MANTECA PRAYER BREAKFAST Navy Chaplain and Ripon Methodist Church Pastor Chuck Roots gets ready to lead the group in prayer. - photo by HIME ROMERO The 43rd annual Manteca Community Prayer Breakfast was conducted Thursday at the Manteca Senior Center. Latest Pitman JSA makes it a three-peat in civic excellence Retired Denair teacher offers unique perspective with new children’s book PLANTING THE FUTURE Local legislators work to save regional surgical center