fitzpatria8
That was it. I checked the other programs within the F2Vacation Flag and found that the kitchen light program had a "kitchen lights off" in the "Else" section. When I removed the "Else" off command and activated the F2 program, the lights came on and stayed on for the specified time.
Thanks for your help. I would not have thought to look there.
oberkc-thanks for chipping in. I is very nice to have capable help to solve, for me, a difficult problem.