DOING MORE WITH LESS--Ohio Gov. George Voinovich gestures as he meets with reporters to discuss the 1997 accomplishments of his administration, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 1997.

ELECTRIC DEREGULATION--State Sen. Bruce Johnson, R-Westerville, and Rep. Pricilla Mead, R-Columbus, take part in a news conference concerning a plan to deregulate Ohio's $11 bilion a year retail electric industry by the year 2000, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Dec. 18, 1997. Johnson and Mead are the co-chairs of the Joint Select Committee on Electric Industry Deregulation.