Solved it!
In my case, for some reason, both "Display Category/Manufacturer Filter" and "Include Product Listing Alpha Sorter Dropdown" had to be turned on in the admin for "Category/Manufacturer Filter" to appear in the cart. It's strange! Consequently, "Alpha Sorter Dropdown" also appears but I could live with that.
I think it's my database issue, but who knows. Everything seems ok. If any one of phpAdmin/database experts out there has some theory, I'd love to hear it.
Thanks "SnowBlind"! As you said, I tweaked with the admin area. I didn't think it would change any because I knew my setting in the admin was right, but I'm glad I did. I was thinking of deleting and reloading all of my data.
It's strange!
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