function getDisplayDate(date) {
	var days = new Array("Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday");
	var months = new Array("January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
	var year = date.getYear();
	var rtn = days[date.getDay()] + ", " + months[date.getMonth()] + " ";
	rtn += date.getDate() + ", " + (year < 2000 ? year += 1900 : year);
	return rtn
}

function getCopyrightYear() {
	var yearSiteOpened = 2006;
	var year = new Date().getFullYear();
	return (year != yearSiteOpened ? yearSiteOpened + "-" + year : yearSiteOpened);
}

function newImage(arg) {
	if (document.images) {
		rslt = new Image();
		rslt.src = arg;
		return rslt;
	}
}

function preloadImages() { 
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.p) d.p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.p.length,a=preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.p[j]=new Image; d.p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function changeImage() {
	document[changeImage.arguments[0]].src = changeImage.arguments[1];
}

function preloadIndexImages() {
	preloadImages('images/verminator_foot2_01-over.gif',
				  'images/verminator_foot2_01.gif',
				  'images/top5ways.jpg',
				  'images/top5ways_over.jpg',
				  'images/sevenQuestions_01.gif',
				  'images/sevenQuestions_01-over.gif');
}

function preloadServicesImages() {
	preloadImages('images/raccoon01.jpg',
				  'images/opossum.jpg',
				  'images/skunk.jpg',
				  'images/squirrel.jpg',
				  'images/bat.jpg',
				  'images/fox.jpg',
				  'images/snake.jpg',
				  'images/pigeons.jpg',
				  'images/sparrow.jpg',
				  'images/starling.jpg',
				  'images/beaver.jpg',
				  'images/ducksInPool.jpg',
				  'images/nutria.jpg',
				  'images/armadillo.jpg',
				  'images/cottontail.jpg');
}