{"id":6632,"date":"2024-02-16T11:44:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=6632"},"modified":"2024-02-16T11:44:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T16:44:14","slug":"joy-in-jack-o-lanterns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acutabove.mipamsu.org\/?p=6632","title":{"rendered":"Joy in jack-o-lanterns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1st Place, Personality Profile <\/strong><br>2022-23, Division 4, News Writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Alyssa VanHook <\/strong><br>Uncaged <br>Stockbridge HS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While driving down Clinton Street in the month of October, you are sure to see a house with many extravagant Halloween decorations in its front yard. A tractor full of pumpkins, hay bales, and other fall and Halloween themed decorations fill Joan Bumpus\u2019s yard every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bumpus has been a resident of Stockbridge since 1953 and is notorious for decorating<br>her iconic yard for Halloween and Christmas. The tradition began in 1973 when she started celebrating the upcoming holidays by decorating with her husband and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI imagine we started out small, and then when we\u2019d go through different towns we\u2019d see decorations that we liked,\u201d said Bumpus. \u201cSo we would bring it back and add it to our house.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As her children grew older, Bumpus didn\u2019t stop decorating. She and her late husband found joy in the small-town attraction her home had become during the holidays over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have so many people that stop, and now at Halloween people will bring their kids and set them up on the pumpkin wagon and take pictures with them,\u201d said Bumpus. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s worth it to do it, because we enjoy hearing from the people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bumpus\u2019s house does attract a lot of attention. Compared to all of the other Halloween decorations neighboring her house, her display beckons many young trick-or-treaters and adults alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe really puts a lot of effort and detail into her decorations. It\u2019s just nice to see in the community,\u201d said Kim Killinger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bumpus has no plan to stop her tradition of decorating. She says she enjoys the reaction and the happiness the people of Stockbridge get from her decorations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI still decorate because people talk about the decorations when they see it,\u201d said Bumpus. \u201cSo I just feel like, you\u2019ve got to do it, because the people are looking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NW-15. Personality Profile<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The personality profile captures the life, interests, accomplishments of well-known or interesting people, based on interviews from multiple sources. The subject(s) should have experiences, thoughts and accomplishments worth reporting. Anecdotes add to the personality profile. Submit a PDF of the print page(s) on which the story was published or the URL to the story on an online news site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>JUDGING CRITERIA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lead captures attention, arouses curiosity; reason for sketch is made clear early in story<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emphasizes fresh angle; individualizes person<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colorful, lively presentation; effective form\/style<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Descriptive writing demonstrates the concept of \u201cshow, don\u2019t tell\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reflects adequate research, sound interviewing techniques from a variety of sources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoids encyclopedic listing of subject\u2019s accomplishments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effective use of quotes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interesting; appeals to the emotions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proper diction\/grammar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1st Place, Personality Profile 2022-23, Division 4, News Writing By Alyssa VanHook Uncaged Stockbridge HS While driving down Clinton Street in the month of October, you are sure to see a house with many extravagant Halloween decorations in its front yard. 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