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Photo by Mandi Bateman Assistant manager Kimberly Helsper and server Summer Peterson kept the Halloween spirit going during the Kootenai River Brewing Company’s Halloween party.

Photo by Mandi Bateman Assistant manager Kimberly Helsper and server Summer Peterson kept the Halloween spirit going during the Kootenai River Brewing Company’s Halloween party.

November 2, 2017

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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.