RedPhantom -- I didn't copy them, but they were a light set that I applied that was supposed to work with that particular scene.  Maybe I just need to delete them and create my own from scratch.  I'll try that next.

Hborre -- The spotlights are only about 15 units above the ground, so I would think at that distance that Dist End should work.  As for the self lighting on some of the models, I turned all ambient settings off on them so that when I tried to render with no lights it was completely dark.  I kept them that way for this render, if that's what you're takling about.