You have a number of modules in the sidecol positions with the menu assignment set to all. Have you considered setting these modules to just the menu items where they are required (Menu Assignment tab)?
Thanks Ciaran
These menu modules only display if the menu has 2nd level entries. Looking at the source code shows no menu module if there is no 2nd level menu item. But sidecol_a still shows up.
Assigning the modules to menu items is no good solution (but would work) because everytime a new menu item is added the modules need to get assigend to them. This makes everything more complex.
But it looks like this is the only way...?
I still don't understand why sidecol_a is there if no module is loaded into it.
Patrick