Leashed Dogs Welcome on Monastery Lawn This Afternoon
Ferdinand, ID · October 4, 2026
Rumbling trucks headed east toward Nezperce signal the final, mud-slinging afternoon of fair season. Settle in with a warm cup—there is plenty of quiet to go around before Monday arrives.
The Lead
Dogs of all shapes and sizes are heading up the hill to Cottonwood this afternoon. Marking the feast of St. Francis of Assisi and the close of the month-long Season of Creation, the Center for Benedictine Life at the Monastery of St. Gertrude is hosting a community pet blessing at 2:00 PM on the chapel lawn. Co-sponsored with St. Mary’s Parish, the outdoor gathering invites neighbors from across the prairie to bring well-behaved dogs on leashes for individual blessings led by Prioress Sister Teresa Jackson.
Organizers have set aside the front lawn just south of the main parking area for pre-service strolls, providing bags and bins to keep the grounds tidy. While church animal blessings often coincide with early October, this marks the monastery’s first outdoor service opened specifically to four-legged household companions. Handlers are encouraged to arrive fifteen minutes early to settle energetic pets before the liturgy begins.
Today's Outlook
- High 82°F · Low 50°F — Overcast
- A morning jacket gives way to a warm, cloud-covered afternoon on the prairie.
What's On Around Town
Today
Lewis County Fair Exhibits Lewis County Fairgrounds (5th Ave and Pine St), Nezperce, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM Final walkthrough for community open-class displays and youth projects.
Tough Trucks Competition Cecil Hill Arena, Nezperce, Noon Rowdy dirt runs wrap up the fair's grandstand action.
Tomorrow
- Seniors In Shape Exercise Class Cottonwood Community Hall (506 King St), Cottonwood, 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
Tuesday
- Preschool Storytime Prairie Community Library, Cottonwood, 10:00–11:00 AM
- Senior Citizen Dinner Cottonwood Community Hall (506 King St), Cottonwood, Noon
Spotlight & Story
- Cribbed Grain Elevators
- Beneath the corrugated sheet metal along the former rail corridor sits an extraordinary feat of engineering: walls built of dimensional two-by-fours stacked flat and spiked together like a giant timber puzzle, holding back millions of pounds of Prairie wheat pressure without internal bracing.
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