SWEET CHAMBER MUSIC--Although the House Chamber sometimes is full of hot air, Jun Iwasaki, center, and students and facility from the Cleveland Institute of Music fill the room with beautiful chamber music, to begin session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

COUNTING VOTES--House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, presides over session, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002. Speaker Householder was re-elected as speaker for the 125th General Assembly which will convene in Jan. 2003.(Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

PRESENT AND FUTURE LEADER--House Minority Leader Dean DePiero, D-Parma, left, and Rep. Chris Redfern, D-Port Clinton, listen to debate on the House floor, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2002. Rep. DePiero has announced that he would step down from his leadership position in 2003 in order to run for mayor of Parma and that Rep. Redfern would would be the new minority leader. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET BILL--House Speaker Larry Householder, left, R-Glenford, and Minority Leader Dean DePiero, D-Parma, take a look at possible amendments to the budget bill, prior to debate on the state budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 29, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

BUDGET BILL--Conservative Rep. Tom Brinkman, R-Cincinnati, gestures as he speaks with Rep. Tom Niehaus, R-New Richmond, and Michelle Schneider, R-Cincinnati, prior to debate on the state budget, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, May 29, 2002. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

THE HEIMLICH SMILE--Rep. Mary Rose Oaker, D-Cleveland, smiles as her sponsored bill, requiring that school lunchrooms have a staff member trained in the Heimlich Maneuver, passed at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002. Also seen are Rep. Fred Strahorn, D-Dayton and Rep. Barbara Sykes, D-Akron. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)