IT ONLY TOOK 30 YEARS FOR VICE PRINCIPAL JEFF SCHLECT TO FIND OUT THE REAL STORY. BUT TO THIS DAY THE ‘MURAL’ STANDS NOT ONLY AS A TESTAMENT TO THE PASSION OF THE STUDENT BODY BUT ALSO THE TOWN OF ASHLAND AND WHAT THE GRIZZ MEANT TO THE COMMUNITY IN 1989.

MANY WILL ARGUE WHETHER THE MURAL IS A WORK OF FINE ART OR ADOLESCENT VANDALISM?

IF YOU ASK ANYONE WHO WAS A STUDENT AT THAT TIME, FOR SURE THEY WILL SAY THAT IT WAS ILLEGAL AND PROBABLY WARRANTED JAIL TIME.