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Newspaper
Garden Grove Journal
Location
Garden Grove, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 2013
Page
5
About 500 homeless residents from across Orange County gathered at Westminster Senior Center for a free Thanksgiving meal hosted by American Family Housing of Midway City. Some 100 volunteers, including local families and service-club members, helped serve.
The Garden Grove Police Department received the Accreditation with Excellence Award after April on-site review by the Commission on Law Enforcement Agencies. The independent body, formed in 1979 by four associations, noted strong public safety management and service. GGPD is the only municipal agency to earn the honor since its 2011 establishment.
Christ Cathedral formerly the Crystal Cathedral closed Saturday to begin a $29 million renovation lasting over two years and turning the site into a Catholic house of worship by late 2015 or early 2016. The first phase removes chairs and dismantles the Hazel Wright Organ, to be rebuilt in Padua, Italy by Fratelli Ruffatti in a $2 million refurbishing project led by Ruffatti. Bishop Kevin Vann was to sign the Italian contract authorizing work.
About 20 Knots of Love volunteers and a few city staff staged a Yarn Bomb in Garden Grove on Sunday. Eight trees, eight statues and a bus stop were wrapped in crocheted yarn to raise awareness for cancer, Locks of Love, and Re:Ima gine Downtown. The yarn will stay for six to eight weeks before being removed and converted into blankets for the homeless. A family at Community Center Park shared the memory of their son who died from cancer, noting a crocheted cap made by a Locks of Love volunteer.
The Gem Theater hosts a monthlong revival after a May 2011 fire left it damaged. One More Productions opens The Holiday Gem, a musical revue, with a Friday curtain and a Saturday ribbon ceremony marking the historic venue’s return. The group plans a spring season at the Gem, which began in the 1920s.
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