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🌱 Oregon Trail Center Arts & Craft Festival and 10 more events
You won't want to miss Spooky Dinner & Creepy Carnival on the Montpelier Patch calendar
Hi Montpelier! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
Coming up on the calendar:
- Spooky Dinner & Creepy Carnival at National Oregon/California Trail Center
- Oregon Trail Center Arts & Craft Festival at National Oregon/California Trail Center
Today's riddle: What do you call a belt that is made of watches? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Thursday: Sunny and pleasant, with a high of 73 and low of 36 degrees.
- Friday: Sunny, nice and warm, temps: high: 76, low: 39.
- Saturday: Partly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 78 and low of 37 degrees.
📸 Around Montpelier
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Montpelier
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★ Featured events ★
- Spooky Dinner & Creepy Carnival →
National Oregon/California Trail Center, 320 N 4th St, Montpelier
4:00 pm
Saturday October 24
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Other local events
- Oregon Trail Center Arts & Craft Festival →
National Oregon/California Trail Center, 320 North 4th Street, Montpelier
10:00 am
Monday October 26
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🗓 Events Nearby
- MS XC Bob Conley
Oneida County District Malad City, ID 83252
12:00 pm - DOWNEY ELEMENTARY SWIM LESSONS (2-6th Grades)
MARSH VALLEY JOINT DISTRICT Arimo, ID 83214
12:45 pm - Sugar-Salem at Preston →
Preston High School, 151 E 2Nd St, Preston
5:00 pm - Music with Nathan Spenser →
Portneuf Grille & Lounge, Lower Level Riverside Hot Springs Inn and Spa, Lava Hot Springs
6:00 pm - GAME NIGHT! →
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 2060 Niter Bench Road, Grace
7:00 pm - AJ Winters Elementary Halloween Carnival
Bear Lake County District #33 Paris, ID 83261 - Oktoberfest in Lava Hot Springs →
Lava Hot Springs East Park, JXCR+4J, Lava Hot Springs - FB vs Marsh Valley
Oneida County District Malad City, ID 83252 - MS VB DISTRICTS @ MALAD
Oneida County District Malad City, ID 83252 - Oktoberfest →
Downtown Lava Hot Springs, 15 N 3rd Ave, Lava Hot Springs
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Citizen scientists brought a water sample from the Spokane River to our Coeur d'Alene office, and the sample contained a statoblast (first image)!
A statoblast is the microscopic reproductive pod of a freshwater animal called the Bryozoa, which is actually a colony made up of microscopic… (Nextdoor )
- PacifiCorp - Pacific Power posted a job opening for Journeyman Lineman Troubleshooter in Montpelier. Apply here.
- Family Dollar posted a job opening for Assistant Manager II in Preston. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Montpelier here.
🗞 Nearby News
Preston
- Nominations Open for Jordan Schnitzer Prize of the West (mycentraloregon.com)
- Preston volleyball falls to Bear Lake (hjnews.com)
- Larsen-Sant Library undergoing 6,000 square foot expansion (hjnews.com)
Pocatello
- ISU unveils brand new esports arena (eastidahonews.com)
- Football games aren't played on paper: Highland-Pocatello meet Friday for 64th Black and Blue Bowl (idahostatejournal.com)
- POCATELLO at Helen Theatre Cleveland (Oct 7 – Oct 17, 2026) (broadwayworld.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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