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                                                // scrolling message in the status line
 var msg = "Welcome to the Grand Chapter of Alberta Order of the Eastern Star Website !";
 var spacer = "...                       ...";
 var pos = 0;
 function ScrollMessage() {
    window.status = msg.substring(pos, msg.length) + spacer + msg.substring(0, pos);
					// displays a string in the status line
					// string is composed of msg from pos to the end
					// followed by spacer
					// followed by portion of msg from the beginning to pos
    pos++;
    if (pos > msg.length) pos = 0;
    window.setTimeout("ScrollMessage()",200);	// execute ScrollMessage function after .2 secs
    }

 ScrollMessage(); 

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