NO NUKES--Gregg Larson, Executive Director of the Midwest Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission, speaks during a meeting of the commission, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, June 26, 1997. The commission announced that it would call off the search for an Ohio nuclear-waste storage site. To the left is Ohio Commissioner Roger Suppes.

HIGH HOPES FOR 2000--Brad Williams holds a Stanley Cup replica, as he joins in a celebration in downtown Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, June 26, 1997. Columbus will begin skating in the National Hockey League in the year 2000.