[ic] Problem with blank_label

[Shirley Studebaker]

Sorry for the repeat post but I am stuck on this one problem and can't  
move forward until I solve it...

We are using Interchange 5.2.0.

I am building item options based on the color(sku) selected and want  
the first option to be "select size". Here is the code I am using:

<div id="opt_container" style="position:relative; width:200">
	[loop prefix="item" search="co=yes/fi=products/se=beachCollar/ 
sf=subcat/se=Collar/sf=category/tf=unused"]
		<div id="opt[item-field sku]" style="position:absolute; z-index:1;  
left: 0px; top: 0px; width:200; visibility: visible">
			[table-organize cols=2 table=' ' pretty=1]
				[item-options td=1 bold=1 blank_label="select size"]
			[/table-organize]
		</div>
	[/loop]
</div>								

The blank_label call in item-options seems to do nothing.

There is an example page at http://www.tailwags.com/cgi-bin/tailwags/TWBeach3.html 
. I am calling the blank_label on the size for the collars. I REALLY  
need this part of the code to force the customer to make a selection.

Thanks for any help you can give me.
Shirley