//hilight and lowlight menu items
    function highlight(varA) {
        if (document.getElementById(varA).className == "itasca") {
            document.getElementById(varA).style.backgroundImage = "url('images/i_selected.png')";
        }
        else{
            document.getElementById(varA).style.backgroundImage = "url('images/selected80.png')";
        }
    }

    function lowlight(varB) {
        if (document.getElementById(varB).className == "itasca") {
            document.getElementById(varB).style.backgroundImage = "url('images/i_notselected.png')";
        }
        else {
            if (document.getElementById(varB).className == "selected") {
                document.getElementById(varB).style.backgroundImage = "url('images/selected80.png')";
            }
            else {
                document.getElementById(varB).style.backgroundImage = "url('images/notselected80.png')";
            }
        }
    }