Jonathan McCormick, 8, dips a heated can into ice water to learn about atmospheric pressure while his brother, Christopher Geswein, 8, watches the can collapse during Weird and Wacky Science class at Ohio University Southern’s After School Special in February 2000. (Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Lance Dennee)

Westley Graff, 15, of Franklin Furnace, lets her horse, Bob, graze while holding her grandfather’s horse, Cash, at the Lawrence County Airpark during the Lawrence County Bicentenial Wagon Train in 2003, which celebrated the 200 years since Ohio became a state. (Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Amelia A. Pridemore)

Fairland High School students Ruth McCleary, Samantha Beever, Jason Paragon, Natalie Trent, Amanda McConnell and Greg Johnson serve up some ham, corn and potatoes at the United Way of the River Cities St. Valentine’s Day luncheon at the Salvation Army in Huntington, West Virginia. The students participated in the event as part of their National Honor Society community service requirements. (Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Melissa Scott)

Ironton preschoolers David Artis and Laine Clay squeeze Teddy Trooper, also known as Ohio State Highway Patrol Trooper, Chris Smith, during a safety presentation in March 1996. (Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Lucia Moses)

In 2003, Ohio Gov. Bob Taft talked to Lawrence County leaders in the Statehouse Atrium during the 10th annual Lawrence County Chamber of Commerce Legislative Day in Columbus. (Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Howie McCormick)