School bus shelters: Some remain riddled in graffiti, others cleaned up

Every morning, school bus shelters vandalized with all sorts of graffiti and with trash strewn around them greet students, residents and visitors. On Monday morning, some military personnel cleaned up and repainted some of those problem bus shelters in the north. But there are still many others that are waiting for volunteers to give them some care. “I think graffiti-laced bus stops are a problem because this is one of the first things the young impressionable minds see most mornings. How do they learn to respect the villages, or the island for that matter, if they see no one respects them?” concerned Dededo resident Gary Kuper told the Pacific Daily News. On Monday morning, while driving around Yigo, the Pacific Daily News chanced upon a group of Marines cleaning up and painting over some bus shelters outside the main gate of Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in Dededo. The painting was done to cover the markings left behind by vandals, community liaison coordinator Uriah Perez said, while Marine Lance Cpl. Ryan Little, Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie and others were adding fresh coats of paint to two bus stations. These newly cleaned and repainted bus stops are in stark contrast...