Changing property to not On Top is not persistent

Up till now, my stickies have been created "On Top".

I now want to experiment without On Top. 

I have 2 questions:

 - How do I create new stickies On Top?

 - For an old stickie, I give that stickie the focus, then press Ctrl+T. The arrow changes from up to down. I prove that the stickie is no longer On Top. I sleep the stickie. When that stickie reappears, the arrow is now pointing up, and the stickie reverts to On Top. How do I persist the property to be not On Top?

Thanks.

For creating stickies OnTop or not see  Options \ Appearance 

For waking up OnTop or not see Options \ Alerts