SURROUNDED BY A FRIENDLY CROWD--Ohio Gov. George Voinovich meets with children after declaring April as the Month of the Young Child, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 2, 1997.

SURROUNDED BY AN INQUISTIVE CROWD--Ohio Gov. George Voinovich answers questions from reporters concerning the school funding issue following a children's event at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 2, 1997. To the left of Voinovich is Ohio House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson.

THE PUCK STOPS HERE--A crowd of over a thousand pauses for the playing of the National Anthems of Canada and the United States during a National Hockey League rally in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 2, 1997. Representives of the NHL were in Columbus to consider the city for an expansion franchise.