I can’t figure out where to load one or more photos for the slider. Very frustrating.

This is what I have now:

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<?php
/*
Template Name: Blog page
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php
$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$sticky=get_option('sticky_posts');

$i = 0;
foreach(opt('blog_news_page') as $j=>$page)
{
    if(is_page($page)) {$i = $j; break; }
}

$bnc = opt('blog_news_cat');
$bnlp = opt('blog_news_limit_posts');

$args=array(
   'cat'=> $bnc[$i],
   'caller_get_posts'=>1,
   'posts_per_page'=> $bnlp[$i],
   'post__not_in' => $sticky,
   'paged'=>$paged,
   );
query_posts($args);
?>

<?php
$page_headline = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'page_headline', true);
$page_description = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'page_description', true);
if($page_headline || $page_description) { ?>
<div class="wrap_wide slogan">
    <div class="wrap">
        <h1><?php echo $page_headline; ?></h1>
        <div class="clear"></div>
        <p><?php echo $page_description; ?></p>
    </div>
</div>
<?php } ?>

<div class="wide_wrap content">
<div class="wrap padding-top-bottom">

<!--wide content area-->
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();  ?>
<div class="post_entry news">

<div class="post-date">
    <div class="month"><?php the_time('M') ?></div>
    <div class="day"><?php the_time('d') ?></div>
</div>

<div class="news_title">
	<h1 class="title"><a>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h1>
    <div class="post_meta_top">

<ul>
<li>Posted in: <?php echo get_the_category_list(','); ?></li>
            <?php if( has_tag() )  { ?>
            <li class="tags">
             ? <?php echo the_tags(__('Tags: '), ', '); ?>

            <?php } ?>

<li> ? <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?></li>
</ul>
    </div>
</div>    

<div class="news_content">
	<?php global $more; $more = FALSE; ?>
    <?php the_content('Read more →'); ?>
</div>

</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>

<div class="clear"></div>

<!--Pagination -->
<?php if(get_next_posts_link()|| get_previous_posts_link()) { ?>
<div class="pagination_wide">

<ul>
        <li class="left"><?php next_posts_link('<span>? Previous</span>') ?>
        <li class="right"><?php previous_posts_link('<span>Next ?</span>') ?>
    </ul>
</div>
<?php } ?>
<!--End pagination -->

<div class="clear"></div>

<?php else : ?>

<h2 class="center">Not Found</h2>
<p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>

<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<!--End wide content area-->
</div>
<?php get_footer();?>