CLEARWATER VALLEY â In December, people may be celebrating Hanukkah, winter solstice, a secular version of Christmas with Santa and a Christmas tree, a religious celebration of the birth of Christ, Kwanzaa or other festivals. We are each free to celebrate in our own ways, or not at all. Most of the decorations I see around the valley are of snowmen, Santa Claus and Grinches, but one house in Stites puts up a lighted nativity scene every year on their second-floor porch with lighted words proclaiming, âJesus is born Saviorâ.
Every year, about this time, I hear people say, âthey wonât let us celebrate Christmas anymore.â Iâm not sure why. I think itâs important to reflect on the religious freedom that we have guaranteed in the Constitution. Although there have been health recommendations from the governor and health districts about group size, I know no church in Idaho County where anyone has been stopped, harassed or cited for attending church.
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COLFAX â A local bar and grill targeted by the Liquor and Cannabis Board earlier this month has received a warning from the state Department of Labor and Industries.
Hyde Out Bar and Grill owners Dale and Liz Mann confirmed they received a warning letter mailed Dec. 11 from Olympia.
In the letter, the agency alleges the business is in violation of a Nov. 16 gubernatorial proclamation ordering restaurants and bars to shut down inside services. That prohibition now extends to Jan. 4.
Dale Mann said Monday he was surprised by the letter.
According to Mann, the business at 215 N. Main St., has been closed since Dec. 1, when a state Liquor and Cannabis Board agent threatened to revoke the businessâs liquor license and fine the owners.
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