OHIO CONCEALED CARRY--Shanna Hendren, of Cincinnati, wears her Lady Tarus 38 as she joins in a walk around the sidewalk, in front of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2003. Around 100 demonstrators wore their firearms in support of pending legislation that would legalize the concealed carry of firearms. The event was sponsored by Ohioans For Concealed Carry. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

EDUCATION RALLY--Darold Johnson, of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, points the way to members of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees during a rally, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thuesday, May 15, 2003. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

FEED THE CHILDREN--10 year-old Joless Harris, of Cincinnati, holds a baby doll that she and her mother Jackie Harris were to deliver to legislators following a news conference by the Ohio Empowerment Coalition, in front of Trinity Episcopal Church, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 18, 2003. The doll represents children that would be impacted by budget cuts to Medicaid. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

LIBRARY CUTS PROTEST--Edward Parsons, of the Shaker Heights Public Library, wears a cardboard hat and shakes his fist during a rally of over 400 state-wide supporters of public libraries, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, April 2, 2003. The protest was in response to massive proposed budget cuts to the state's public libraries. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATES BLAST TAFT--Thirty-one year-old Shawna Klein attends a rally in her wheelchair, with her mother Shawnee, behind her, along with workers, friends, family and those suffering from mental retardation and developmental disabilities (MR/DD), at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, March 14, 2003. The rally, sponsored by the Ohio Civil Service Employees Assoiciation (OCSEA) was in protest to the Taft adminstration's plan to close the Applecreek Developmental Center, in Wooster and the Springview Developmental Center, in Springfield. Shawna, who has been brain-damaged since birth has resided at the Springview center for 21 years. The closing will adversly affect over 260 individuals suffering from MR/DD. Ironically while this rally was taking place outside, the state was celebrating Mental Health Awarness Day inside the Statehouse. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

SCHOOL FUNDING CUTS PROTEST--Adam Calfee, a senior at Coventry High School in Akron, carries a sign during a rally of students, administrators and parents in protest to cuts in education spending by the Taft adminstration, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, March 18, 2003. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

RETIRED TEACHERS MARCH--Hundreds of retired teachers occupy the lobby of the State Teachers Retirement System building, in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday, Aug. 15, 2003. The former teachers were protesting recent irregularities with the System, including a $550,000 buyout/settlement with former director Herb Dyer, a loss of $12 billion in the stock market and $94.2 million for a new headquarters building. A small number were admitted to the board of directors meeting. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

CLEAN AIR ADVOCATES--Ohio Public Interest Research Group (OHIO PIRG) members David Umstott, left, and Jason Adams wear masks while children play in the background, during a news conference concerning the group's opposition to the Bush adminstration's Clear Skies Initiative, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, July 30, 2003. Ohio PIRG called on Ohio U.S. Sen's Mike DeWine and George Voinovich to support the Edwards-Lieberman amendment which would block the adminstration's rollback of the Clean Air Act. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

COALITION PROTESTS COOK AND SUTTON--Kathy Justice, of Columbus, holds a sign protesting the nomination of Ohio Supreme Court Justice Deborah Cook, by president Bush, to the 6th Federal Circuit Court, during a news conference, by a coalition of women, organized labor, the disabled and environmentalists, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003. The coalition also opposes the nomination of Jeffrey Sutton to the federal bench. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

RALLY FOR MEDICAID CHILDREN--Lisa Smith, of Akron's Children Hospital, is joined by her husband Ron, and seven month-old son Cameron, as they attend a rally with over three-hundred health care advocates from children's hospitals throughout the state, which urged the General Assembly to reject the Taft adminstration's proposed Medicaid cuts that would affect children, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, March 19, 2003. The event was sponsored by the Ohio Children's Hospital Association who said in a release that children's hospitals stand to lose $20-$25 million in revenue through 2005 as a result of proposed Medicaid cuts in the governor's budget. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)