In the pursuit of peace...

From left, Becky Young, Courtney Price and Miriam Walker from Mountain Home High School plant hand-crafted pinwheels in front of the school annex as part of this year's Pinwheels for Peace celebration.

Students in the high school's Artopia club and Dual Credit Sociology class created dozens of the paper pinwheels in preparation for this year's International Day of Peace celebration Sept. 21.

This marked the third year that students from Mountain Home participated in the international observance. Photo by Brian S. Orban

Jenna Wellman, a fourth grader from West Elementary School, shows off the pinwheel she created as part of a project involving students from the high school's Artopia club. Students from the high school organization hosted the class Sept. 14 as a lead-in to last week's celebration. Photo by Brian S. Orban