VERIZON HELPS OHIOREADS--Gov. Bob Taft, left, accepts a check for $100,000 from Verizon Ohio president Todd Colquitt, as Columbus Zoo director emeritus Jack Hanna applauds, during an OhioReads event, sponsored by Verizon, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, June 6, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)