GETTING READY FOR A MARATHON--With the Columbus Marathon scheduled to take place on Sunday, Nov 10, B.J. Manson unloads Rent-A-Johns in the Short North area of Columbus Ohio, on Friday, Nov 8, 1996.

'ROUND AND 'ROUND--Four young girls decend from a spiral staircase in the Rose Garden at the Whetstone Park of Roses in Columbus Ohio, on Thursday, June 13, 1996.

LET IT RAIN--Mike Archer, of Columbus, seems prepared for the worst as he waits for a bus during a rain storm on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 1996 in Columbus Ohio. Actually the raft is part of a display in front of a surplus store by the bus stop.

BIRD FRIENDLY--Darrell Thompson shares leaftover bread from a party with the birds at Griggs Reservoir, on the Scioto River, in Columbus Ohio, on Wednesday, Oct 2, 1996.

HE ALSO DOES WINDOWS--MIke Beris cleans the glass canopy in front of the Huntington Building in Columbus Ohio, on Friday, Sept. 20, 1996.