function emptyField(checkString)
{
	
	if ( checkString == "" ) {return false};
	
	newString = "";
    // remove leading blanks
    for (i = 0; i < checkString.length; i++) {
        ch = checkString.substring(i, i+1);

        // ENSURE CHARACTER IS AN ALPHA CHARACTER
        if (ch != " "){ 
            newString += ch;
        }
		if (newString == ""){return false} 
    }

return true;
}