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1999--THE YEAR IN REVIEW-- THE PEOPLE SPEAK
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SPARE THE VOLUNTEER--With the Ohio Statehouse reflected in a window of the Riffe Center, Rev. Leslie E. Stansbery joins others in protesting the scheduled execution of Wilford Berry, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 1999. Berry is called "the volunteer" do to his desire to be executed, and is scheduled on Feb. 19 to be the first Ohioan to be put to death by the State since1963. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)


NATO BOMBING PROTEST--Bogdan Baishanski, of the Coalition for Peace in Yugoslavia, protests the NATO bombing of his homeland, on the grounds of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, April 13, 1999. Baishanski, who is a native of Belgrade, resides in Columbus and said that he is "speaking as an American citizen," in his opposition to the NATO action. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)


OHIO CHINESE PROTEST--Fan Jinyan joins in a Ohio Chinese Community protest over the NATO bombing of the Chinese Embassy in Yugoslavia, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, May 10, 1999. Seen in the photos are newlywed journalists Zhu Ying and Xu Xinghu who died in the bombing. About one-hundred, mostly Chinese, staged the peaceful rally. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)


STEELWORKERS MARCH--A group of about 40 members of the United Steelworkers of America march from the Ohio Statehouse, to U.S. Senator George Voinovich's, R-Ohio, office, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, June 16, 1999. The steelworkers, from Steubenville, Ohio, and Weirton, WV were protesting Voinovich's failure to support steel quota legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)


NOT A YOKING MATTER--Mayor Janice Kennedy, of the Village of Marseilles, Ohio, takes part in a protest against moving the regulation of mega-farms from the Ohio Eviromental Protection Agency to the Ohio Dept. of Agriculture, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, July 22, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)


KEEPING DRY--Members of Amnisty International use their banner to fend off the rain during an "anti-death penalty" march and rally, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 1999. The rally was also sponsored by the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, Ohioans to Stop Executions, the Ohio Council of Churches, the Catholic Conference of Ohio, and the American Friends Service Council. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)


ADAPT OCCUPIES THE RIFFE--Alfredo Juarez, of El Paso, TX, joins in a protest of the disabled at the Riffe Center, in Columbus, Ohio, on Monday, Nov. 1, 1999. The protest and sit-in was staged by the group ADAPT, who hoped to meet with Gov. Bob Taft and House Speaker Jo Ann Davidson. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)