Unable to click on text in Pages

I'm currently working in pages in iworks 09 and am having some trouble getting rid of some unwanted text. The line of text is located at the very top of the page, but I am unable to click on it to highlight it. Also, the text only appears on the even pages of the document I am working on. If anyone could help me figure this out I'd be greatly appreciative. Thanks

+Menu > View > Show Layout/Invisibles+
+Menu > Arrange > Make Background Objects Selectable/Unlock+
+Menu > Format > Advanced > Make Master Objects Selectable+
If you have imported this from Word there is a possibility the object is a floating object but maybe covered by something else. To get at it in this case +command click+ away outside the margin to unselect everything. Then +command drag+ into the document to try and lasso the object. If you snare something else as well, +command shift click+ on it to unselect that.
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