TGIF--A festive crowd gathers around a topless dancer named Adaira, during the lunch hour, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 21, 1998. The woman, along with one other dancer, was passing out free tickets to a local dance club.

OHIO VETERANS PLAZA--A visitor to the Ohio Veterans Plaza reads one of seventy letters written by Ohioans to their friends and family, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 21, 1998. The Plaza, which will be dedicated Saturday at 5:30 p.m., honors veterans who served their country after World War I.