Curses!
(Foreground, left to right) Deanna Morrison and Colin Hardwick play the romantically entangled Bertha Blair and Jack Dalton, respectively, in Curse You, Jack Dalton!

The Small-town Difference
Hey, kids — here’s something you’ll enjoy!
Buckaroo Jake and Calico Carol will be presenting a free program of puppets, yodelling, rope tricks and more at the Creston and District Public Library on July 15 at 1 p.m.

Gallery hosting Sunday painting event
By Brian Lawrence
Creston Valley Advance
With temperatures expected to hover around 30 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the Painted Turtle Gallery has picked an excellent time to host a paint out at Garden Hoe Farms this weekend.

Cherry business under local control
By Lorne Eckersley
Creston Valley Advance
After five years as the Creston Valley’s largest cherry packing and export business, Cherries Kokanee is now entirely locally owned.

(Column) This is the Life: From a hot summer’s day
By Lorne Eckersley
Creston Valley Advance
Sometimes it’s a wonder I ever get at writing this column. This week I had a number of topics in mind, but none was really floating to the top of the list.