FASHION STATEMENT--A pedestrian walks past a storefront showing the latest in spring and summer fashion, while he battles the snow, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

LIFE IMITATES ART--Pedestrians walk across the snow-covered Statehouse grounds while the man-made flakes are seen on the Ohio Theatre, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

FOREIGN STEEL FINES--Sen. Robert Hagan, D-Youngstown, right, confers with Sen. Scott Nein, R-Middletown, chairman of the Insurance, Commerce & Labor Committee prior to a hearing of Hagan's bill which would fine companies that use foreign-made steel in a state-funded building, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

FOREIGN STEEL FINES--Gary Sites, of Newark, wears his United Steelworkers jacket as he attends a Senate hearing on legislation sponsored by Sen. Robert Hagan, D-Youngstown, which would fine companies that use foreign-made steel in a state-funded building, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2001. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

COUGHLIN APPOINTED TO SENATE--Sen. Kevin Coughlin, R-Cuyahoga Falls, is sworn-in by Attorney General Betty Montgomery, right, as his mother Kerry Coughlin holds the bible, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2001. Coughlin was appointed to the seat vacated by Roy Ray, who resigned to take a position with Cleveland State University. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)