This week's episode of "Not Just A Game" host and Register Star sports reporter Jay Taft speaks with Laura Gibbs-Green, communications manager for Rockford Park District. Gibbs-Green tells Taft that the RPD is following and supporting guidelines and recommendations made by the Center for Disease Control, Illinois Department of Public Health, State of Illinois, along with Winnebago County Health Department, and will continue to do so until this health emergency subsides. Gibbs-Green highlights some of the ways residents may remain active using some new outreach efforts by the park district.

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Host: Jay Taft, Rockford Register Star sports reporter; [email protected]

Produced and edited: Scott P. Yates, Rockford Register Star multimedia journalist; [email protected]

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