Community news

Truck Route closed

Construction work on a railway crossing will force the closure of Truck Route from Sixth Avenue West all the way to U.S. 2 at Mike's Conoco from Oct. 21 through Oct. 24. Local traffic will be allowed, but no through traffic will be possible. Mission Mountain Railway will install a new at-grade crossing pad, and the city will complete asphalt patches.

Harvest dinner

The Columbia Falls United Methodist Church will hold its annual Harvest Dinner on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. with turkey or ham and all the trimmings and pie. This is a free-will donation dinner.

Fall decorations

For the 18th year, businesses will decorate Columbia Falls with cornstalks, straw bales and scarecrows. The Northwest Antique Power Association will donate straw bales from their recent antique engine tractor show. Bales will be limited this year, and businesses are asked to take one or two for their display. The bales will be located on a trailer at Fourth Street Furniture Store, 28 Fourth Street West. Judging will take place the first week in November. Winners will we announced at the Columbia Falls Chamber of Commerce's general membership meeting on Nov. 8.

Trick or trunk

North Valley Baptist Church will host a "Trick or Trunk" event on Halloween night, Monday, Oct. 31, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Children can come to 1750 Talbott Road in Columbia Falls to trick or treat the car trunks in the church parking lot.

Book sale

The Columbia Falls Library Association will hold a book sale at Glacier Discovery Square on Friday, Oct. 21, from noon to 5 p.m. The sale of old and new books, fiction and nonfiction, will benefit the local library.