/* reset rule*/
* {
    margin: 0; padding: 0; box-sizing: border-box;
}

body {
    font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
    background-color: lightcyan;
}

header {
    background-color: #fff;
}

header .home_town {
    background-color: skyblue;
    min-height: 56px;
    padding-left: 85px;
}


section.hero {
    min-height: 500px;
    background-color: skyblue;
    background-image: url(../images/hometown.jpg);
    background-size: cover;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-position: left top;
    position: relative;
    
}

.hero_text {
    color: #fff;
    font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
    font-size: 2.7em;
    padding: 10px 0px 0px 20px;
    background-color: rgba(20,20,20,.7);
    position: absolute;
    top: 10px; left: 90px;
    letter-spacing: .1em;

}

.call-to-action {
    display: block; /* convert to a block element*/
    font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
    background-color: skyblue;
    width: 190px; padding: 16px 8px;
    position: absolute; bottom: 35px; left: 100px;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-align: center; /* horizontally align the text*/
    color: #00263e;
    font-size: 16pt;
    border-radius: 8px;/* rounded corners*/
    box-shadow: 2px 3px 6px rgba(10,10,10,.7);
    transition: background-color 250ms linear;

}

.call-to-action:hover {
    background-color: blueviolet;

}


.featured_story {
    display: inline-block;
    margin: 40px 100px;
    min-height: 400px;
    background-color: #fff;
    display: flex;/* becomes a flex parent*/
    text-decoration: none;
    color: #234;
    border-radius: 6px;
    
}

.featured_story figcaption {
    background-color: #fff;
    flex: 0 0 30%;
    border-radius: 6px 0 0 6px;
}

.featured_story figcaption p:first-child {
    color: lightcoral;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-size: 8pt;
    margin: 8px;
    font-weight: bold;
}

.featured_story figcaption h2 {
    margin: 16px;
    font-size: 14pt;
    line-height: 1.5;
}

.featured_story figcaption p {
    margin: 20px;
    font-size: 10pt;
    line-height: 1.6;
}

.featured_story figure {
    background-color: pink;
    flex: 0 0 70%;
    background-image: url(../images/olympic.jpg);
    background-size: cover;
    border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0;
}
footer {
    min-height: 300px;
    background-color: skyblue;
    color: #333;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: top;
    text-align: center;
}

.link-box {
    margin-top: 20px;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    background-color: lightcyan;
    border: 2px solid #333;
    display: inline-block;
    border-radius: 6px;
}

.link-box a {
    text-decoration: none;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #333;
}

header div.inner-container,
nav.inner-container,
footer div.inner-container {
    margin: 0 100px;
    padding-top: 10px;
}