Yolanda Serrato, 54, walks past her well in the front yard of her home on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, in East Porterville, Calif. Serrato is one of many East Porterville residents who have had their ...

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The Ice Bucket Challenge originated in 2014 when Pat Quinn, Pete Frates and Anthony Senerchia started the worldwide trend of dumping a container of icy water on yourself.

Are people accepting the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge because they're good Samaritans, because they briefly get to hog the limelight or a combination of the two, Ralph Gardner asks.

“I remember seeing an old well bucket by Barnetts Creek,” Logan Lewis said. “It was a 40- to 50-year-old bucket we salvaged.” The two welded it, silver-plated it and put a plaque on it.

The water vanished from Olivia Vargas’ modest East Porterville home on an ordinary morning as she was rinsing her breakfast dishes. It left Yolanda Serrato’s house just as suddenly, sputtering ...