ASH WEDNESDAY--Father Michael Watson, pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church, applies ashes to the forehead of a parishioner during an Ash Wednesday Mass held at the church, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1999. Ash Wednesday is the start of the forty-day Lenten season in which Christians commemorate the suffering and death of Jesus Christ by fasting, performing good deeds, and spending time in prayer. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

LENTEN GOALS--Father Michael Watson, pastor of St. Mary Catholic Church, unrolls a paper crash containing the Lenten goals written by children of St. Mary's School, during an Ash Wednesday Mass, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1999. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)

A SAD GOODBYE--Seven year-old Courtney Horn watches as her grandfather Rep. Ross Boggs, D-Andover, makes his farwell speech, on the floor of the House Chamber, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 1999. Boggs, the former Minority Leader, resigned in order to accept a seat on the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review. (JACK KUSTRON/photoj.com)