Rhonda,
Excellent job! You caught and held my attention and the story is very well written
I have an issue with your paper's copy editors, though! I am thinking that the caption should read "switch identities" instead of "switch identifies"? Midwest regional conference should all be either capitalized or lowercase but not some of each. Same with Midwest Student Photography competition. A few more, too
YOU did a great job! Your editors need 10 wacks on the backside with a hardcover copy of the AP Stylebook though