Using Separate Category to Hold Static Image Above Blog

Hey everybody!

I can’t remember how I hid the header image from my edited default Kubrick theme or if I did at all, but now I need a static header image above my blog posts. To do this, I’ve used some code that basically makes a new category into a sticky that hangs out above all my posts. Here it is:

<?php if(have_posts()) : ?>
 <?php $recentBlog = new WP_Query('cat=2&showposts=1'); ?>
 <?php while($recentBlog->have_posts()) : $recentBlog->the_post();?>
 <div>
  <?php $postimageurl = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'post-img', true); if ($postimageurl) { ?>
  <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo('template_directory'); ?><?php echo $postimageurl; ?>" alt="<?php the_title(); ?>" /></a>
  <?php } ?>
 </div>

 <?php endwhile; ?>

 <?php else: ?>
<?php endif; ?>

That works perfectly (http://www.huntermadeit.com/?page_id=309), except I don’t want the date, the link to the archive for that category, or a link to it’s comments in the “post”. Although I’m harnessing the power of a blog category to hold my image, I don’t want viewers to know it’s a separate blog. Seamless, you know?

So far I’ve tried this:

-Edited my single.php file to call different templates to different categories:

<?php
$post = $wp_query->post;
if ( in_category(’2′) ) {
include(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/wp-content/themes/default/archiveblogheader.php’);
} else {
include(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/wp-content/themes/default/singlepost.php’);
}
?>

where “archiveblogheader.php” is a copied “archive.php” file with the call to post metadata (timestamp, archive link, view comments) deleted, but nothing is changing.

Any ideas?