jQuery Grid Plugin - jqGrid

First off, Tony thank you very much for your hard work!  Jqgrid is very useful and I'm grateful for all of your efforts.

I'm having a problem moving the pager/navigation element to the top of the grid.  I've tried several different variations based on posts in the forums and the documentation but to no avail.  I've moved the 'pager' div above the table, tried moving it all around the document, just to see if I could get it somewhere other than the bottom of the grid.  I have had no luck.  The funny thing is I have a fully functioning grid with search running, date picker being used, data being retrieved, edited, I've added custom buttons..etc.  But this silly and trivial issue is stumping me to no end.  No matter what I do the pager ends up below the grid.  In fact, when I look at the source via Firebug, the 'pager' element never changes no matter where I place it. 

Any help would appreciated.  I'm using Jqgrid 3.5.2 with PHP on the backend.

Thanks!