Mitchell McCloskey, foreground, and Michael Fusco survey their section of the mural they created for the Pine River Public Library. They focused on the importance of the freedom of speech, using images of a gagged Statue of Libery and burning books to illustrate attempts to restrict information.
Yan Yan Harris and Jewel Morelli worked on this part of the mural about bullying, along with Kimberly Ocaña, Hailie Fine, Amy Roach and Koya Maniss.
Along with depictions of hateful words used by bullies, the mural has the number for Safe2Tell, a statewide program that lets students anonymously report threats, harmful behavior or dangerous situations, at (877) 542-7233.
Members of the National Art Honor Society at Bayfield High School created an issues mural for the new tool shed at the Pine River Public Library. The shed will house the library's tool-lending library. Students created two sections of a mural, one focusing on freedom of speech issues, the other on bullying.
