Police officer and racer talks safety and shaving mustaches

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One by one, the 400 Wrightsville Fundamental School students lined up, dipped their thumbs in paint, and planted their prints on Sgt. Drew Heistand's hoary ARDC Midget race car. Heistand, a sergeant with Hellam Township Police, brought his American Racing Drivers Union car -- which looks like a smaller version of a sprint car -- to the school Thursday to talk safeness to the students. If Heistand won Friday at Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Gillett would shave his mustache -- which he has had since 1975 -- his talent, and he will wear a costume picked out by the students. But Gillett's facial hair was spared when Heistand finished 19th of the 25 drivers who completed the watercourse. Hellam Township Police Chief Mark Sowers said Heistand came up with the idea to draw the car to the school as a way to expand the department's community policing program. " Heistand pitched the idea to Gillett, who supported it wholeheartedly. "This is simply a great way to promote safety for the kids," Gillett said.

Source: York Daily Record