Getting rid of featured products...

Hi all. Here's my problem. I added some html to the tpl_columnar_display.php file so that my specials would show up in a customized table. I went into admin and made it so that the Featured Products table wouldn't show up on the main page. That works except when I delete something from my shopping cart. When you click the delete/remove button, the page it takes you to still has the featured products table up right above my specials table. Anyone know how to permanently get rid of that table?

You can see what I'm talking about at http://www.optimumanime.com/shop ..no featured products on the main page, add something to your cart, then delete it, and it will show the featured products again.

I've tried everything I can think of in the tpl_columnar_display.php page.
if ($title != 'Featured Products') {
show code
}
doesn't even work, although i have made that work in several other sections of the site.

Anyway, I could sure use some help on this, it's driving me crazy I think :)

Thanks!

edit*
The right menu at the top where it says "Featured Product" (right below the top horizontal navigation menu) is what I want to STAY. The featured products that the tpl_columnar_display.php puts on the page is what I want gone. Thanks again.
edit

Why did you muck around with the columnar display? Any changes should be made to the template for the PAGE you want to change.

I couldn't get the detail that I wanted through the template page. Anyhow, I seem to be modifying files that no one else likes to modify sooo...thanks for your time but I'll probably just figure this out on my own from now on.