private JPanel totalHitPanel() {
		final JPanel total_panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(11, 0));
		total_panel.setBackground(Color.white);
		JLabel total = new JLabel("Total Hits: ");

		total_panel.add(total);

		// start creating an array of labels.
		totalLabels();

		for (int ik = 0; ik < my_total_list.length; ik++) {
			total_panel.add(my_total_list[ik]);

		}

		return total_panel;
	}