In designing and building this site my main concern was loading speed. When surfing I often hit the "stop" button and move on because of slow loading sites. I admire the art of a really nice page but many visitors never see them because it takes too long to load. So rather than make it dance and sing, I decided to keep it simple and let the pictures tell the story.   And about the pictures - I have compressed them to the point it is starting to show but still feel they are satisfactory. Again this is a trade off for loading time.  Also, they are best when viewed at 600X800 and 16 bit color. At 640X480 the compression artifacts are more noticeable.   Also if you are interested all the photos were taken with my Sony FD-71 digital camera with a resolution of 640X480. We have been very pleased with this camera and its image quality and are now using it for the newspaper.  The fact that it saves the picture as a .JPG file on a 3 ½  floppy (about 20 per disk) makes it very convenient to use and there never is a worry about running out of memory. The images you see here are not really a fair reflection of its ability because I have ‘aggressively’ compressed them.    If you would like more info on the camera or have any comments (positive or negative) about the site please let me know.   I hope you enjoy the site!   Sincerely, Ray Macke