need help with bind

I need help configuring bind (CentOS 5.5).  This is the first time I'm trying to use this.  I want to use as a slave to pull from my Windows server.

I tried just installing bind and bind-libs but the service failed to start.  I was reading that I needed to install caching-nameserver to make it work out of the box, but I'm not configuring this as a caching server.  Am I correct that it would work if I just created /etc/named.conf?

I was looking at the documentation on the zytrax site and it gave a sample configuration.  I copied and pasted it, changed the server and domain to use for mine, and when I tried to start named I'm getting this:

Error in named configuration:
/etc/named.conf:14: missing ';' before '}'
/etc/named.conf:16: missing ';' before '}'

Is there a better way to do this?  Do I need other packages? (I've seen other things related to bind-chroot)

Here is what I'm using for /etc/named.conf:

// SLAVE & CACHING NAME SERVER for EXAMPLE, INC.
// maintained by: me myself alone
// CHANGELOG:
// 1. 9 july 2003 - did something
// 2. 16 july 2003 - did something else
// 3. 23 july 2003 - did something more
//
options {
  directory "/var/named";
  // version statement - inhibited for security
  // (avoids hacking any known weaknesses)
  version "not currently available";
  // allows notifies only from master
  allow-notify {192.168.1.161};
  // disables all zone transfer requests
  allow-transfer{"none"};
  // Closed DNS - permits only local IPs to issue recursive queries
  // remove if an Open DNS required to support all users
  // or add additional ranges
  allow-recursion {192.168.3.0/24;};
};
//
// log to /var/log//named/example.log all events
// from info UP in severity (no debug)
// defaults to use 3 files in rotation
// BIND 8.x logging MUST COME FIRST in this file
// BIND 9.x parses the whole file before using the log
// failure messages up to this point are in (syslog)
// typically /var/log/messages
//
  logging{
  channel example_log{
  file "/var/log/named/named.log" versions 3 size 2m;
  severity info;
  print-severity yes;
  print-time yes;
  print-category yes;
 };
 category default{
  example_log;
 };
};
// required zone for recursive queries
zone "." {
  type hint;
  file "root.servers";
};
// see notes below
zone "myhouse.local" in{
  type slave;
  file "slave/slave.myhouse.local";
  masters {192.168.1.161;};
};
// required local host domain
zone "localhost" in{
  type master;
  file "pri.localhost";
  allow-update{none;};
};
// localhost reverse map
zone "0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" in{
  type master;
  file "localhost.rev";
  allow-update{none;};
};
// reverse map for class C 192.168.1.0 (see notes)
zone "1.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA" IN {
  type slave;
  file "sec.192.168.1.rev";
  masters {192.168.1.161;};
};

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