TAFT WELCOMES YOUNG WOMEN--Gov. Bob Taft gestures as he opens the annual Young Women in Science and Technology conference, held at Reynoldsburg High School, in Reynoldsburg, Ohio, on Monday, Jan. 22, 2001. The event brought over 1,000 young women from 89 Ohio high schools together for workshops to encourage them to enter science and technology carreers. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)