NEW YEAR, OLD BUSINESS--Ohio House Finance Committee Chairman Tom Johnson, R-New Concord, gavels his committee to order as they continue to deal with the school funding issue, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998.

MAKING THE ROUNDS--William Kirwan, who has been named president of the Ohio State University, visits a session of the Ohio House Finance Committee, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998.

NEW STATE REP.--State Rep. Dixie Allen, D-Dayton, looks toward her friends and family in the gallery, as she speaks for the first time on the House floor, after being sworn-in, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998. Allen replaced former Rep. Lloyd Lewis who resigned after being elected to the Dayton City Commission.