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Children young and old celebrate All Hallow's Eve
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Pitman High students show off their crafty costumes as they take first place in the Halloween costume contest dressed as the game Tetris. - photo by MAEGAN MARTENS / The Journal
Updated: Oct 30, 2010, 3:10 AM
Published: Oct 30, 2010, 3:17 AM
Princesses cavorted with ghosts, vampires and ninjas this week, as children of all ages got into the Halloween spirit. The Turlock Library held a special holiday event that featured puppets, crafts and trick-or-treating. On Friday, Pitman High and Brown Elementary School each had costumed fun, while Lloyd G. Cunningham students were given their very own pumpkin patch thanks to the Kiwanis Club of Greater Turlock.
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).
Kristina Hacker
Turlock Journal
Published: May 28, 2025, 6:55 AM
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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