MAKING PROGRESS--Rep. Vernon Sykes, D-Akron, speaks with reporters following a meeting of House Democrats with Gov. George Voinovich, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, July 17, 1997. Sykes said that the meeting, concerning other ways to fund public schools, such as an income tax, was productive, and that the minority party would continue to meet with Voinovich's staff.