Dale B; you were dead on right. It was the reflection setting. My mistake was selecting the object in the main view and double clicking the material window to bring up the material editor. I thought that would bring up the material editor for the currently selected object but it doesn't function that way for me. I proceeded to right click the material window and select the individual objects from the big scrolling list. This method brought me to the proper material editor. I adjusted the "Global reflectivity" setting from there. Thanks for your help bud.