AFRICAN LIBATIONS CEREMONY--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, left, watches as Billy Joe Smith, of Toledo, invokes an African Libations Ceremony, at the begining of session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001. Following session the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus held it's annual African American Legislators' Celebration. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)