Drop down menu help

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I have a seen a couple threads with similar issues, however, the code i used looks somewhat different then the code people have posted. I have a drop down menu that i want the value of to carry over after the selection has been made. i.e. someone chooses alabama and alabama shows in the dropdown box after the info about alabama has come up. Does that make sense? I am going to post my code and maybe someone can help me.

<html>
<head>


<script>
<!--
function land(ref, target)
{
lowtarget=target.toLowerCase();
if (lowtarget=="_self") {window.location=loc;}
else {if (lowtarget=="_top") {top.location=loc;}
else {if (lowtarget=="_blank") {window.open(loc);}
else {if (lowtarget=="_parent") {parent.location=loc;}
else {parent.frames[target].location=loc;};
}}}
}
function jump(menu)
{
ref=menu.choice.options[menu.choice.selectedIndex].value;
splitc=ref.lastIndexOf("*");
target="";
if (splitc!=-1)
{loc=ref.substring(0,splitc);
target=ref.substring(splitc+1,1000);}
else {loc=ref; target="_self";};
if (ref != "") {land(loc,target);}
}
//-->
</script>    

<form action="dummy" method="post">
                <select name="choice" size="1" onChange="jump(this.form)">
                    <option value="">---------------------</option>
                    <option value="state/alabama.html">Alabama</option>
                    <option value="state/alaska.html">Alaska</option>
                    <option value="state/arizona.html">Arizona</option>
                    <option value="state/arkansas.html">Arkansas</option>
                    <option value="state/california.html">California</option>
                    <option value="state/canada.html">Canada</option>
                    <option value="state/colorado.html">Colorado</option>
                    <option value="state/connecticuit.html">Connecticuit</option>
                    <option value="state/delaware.html">Delaware</option>
                    <option value="state/florida.html">Florida</option>
                    <option value="state/georgia.html">Georgia</option>
                    <option value="state/hawaii.html">Hawaii</option>
                    <option value="state/idaho.html">Idaho</option>
                    <option value="state/illinois.html">Illinois</option>
                    <option value="state/indiana.html">Indiana</option>
                    <option value="state/iowa.html">Iowa</option>
                    <option value="state/kansas.html">Kansas</option>
                    <option value="state/kentucky.html">Kentucky</option>
                    <option value="state/louisiana.html">Louisiana</option>
                    <option value="state/maine.html">Maine</option>
                    <option value="state/maryland.html">Maryland</option>
                    <option value="state/massachusetts.html">Massachusetts</option>
                    <option value="state/michigan.html">Michigan</option>
                    <option value="state/minnesota.html">Minnesota</option>
                    <option value="state/mississippi.html">Mississippi</option>
                    <option value="state/missouri.html">Missouri</option>
                    <option value="state/montana.html">Montana</option>
                    <option value="state/nebraska.html">Nebraska</option>
                    <option value="state/nevada.html">Nevada</option>
                    <option value="state/newhampshire.html">New Hampshire</option>
                    <option value="state/newjersey.html">New Jersey</option>
                    <option value="state/newmexico.html">New Mexico</option>
                    <option value="state/newyork.html">New York</option>
                    <option value="state/northcarolina.html">North Carolina</option>
                    <option value="state/northdakota.html">North Dakota</option>
                    <option value="state/ohio.html">Ohio</option>
                    <option value="state/oklahoma.html">Oklahoma</option>
                    <option value="state/oregon.html">Oregon</option>
                    <option value="state/pennsylvania.html">Pennsylvania</option>
                    <option value="state/rhodeisland.html">Rhode Island</option>
                    <option value="state/southcarolina.html">South Carolina</option>
                    <option value="state/southdakota.html">South Dakota</option>
                    <option value="state/tennessee.html">Tennessee</option>
                    <option value="state/texas.html">Texas</option>
                    <option value="state/utah.html">Utah</option>
                    <option value="state/vermont.html">Vermont</option>
                    <option value="state/virginia.html">Virginia</option>
                    <option value="state/washingtondc.html">Washington, DC</option>
                    <option value="state/washingtonstate.html">Washington State</option>
                    <option value="state/westvirginia.html">West Virginia</option>
                    <option value="state/wisconsin.html">Wisconsin</option>
                    <option value="state/wyoming.html">Wyoming</option>
        
                </select>
            </form>


           </body>
</html>

thanks to anyone who can help