CHRISTMAS COOKIES--Jan Kustron prepares the dough for her 1st annual "Santa Claus" Christmas cookies, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001. Can you image how these little balls of dough turn out to look like the JOLLY OLD MAN? (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

QUINTENSETIAL FINAN--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, fields question during his annual year-in -review session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001.(Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

QUINTENSETIAL FINAN--Senate President Richard Finan, R-Cincinnati, fields question during his annual year-in -review session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001.(Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)

QUINTENSETIAL FINAN--Some of the members of the Ohio Legislative Correspondents Association (OLCA) take in the annual recap of doings of the Senate with president Richard Finan, R- Cincinnati, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001. (Photoj.com/Jack Kustron)