April News Briefs
Mr. and Ms. Blossomtime Crowned
On April 16, 2023, Mr. Blossomtime was crowned during the Blossomtime pageant held at LMC. Berrien Springs student, Karl Krause, took first place, and SJHS Juinor, Juswin Judge, was the first runner-up. Senior, Declan Finnigan, was awarded Mr. Nice Guy, and Olivia Ippel, 12, got second runner-up during the Ms. Blossomtime ceremony.
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Biden Ends Covid Emergency
On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration plans to end the Covid public health emergency issued by Trump. The health emergency was first declared on January 31, 2020, and has been extended multiple times throughout the last three years. The US Senate voted and passed the bill with a 68-23 ruling, and plan to give healthcare workers and businesses time to readjust their safety regulations. While the bill does take away government order, individual decisions remain concerning mask and vaccine mandates. “I’m glad the world is coming back to normal,” Avery Valenti, 10 said, “It’s exciting to be able to do the activities we used to do before Covid.”
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European Spacecraft Makes its Journey to Jupiter
A European spacecraft, Juice, began its eight-year journey to Jupiter early morning of April 14th. Costing about 1.8 billion dollars, Juice’s main mission is to explore the moons, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, in search of sea life in their underground oceans. This project will spend about three years circulating the moons, and come back to Earth in 2035.
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