Thanks Robbie. I realized this morning that the Notices feature was available like you've mentioned here. I'd used it for Guest messages only.
I'd just never realized I could use it in the same manner, even with a graphic, as the old Global Announcement mod. I messed around with it and some basic html and have a display that is better than the Global Announcement mod we'd used for years.
vB does listen to us more than we think, we don't pay attention to them all of the time either!