The early morning air and chilling wind didn’t keep students inside on January 27. The first day back after finals students gathered on the Walter A. Phillips field to send a message to Hannah “Moose” Thomas-Garner. The slow stream of people turned into a crashing wave as hundreds of staff and students gathered to make a heart shape. In the center about a dozen students held up letters spelling M-O-O-S-E.

Principal Michelle Zundel spoke to the crowd, explaining how when one of “our own” goes missing, they are not forgotten: that everyday they are missed.

Her family has hope that the image and message to Bring Hannah Home goes viral and that somewhere, Thomas-Garner will see it. The Mail Tribune and Ashland Tidings were at the event taking pictures and interviewing to help spread the word even farther. Missing since November 30, Thomas-Garner was last seen on Dead Indian Memorial Road east of Ashland. She was attending a party the night before, her car was found abandoned near Mount Shasta, California. Rumored to be traveling in California, there was a sighting near Dunsmuir, CA, on December 1.

Students are asked to share any information they know about Thomas-Garner’s whereabouts immediately, and should call 541-482-5211.