Braces Crave Candy: Halloween Treats Challenge Teens
Oregon mother Julie Bonn Heath recalls braces for her son Nick who faced limits on gummy candy and caramel apples. Orthodontists warn sticky chewy sweets can damage braces, prolong treatment, and lead to costly repairs, urging parents to choose safer alternatives and monitor sugar intake.
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Megan K. Scott
New York
Julie Bonn Heath
Nick
Heath
Seaside
Ore
U.S
Canada
American Association of Orthodontists
Robert Bray
AAO
Olga Bukholts
Perfect Smiles Orthodontics
Sharon Mostyn
Baltimore
Mostyn
Bray
Lynn Belz
Marmora
N.J
Bukholts
Mary Hayes
Chicago
Hayes
Local churches host trunk or treat as Halloween alternative
Grace Community Church Overbrook hosts a family fall festival GLOW from 5 to 7 pm inviting all, with non scary costumes encouraged and goody bags for kids. Pomona Assembly of God and Ottawa First Assembly also run trunk or treat events drawing regional families.
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Rhodes
Grace Community Church
Overbrook
Debbie Young
Young
Ron James
James
E. 4Th
Pomona
Ottawa First Assembly
Wreck Near 23rd Street Injures Driver in Semi Crash
Witnesses describe a stop sign collision at Eisenhower Road and 23rd Street involving a pickup and a semi. Rideau was extricated and transported to Overland Park Regional Hospital in critical condition. McPherson, shaken, admitted backing into Ethel Plouffe’s Cadillac after the crash.
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23Rd Street
Eisenhower Road
McPherson
Rideau
Emergency
Overland Park Regional Hospital
Ethel Plouffe
Board discusses school paper content and First Amendment
Wellsville USD 289 Superintendent Denise O'Dea reports board and community outrage over a front page school newspaper story. The board reviewed First Amendment bounds, with attorneys from the Kansas Association of School Boards, and decided it was only a discussion with no action. A disclaimer moves to the front page to note the paper's content may not reflect district views.
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Board of Education
Wellsville
Denise O’dea
O’dea
Kansas Association of School Boards
USD 289 Board of Education
Wellsville School Administration
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