Hello all!

News is in.  I now have two new betas on board joining me in making this a better story.  Helping me from nearly the beginning have been Cateagle and Sparky40sw.  They have been a great help through al of their suggestions and corrections.  Joining them are Rictor, as you saw at the top of chapter 44, and GTheFinder, who has shown me his work and has been found well qualified.  GTheFinder will be contributng starting on chapter 45.  I thank these four people for their continuing and future efforts in making my writing better.

I would also like to thank Kat Armstrong who Britpicked for me through chapter 10 and then was unavailable any longer for an unknown reason.  If anyone knows of her whereabouts or her situation, please send word to me that she is well.

Also deserving our thanks is Donalddeutsch, who is leaving us as a beta.  Thank you for the work you put into this story.

Thanks to these people from me, and I hope from each of you.  Without their help, each and every chapter would be that much worse for the favor.  Any remaining mistakes, after their work, I claim as my own.

Feel free to send them your positive thoughts through my forum.