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‘You broke our hearts'
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| Submitted photo Brian Alexander, center, stands with his granddaughters, IvoryAnna (right) and Azariah (far right) and grandson Ivory (left) in their pumpkin patch. The Alexanders lost several pumpkins this weekend at the hands of Halloween vandals. |
By Rasmieyh Abdelnabi
Daily News staff writer
Missing pumpkin crop disappoints youngsters
A South Beloit family will have to do without completely covering their home with pumpkins this Halloween because vandals decided to smash some this past weekend.
The Alexanders live on Blackhawk Boulevard. Brian and Diane Alexander live with three of their grandchildren; Azariah, 9, IvoryAnna, 6, and Ivory, 4.
Mr. Alexander planted 13 pumpkin plants for each of his grandchildren along the side of his house. The Alexanders proudly displayed 12 of those pumpkins outside their home. But Monday morning came and half the pumpkins were gone. One smashed-up pumpkin sat across the house in the median on Blackhawk Boulevard.
Growing the pumpkins was a summer project the family enjoyed, Mr. Alexander explained. They were out there every day checking on the plants and caring for them.
“We don't have much money. It was cheap. We had a blast this summer,” he said. “These kids were out here kissing them and hugging them.”
“And measuring them,” Mrs. Alexander chimed in.
The children were saddened when they discovered their pumpkins were missing. They had all been making plans about how they were going to carve them.
“It was like telling them there would be no Christmas this year,” Mr. Alexander said.
Azariah said she was going to go through a book to figure out how to carve her pumpkins. One of her ideas was carving the shape of a pumpkin on an actual one.
She said if she could talk to the people who stole her family's pumpkins, she would say, “You broke our hearts.”
South Beloit Police Sgt. Adam Truman said the family did file a police report, but the police have no suspects. He added the police department doesn't receive many reports of missing pumpkins. The department receives a couple of complaints regarding damage to holiday decorations each year.
Mr. Alexander said the people responsible for taking their pumpkins show no respect for what is not theirs. He believes children are responsible. This is the second year the Alexanders have had to deal with their pumpkins being stolen.
“They just saw an easy target,” Mr. Alexander said. “What can I say? Just no respect, because that's what it boils down to.”
A South Beloit family will have to do without completely covering their home with pumpkins this Halloween because vandals decided to smash some this past weekend.
The Alexanders live on Blackhawk Boulevard. Brian and Diane Alexander live with three of their grandchildren; Azariah, 9, IvoryAnna, 6, and Ivory, 4.
Mr. Alexander planted 13 pumpkin plants for each of his grandchildren along the side of his house. The Alexanders proudly displayed 12 of those pumpkins outside their home. But Monday morning came and half the pumpkins were gone. One smashed-up pumpkin sat across the house in the median on Blackhawk Boulevard.
Growing the pumpkins was a summer project the family enjoyed, Mr. Alexander explained. They were out there every day checking on the plants and caring for them.
“We don't have much money. It was cheap. We had a blast this summer,” he said. “These kids were out here kissing them and hugging them.”
“And measuring them,” Mrs. Alexander chimed in.
The children were saddened when they discovered their pumpkins were missing. They had all been making plans about how they were going to carve them.
“It was like telling them there would be no Christmas this year,” Mr. Alexander said.
Azariah said she was going to go through a book to figure out how to carve her pumpkins. One of her ideas was carving the shape of a pumpkin on an actual one.
She said if she could talk to the people who stole her family's pumpkins, she would say, “You broke our hearts.”
South Beloit Police Sgt. Adam Truman said the family did file a police report, but the police have no suspects. He added the police department doesn't receive many reports of missing pumpkins. The department receives a couple of complaints regarding damage to holiday decorations each year.
Mr. Alexander said the people responsible for taking their pumpkins show no respect for what is not theirs. He believes children are responsible. This is the second year the Alexanders have had to deal with their pumpkins being stolen.
“They just saw an easy target,” Mr. Alexander said. “What can I say? Just no respect, because that's what it boils down to.”
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