//Preload images
if(document.images) {
  image1 = new Image();
  image1.src = "images/menuitem_on_bg.gif";
  image2 = new Image();
  image2.src = "images/arrow_button_on.gif";
}
//Open browser window
function openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) {
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}
//Dynamic date generation
dayName = new Array ("Sun", "Mon", "Tues", "Wed", "Thur", "Fri", "Sat");
monName = new Array ("Jan.", "Feb.", "Mar.", "Apr.", "May", "June", "July", "Aug.", "Sept.", "Oct.", "Nov.", "Dec.");
now = new Date;
thisYr = now.getYear();
  if (thisYr < 1900) {
  thisYr = thisYr + 1900;
}
function showDate(){
 document.write(dayName[now.getDay()] + ", " + now.getDate() + " " + monName[now.getMonth()] + " " + thisYr);
}