Good morning, Spokane.

The Great Pumpkin Race and Family Carnival will take place Saturday, Oct.

17 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Riverfront Park (Clock Tower Meadow) where families can enjoy free games, prizes, food and costumed pumpkin racecars.

On Armistice Day, almost all downtown businesses closed as Spokane marked its 13th celebration with a 12:30 p.m. unveiling of a 12-foot bronze statue of President Lincoln at Main and Monroe + American Legion Post 9 dedicated a granite cenotaph at Riverside Memorial Park with nearly 500 attendees.

In 1976, Kenneth Butt in Spokane chased a pack rat that later collected 16 apples under his truck — the animal was named Packy McSky when the humane society took him in.

In 1926, soprano Amelita Galli-Curci was booked for a performance at Spokane Armory, a highly awaited cultural event.

Hillyard's Ohana Dance Fellowship purchased property at 4415 N.

Rebecca St. (near Esmeralda Golf Course) to build a new 3,900 sqft studio with extra rooms for classes and parent meetings and plans to expand programming by next September, potentially welcoming up to 100 students.

Collectors & players are struggling to find Pokémon's 30th Celebration cards as demand exceeds supply; stores like Pixels and Packs and Comic Book Shop have scheduled later releases to ease long lines.

The release, steeped in nostalgia, has crowded stores and driven rapid reselling at higher prices.

Author Laurie Frankel will revisit her 2021 novel 'One Two Three' with readers at two Spokane Is Reading events this week, where she will discuss the book’s portrayal of a community facing a chemical spill and its theme of caring for one another — tying literature to everyday local interest.

Local naturalist Carl Barrentine explains that October thorn moths mimic autumn leaves to evade predators as cool nights set in.

The moths fly to find mates and will lay eggs that overwinter and hatch into inchworms next spring.

In Pullman Saturday night, the Cougars fell 26-6 in their Pac-12 opener as coach Kirby Moore acknowledged an offense resembling those early tough seasons under former coach Paul Wulff — the team plans to work on improvements before its next game.