Cappies review of “Almost, Maine” performed April 16 at Duchesne High School.
by Emily Thompson,
St. Charles High School
What is love? The answer is usually very hard to find… Unless you happen to be in Almost, Maine around 9 p.m. on a cold, clear, moonless Friday night. With every short vignette Duchesne High School presents, you begin to really understand the true meaning of love.
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Congratulations to Evan Loveless on becoming a Journal Opinion Shaper!
By Evan Loveless
Amp writer
I enjoy reading the newspaper, but I always skip over the obituaries. It makes me sad. Not that these people died, but that their lives can be summed up in less than 50 words. All the things we do – the jobs we have, the people we meet, the knowledge we gain and the money we make – do any of these have lasting significance?
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By Nikki McGee
Amp writer
First Baptist Church of Lake Saint Louis is working to change the lives of youth by through Bible studies led by youth pastor Tom Papez.
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By Cynthia Zhang
Amp writer
Last Saturday, from 8:30-9:30, several million people turned off their lights. This was done for Earth Hour, a yearly event taking place on the last Saturday of March to promote environmental awareness. It was, as the dozen or so news stations covering it can attest, a Big Event, with monuments from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building going dark for an hour. Doing this was very impressive, and so were the numbers: Toronto’s energy usage fell by nine percent, Bangkok saved 73 megawatts of energy, Ireland, 150 megawatts. For one hour, citizens from Australia to Africa sat in reverential darkness. Then, at nine-thirty, the lights came back on.
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One of the original Amp writers, Kristy Tiesing of St. Charles, was elected to serve on the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Student Council as the Agricultural Journalism Representative.
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