TAFT TOURS FARMS--Gov. Bob Taft's Highway Patrol helicopter lands, in what is normally a green pasture, at the Rhoads family farm, in Pickaway County, near Circleville, Ohio, on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 1999. Taft and other state officials were on hand to look at crops and pastures damaged by the recent drought and heat in Ohio. (JACK KUSTRON../photoj.com)