A lot of people, places and orange barrels got caught in the shifting landscape of who's in and who's out for 2001.

        The 36-year tradition of an all-Republican Hamilton County board of commissioners tumbled down, burying Bob Bedinghaus in the debris. So did much of the outfield stands at Cinergy Field. Neither process looked as radiant as Heather French, the University of Cincinnati graduate who began 2000 as Miss America and ended the year as the pregnant wife of Kentucky's lieutenant governor.

        Procter & Gamble culminated its roller coaster of a year by naming a new president and CEO. Meanwhile, Kings Island sued the company that built embattled roller coaster Son of Beast.

        Orange barrels were finally taken out of downtown Cincinnati when Fort Washington Way was completed, though, in a Shakespearean twist of tragic fate, orange barrels remained in virtually every other place.

       Will 2001 be just as interesting?

       Yeah, right. When pigs fly.

IN	OUT	WHY
Todd Portune	Bob Bedinghaus	Councilman becomes commissioner.
John Cranley	Todd Portune	Rookie lawyer becomes councilman.
American Girl doll Kitt Kittredge	The Todd Portune doll	Cincinnati history doll's a sell-out; ad campaign's not.
Bass Pro Shop	Nordstrom	Cincinnati's just a Bass Pro Shop kinda town.
A.G. Lafley	Durk Jager	P&G's bottom line: Fear of stocks bottoming out
Pigs	Pigs	Fiberglass or roasted, no matter. We still love 'em.
Great American Ball Park	Cinergy Field	A Rose by any other name ...
Scott Mitchell	Akili Smith	Quarterback controversy gives Mike Brown controversy a break.
Bill "Chad Lad" Hemmer	Norma Rashid	The Cincinnatian sparkled from Florida's Election Coast on CNN.
Paavo Jarvi	Jesus Lopez-Cobos	We just like to say Paavo at the CSO.
Giving up on Bengals	Complaining about Bengals	Jaws of long-suffering risk repetitive stress syndrome.
Aioli and the Promontory	Petersens	The Petersens close restaurants.
WNKU	WNOP	Radio Free Newport didn't pay.
Rookwood Commons	Nordstrom	Cincinnati's just a Rookwood Commons kinda town.
Dennis Miller	Boomer Esiason	Boomer short on obscure literary references.
Cookie dough-chocolate chip	Macadamia nut-brittle	It was for the Graeter good.
Cintas Center	Cincinnati Gardens	X marks a new spot.
Fort Washington Way Rhapsody	Orange Barrel Polka	Riverfront music to our ears.
Web-site traffic	Web-site profits	Wasn't the Web supposed to be free?
Aeropostale	Nordstrom	Cincinnati's just an Aeropostale kinda town.
New Millennium	Clermont County's Bicentennial	Time flies.