IT KEEPS TICKING AND TICKING--U.S. Rep. John Kasich, (R-Westerville, Ohio) Chairman of the House Budget Committee, points toward the National Debt Clock, which made a stop in front of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1997. Kasich is a strong supporter of a Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The clock, which tracks the national debt, shows a growing deficit of over $5 trillion.

JOINING HANDS IN PRAYER--Ohio Dept. of Development employees, (clockwise from left) Howard Tibbs, Ray Miller, Anthony Davis,William Rodriguez, and Theola Mann, join hands in prayer, at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1997. The group, which includes various faiths, and denominations, has spent their 15 minute morning break time praying together for the past month, and say that it is an uplifting experience.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROTEST-- Eleanor Ahrens, who suffers from epilepsy, joins in a protest near the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 1997. The Legislature is expected to overturn an Ohio Law which makes it legal for a doctor to prescribe marijuna.