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I moved the onSubmit to the submit button tag and it still does not work.

            <form method="post" action="../eventResults.asp" name="eventForm">
            <fieldset class="createEvents">
                 <legend>Create Event</legend>
                <p class="required">* Required Fields</p>

                    <p>
                        <label for="fName"><em class="required">*  </em>First Name:</label>
                        
                        <input name="fName" id="fName" type="text" />
                    </p>
                    <p>
                        <label for="lName"><em class="required">*  </em>Last Name:</label>
                        
                        <input name="lName" id="lName" type="text" />
                    </p>

                    <p>
                        <label for="email"><em class="required">*  </em>E-mail:</label>
                        
                        <input name="email" id="email" type="text" />
                    </p>
                    <p>
                        <label for="dept"><em class="required">*  </em>Department: </label>
                        
                        <select name="dept" id="dept">
                            <option value="default" selected="selected">-- Select --</option>
                            <option value="District">District</option>
                            <option value="Building Operations and Maintenance">Maintenance</option>
                            <option value="Elementary Education">Elementary Education</option>
                            <option value="Secondary Education">Secondary Education</option>
                            <option value="Special Education">Special Education</option>
                            <option value="Enrollment">Enrollment</option>
                            <option value="Finance and Purchasing">Finance / Purchasing</option>
                            <option value="Food Service">Food Service</option>
                            <option value="Human Resources">Human Resources</option>
                            <option value="Insurance">Insurance</option>
                            <option value="Print Shop">Print Shop</option>
                            <option value="Technology">Technology</option>
                            <option value="Transportation">Transportation</option>
                        </select>
                    </p>

                    <p>
                        <label for="headline"><em class="required">*  </em>Event Headline:</label>
                        
                        <input name="headline" id="headline" type="text" /> 65 Character Limit
                    </p>

//get textrea value from RTE and run any original onSubmit events
    textArea.form.onsubmit = function(){
        textArea.value = editor.body.innerHTML;
        for (i in this.originalOnSubmit){
            return this.originalOnSubmit[i]();
        }
    }