body  {
	font-family: 100% Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	background: #000000;
	background-image: url(/images/rfbackground.gif);
	margin: 0; /* it's good practice to zero the margin and padding of the body element to account for differing browser defaults */
	padding: 0;
	text-align: center; /* this centers the container in IE 5* browsers. The text is then set to the left aligned default in the #container selector */
	color: #000000;
}
#container { 
	text-align: left; /* this overrides the text-align: center on the body element. */
	background-color: #FFFFFF;/*white*/
	width:902px;	
	height:auto;
	margin:0 auto;/* the auto margins (in conjunction with a width) center the page */
	margin-left: auto;
	margin-right: auto;	
	padding:0px;
	border-right: 2px outset #669933;/*light khaki*/
	border-left: 2px inset #669933;   
} 
#header { 
	background: #003300;/*hunter green*/
	padding: 0 0 0 0;
	margin: 0px;
	padding: 0px;
	height: 180px;	
	overflow:hidden;
} 
	#header h1 {
		margin: 0; /* zeroing the margin of the last element in the #header div will avoid margin collapse - an unexplainable space between divs. If the div has a border around it, this is not necessary as that also avoids the margin collapse */
		padding: 10px 0; /* using padding instead of margin will allow you to keep the element away from the edges of the div */
	}
/*-----designed to hold Navigation tabs across whole page---*/
#navHeader{
  	background-color:#003300;/*hunter green*/
	margin: 0;
	padding: 0 20px 0 20px;
	height: 25px;
	overflow:hidden;
	font-size:12px;	
	font-weight:bold;
	font-variant:small-caps;		
	letter-spacing:1px;
	color:#FFFFFF;/*white text*/	
	font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
	#navHeader a:link, #navHeader a:visited{
	color:#FFFFFF;/*white text*/
	text-decoration:none;
	}
	#navHeader a:hover, 	#navHeader a:active {
	color:#FFFF33;/*bright yellow text*/                 
	text-decoration:underline;
	}
/*-----designed to hold Navigation tabs across whole page---*/
#catNav{
  	background-color:#CCCC99;/*light khaki*/
	background-image:url(/images/catBackgroundbit.jpg);
	margin: 0;
	padding: 15px 10px 15px 10px;
	height: 50px;
	overflow:hidden;
	font-size:16px;	
	font-weight:bold;
	font-variant:small-caps;		
	letter-spacing:1px;
	color:#333333;/*dark gray text*/	
	font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	border:#666633;/*dark khaki*/
}
	#catNav a:link, #catNav a:visited{
	color:#333333;/*dark gray text*/	
	text-decoration:none;
	}
	#catNav a:hover, 	#catNav a:active {
	color:#003300;/*hunter green*/
	font-size:18px;	
	font-weight:bold;
	text-decoration:none;
	}

.holdContent{/*container to hold columns*/
  	margin-top:0px;
	margin:0px;
	overflow:hidden;	
}

#mainContent {/*left menu bar of 3 column format*/
  	display:block;
	margin:0;
	width:600px;
	float:left;	
	height:500px auto;
	min-height:500px;		
	background-color:#EBEBEB;
}
	#maincontent h3{
		margin:0;
		color:#FFFFFF;
		padding: 4px 0 8px 0;
		font-size: 80%;
		margin-top:0px;
		margin-right:0px;
		text-transform:uppercase;
		font-weight:700;
		letter-spacing:1px;
		background-color:#666666;/*dark grey*/
		text-align:center;		
	}
#sidebar1 {/*middle column of 3-column format - left column of page*/
  	display:block;
	margin:0;
	float:left;
	width:298px;		
	background-color: #003300;/*very dark green*/
	border-top:solid;
	border-width:thin;	
	border-color:#003300;
}
	#sidebar1 h3{
		margin:0;
		color:#006600;/*hunter green*/
		padding: 4px 0 8px 0;
		font-size: 80%;
		font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
		margin-top:0px;
		margin-right:0px;
		text-transform:uppercase;
		font-weight:700;
		letter-spacing:1px;
		background-color:#CCCC99;/*light khaki*/
		text-align:center;		
	}
	#sidebar1 a:link, #sidebar1 a:visited {display:inline-block;}
	#sidebar1 a:link, #sidebar1 a:visited {
		color:#FFFFCC;/*cream*/
		text-decoration: underline;	
		list-style-type: none;	
		display: block;
		font-size: 10px;	
		font-weight:500;
		background-color:#003300;/*hunter green*/
		margin-right:1px;
		margin-bottom: 1px;
		padding: 1px 5px 2px 5px;
	}
	#sidebar1 ul {	
		font-size: 10px;	
		list-style-type: none;
		margin: 0;
		padding: 0; 
	}
	#sidebar1 ul li a:link, #sidebar1 ul li a:visited {display:inline-block;}
	#sidebar1 ul li a:link, #sidebar1 ul li a:visited {
		color:#FFFFCC;/*cream*/
		text-decoration: none;	
		list-style-type: none;	
		display: block;
		font-weight:500;
		background-color:#003300;/*hunter green*/
		margin-right:1px;
		margin-bottom: 1px;
		padding: 1px 5px 2px 5px;
		/*border-bottom:1px dotted #009900;grass green*/		
	}
	#sidebar1 ul li a:hover, #sidebar1 ul li a:active {display:inline-block;}
	#sidebar1 ul li a:hover, #sidebar1 ul li a:active {
		color: #009900;/*grass green*/
		text-decoration: none;
		background-color:#CCCC99;/*light khaki*/
		list-style-type: none;	
		display: block;		
		font-size: 10px;	
		font-weight:500;
		margin-right:1px;
		margin-bottom: 1px;
		padding: 1px 5px 2px 5px;
		border-bottom: 1px solid #006600;	/*hunter green*/
	 }	
	 #sidebar1 ul li a:link span, #sidebar1 ul li a:visited span {
	   color: #99CC00;
	 }
	 #sidebar1 ul li a:hover span, #sidebar1 ul li a:active span {
	   color:#336600;		
	 }
#abar{ 
	font-style:italic;
	background:#666666;
	height:35px;
	padding: 10px 10px 10px 10px;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-size:12px;
  	display:block;
	margin:0;
	}
/***********NEWS CLASSES***********************************/
.newsArticle{
  font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	font-size:12px;	
	text-align:justify;
	line-height:1.5em;
	font-weight:500;
	color:#333333;	
}
.newsArticle p{padding-bottom:2px; margin-bottom:2px;}
	.newsArticle a {
	color:#003300;/*hunter green*/
	text-decoration:underline;
	}
.newsHeader{
  	color:#333333;
	font-size:14px;
	font-weight:600;
	text-transform:capitalize;
	text-align:justify;
}
	.newsHeader a{
	color:#003300;/*hunter green*/
	text-decoration:none;
	}
.newsDate{
  	font-size:9px;
	font-weight:bold;
}	
/***********comment form*******************/
.aBox {
	background-color: #FFFFFF;
	border: 1px solid #000000;
	color: #000000;
	padding: 0px;
	margin:0px;
	position: relative;
	font-size:12px;
}
.aBar {
	background-color: #003300;
	color: #ffffff;
	cursor: move;
	font-weight: bold;
	font-size:12px;
	padding: 2px 1em 2px 1em;
}
.aContent { 
	padding: 10px;
	font-size:12px;
}
/***********FOOTER ***********************************/
#footer { 
	padding: 10 10px 10 20px; /* this padding matches the left alignment of the elements in the divs that appear above it. */
	background-color:#CCCC99;/*light khaki*/ 
	text-align:center;
	font-size:11px;
} 
	#footer p {
		margin: 0; /* zeroing the margins of the first element in the footer will avoid the possibility of margin collapse - a space between divs */
		padding: 10px 0; /* padding on this element will create space, just as the the margin would have, without the margin collapse issue */
	}
/***********OTHER CLASSES***********************************/
.fltrt { /* this class can be used to float an element right in your page. The floated element must precede the element it should be next to on the page. */
	float: right;
	margin-left: 8px;
}
.fltlft { /* this class can be used to float an element left in your page */
	float: left;
	margin-right: 8px;
}
.clearfloat { /* this class should be placed on a div or break element and should be the final element before the close of a container that should fully contain a float */
	clear:both;
    height:0;
    font-size: 1px;
    line-height: 0px;
}
<!--[if IE 5]>
/* place css box model fixes for IE 5* in this conditional comment */
#sidebar1 { width: 400px; }
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE]>
/* place css fixes for all versions of IE in this conditional comment */
#sidebar1 { padding-top: 30px; }
#mainContent { zoom: 1; }
/* the above proprietary zoom property gives IE the hasLayout it needs to avoid several bugs */
<![endif]-->