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SUPER BOWL LII SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER

FANS GEAR UP Company

admits
fault in
bus issue
Says it has taken steps to fix
vetting process for drivers
ALEX GELI
AGELI@LNPNEWS.COM

Days after Pennsylvania’s auditor gen-

eral chastised School District of Lancaster
for using five school bus drivers with crim-
inal records, some say the blame should
also fall on the bus company’s shoulders
for hiring them in the first place.
The company’s president on Thursday
agreed.
“Ultimately, it’s our responsibility, in my
eyes,” Shultz Transportation president
Mike Kramer said. “We take full responsi-
bility, and we have made the necessary ad-
justments to avoid any future issues with
any of our customers.”
A recent state audit revealed that Wil-
low Street-based Shultz Transportation
assigned SDL a total of 21 bus drivers who,
according to state law, should not have
been allowed behind the wheel of a school
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bus. Five of them were ineligible due to
Eagles Pro Shop employee Devan Scheib puts more jerseys on the rack Thursday at Rockvale Outlets in East Lampeter prior criminal convictions.

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Township. The store was busy with fans looking to stock up on garb for Sunday’s Super Bowl. While both Shultz and SDL have made
changes to avoid the same pitfall, some
are left wondering how the error went un-
he Super Bowl is almost here, and LNP has you covered. noticed.
The Philadelphia Eagles will take on the New England “That should never happen,” said Dave
Patriots at 6:30 Sunday night. Whether you’re an Eagles Schlotter, director of safety and opera-
tions for Brightbill Transportation, the
superfan or a football novice, we’ve got news, photos, county’s leading school bus contractor.
players’ stats and more ahead of the biggest game of the season. “I don’t see how somebody could slip
through the cracks.”
Lebanon-based Brightbill serves five
Lancaster County school districts: Cocal-
BUS COMPANY, page A4

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District Attorney Craig Stedman will

Game raises stakes for compulsive bettors
Lure of Super Bowl can heighten pressures for people with gambling addictions
LINDSEY BLEST
LBLEST@LNPNEWS.COM
The lure of the Super Bowl stakes
can either lead to or increase gam-
bling addictions, and when the big-
gest football game of the year in-
cludes a team many in Lancaster
County regard as No. 1, the stakes can
get even higher.
Nearly 300,000 people in Pennsyl-
vania are experiencing issues related
to gambling, according to the Coun-
cil on Compulsive Gambling of Penn-
sylvania.
“We certainly feel as if gambling
addiction is very real and is a prob-
RELATED COVERAGE
Just because the Eagles are in
the Super Bowl doesn’t mean a Lititz
veterans group is breaking its pact not to
air NFL games this year. Page A4
lem in Lancaster County,” said Bevan
Allen, director of operations at Lan-
caster city-based Compass Mark.
Last year the organization referred
25 people to gambling addiction re-
sources.
In a survey of Lancaster County
public school students in 2015, near-
ly 35 percent of students said they
had gambled in their lifetime. The
survey was conducted by Pennsylva-
nia’s Commission on Crime and De-
linquency, Department of Drug and
Alcohol Programs and Department
of Education.
‘It’s become such a
normal activity’
While federal law allows few legal
betting options on sports outside of
Nevada, gambling still happens in
office pools, with friends, through
a bookie or online, according to the
American Gaming Association.
BETTING, page A4
continue to work in his role as Lancaster
County’s top prosecutor while he goes
through a potentially monthslong process
of trying to secure the governor’s nomina-
tion for a county court vacancy.
After being recommended for the posi-
tion by Republican state Sens. Ryan Au-
ment and Scott Martin, Stedman said
Thursday he will be applying directly
to Gov. Tom Wolf’s office in the coming
weeks.
The governor has set a Feb. 16 deadline
to receive applications for multiple ju-
dicial vacancies across the state. His of-
fice will then arrange interviews before
announcing all the nominations in one
package. The governor’s spokesman could
not provide an estimated timeline for the
interviews or announcement.
If Stedman or someone else is nomi-
nated for the Lancaster County Court of
Common Pleas spot — created by Judge
STEDMAN, page A4

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CLASSIFIEDS ............C6
COMICS ............. B8, B9
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LOTTERY .................. A2
OBITUARIES ............A11
OPINION ..................A14
SPORTS ..................... C1
TOGETHER................ B1
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