Wrangell Sentinel -

Cassady Cowan had a grand plan for her senior project to bring some vibrancy to Wrangell.

Although her original plan didn't float, her backup plan bears repeating.

When Cowan, 17, was trying to figure out her high school project, her focus was on the killer whale mural on the retaining wall facing the water behind the Stikine Inn.

"I was going to make it brighter and make it look newer," she said about the mural. Ultimately, "it would cost too much (because of) the cracked paint. The temperature was right, and the weather wasn't playing out."

Cowan began thinking about a new project. She was w...