Appointments display on date entered rather than date/time schedul

I'm using Outlook 2003 in conjuction with Verizon.Net POP3 email and calendar
service. Email and contacts/address book are working fine. However, whenever
I try to enter a meeting/appointment on the Outlook Calendar, the meeting
displays on the calendar at the date/time that I entered the meeting RATHER
THAN on the date/time I scheduled the meeting. I made extensive use of
Outlook 2003 Calendaring when I was previously connecting to an Exchange
Server for e-mail service. I've double-checked what I'm doing and I've
searched all the KBs and I simply can't find a fix. Appreciate any help!