Then put your content into another div. So have the background image in the wrapper div then put the text into a content div with overflow on it. that should do it.
I think i did what you said, but it still doesn't work. The problem too is that the image needs to float right and the text left, so i'm running into problems with those two conflicts.
heres the sites
http://www.dse33.com/vernon
http://www.dse33.com/vernon/style.css
thanks guys.
http://www.creativeeventsdesign.com/vernon