This is awsome
It was staring at me the whole time...
{ include file="menu.tpl" dingbats="dingbats_news.gif" menu_title=$lng.lbl_news menu_content=$smarty.capture.menu my_file="b_news.gif" my_arr="arr1.gif"}
it's the two image referances at the bottom of the line that I was looking for. Couldn't find them because the weren't there