It was a perfect day for a bike ride, but Bobby Nance found he had to take care of one detail first — fixing a flat tire, as shown in this August 1989 photo. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Mike James)
Craig Black, facing camera, and Dennis Dunford push their plane back into the hanger at the Lawrence County Air Park in this August 1989 photo. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Mike James)
Diana Nance, of Coal Grove, examines the shattered remains of a tree that was struck by a bolt of lightning during an August 1989 thunderstorm. The shattered tree, in section seven on the west side of Woodland Cemetery, fell in pieces over a large area but didn’t damage any headstones. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Mike James)
No one was injured during this August 1989 photo when a tractor-trailer loaded with salvage car parts overturned on the eastbound Route 52 on ramp at Park Avenue in Ironton. Driver Joe Abbot, of Oak Hill, right, listens as Scott Walker, an investigator for the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, shows him how the rig violated PUCO regulations. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Mike James)
Foamy river. A river of foam forms as Junior Taylor, of Ashland, Kentucky, crushes 74 cases of beer with a bulldozer in August 1989. The beer was confiscated during a bootlegging arrest in the Dirty Fork area of Lawrence County. The investigation was done by the Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office, the Lawrence County Prosecutor’s Office and the Ohio Department of Liquor Control. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Mike James)
Being on wheels makes the job go a little easier, so Sara Bester, 8, donned roller skates while she swept up grass clippings in front of her S. Fifth Street home in Ironton in this August 1989 photo. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Mike James)