Morph,
I am the moderator in my squad forum. The moderator can assign who he wants to have rights to be basic moderators in that forum. If you are a mod in your forum, look at the bottom right of the page when reading the thread. There is a pull down menu that allows you to stick/unstick and other tools.
I had totally missed it and emailed skuzzy. The tool was there all along, glad it wasnt a snake.