//  MOVED THIS QUERY OUTSIDE THE LOOP AND IT WORKED    
                //      TODO:       GET THIS AS A UNIQUE FUNCITON I CAN CALL

// saving the original / existing wordpress query
$temp_query = clone $wp_query;

//	What we're doing is looking for featured events that are also recurring events
//	Then excluding those recurring events
//	if you just want to exclude recurring events , you could remove the noted section
$pagesorter = array(
	//	if you wanted to further filter by a specific tag
	//	I don't so its commented out but you may need it
	//'tag' => 'resource',
        'post_type' => 'event',
	'tax_query' => array(

	//	START OPTIONAL
	//	If you want recurring events that are ALSO Featured Events
	//		Then just remove the slash star /**/	
/*
            'relation' => 'AND',
		array(
			'taxonomy' => 'event-categories',
			//	you could list more than one term here as follows
			//'terms' => array( 'featured-events', 'comedy' )
			//	I only need the one I want to include
                        'terms' => array( 'featured-events'),
                        'field' => 'slug',
                        'operator' => 'IN'
		),
*/
	//	END OPTIONAL

		//	note how tax_query MUST BE a nested array
			//	ie. "array(    array("
		array(
			'taxonomy' => 'event-categories',
			//	you need to have an Event Category with the slug "recurring-events"
			//	then you need to edit your recurring events to add this term
                        'terms' => array( 'recurring-events'),
                        'field' => 'slug',
			'operator' => 'NOT IN'
		)
	),
        'posts_per_page' => -1,
        'paged' => $paged,
);
//	lets run a new Query 
//	to do this you would need this code to be outside the main loop
$customPosts = new WP_Query($pagesorter);

$cat_post_ids = array();
// starting loop
while ($customPosts->have_posts()) : $customPosts->the_post();
	
	//	some optional tests to make sure we're returning the correct data
	//$count++;
	//echo 'count'.$count;	//	lets get a count of how many posts get returned
	//    echo '+ + + ID'.get_the_ID().'- - -';	//	lets see the id of each returned post
	//the_title();	//	lets see the title of each returned post
	
	array_push($cat_post_ids, $post->ID);	

endwhile;
	//	optional test - lets see if we get the array we wanted.
	//print_r($cat_post_ids);

 // restoring the original query so it can be later used to display our posts
 $wp_query = clone $temp_query;