SCHOOL FACILITY RED TAPE--Sen. Michael Shoemaker, D-Bourneville, gestures during a news conference where he discussed problems that schools are having in cutting through red tape as they attempt to upgrade their facilities, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

PREPARING FOR WINTER--An albino squirrel looks to stock his winter supplies, on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)