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VOL. 113,
NO. 43
GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2015

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Former teacher pleads guilty to corruption of minors

BY VANESSA PELLECHIO
Times Staff Writer

A former middle school

teacher and assistant wrestling
coach at Bermudian Springs
School District pleaded guilty
in Adams County Court on
Thursday to corruption of minors for providing synthetic
marjuana to a male student and
for inappropriate contact with
the same 16-year-old.
Nathan Stock, 39, of East
Berlin, had a negotiated guilty
plea, in exchange for surrendering his teaching license forever and ve years of probation,
according to Adams County

Based on the victims statements, evidence we had and that

he is surrendering his teaching
license, the Commonwealth
believes this is the appropriate
resolution, Adams County Assistant District Attorney Megan
Zei said Thursday.
Zei said no other victims
were discovered in student interviews throughout the investigation.
Stock, represented by Harrisburg-based, private attorney
Robert J. Daniels Jr., must adStock here to mental health and sexual offender conditions as well
Court of Common Pleas Judge as go through drug and alcohol
Thomas Campbell.

counseling, as part of the standard conditions, Zei said.

Campbell told Stock that he
is not allowed to contact the
victim or the victims family
and must pay a $300 ne.
Stock, an eighth-grade teacher from Jan. 25, 1997 to Aug.
20, 2014, was terminated from
his positions as a teacher and a
coach during the districts Aug.
20 Building and Grounds meeting, since he did not request a
pre-termination hearing before
the school board, according to
Bermudian Springs School District Superintendent Dr. Shane
Hotchkiss.

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Hotchkiss previously said the

district recognizes the public
arrest of and criminal charges
against a former teacher causes
ripple effects in the entire community.
For the school community,
counselors have been made
aware of the potential need for
additional counseling support
for students who want to discuss concerns as it relates to
this issue, he said in September.
Campbell said Thursday that
a corruption of minors charge,
a misdemeanor of the rst degree, has a maximum sentence

of up to ve years in jail and a

maximum of $10,000 in nes.
Zei said when Stock was a
teacher, he provided the victim
with synthetic marjuana. According to the afdavit of probable cause led in Magisterial
District Justice Tony Littles
ofce, Stock supplied the victim with synthetic marijuana
on several occasions for $10
during the victims junior year
from 2011-12. The victim told
police that Stock would take
him to counseling in Gettysburg for his drug addiction and
purchased more synthetic mari(See STOCK on Page A2)

Business owner
proposes expansion
of Civil War camp
BY JIM HALE
Times Staff Writer

Doubling the size of a Civil

War tent encampment could
boost tax proceeds, Loring
Shultz told the Gettysburg Borough Council Public Safety
Committee on Tuesday.
Relocating the camp to a
larger site could mean raising
borough amusement taxes from
the event from $17,000 annually to a conservative estimate
of $25,000, Shultz said.
This is the type of activity
we want to encourage, council
member Graham Weaver said.
The proposed relocation to
a site along Winebrenner Run
behind Shultzs Farnsworth
House, which is at 401 Baltimore St., would also improve
public safety, he said, because
participants have had to cross
Baltimore to reach the previous
site.
Council member Scot Pitzer
concurred with Shultz, noting
that Baltimore is bumper to
bumper as it is during tourist
season.
JOHN ARMSTRONG/GETTYSBURG TIMES
The proposed site, also
WARMTH OF THE SUN As more arctic air ooded into Adams County Thursday, these two swans near Goldenville
owned by Shultz and located to
Road wrapped up tightly in their down jackets and soaked up as much solar heat as they could.
the rear of 340 Baltimore St.,
would also be less disruptive to
neighbors and more suitable for
loading and unloading bus passengers, he said, noting that he
has received much interest from
bus tour operators.
Though Shultz hopes to opBY JEFF WIDMER
men on the public works crew has caused a drain on the public smaller ones take more out of
Times Staff Writer
are putting in a lot of hours works crew.
the (workers). They are out and erate from mid-March to midNovember, council member
this winter, beginning with the
Sometimes, I just wish about all the time.
Mount Joy Township may be end of January.
we would have a big, enorAt Mount Joy, the public Becky Brown said she had not
looking to add to its arsenal of
heard of his proposal prior to
I think everyone here rec- mous snowstorm to get it all
public works department facili- ognizes that. Its something over with. I really believe the
(See ROADS on Page A2)
ties.
that we may have to deal with
At the board of supervi- sooner or later, he said.
sors meeting Thursday, board
Gormont also said the smallChairman John Gormont, who er snowstorms that have been
also acts as the chair of the pub- hitting the area this past month
lic works committee, said the
BY JIM HALE
active.
Times Staff Writer
Consistent with that ethic of
public involvement, he said he
Charles Strauss, a leader of
would like to see the Borough
a successful effort to reduce
Council become more of a
the Gettysburg Borough Counnetworker and bridge-builder
cils membership from nine to
to foster community improveseven, is now seeking election
ments.
to that body.
Accordingly, he said he welBY VANESSA PELLECHIO
Strauss is running to reprefendant 18 or older, endangercomes council member Kyle
Times Staff Writer
ing the welfare of children as a sent Ward 3, he said in an interLeinbachs initiative last year
view Thursday.
to develop a process through
A New Oxford man charged parent or guardian committing
He said he had no thought of
which non-prot groups can
with aggravated assault of a offense and simple assault, vicrunning for ofce when he took
make a case for borough
victim less than 6 years old tim under 12 years old from an
part in the petition drive that led
funding. That process, he said,
may face up to 35 years in jail incident on July 30.
The afdavit of probable to last months council reduccan help transform a comfor two separate cases, an Adtion vote.
ams County judge said in court cause led in Magisterial DisStrauss petitive approach to non-prot
As a parent of three children
trict Justice Daniel Bowmans
funding to one focused on the
Thursday.
and a tenure-track professor of bers led him to believe he can boroughs strategic needs.
of
ce
said
Dandridge
allegedly
Al McCoy Dandridge III,
American political history at combine public service with his
For Strauss, the idea of stra29, of New Oxford, remains on spanked the victim, younger
Mount St. Marys University in family and career obligations.
than
6
years
old,
with
a

ip-
op
tegic networking also extends
the April 6 trial term, accordMoreover, he said, the 9-7 to economic development.
Emmitsburg, he said he doubting to Adams County Court of two separate times during the
ed he would have time to serve experience showed him that
weekend
of
July
30.
Theres an idea in the comCommon Pleas Judge Thomas
this is a place where you can munity that Gettysburg is
In an interview on Aug. 4, on the council.
Campbell.
put
small
reforms
into
practice
However, he said his experibusiness-unfriendly. Id like to
Dandridge faces charges of the afdavit said Dandridge
ence in the 9-7 Group and con- as well as a community with a change the conversation to fosaggravated assault of a victim admitted to doing so only for
lot
of
people
who
care
and
are
versations with council memtering business partnerships,
less than 6 years old and de(See COURT on Page A2)

Mount Joy lauds winter road crews efforts

reading Fred Snyders column

in this newspaper on Tuesday.
Borough Manager Charles
Gable said the boroughs staff
was not in a position to comment on the newly received
proposal, not having had any
opportunity to review it.
What does a business have
to do to do business in this
town? asked Shultz, whose
previous proposals for the area
behind the restaurant have fallen afoul of regulations, most
recently involving the sites
healthcare zoning.
Planning Director Scott Dellett replied that permits will be
needed for the tent encampment, so that public safety can
be assured and rules can be
applied consistently across the
borough, and because state uniform construction code standards apply.
Permits were previously issued for a similar tent encampment outside the Gettysburg
Heritage Center on Steinwehr
Avenue, Dellett said, inviting
Shultz to meet with him and
relevant ofcials as soon as
possible to get the process rolling.
Pitzer said there appeared to
be no objections to the proposal
on the committees part, and
reiterated Delletts invitation to
Shultz, saying hell walk you
through the process.
Lets try to expedite this,
Weaver said.
A hospital tent will be the
main focus of our camp, with
(See SAFETY on Page A2)

Strauss announces bid for Gettysburg council

New Oxford man could

face up to 35 years in prison

Confederate General Robert Hoke falls

back into his last-ditch defensive line outside Wilmington, North Carolina. Skirmishers from the 5th United States Colored
Troops hurl themselves against his defenses in costly attacks throughout the day. The
Souths nal port is almost sealed for good.

he said.
Strauss pointed to the successes of businesses working
together through the Steinwehr
Business Improvement District,
and lauded business owners
who have sought to work together to keep Lincoln Square
vibrant.
He said he would like for the
council to help direct that same
kind of collaboration to the
mission of matching businesses
prospects and developers with
vacant storefronts and underdeveloped areas.
Strauss looks forward in the
long term to a similarly synergistic approach to local government generally, citing efforts
such as Gettysburg and Cumberland Townships creation of
the Gettysburg Area Recreation
Authority and the joint comprehensive plan being developed
(See STRAUSS on Page A2)

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