function addOnloadEvent(fnc){
  if ( typeof window.addEventListener != "undefined" ) {
    window.addEventListener( "load", fnc, false );
  }
  else if ( typeof window.attachEvent != "undefined" ) {
    window.attachEvent( "onload", fnc );
  }
  else {
    if ( window.onload != null ) {
      var oldOnload = window.onload;
      window.onload = function ( e ) {
        oldOnload( e );
        window[fnc]();
      };
    }
    else
      window.onload = fnc;
  }
}
// JavaScript Document
var tWidth1='100%';                  // width (in pixels)
var tHeight1='25px';                  // height (in pixels)
var tcolour1='#FFF';               // background colour:
var moStop1=false;                     // pause on mouseover (true or false)
var fontfamily1 = 'Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'; // font for content
var tSpeed1=4;                        // scroll speed (1 = slow, 5 = fast)

// enter your ticker content here (use \/ and \' in place of / and ' respectively)
var blankit1='                                                                       ';
var content1=blankit1+'<b>LODD: It is with sad hearts that we say goodbye this year to Illinois Firefighters.'+blankit1+'Christopher Wheatley (Chicago), William "Billy" Robleski (Riverside), Trent Steckel (Woodstock) and Lt. Frank Fouts (Kankakee)'+blankit1+'</b>';

// Simple Marquee / Ticker Script
// copyright 3rd January 2006, Stephen Chapman
// permission to use this Javascript on your web page is granted
// provided that all of the below code in this script (including this
// comment) is used without any alteration
var cps1=tSpeed1;
var aw1, mq1;
var fsz1 = parseInt(tHeight1) - 4;

function startticker1(){
	if (document.getElementById) {
		var tick1 = '<div style="position:relative;width:'+tWidth1+';height:'+tHeight1+';overflow:hidden;background-color:'+tcolour1+'"';
		if (moStop1) tick1 += ' onmouseover="cps1=0" onmouseout="cps1=tSpeed1"';
		tick1 +='><div id="mq1" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;font-family:'+fontfamily1+';font-size:'+fsz1+'px;white-space:nowrap;"><\/div><\/div>';
		document.getElementById('special').innerHTML = tick1;
		mq1 = document.getElementById("mq1");
		mq1.style.left=(parseInt(tWidth1)+10)+"px";
		mq1.innerHTML='<span id="tx1">'+content1+'<\/span>';
		aw1 = document.getElementById("tx1").offsetWidth;
		lefttime1=setInterval("scrollticker1()",50);
		}
	} 
	function scrollticker1(){
		mq1.style.left = (parseInt(mq1.style.left)>(-10 - aw1)) ?parseInt(mq1.style.left)-cps1+"px" : parseInt(tWidth1)+10+"px";
	}

	addOnloadEvent(startticker1);