body {background: white}

.welcome-background {
    clear: both; 
    margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 760px; 
    /*background-color: black; color: black /* vs. background-color!!*/
    /*in future may want background-image: url()*/)
}

.white-background {
    clear: both; 
    color: black; 
    background-color: white;
    margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: 760px; 
}

.overlap {
    float: left;
    position: relative;           /* establish new containing block */
    width: 235px; height: 485px;  /* must specify width/height */
    margin: 12px;
  }
  .overlap .nw, .overlap .se { position: absolute; }
  .overlap .nw {    top:      0;  left: 0; z-index: 2; }
  .overlap .se { bottom:  250px; right: 0; z-index: 1; }

.welcome-body-text-right {margin: 0px 12px 0px 266px; width: 466px; }

#membership-height {  }

#contact-height {  }

#news-height {  }

#staff-height {  }

#herald-height {  }

#reports-height {  }