Thanks, everyone. Before getting the responses here, I called Sage and was informed that this is INDEED a Crystal conversion process with a customized check form. As @NancyHanson did, I also reverted to the base check form then did a quick redesign. I had made a copy of the old format (that could be edited in Crystal, BTW) and used it for a template to do the redesign.
We still have a problem with the checks. The new problem is that the Earnings and Deduction sub-reports on the stub are printing twice. Very strange. I'm looking for an answer to this problem now.