Local briefs October 27, 2011

Fall Family Fun Fest is Sunday at fairgrounds

A Fall Family Fun Fest is set for 5-8 p.m. Sunday at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds.

Put on by Heart of the Family Church, the free event is billed as great for kids and adults of all ages.

It will include carnival games, a mechanical bull, mini-ponies, bouncing castle with inflatable boxing gloves for adults, music, jail, a chili cookoff, pie competition and a dessert auction.

Joe Tuttle, youth pastor, said the festival is an outreach to the community and a safe place for families to come together.

"If anyone needs a place to go, they can come here," he said.

The Coeur d'Alene church is preparing for at least 500 visitors.

Candy donations are welcome.

Info: 665-7808

Post Falls water may acquire taste, odor

POST FALLS - Post Falls will be chlorinating its city water system beginning Tuesday for 30 days as part of routine fall maintenance.

The process, done in the spring and the fall each year, ensures safe water for city residents. The chlorine concentration will be .1 to .4 parts per million.

An odor or different taste to the water may be noticeable during the process.

Drinking water can be put into a pitcher and left to sit out several hours or overnight, dissipating the chlorine odor and taste.

For more information, call 777-9857 or e-mail [email protected].