The need to read: Lovington students go on book-buying spree to help high school library.

From: Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) | Date: March 6, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Theresa Churchill

Mar. 6--CHAMPAIGN -- Like kids in a candy store, five students from Lovington High School could hardly wait to comb the 30,000 square feet of books stretching out before them. John Sullivan, manager of Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Champaign, gave them a tour before turning them loose, but freshman Kalee Huffman, 14, didn't make it past the religion section. She dropped to her knees and scanned the shelves for titles by Joyce Meyer. "I watch her on TV Sunday mornings, and she's an awesome speaker," Kalee said. "I just read 'Battlefield of the ...

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