Realistic Sculpture Leads to Canadian Mint Project for Canyon Sculptor
BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor Over the course of nearly 25 years of sculpting, Karl Lansing has taken on a wide range of pieces, from miniature deer to life-sized bison, but a recent project is both bigger and smaller. Bigger, that is, in terms of...
Crate-ivity on display at Creston’s Kootenay Crate Co.
Kootenay Crate Co. BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor Nightstands. Entertainment units. Wine racks. Serving trays. One downtown Creston store offers them all, and with a rustic design found nowhere else. “People don’t really see stuff like this,” says Kootenay...
Creston’s Pyramid Building Supplies celebrating 25th Christmas Wishing Tree
Pyramid Wishing Tree BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor The Wishing Tree at Pyramid Building Supplies isn’t put up and decorated until after Remembrance Day, but that doesn’t stop generous members of the community from anticipating the Christmas spirit it...
William Tell Family Estates take Creston Valley fruit from branch to bottle
William Tell Family Estates BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor William Tell Family Estates owners Dave Mutch and Amy White took a chance three years ago, going from selling fresh cider in gallon jugs to selling glass bottles of sparkling old-fashioned cider at...
Columbia Basin Alliance encouraging literacy in the Creston Valley
Columbia Basin Alliance BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor Literacy: It may seem to have a simple definition — the ability to read — but there’s so much more to it. “Literacy is not just reading — it’s reading, writing, numeracy, computer skills, preparing for...
Creative juices flowing at Creston’s Fit and Fresh
BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor When Fit and Fresh opened in downtown Creston in May to offer fresh juice, smoothies and fitness supplements, owner Tori Colonel thought it seemed somehow incomplete. Four months later, she teamed up with Simply Fit — a move...
Creston BC sculptor gives First Nations heritage form in granite
Creston BC sculptor BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor Creston BC sculptor Stewart Steinhauer has worked on a ranch, and he’s been an organic gardener. But to those in the Creston Valley, Stewart Steinhauer is best known for his granite sculptures, which...
Star Trek actor spent teen years in Creston Valley
BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor As an artist, writer and actor, Duncan Regehr’s work has taken him across the country and around the world for over 40 years. But in all that time, and even after a few trips to deep space courtesy of roles on two Star Trek...
Ducks Roaming Free at Wynndel’s Quack Me Up
BY BRIAN LAWRENCE I Love Creston Editor “I just love being a duck farmer.” It was a random text from Tammy Murphy to business partner Jessica Piccinin, but a simple way to express her feelings about their latest venture. “There’s really just not a day where they’re...