My Dental Soap Box, Your Weekend Forecast, ‘Straw Poll!’ + You Will Wanna be Listening Next Week

We started chatting about some of the weird items you or your kid got while trick-or-treating. There were so many listeners that chimed in saying their kids got a toothbrush and floss with a dental office business card attached to it. So, dental professionals, do you hand out candy or dental implements?

Believe me, I totally get the advertising aspect of this and being a former dental assistant, I understand you want kids to brush and floss as much as possible. Some things you see as a dental assistant would scare the average person. But, Halloween and trick-or-treating in my opinion, is for fun and candy.

No kid wants to go home, check their loot for Milky Ways, Snickers and Three Musketeers and find floss and a toothbrush. Give that stuff away at the office after their cleaning and fluoride treatments.

This concludes my dental soap box.  Now, on with the Morning Waking Crew Daily!

Weather

Clouding up with a high of 54....48 in the North Country. Your weekend forecast.

Straw Poll

With the November elections creeping up on us, I thought I'd take a 'Straw Poll' to see how things are leaning. The good news? My poll is only two questions!

Top News Stories

Manhunt is over
After a 48-day search following the ambush shooting of two Pennsylvania state troopers, suspect Eric Frein (freen) is behind bars and is set for his first court appearance this morning. Frein was captured yesterday by U.S. Marshals near an abandoned airplane hangar, about 30 miles from the state police barracks where the Sept. 12 shooting happened. One trooper was killed and another was seriously wounded.

Tolls being removed
A toll plaza in Merrimack is being removed now that it's no longer being used on the Everett Turnpike. The removal of the Exit 12 Toll Plaza will require periodic ramp closures tomorrow. Toll collecting ended on July 18th. The elimination of the toll plaza was included in the gas tax bill passed by legislators this year.

LePage says negotiations broken down
Governor Paul LePage says negotiations with nurse Kaci Hickox have broken down and he's ready to exercise the "full extent" of his authority to protect the public. LePage says the state was willing to agree to arrangements that would have allowed Hickox to go for walks, runs and bicycle rides while preventing her from going into public places or coming within 3 feet of others. The governor says those discussions have failed.

Stupid News

Little Tokyo in downtown LA is holding the first-ever "Kitty-Con."

Joke du Jour

Oh Don...

What do they serve birds on Halloween?
'Tweet!'
What is a vampire's favorite sport?
'Casketball!'
If you met him what would you say to the devil?
'I think I married your sister!'

Coming up Monday

Tickets to see Kenny Chesney/Jason Aldean at Gillette in August!  Yeah Baby!!