🌱 SPIN Resource Roundup: Food Security & Basic Needs and 10 more events

Good morning to you Kootenai! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• SPIN Resource Roundup: Food Security & Basic Needs
• Wine4U Monthly Wine Tasting at Baxter's Backdoor

Today's riddle: What happens when two monkeys get a divorce? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 31 degrees.
• Thursday: Pleasant with plenty of sun, temps: high: 62, low: 30.
• Friday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 65 and low of 33 degrees.

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📸 Around Kootenai

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Kootenai

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 21

• SPIN Resource Roundup: Food Security & Basic Needs →
  Community Resource Envision Center, 130 McGhee Rd Suite 220, Sandpoint
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Monday October 19

• Wine4U Monthly Wine Tasting →
  Baxter's Backdoor, 111 Cedar St, Sandpoint
  5:30 pm

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📣 Kootenai Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday October 14

• Developmental Disabilities De-escalation and Response →
  Bonner County Justice Services, 4002 Samuelson Ave, Sandpoint
  1:00 pm
• Celebrate Recovery →
  New Life Church, 1925 N. Boyer Ave, Sandpoint
  5:30 pm
• BCARC Meeting →
  1325 Pine St, Sandpoint
  5:30 pm

Thursday October 15

• Vet Counseling →
  1325 Pine St, Sandpoint
  10:00 am

Friday October 16

• MICK DUFF'S BREW HALL →
  Mick Duff’s Brew Hall, 220 Cedar St, Sandpoint
  6:00 pm
• Tim G. Music at Mick Duff's Brew Hall →
  Mick Duff's Brew Hall, 220 Cedar St, Sandpoint
  6:00 pm
• Tim G. Music at Mick Duff’s Brew Hall →
  Mick Duff’s Brew Hall, 220 Cedar St, Sandpoint
  6:00 pm
• 250 Express: An American Piano Journey-Part 1: Expedition →
  Music Conservatory of Sandpoint, Sandpoint
  7:00 pm
• LPO Rep Presents: The Beaux Stratagem →
  Panida Theatre Inc, 300 North 1st Avenue, Sandpoint
  7:00 pm
• Copper Mountain Band + Line Dancing Lessons →
  The Hive, 207 North First Avenue, Sandpoint
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• TJX posted a job opening for Retail Key Carrier Coordinator in Ponderay. Apply here.
• Dollar Tree posted a job opening for Customer Service Associate I in Ponderay. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Kootenai here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Ponderay

• City details local option tax ballot question (bonnercountydailybee.com)
• Bonner County News of Record - Sept. 30, 2026 (bonnercountydailybee.com)
• Bonner County Calendar - Oct. 13, 2026 (bonnercountydailybee.com)

Sandpoint

• Apple Fest warms up a chilly Sandpoint Saturday (bonnercountydailybee.com)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration invite residents to Open House, Nov. 4 (army.mil)
• Bonner County News of Record - Sept. 29, 2026 (hagadonenewsnetwork.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What happens when two monkeys get a divorce?" — They are banana split. (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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