I appreciate your responding!!!
You gave me some new information about the correct way to navigate
Tools > Modify > Properties.
Turns out it was a "layering" issue and as soon as I set the line "layer"
value to "0" for the element the intensity changed.
Now I have to figure out how to reset the default layer value to "0" for the drawing
so my new elements are not referencing a layer from an inserted symbol element
I used earlier.
There's a learning curve here no doubt. I appreciate your input.
Mister Ed
edit - Got it! Layer List set to "0".