Vandalized mural restored

Vandalized mural restored Published 9:18 am Thursday, November 7, 2024 Ironton artist Sean Kelley spent Saturday painting over graffiti spray painted onto the Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade mural to restore it to its original state. (Mark Shaffer | The Ironton Tribune) By Mark ShafferThe Ironton Tribune On Saturday, artist Sean Kelley was at the Ironton floodwall again on Saturday morning.This time he wasn’t working on one of his murals, rather he was making the Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade mural look like it did before it was vandalized on Oct. 12.The vandal spray painted “SJ (hearts) CM,” “CM+SJ” and “Scott+Chels!” on an unpainted section of the floodwall and on the mural itself, the person spray painted a heart with “S+C” and then used a marker to write “Scott+Chelsey.” “I (heart) You and a date of “10-12-24” in the American Flag on the parade mural.Kelley said he had some free time and told Lou Pyles, one of the Ironton-Lawrence County Memorial Day Parade organizers that if the group bought the paint, he would do his best to make it look good again.“This wasn’t a big job, it was just a quick fix,” he said. “It doesn’t look too bad. I’m...