ok I spoke a tad bit too soon this AM

Vik In tech. Support responded to my ticket on this issue. ( Thank you Vik

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Seems as though something on my site was repaired. As well there seems to be a problem with how images are named that cause core SEF to not be happy.
Long and short on the file naming convention is to not use any special characters. And though I am unclear it requires Tech support to "fix" something associated to SEF.
Karen