FIRST GAVEL OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM--Senate Pres. Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, shows that he hasn't lost his stroke as he gavels the Senate to order for the first session of the new millennium, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000. The Senate passed one bill and adjourned 16 minutes later. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)