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Make-A-Wish grants Turlock teens wish to see the Fighting Irish
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Andrew AJ Perez had his wish to see a Notre Dame football game granted by Make-A-Wish this weekend. - photo by Photo Contributed
Andrew “AJ” Perez has wanted to attend a Notre Dame football game since he was six years old. This previous weekend, that long-awaited dream became a reality thanks to Make-A-Wish, who granted the 13-year-old’s wish to see the Fighting Irish in Indiana. “I’ve always really liked Notre Dame and how they play, so when I found out I was going to do Make-A-Wish that was one of the ideas that popped into my head,” said AJ. On the night of the Make-A-Wish reveal last Wednesday, AJ and his family were picked up by a limousine and chauffeured to Sacramento, where AJ thought they were just going to get dinner.
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Drake Milligan rocks, tractor pulling roars and temps rise as 114th Stanislaus County Fair starts
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StanCoFair influencers Jocelyn McKay and Kristina Cornejo and their kids enjoy the opening day of the fair (CANDY PADILLA/The Journal).
A recurring theme at the opening night of the 2025 Stanislaus County Fair in Turlock — the 107th edition of the annual event — was the heat. Sure, it's not 108 degrees like last year, but 102 on Friday afternoon wasn't too far off.
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