body{
 background-color: #80CFFF;
 scrollbar-face-color: #80CFFF;
 scrollbar-highlight-color: #008000; 
 scrollbar-shadow-color: #008000;
 scrollbar-3dlight-color: #008000; 
 scrollbar-darkshadow-color: #008000; 
 scrollbar-track-color: #80CFFF; 
 scrollbar-arrow-color: #0000FF;
 }

/* used for main text */

.maintext {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;
 font-weight: normal;
 color: black;
 text-align: left;
 margin: 3px; 
  }                                          

  /* used for main text to be centered*/
.maintextcenter {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;
 font-weight: normal;
 color: black;
 text-align: center;
  }             

A {
 text-decoration: none;
 color: blue;
	}

A:hover {
	 background-color : #9FDAFF;  
	}
	

/* for notice I had added to front page. now in snippets on disk with web stuff. */	

.notice{
 background-color: #80CFFF;
	}


/* puts green background medum text on things like nav bar and footer*/
 .navbar{
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 13px;
 color: black;
 font-weight: bolder;
 background-color: Green;
 text-align: center;
 
  }


/* to place background color on each of the three right columns */ 

.blueback {
 vertical-align: top;
 background-color:  #80CFFF;
 border: 0px solid Green;
 color: Black;
  }

 
/* This is the background for the left column with the green border */ 

 .bluebackgreenedge {
 vertical-align: top;
 background-color:  #80CFFF;
 border: 3px solid Green;
 color: Black;
  }

/* this is used to apply the water background */

.waterback {
 vertical-align: top;
 background-image: url(images/mirariver_water_background.gif);
 background-position : top;
 background-repeat: repeat;
 background-color:  #80CFFF;
 color: Black;
  }
 
 /* used for headings in left column which align to center*/ 

  .headingtext {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 13px;
 font-weight: bold;
 text-align: center;
  }
 
 .headingtextleft {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 13px;
 font-weight: bold;
 text-align: left;
  }
 
 /* used for subheadings in left column which align left */ 

.subheadingtext {
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 13px;
 font-weight: bold;
 text-align: left;
  }

/* used to simulate the headline heading from Moreover for the Cape Breton catagory*/

.cbnewstext 	{
 font-family: Arial, geneva, sans-serif;
 font-size: 11px;
 color: #0000ff;
 font-weight: bolder;
 font-style: normal;
 text-decoration: none;
	}	

 
/* puts green background medum text on things */
 .greenbackhead{
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 10px;
 font-weight: bolder;
 background-color: Green;
 text-align: center;
 }
 

 
/* puts green background & large text on things used for footerhttp://www.bradsoft.com/topstyle/*/
 .greenbackheadlarge{
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 15px;
 font-weight: bolder;
 background-color: Green;
 text-align: center;
 }




 
/* below is for creating the little boxes with a header */ 
.boxbluebackgreenedge {
 vertical-align: top;
 background-color:  #80CFFF;
 background-position: center;
 border: 3px solid Green;
 color: Black;
  }

.boxtitlewhite {
 font-size: 9px;
 font-weight: bold;
 color: white; 
 text-decoration: none
  }

.boxtitleblack { 
 font-size: 9px;
 font-weight: bold;
 color: #000000; 
 text-transform: uppercase; 
 text-decoration: none
  
  }
 
 .boxhead{ 
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 12px;
 font-weight: bold;
 background-color: Green;
 text-align: center;
  }
 
.boxsub{ 
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 12px;
  border: 1px solid green;
 background-color: #80CFFF;
  }
 
.boxbody{
 font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
 font-size: 10px;
 font-weight: normal;
 background-color: #80CFFF;
  }
 
 /* end of code for creating the little boxes with a header */