Map pointing

Hello I have a map with built in dropdown select boxes to narrow down what type of location a visitor is looking for to search throughout all of our program in Oklahoma. Works perfectly but when a user selects a different option the map points to a new center point. The viewpoint does not stay where the user pans/zooms the map.

The JavaScript code is below.

var mapDisplayCategory=0;
var mapDisplayType=0;
	
function drawmap(){
      OpenLayers.Lang.setCode('de');
    
    map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', {
        projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"),
        displayProjection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"),
        controls: [
		new OpenLayers.Control.MouseDefaults(),
		new OpenLayers.Control.Attribution()],
        maxExtent:
	  new OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508.34,-20037508.34,
                                    20037508.34, 20037508.34),
        numZoomLevels: 1,
        maxResolution: 156543,
        units: 'meters'
    });

// Position and zoom of the map
lon = -98;
lat = 34.09457336926805;


zoom = 6; 

checkForPermalink();

// Add layers
layer_markers = new OpenLayers.Layer.Markers("Marker", { projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"),visibility: true, displayInLayerSwitcher: false });
layer_vectors = new OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("Drawings", { displayInLayerSwitcher: false } );map.addLayer(layer_vectors);map.addLayer(layer_markers)
layers = new Array();
layer_layerMapnik = new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM.Mapnik("Mapnik");
map.addLayer(layer_layerMapnik)
layers.push(new Array(layer_layerMapnik,'layer_layerMapnik'));

setLayer(0);

// Jump to the right position and zoom..
jumpTo(lon,lat,zoom);
// Add used maker icons..
	
genMarkers();	
	

}// end funciton 

	
function getid(id){
return document. getElementById(id);	
}
	
	
function setType(self){
getid("Categories").options.selectedIndex = 0;
mapDisplayType = self.options[self.selectedIndex].value;
layer_markers.clearMarkers();
genMarkers();
}//end of funciton 
	
		
function   setCategory(self){
var vlu = self.options[self.selectedIndex].value;
if(vlu== 0){
getid("seltypeOption").disabled=0;
}		
	
if(vlu== 1){
getid("seltypeOption").disabled=1;
	getid("seltypeOption").options.selectedIndex = 0;
	mapDisplayType=0
}	
if(vlu== 2){
getid("seltypeOption").disabled=1;
	getid("seltypeOption").options.selectedIndex = 0;
	mapDisplayType=0;
}	
	
	
mapDisplayCategory=vlu;
//OpenLayers.clearLayers();	
layer_markers.clearMarkers();
genMarkers();
}//end of funciton 
	

	
function genMarkers(){
	
var arrayLength = locations.length;
for (var i = 0; i < arrayLength; i++) {
if( (locations[i][5]  == mapDisplayCategory  && mapDisplayType ==0  ) || ( locations[i][6] == mapDisplayType && mapDisplayCategory == 0   ) ){	
console.log("Opening : "+locations[i][2]);
console.log("type : "+locations[i][6]   );
console.log("end locaiton : " );
addMarker(layer_markers,locations[i][0],locations[i][1],"<div style=\"line-height:14px\"><b >"+locations[i][2]+"</b><p />"+locations[i][3]+"<br />"+locations[i][4]+"</div>",false, locations[i][5]   );
}// if category 
}

geometries = new Array();
checkUtilVersion(4);
}	//end funciton 
	
	
function getRandomInt(max) {
  return Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(max));
}
	

	
	var placesAutocomplete = places({
    container: document.querySelector('#address-input')
  });
	
var places = require('places.js');
var placesAutocomplete = places({
  container: document.querySelector('#address-input')
});