INTERESTED OBSERVER--House Speaker Pro Tempore Randy Gardner, R-Bowling Green, sits in the Senate gallery as he listens to debate on the $22.76 billion two-year general operating budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, June 28, 1999. The budget was approved by the Senate and is expected to be approved by the House. (JACK KUSTRON../photoj.com)