Sticky Code to show Stick post first is not working

Hi all,

I wrote this code to show Sticky Post first (if there is any) and otherwise, just show the post, which is written latest.

I have to just show one post on the page (either sticky or latest). To achieve it, I wrote the following code:-

The problem is that It is not showing any sticky post. It does show me latest post properly but is not picking the sticky post.

I would be very thankful, if you can pick the problem or if you want, you can propose a better code! …

<?php
     $recentPosts = new WP_Query();
     $recentPosts->query("showposts=1&category_name='ewp-news'&orderby=date&array('post__in'=>get_option('sticky_posts'))");

     $stickyCheck = false;
     while ($recentPosts->have_posts()) : $recentPosts->the_post(); 

        // The first one is always a  Sticky, so if there is a sticky, it will check it and let it pass!

        if (!($stickyCheck))
	{
?>

               <?php

                    // Title and Excerpt of the Post.

                ?>

            <?php
	}

        //if this post was a sticky post! then make it true and dont let another one show itself!

        if (is_sticky())
	   $stickyCheck = true;

        ?>
      <?php endwhile; ?>

I will be very thankful to you, if you can help me in this.

Many Thanks!