Editing clips = changed timeline?

Hello all!
I am new to Premier Elements (11), so please excuse the newbie question. I'll appreciate whatever help you can give!
I'm in the process of editing a short commercial that has many clips with several layers. When I edit a clip to make it longer or shorter, all of the following clips move down the timeline. For example, if I extend the length of one clip by 00:00:00:10, then all of the following clips move up by the same amount. Editing one clip moves all of my other clips around and changes the whole video!
Does anyone have any advice? Thanks in advance!

Hi ATR!
Thanks for your reply. I read through the article, and I'm not sure that it addressed the issue. Let me try explaining again with some screen shots.
Here's what the timeline looks like before I edit a clip:
And after I decrease the time of the toes2-2.jpg clip on the left:
The desired result would have been for the middle column of clips (gas tank 2.jpg) to stay where it was (ahead of the :24 mark) instead of rippling down to below the :24 mark.
Does this help clarify the problem? Did I miss anything in the article that could help with this?
Thanks a ton!

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