POST FALLS - A candidate forum for Post Falls City Council will be held at City Hall ofrom 7-9 p.m. Thursday.

The public is invited.

Candidates for seats 1 (Kerri Thoreson, Joe Bodman Jim Edgington), 3 (Scott Grant, Joe Malloy) and 5 (Skip Hissong, Barry Rubin) have been invited to participate.

The forum will be broadcast live on city cable channel 13. It will be rebroadcast on the channel on Sundays at 3 p.m. and Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 p.m. through Nov. 7. The forum will also be available as video on demand at www.postfallsidaho.org.

The Post Falls Chamber of Commerce will host a chili and soup cookoff at its building next to City Hall from 4-7 p.m. before the forum. The public is invited.

Cost is $6 for adults and $4 for kids 8 and younger. The cost includes a tasting cup, beverage and ballot.

The Post Falls High cheerleaders will sell root beer floats for $1.

There will also be a karaoke contest. It costs $1 to sing and proceeds benefit a local soup kitchen.

A pumpkin-carving contest will be held at Art Conscious during the same time near the corner of Fourth and Spokane.

For more information on the activities hosted by the chamber, visit www.postfallschamber.com.

No candidate forums are planned for Rathdrum and Spirit Lake.