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Making Turlock shine
Turlock Shines pic
Trish Ferguson and Sandra Saldivar clean up debris at the corner of Fulkerth and Highway 99 during the Turlock Shines event on Saturday. - photo by JONATHAN MCCORKELL / The Journal
Updated: Oct 4, 2011, 11:36 PM
Published: Oct 4, 2011, 11:37 PM

Trish Ferguson and Sandra Saldivar of MedicAlert joined groups of citizens and organizations on Saturday during Turlock Shines — a community effort to clean up and make Turlock sparkle. Ferguson and Saldivar helped clean up debris at the corner of Fulkerth and Highway 99. City Council member Mary Jackson helped organize the event. She said students and teachers joined the effort from Pitman High School, Earl and Crowell elementary schools, as well as church groups from Westside Ministries and Turlock Covenant Church. The City of Turlock also supplied manpower for the event.
Lourenco family remembered at Stanislaus County Fair
Pitman High graduate shares story behind award-winning tribute bench
Lourenco bench 1
Pitman High graduate Chrys Kamesch and school FFA advisor Trenton Kemps pose with the custom bench that Kamesch created in honor of the Lourenco family, a project that won top honors at last week’s Stanislaus County Fair (CHRISTOPHER CORREA/The Journal).
Christopher Correa
Turlock Journal
Published: Jul 23, 2025, 11:54 AM
As thousands took to Turlock over the last two weeks for the 2025 Stanislaus County Fair, the absence of a family that was incredibly dedicated to the community and especially its agricultural activities was heavily felt by several attendees. That included members of the Pitman High School FFA chapter.
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