GOVS' FOR CHILDREN--Ohio Gov. George Voinovich gestures as he shares Ohio's experience, in a Town Hall Meeting on Achieving Results for Young Children, during the opening of the National Governors' Association Early Childhood Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Oct. 6, 1997. Voinovich, who is Chairman of the NGA, is joined by, from left, Govs. Lincoln Almond, Rhode Island; Terry Branstad, Iowa; Thomas Carper, Delaware; Howard Dean, Vermont; Jim Geringer, Wyoming; and Bill Graves, Kansas.

GETTING AN EARLY START--Nine year-old Elliot Handler takes notes during the opening of the National Governors' Association Early Childhood Conference, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Oct. 6, 1997. Elliot is with his father Eric, left, who is Deputy Secretary of Children's Medical Services for the State of Florida.