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Sometimes, situations need a hero.  For example, at this point there’s NO ARGUMENT that 2020 has just sucked.  Right and left school, events, and even life milestones have been canceled…

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Sometimes, situations need a hero.  For example, at this point there's NO ARGUMENT that 2020 has just sucked.  Right and left school, events, and even life milestones have been canceled due to Covid-19.

The list appears to be never-ending with Halloween seemingly destined to be added to it.  You can hear it can't you?  "How can you possibly trick-or-treat safely?!"

Well, "Karen," meet Halloween's hero, Andrew Beattie.

This Ohio dad has come up with a socially distanced way to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters this Halloween, and his "invention" is going viral.

Yup, this dude has created a candy chute that runs down the handrail of the steps outside his house.  So, he's come up with a "touch-free" way for kids to still be able to collect candy on Halloween.

"I want our youngins to be able to have some sense of normalcy and maybe a little bit of exercise in all this madness, and I've put a LOT of thought into how to do so safely," he wrote in his now-viral Facebook post.

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.