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by Jim haleTimes Staff Writer

A local pastor invoked “the God of the ones whose hands are up and who can’t breathe” as some 25 police officers, pub-lic officials, and community members gathered Wednesday on Gettysburg’s Lincoln Square to pray for peace and unity.

“Help us make the choices that love requires,” prayed Fred Young, moderator of the Get-tysburg Ministerium, which includes leaders of numerous area faith groups.

As long as oppression exists, the community must “stand up and shout for justice,” said Young, who is pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Get-

tysburg.Some of those who attended

the event, organized by Get-tysburg Police Chief Robert Glenny, were Adams County District Attorney Brian Sin-nett; commander of the Penn-sylvania State Police (PSP) at Gettysburg, Lt. Todd Witalec; Cumberland Township Police Lt. Tim Guise; Gettysburg Mayor Ted Streeter; and bor-ough council members Chris Berger and Patricia Lawson.

“We are here in solidar-ity to promote change,” said Michael Stanley, pastor of St. Paul African Methodist Episco-pal Church in Gettysburg, who prayed for “right reasoning”

Police, pastors pray on Lincoln Square

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among public officials who took part in Wednesday’s prayer event on lincoln square were, from left, beginning at center: state police lt. todd Witalec, holding hat; Gettysburg borough Council member Chris berger, plaid shirt; adams County district attorney brian sinnett, orange tie; Gettysburg Police Chief robert Glenny, white shirt; Gettysburg mayor ted streeter, light pants, partly obscured.

the gettysburg times is excited to announce the return to a six-day (monday to saturday) print schedule on monday, June 15. We sincerely thank our readers for their patience throughout the COv-id-19 pandemic.

all print subscribers will have six weeks added to their accounts to accommodate for the 12 weeks we were on a reduced print schedule. if you need to know your expiration date, call circulation at 717-339-2063. the gettysburg times office will be open to the public again starting at 8 a.m. on monday, June 15. Office hours will be monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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“We are extremely grateful to our dedi-cated subscribers who found value in our hometown newspaper throughout this cri-sis. We worked hard to connect a commu-nity that could not gather in person and we look forward to enhancing our cover-age now that we are in the green phase of Pennsylvania’s recovery plan,” said harry hartman, publisher.

gettysburg times to return to 6-day print schedule monday

Times Staff Report

The Rotary Club of Gettys-burg recently donated $30,000 to South Central Community Action Programs to help the organization assist families impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 and the tempo-rary closing of local business-es has significantly impacted Adams County res idents , according to SCCAP Chief Executive Officer Megan Shreve. Many essential work-ers were laid off, lost work, or had increased costs due to the

pandemic. The Rotary Club of Gettysburg and its membership are committed to making sure this crisis does not become a life altering event for Adams County families, Rotary Presi-dent Brad Hoch said.

Rotary Club of Gettysburg donates $30,000 to SCCAP

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the rotary Club of Gettysburg recently donated $30,000 to south Central Community action Programs. Pictured from left are, front row, david laughman, Ken Farabaugh, rotary Club President brad hoch, sCCaP CeO megan shreve, bob Gough, and anna-mae Kobbe; sec-ond row, Peter lagerberg, John berndt, bill braun, and John Phillips; third row, eric Gladhill, alex J. hayes, scott Wehler, doug newell, Jed smith, and mike hanson.

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the Pennsylvania news media association recently recognized Gettysburg Times editorial staff members for their work in 2019. From left are, front, mary Grace Keller, former staff writer, and darryl Wheeler, photographer; back row, Josh martin, sports editor; and adam michael, assistant editor.

Times staff earn accolades

by Josh martinTimes Sports Editor

Following a hiatus of nearly three months due to the corona-virus pandemic, sports are back in play for Pennsylvania high schools.

Gov. Tom Wolf released guidelines Wednesday for high school and recreational sports

teams to resume voluntary work-outs and other in-person activi-ties. The guidance included col-legiate and professional sports.

Public and private K-12 schools under the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Asso-ciation can resume voluntary sports-related workouts, pro-viding they develop an Athlet-ics, Health and Safety Plan that

aligns with the Department of Education’s Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopen-ing of Schools guidance. That plan must be approved by the school’s board and made public on its website.

“Pennsylvania has some of the best athletes and teams

Wolf releases guidelines for restarting PIAA sports

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