, so — I want to say — human,” de - living around a junkyard “and so they built this magnificent city.” It had chicken wire spite being poised for subsequent stardom with Judging Amy. with artistically applied garbage flipped over the dirt walls that the production wasn’t Prospective extras check in with Vitale’s agency. “We take a picture, they fill out pa - perwork 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 re - quirements 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 http://www.racvb.com/filmdeserts/production. O

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