function ReadGRCookie (CookieName) {

    var gr_id = 0;
    var gr_event_type = "";
    var gr_event_date = "";
    var gr_personal_name = "";
    var which_cookie = "";

    var cook_obj = new Object();

    which_cookie = CookieName;
    
    var CookieString = document.cookie;
    var CookieSet = CookieString.split (';');
    var SetSize = CookieSet.length;
    var CookiePieces
    var ReturnValue = "";
    var x = 0;

    for (x = 0; ((x < SetSize) && (ReturnValue == "")); x++) {

        CookiePieces = CookieSet[x].split ('=');

        if (CookiePieces[0].substring (0,1) == ' ') {
            CookiePieces[0] = CookiePieces[0].substring (1, CookiePieces[0].length);
        }

        if (CookiePieces[0] == CookieName) {
            ReturnValue = CookiePieces[1];
        }
    }

    if (ReturnValue != "") {
        CleanRetVal = unescape(ReturnValue);
        RetArray = CleanRetVal.split(":");
        gr_id = RetArray[0];
        gr_event_type = RetArray[1];
        gr_event_date = RetArray[2];
        gr_personal_name = RetArray[3];

        //if (gr_id) alert(gr_id);
        //if (gr_personal_name) alert(gr_personal_name);

        var alertStr = "ID: " + gr_id + "\n" +
        "Name: " + gr_personal_name + "\n" +
        "Type: " + gr_event_type + "\n" +
        "Date: " + gr_event_date;
        
        cook_obj.cook_name = which_cookie;
        cook_obj.id = gr_id;
        cook_obj.event_type = gr_event_type ;
        cook_obj.event_date = gr_event_date ;
        cook_obj.personal_name = gr_personal_name ;

        return cook_obj;
        
    } 
        

}