Sherman Towers resident Posie Pollard rolled up her sleeve Oct. 1998 to get the influenza vaccine administered by Ironton City Health Department nurse Linda Thomas. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo |Allen Blair)

Mike James, a one-time photographer and reporter for The Ironton Tribune sits in his Sixth Street home which was on the Ironton Cooperative Club’s annual Homes Tour in Oct. 1998. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo)

In September 1984, Earl Shepard, of Seventh Street in Ironton, woke up to a yard full of crepe paper, cigarettes (in honor of his favorite vice) and a cardboard replica of himself in honor of his 59th birthday. It was done by about eight of his friends from the Pine Street Church. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo |Ruth Nerenburg)

The “Becky Thatcher” which sank in the Ohio River by Marietta in the spring of 1984 was brought to McGinnis Inc. in South Point for hull work in September of that year. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo |Carol Kitts)

It was a bit nippy on a late September 1984 morning as students waited for the school bus. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo |Carol Kitts)

Johna Goldcamp discovered the joy of splashing around in a water puddle after an all-day rainfall in September 1984. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo |Carol Kitts)

Disc Jockey Steve Hayes of WKEE radio began a 50-mile in the Ohio River from Huntington to Portsmouth in August 1983. He was photographed by Kenova around the nine and half mile mark and was followed by pontoon boat. His goal to swim 10 miles a day to raise $3,500 for a then-planned Ronald McDonald House in Huntington. Hayes, who has been on radio in the Tri-State for decades is now the general manager and morning show host at WNXT in Portsmouth. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo |Ruth Nerenburg)