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Reedsport School District Bus Schedule
Ranch Road Bus: #6 Color: Green JR., SR. HIGH AM/PM 7:17am/3:30pm - Leave Bus Barn 7:23am/4:10pm - Ridgeway & Forest Hills 7:24am/4:11pm - Ridgeway & Ward 7:25am/4:12pm - Ridgeway & Regents 7:28am/4:15pm - 920 Ranch Rd. 7:29am - Ranch Rd. & Bayberry Ct. 7:30am/4:17pm - Ranch Rd. & Evergreen Lp. 7:34am/4:14pm - Ranch Rd. & Swain Ct. 7:36am/4:05pm - Circle Drive 4:16pm - Ranch Rd. & Bittersweet Ct.
The Associated Press
Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard on the outskirts of in Kabul,Afghanistan. Ghazni and neighboring Wardak province have become a hotbed of insurgent activity in the past year.
Afghan army improving, but public fears mount KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hamida Gulistani was getting ready to leave home for her office when she heard the crack of gunfire. What she saw as she peered through the steel gates of her house deepened her fears about the future of her country. Her driver lay dead. Her neighbor was shouting that Gulistani’s house was under attack. And the Afghan army and police weren’t responding to her phone calls. As an elected provincial councilor, and thus a prime target for the Taliban, she feared her time was up. “I kept calling the police chief and other security forces, but by the time they arrived it was too late. The attackers took my car and drove away,” said the 40year-old human rights activist. She has since moved from her province of Ghazni to the relatively safer capital, Kabul. Ghazni and neighboring Wardak province have become a hotbed of insurgent activity in the past year, mainly along the main high-
way which links Kabul to Kandahar in the south and runs through Gulistani’s home town. Dozens of abductions and killings are reported weekly on the highway, and Afghans are beginning to worry that the nascent Afghan National Security Forces taking over the defense of Afghanistan won’t be up to the job. Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, who runs the day-to-day coaliin tion campaign Afghanistan, says only a small stretch of the 1,200mile road has been affected. Less than three months after the Afghan forces took over primary responsibility for national security from the U.S.-led coalition, Milley says he’s sure they are capable of operating alone, carrying out large-scale operations around the country with little support from the U.S.-led coalition. But while the Americans sound upbeat, there’s a growing fear among Afghans about what happens if the Western umbrella folds up. The deadline for the with-
drawal of U.S. and NATO combat troops is just 16 months away, and President Hamid Karzai is stalling on a deal to keep some of those troops here as backup. “All the people who voted for me have many concerns for 2014,” says Gulistani. “The people are so disappointed, hopeless for the future of Ghazni.” They fear a return to the chaos and civil war of the 1990s that gave rise to the Taliban, the arrival of Osama Bin Laden and his cohorts, and ultimately the Sept. 11 attacks and the U.S.-led invasion. There’s skepticism about whether the Afghan forces can protect the presidential election set for next April — the first without Karzai, who has governed Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion and is constitutionally barred from running again. For Afghans who fear a Taliban resurgence, longterm security depends on a continued $8 billion a year in Western funding of the government and security forces.
HIGHLAND AM/PM 3:30pm - Leave Bus Barn 7:41am/3:59pm - Ridgeway & Forest Hills 7:42am/3:58pm - Ridgeway & Ward 7:43am - Ridgeway & Regents 7:46am/3:49pm - Ranch Rd. & Bittersweet Ct. 7:47am/3:50pm - 1712 Ranch Rd. 7:48am/3:52pm - Ranch Rd. & Evergreen Lp. 7:49am - Evergreen Lp. & Weigman Ln. 7:51am/3:55pm - Ranch Rd. & Swain Ct. 7:52am/3:47pm - Ranch Rd. & Ridgeway 7:54am - Highland School
Lighthouse/Wildwood Dr. Bus: #18 Color: Red
N. Smith River Rd./West Rail Rd. Bus: #4 Color: Pink
Mornings/Afternoons 6:58am/3:30pm - Leave Bus Barn 3:55pm - Leave Pacific Auditorium 7:05am - Wildwood Drive 7:07am/4:14pm - Howl-A-Day Inn 7:10am/4:17pm - Airport Way & Wildwood Dr./ Spinreel (Lakeside) 7:12am/4:19pm - Lakeside Realty 7:14am/4:21pm - Lakeside Community Church 7:16am/4:23pm - North 8th & Bonneville Rd. (Lakeside) 7:20am/4:25pm - Tree Acres 7:23am/4:29pm - Eel Lake Ln. 7:30am/4:07pm - Lighthouse/Coast Guard Station 7:32am/4:05pm - Lighthouse Rd. & Sunset Dr. 7:40am - Circle Drive 7:45am - Highland
Mornings/Afternoons 5:20am/5:37pm - Leave Bus Barn for Living Ranch 6:05am - Living Ranch
Winchester Bay Bus: #9 Color: Blue
Mornings/Afternoons 6:52am/4:44pm - Leave Bus Barn 7:16am/4:19pm - Scholfield Rd & J.D. Lane 7:18am/4:17pm - Scholfield Rd. & Walker Creek Rd. 7:22am/4:14pm - 1578 Scholfield Rd. (Manickes) 7:25am/4:11pm - Scholfield Rd. & Oar Creek Rd. 7:33am/4:03pm - Behind Atzlan 7:34am/4:02pm - Apts. Behind Safeway 7:37am/3:59pm - Public Parking Lot on Fir St.** 7:38am/3:58pm - Fir & 21st St.** 7:40am/3:55pm - Circle Drive 7:45am - Highland
Mornings/Afternoons 7:18am/3:30pm - Leave Bus Barn 3:55pm - Leave Pacific Auditorium 7:25am/4:03pm - Central Coast Realty 7:26am/4:04pm - 7th & Broadway 7:27am/4:05pm - Stockade Market 4:09pm - The Cannery 7:31am/4:11pm - Crazy Deals 7:33am/4:12pm - Winchester Creek Estates 7:34am/4:13pm -75363 Hwy. 101 7:35am/4:14pm - Surfwood Camp Ground 7:40am - Circle Drive 7:45am - Highland
Scottsburg & Deans Ck. Bus: #16 Color: Orange Mornings/Afternoons 5:40am - Leave Bus Barn for Loon Lake 6:10am/5:20pm - 12917 Loon Lake Rd. 6:11am/5:21pm - Carlson Rd. 6:25am/5:24pm - Soup Creek 6:20am/3:30pm - Leave Bus Barn (if NO Loon Lake) 6:48am/4:37pm - Fletcher’s 6:52am - 32988 Hwy. 38 6:54am/4:42pm - Bob’s Market 6:56am/4:44pm - Scottsburg Fire Hall 7:12am/4:20pm - Wilson Canyon (On Hwy. 38) 7:21am/4:15pm - Johanason Creek Rd. (Deans Ck.) 7:30am/4:04pm - Winchester & 4th St. 7:32am/4:01pm - Dance Studio 7:35am/4:00pm - East Railroad Tressle 7:40am/3:55pm - Circle Drive 7:45am - Highland
5:55am/3:30pm - Leave Bus Barn 6:43am/4:49pm - Lucious 6:44am/4:47pm - Reeds 6:48am/4:54pm - McKenzie 7:02am - Leave Store 7:10am/4:27pm - Coos Head #2 7:15am/4:23pm - Elslick Creek 7:20am/4:10pm - Glover’s 7:35am/4:00pm - West RR Tressle*** 7:40am/3:55pm - Circle Drive 7:45am - Highland 5:02pm - Smith River Store *** This Stop is for Highland KIDS ONLY
Scholfield Bus: #12 Color: Purple
** Highland Kids ONLY
Downtown Bus: #8 Color: Yellow Mornings/Afternoons 7:25am/3:30pm - Leave Bus Barn 7:30am/4:05pm - Crestview Heights 7:32am/4:03pm - Bank of America 7:35am/4:00pm - Henderson Park 7:36am/3:59pm - 11th & Winchester 7:37am/3:58pm - Coho Marina/Napa 7:40am/3:55pm - Circle Drive 7:45am - Highland
S. Side Smith River Bus: #10 Color: Brown Mornings/Afternoons 6:45am/3:30pm - Leave Bus Barn 7:02am/4:18pm - Otter Slough 7:13am/4:29pm - Turn Around 7:14am/4:28pm - Wall’s 7:15am/4:27pm - 4419 Lower Smith River Rd. 7:27am/4:08pm - Jewett 7:35am/4:00pm - 10th & Juniper 7:40am/3:55pm - Circle Drive 7:45am - Highland
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Celebrating Labor Day Monday, Sept. 2, 2013
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