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var pause = 1000 // increase to incr. pause
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ar[0] = "1.) Chech 'Personal Info.' page - Slideshow - for pics of newest granddaughter!" 
ar[1] = "2.) Check Nightingale's 25th Anniversary on 'Aeromed Picture Gallery (Pt 2)' page."
ar[2] = "3.) Pls. note revision to the 'Helo History' page-'The First Medevac Flights'."
// ar[3] = "4.) " 
// ar[4] = "5.) "
// ar[5] = "6.) "
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function startBanner() {
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// Revised by Ed Holmes Friday, December 05, 2003