Very strange but this is what I found.  The problem is that there are artifacts (stray traces, etc.) on the .brd that I can't get
rid of.  I finally deleted the .brd file, opened the schematic file and had it create a new .brd file (so now I'll have to relocate
the components and start over running traces).  But the artifacts were still there!

So, in the schematic I selected all of the circuit (not the frame) and did a copy.  Opened a new schematic file.  Pasted in the
circuit.  Create a new .brd file.  Artifacts gone.

OK. Next I deleted the new .brd file.  Renamed one of the old .brd files in place of the new one.  Checked it out and now I have my
.brd as I was working on it but without the artifacts.

So the artifacts were in the schematic file?

DS

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