CIVICS LESSON--Ohio Secretary of State Bob Taft gestures as he has an impromptu session with students from Cincinnati's Sands Montessori School, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1997.

CLOSING THE LOOPHOLES--State Rep. Jeff Jacobson, R-Dayton, gestures as he speaks in favor of a change in Ohio's campaign finance law, in the House Chamber, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1997.