With candles in their hands as a reminder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and work, T.J. and Jared Murphy listen during the opening remarks of at the Operation Be Proud service in January 1997. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Tim Swick)

Mickey McKenzie, a kindergartner in Margaret Morgan’s class at Dawson-Bryant Elementary school, sticks a sport to a Dalmatian as part of the school’s 100-day celebration in January 1997. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Larisa Bogardus)

Mark Runyon, a junior at Fairland High School, lends a helping hand to a fellow weightlifter, Jim Harris, in the Chesapeake Community Center gym in January 1997. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Leah Hogsten)

Tim Russell drives the lane against his friends, Richard Lee Crabtree and Billy Pendleton during a New Year’s Day of 21 in January 1997. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Tim Swick)

Travis Elliot washes his car during an unseasonably warm Thursday in January 1997. Within a couple days, the weather had changed to cold and snowy. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Tim Swick)

A lone vehicle travels down an ice-covered Park Avenue in Ironton on Jan. 10, 1997. The snow quickly covered Lawrence County’s roads with layers of ice and snow. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Tim Swick)

Sitting in her mother’s lap, Virginia Bowman, 2, reacts to the blinking lights and twinkling music of Debbie Redman’s photoscreener during an eye test at the Lawrence County Early Childhood Center in January 1997. (The Ironton Tribune | File Photo | Tim Swick)