ART AT THE RIFFE--Visitors tour the latest Ohio Arts Council show, titled "A Change of Place," at the Riffe Gallery, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 1998. The show, which features the work of nine Ohio artists, runs through April 1, and is free and open to the public. Seen in this photo is Gretchen Stevens Cochran's "Bull Kelp."

PLAN LOOKS GOOD IN THE SENATE--Ohio Senate Finance Committee Chairman Roy Ray, right, R-Akron, and committee member Robert Cupp, R-Lima, speak with reporters about the latest school-funding plan, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 1998.

PLAN'S A TOUGH SELL IN THE HOUSE--Ohio House Finance Committee members Frank Sawyer, D-Butler, and C.J. Prentiss, D-Cleveland, confer during Sen. Robert Cupp's testimony concerning a bipartisan school-funding plan, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Jan. 29, 1998.