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Local Law Enforcement Feasts
Compton firefighters and Sheriff’s
deputies chat while enjoying a meal during Poinsettia Avenue Block
Club’s annual pre-Thanksgiving dinner event. —Courtesy
photo
By
Allison Jean Eaton
Bulletin
Staff Writer
For
the fourth year in a row, a local block club has treated law enforcement
officers to a tasty Thanksgiving-style meal to say “thank you” for
the services they provide.
For several hours Saturday, Nov. 17, Sheriff’s deputies and Compton
firefighters streamed in to the Youth Activities League as time permitted
to sink their teeth into a tasty pre-holiday spread prepared by a hand
full of ladies from the Poinsettia Avenue Block Club.
“We do this for them because they put their lives on the line for
us,” said Brenda Postelle, who chaired the event. She said she launched
the yearly feast when she chaired the club, which is now headed by
Callie Parker.
On the menu was turkey, ham, chicken, cornbread dressing and gravy,
home-made macaroni and cheese, green beans, candied yams, cranberry sauce,
rolls and punch, all topped off with cake and pastries for dessert.
The event ran from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Postelle said they expected
to feed roughly120 people. Some club members, including Postelle, had been
up since 4:30 a.m. that morning preparing the meal, she said.
Organizations and individuals who contributed to the feast include
Albertson’s, Ralphs, Bev’s Balloons, Annie Kelly of First United
Methodist Church, The Salvation Army, Georgina Pickens, HoneyBaked Ham,
Mr. and Mrs. William German from Optimal Child Development and D & A
Bar-B-Q.
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