PLAN B--Ohio Senate Minority Leader Ben Espy, D-Columbus, gestures as he unveils the Senate Democratic plan for school funding, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, July 21, 1997. Known as "Plan B," the plan calls for funding schools without raising the state sales tax, and allows for property tax reduction. To the right is Sen. Linda Furney, D-Toledo.

STORM AFTERMATH--German Village neighbors struggle to remove fallen tree limbs that block a fire truck on Reinhard Ave., in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, July 18, 1997. The severe strom knocked-out power lines and took its toll on neighborhood trees.

STORM ART--Kevin Foos is framed by a fallen tree at Schiller Park, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, July 18, 1997. A severe storm uprooted several trees in the German Village neighborhood.