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Photos by Mandi Bateman The employees of the Kootenai River Brewing Company, all decked out for their Friday night Halloween party. Front from left: Kimberly Helsper, Chelsea Hartman, Summer Peterson and Jayden Attaway. Looming over the others is Jeremiah Holes, portraying ‘Death.’

Photos by Mandi Bateman The employees of the Kootenai River Brewing Company, all decked out for their Friday night Halloween party. Front from left: Kimberly Helsper, Chelsea Hartman, Summer Peterson and Jayden Attaway. Looming over the others is Jeremiah Holes, portraying ‘Death.’

November 2, 2017

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Our favorite haunts
November 2, 2017 1 a.m.

Our favorite haunts

BONNERS FERRY — Wearing costumes on Halloween dates back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain. As the farmer’s crops died, the Celtic people would light bonfires and don disguises, in hopes of fooling and warding off spirits or ghosts, to protect their land throughout the upcoming winter.