Well the <?php wp_reset_query();?> did the trick…I couldn’t get the other code you sent to work.
<?php $myQuery = new WP_Query('cat=71&showposts=1'); ?>
<?php while ($myQuery->have_posts()) : $myQuery->the_post(); ?>
<?php the_content('<p class="serif">Read the rest of this page »</p>'); ?>
<?php endwhile;?>