#main-column {
    width: 440px;
    padding: 5px;
    border-left-style: solid;
    border-right-style: solid;
    position: relative;
    left: -1px; /* Move the main column so its border overlaps with the nav column border. */
}
#side-column {
    float: left;
    width: 203px;
    padding: 5px 0 5px 5px;
    border-left: 1px #000000 solid;
    position: relative;
    left: -2px; /* Move the side column so its border overlaps with the main column border. */
}

/* If a pod image is in a really narrow column, then just center it and
   don't float it because there's barely enough space for the image itself. */
.pod-columns .pod .pod-image,
.pod-columns .pod .pod-image-small,
#side-column .pod .pod-image,
#side-column .pod .pod-image-small {
    float: none;
    clear: both;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
}
/* And actually, if a normal size pod image is in a really narrow column then
   make it the same width as the column because otherwise it would be too wide. */
.pod-columns .pod .pod-image,
#side-column .pod .pod-image {
    width: 100%;
}
.pod-columns .pod .pod-image img,
#side-column .pod .pod-image img {
    width: 98%;
}

.newsi, #more-news {
    margin: 15px;
}
.newsi-title {
    margin-bottom: 2px;
    letter-spacing: 0.05em;
}
.newsi-thumbnail {
    float: right;
    margin: 0 0 5px 10px;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-style: solid;
}
.newsi-date {
    font-size: 85%;
    color: #C03000;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.news-icon-link {
    margin-left: 10px;
}

.alert-border {
    clear: both;
    margin-top: 5px;
    background-image: url(http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/mlc/template/alert_red_stripe.png);
    padding: 5px;
}
.alert-orange-border {
    background-image: url(http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/mlc/template/alert_orange_stripe.png);
}
.alert-yellow-border {
    background-image: url(http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools/mlc/template/alert_yellow_stripe.png);
}
.alert {
    background-color: #c03000;
    color: white;
    border: 2px solid #c03000;
    padding: 5px 5px 0 5px;
}
.alert-orange {
    background-color: #E06838;
    color: black;
}
.alert-yellow {
    background-color: #FCEBA7;
    color: black;
    border-color: #FFC213;
}

.alert .alert-title {
    font-size: 110%;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    text-align: center;
    padding-bottom: 5px;
    border-bottom: 1px white dashed;
    margin-bottom: 10px;
    letter-spacing: 0.1em;
}
.alert-orange .alert-title,
.alert-yellow .alert-title {
    border-color: black;
}
.alert .alert-content {
    margin: 5px;
}
.alert a,
.alert a:visited {
    color: #FCEBA7;
}
.alert-yellow a,
.alert-yellow a:visited {
    color: #E06838;
}
.alert a:hover {
    color: black;
}