About 280 applied for jobs at the incoming Hills Department Store in Ironton in 1989. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Kris Campbell)

Corby Leach, front, plays “Taps” at a Flag Day observance in 1989. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Mark Crosten)

A group of Ironton High School students gather in the morning for National Teenage prayer Day in 1992. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Mike James)

Betty Smith browses among paintings at the Ironton Artists Association annual fall art show in 1992. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Mike James)

Dustin Fuller, 6, gives Pat Myers a face full of water at his South Fourth Street home in 1989. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Mark Crosten)