Ok, so I created a custom page template named nosidebar.php.
I can choose it from the drop down when I add a page and it does not have a side bar.
BUT, as I have read I still have the space bloacked out for the side bar. I copied the page.php code removed the sidebar code.
Now, the page.php script is :
<?php
/*
Template Name: nosidebar
*/
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class=”span-16″>
<div id=”content”>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h2 class=”title”><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<div class=”entry”>
<?php if ( function_exists(“has_post_thumbnail”) && has_post_thumbnail() ) { the_post_thumbnail(array(300,225), array(“class” => “alignleft post_thumbnail”)); } ?>
<?php the_content(‘<p class=”serif”>Read the rest of this page »</p>’); ?>
<?php wp_link_pages(array(‘before’ => ‘<p>Pages: ‘, ‘after’ => ‘</p>’, ‘next_or_number’ => ‘number’)); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
<?php edit_post_link(‘Edit this entry.’, ‘<p>’, ‘</p>’); ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>