HALLOWEEN IN ROYALTON

uncertainty, stores are determined to salvage what Black Friday sales they can. At PacSun, for example, online deals “are being promoted more heavily because of everything going down,” said Zubal. Tech nology retailer Best Buy ended their early Black Friday sales on October 14. Best Buy’s early deals competed with Amazon’s Prime Day deals, which took place from October 13 to October 14. The early deals Some shoppers try to get ahead of the Black Friday rush. also preNRHS Senior Noelle Kostyack shops for early holiday deals. vent crowds from rushing Best Buy on Thanksgiving night for Black Friday doorbusters, according to Best Buy’s website. Besides sales and extra benefits for rewards program members, Best Buy’s website encourages customers to use online shopping options and curbside pick-up. These types of promotions keep customers and employees safe while allowing stores to profit. A SCARIER HALLOWEEN

BY CASSIDY WOODMANCY

The Coronavirus is still affecting how people live every day. This Halloween in North Royalton, some people are rethinking the classic holiday by devising alternative ways to celebrate or adapt traditions.

Many people still planned to hand out candy or go trick or treating. Melissa Vonderu, a parent who lives in North Royalton, said, “I would love to still be able to hand out candy. I feel like it’s probably still safe for kids to come trick or treating.”

Some are saying that if people just wear a mask and stay six feet apart, kids should still be able to trick or treat and parents or adults should still hand out candy.

But some people feel that even with masks and being six feet apart it won’t be enough for everyone to stay safe while trick or treating or handing out candy. NRHS student, Vanessa Vadovski, said, “It’s too much of a risk because you’re going to be so close to so many people.”

Another student, Avery Justice, thinks that it’s safer to just stay home and hang out with family or have a small get together with friends.

Some people don’t really know which option is safer. NRHS student Peyton Bunsey said, “People can do what they want to do based on what their experience with COVID is like.”

Some residents of North Royalton are saying that it depends on what a person wants to do. If they feel that it’s safe to trick or treat, then they can. If they feel that it’s not safe to trick or treat, then they can celebrate Halloween a different way. It really depends on what they feel is safer, and what kind of impact this year had on them.

People are also unsure if they should still do Halloween parties.

Vonderu also said, “So if we do go forward with a Halloween party, I would insist on it being outside, and I was thinking to maybe have a mask competition, because I would like everyone to show up with masks.”

Some felt the safest way to celebrate Halloween this year was to watch scary movies with family and friends.

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HAUNTED HOUSE STORIES THAT WON’T GIVE YOU NIGHTMARES BY SAVEA BRINEGAR

The girl creeped forward, her eyes find her. ” darting to every corner and shad- Worried for their friend, they actually ow in fear. Her friends walked be- searched for a little while. Gleisinger said they side her, appearing calm, but both called her name and did what they could, but holding their breaths in anticipation. Without with no success. warning, someone with a mask revved a chain- “She actually joined another group to get saw, making the group scream and sprint to- through, so we saw her at the end,” Glesinger wards the exit. said.

Haunted houses. While some people enjoy When they saw each other at the end, they the rush of excitement they get being chased from couldn’t believe she ran so far that she had to group people dressed up, others may respond differently to with other people. While everyone else thought it was someone trying to scare them. Everyone reacts to fear hilarious, the friend was still pretty scared about the differently and ends up with interesting stories to tell situation. by the end of the night. Haunted houses are definitely an experience to go

Whether inside a haunted house or simply wait- through, but sometimes the fear results in some good ing in line, anything can happen when someone is stories to tell. It’s definitely unpleasant to think about least expecting it. going through dark rooms full of clowns or spiders,

“I was dressed up as a cat and saw an old lady in but there’s also the opportunity for a story to be told. a wheelchair,” Angelina Cipiti from North Royalton said. “She came up to me and said ‘kitties look very tasty,’ and put one of my fingers in her mouth.”

Taken by surprise, Cipiti was horrified by what the worker did. Looking back on it now, she said, “It was weird at the time and still is, but I can’t help to laugh about it.”

While inside haunted houses, sometimes people accidently lose personal items trying to escape from the people dressed up.

“One time, I lost my shoe in the first room of a haunted house,” Jordan Kouns from North Royalton said. “My friend hit one of the actors so they told us to leave, but I had to tell them my shoe was still in there.”

Although the actors searched for her lost shoe and found it, Kouns said she was embarrassed that she lost it in the first place.

“They started looking in the last rooms, but I didn’t want to tell them that I lost it in the very beginning,” she said. “Luckily, they found it regardless.”

While both Kouns and Cipiti are in high school, being fearful of haunted houses isn’t only limited to age.

“It was me, my wife, and two other couples,” said Jeremy Gleisinger, a North Royalton parent. “One girl thought it was a good idea to wear heels. She was re- Showing no fear, Angelina Cipiti posed with a Freddy ally scared and ran off, but got lost and no one could Krueger statue before she got in line for the haunted house. (Angelina Cipiti photo credit.)