IMAGINARY GAVEL--Ohio Senate President, Stanley J. Arnoff, swings an imaginary gavel as he is interviewed by Ohio News Network radio reporter Mark Nordstrom in the renovated Senate Chamber, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus Ohio, on Thursday, June 27, 1996. Arnoff was talking about how he will call the Senate to order for a special session to be held on July 5 during the grand reopening of the Statehouse.

MAKING THE ROUNDS--A tour group visits the lower level of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus Ohio, on Thursday June 27, 1996.

ALMOST THERE--A work team meets in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus Ohio, on Thursday, June 27, 1996. The workers will celebrate their accomplishment with a special pre-opening event.