FIRST FEMALE LIEUTENANT--Lisa J. Taylor, of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, is congratulated by her fellow officers after being promoted to the rank of lieutenant in a ceremony held in Columbus Ohio, on Thursday, August 29, 1996. Lt. Taylor will assume command of the Patrol's Norwalk Ohio post as the first-ever female lieutenant and post commander. Behind Lt. Taylor is her father Ross.

CHECKING OUT THE GRANITE--Workers decend after doing a routine inspection of the granite-tile facing of the Rhodes Office Tower in Columbus Ohio, on Thursday, Aug. 29, 1996. One of the tiles on the 33rd floor of the state office building was recently repaired after it was discovered to be loose.