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Westside Ministries to hold 'Fancy' food giveaway
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Several Westside Ministries volunteers unpack and box food that was donated from the International Fancy Food Show in San Francisco in 2016. Westside Ministries will hold another Fancy Food giveaway on Sunday. - photo by Journal file photo
Some of the hottest names in the food industry are gathered in San Francisco this week for the Winter Fancy Food Show, and while there may be wonderful dishes prepared on the grill, the real magic happens behind the scenes after the event. The show donates a majority, if not all, of its leftover food to Westside Ministries of Turlock, giving the organization the opportunity to give away food baskets to those in need throughout the community. The Westside Ministries crew made their way to the Bay Area Tuesday morning, said Communications Director Sunshine Sakuda, and arrived at the food show just as the convention died down.
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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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