COOL JOB ON A HOT DAY--With central Ohio temperatures reaching the mid-90's, Jay Plotts, of Capital City Ice, tosses a bag of the cold stuff to Karl Creighton, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 24, 1997.

DISSENTING VOICE--Ohio Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy, D-Columbus, gestures as he speaks in opposition to the 36 billion-dollar state budget, in the Senate Chamber, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 24, 1997. The budget passed the senate by a 30-2 margin, with Espy, and Leigh Herington, D-Kent, as the lone dissenters.

BUDGET PASSES THE SENATE--Ohio Senate President Richard Finan announces the vote for the senate version of the 36 billion-dollar state budget, in the Senate Chamber, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, June 24, 1997. The budget passed by a 30-2 margin.