Marta Hensley, and her daughter, Megan, cheered clowns, acrobats and animal trainers at the Bentley Brothers Circus, which played at the Lawrence County Fairgrounds in September 1986. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Ray Saviciunas)

Paul A. Houston, assistant vice president of the First National Bank of Ironton, left, presented half of the 1984 Lawrence County Fair grand champion steer to the Rev. Jim Cremeans, of the Ironton City Mission in September 1984. The beef was purchased by the bank at the fair in July 1984 and was used for meals at the mission. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo)

Dennis William Wolan, of Parma, won first place in the nine-year-old boys’ novice division at the Internataional AAU Karate Invitational in Atlanta, Georgia, in August 1986. He is the grandson of Richard and Fern Cielec, of Chesapeake, and nephew of Jennifer Cielec, of Chesapeake, and Stephan and Barabara Cielec, of South Point. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo)

During Chesapeake schools’ annual fall carnival in 1984, a witch tried to hijack a stagecoach containing Frankenstein’s monster and his wife and Cheer Bear, but was stopped by the sheriff. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Ruth Nerenburg)

J.D. Soloman points out the players as South Point’s football team takes the field for the first game of the season in September 1990. (The Ironton Tribune | File photo | Mike James)