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Westside Ministries finalist in Hope Awards
Nonprofit in running for $10K prize
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If Westside Ministries wins the $10,000 Hope Award prize, the nonprofit would use the funds to remodel its kitchen that is used to cook meals for over 100 families every week (Journal file photo).
Westside Ministries is once again hoping local community members can help the nonprofit organization win much-needed funds to remodel its kitchen.
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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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