Page of Post with “Intro Paragraph”

Hey all. I’ve set up a specific page template for a page of posts. Basically I wanted to create a page where I can put off topic posts. I changed my code to ignore a specific category on the home page but display it on a specific page.

I’ve gotten all to work well, except I want to have an into paragraph of simple HTML type that explains what you are looking at. I tried adding text outside of the loop and in other pages, but it won’t display on the page.

Here is the page in question

And the code:

<?php
/*
Template Name: kickstand
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div id="posts">

I WANT MY TYPE TO GO BEFORE THE POSTS

<?php
if (is_page('158') ) {
$cat = array(143);
} else {
$cat = '';
}

$showposts = -1; // -1 shows all posts
$do_not_show_stickies = 1; // 0 to show stickies
$args=array(
   'category__in' => $cat,
   'showposts' => $showposts,
   'caller_get_posts' => $do_not_show_stickies,
   );
$my_query = new WP_Query($args); 

?>
  </div>
  <?php endwhile; ?>
  <?php else : ?>
  <div class="post">
    <ul class="pinfo">
      <li class="lileft"><span> 44 <br />
        <em> day </em></span></li>
      <li class="liright">
        <div>
          <div>
            <h1>Hmm! To bad this is a 404 error</h1>
          </div>
        </div>
      </li>
    </ul>
    <div class="postcontent">
      <?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?>
    </div>
  </div>
  <?php endif; ?>
  <div id="comments">
    <?php comments_template(); ?>
  </div>
</div>
<?php include('rsidebar.php'); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.