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Buy, sell and trade at Mid Valley Pawn
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Josh Gottlieb recently opened Mid Valley Pawn, where Turlock residents can receive loans and cold, hard cash for their personal belongings. - photo by ANGELINA MARTIN/The Journal
Josh Gottlieb is no stranger to the pawn business. The owner of Turlock’s newest shop, Mid Valley Pawn, essentially grew up in the industry, as his parents ran a pawn shop of their own in Sonora. Now, his expertise in the pawn business has enabled him to successfully open the city’s first pawn shop in nearly a decade.
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Remembering a ‘fierce defender of freedom’
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During a Memorial Day ceremony held on Monday at Turlock Memorial Park, Marsha Gonsalves, with the support of her husband Larry, shares memories of their son, Sgt. 1st Class Chad Gonsalves, who died on Feb. 13, 2006, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his Humvee north of Deh Rawod in central Afghanistan (KRISTINA HACKER/The Journal).
Every Memorial Day, locals put on their red, white and blue attire, maybe don a red poppy in remembrance of the fallen, and make their way to Turlock Memorial Park cemetery.
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