GUEST INVOCATOR--Minister Jerrie L. Bascome McGill, of Dayton's Tabernacle Baptist Church recites the Pledge of Allegiance, after delivering the Invocation to begin House session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000. McGill is also superintendent of the Dayton Public Schools. Behind McGill is House speaker Jo Ann Daividson. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)