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Labour strife puts cloud over summer school
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Katie Bartel The Progress Will it run or won’t it? That’s the question facing Chilliwack’s summer school program. With the continued rotating teacher strikes and the lockout situation, the school district has yet to figure out a plan of action for summer school. “We’re not quite sure where we’re at with summer school yet because we haven’t heard if the teacher strike action will extend beyond June 27 and whether [BC Public School Employers’ Association] will be responding with lifting the lockout,” said superintendent Evelyn Novak. “We’re hoping to hear more by the end of the week, because then it’s kind of down to the wire.” Regardless, it will still be a tight squeeze getting everything organized in time. Normally the school district already has planning in place for summer learning, but with the BC Teachers’ Federation (BCTF) job action and BCPSEA lockout, plans have been put on hiatus. “It’s a bit of a waiting period right now,” said Novak. “Once we know, one way or another, whether summer school can take place or will take place because of strike action, that will impact other decisions as well.” Not having summer school could be detrimental. Research has shown that students, especially at-risk students, can lose more than two months knowledge over the summer months if they are not engaged in educational activities during that time. For Chilliwack, summer learning had been the answer. Continued: SCHOOL/ p10
Dancers from across B.C. and even the U.S. were in Chilliwack over the weekend, taking part in the “Rally In The Valley,” hosted by the Rhythm Reelers square and round dancing club. This year’s event, held at Atchelitz Hall, was dedicated to Brian Minter in recognition of many Sunday’s Minter Gardens would welcome the visiting clubs. GREG KNILL/ PROGRESS
Old Yale Beer captures Canada’s of the Year The Progress The brewmaster couldn’t stop smiling all day on Monday. Old Yale Brewing Co. of Chilliwack won the coveted Beer of the Year 2014 prize over the weekend from Canadian Brewing Awards for their Sasquatch Stout. “It’s like winning the lottery, and it feels good after all the hard
work,” said Old Yale brewmaster Larry Caza. The Beer of the Year award was handed out in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on Saturday night, and Caza was there. He was sitting in the audience as they called the winners to the stage for bronze, for silver and more. “And there it was. It was the last award of the night. It was
for brewery of the year, and our Sasquatch Stout got the highest marks of all the beers entered into the competition.” The adrenaline was pumping. “It was exciting. I almost fell off my chair when they called our name. “I’d been enjoying the night, and there were so many good breweries represented. We were eating scallops and lobster sand-
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wiches and the beer was unbelievable. “All of a sudden I heard our name, and everyone was staring at me. So I ran up onto the stage and received the award.” The judges had high praise for the dark and flavourful stout. It’s a toasted oat, coffee and chocolate flavoured brew made at the brewery on Progress Way. “It’s a fun beer to make,” said
Caza. “When you mix all the grains together it’s like the tastiest chocolate chip cookie porridge. It’s an interesting recipe for sure.” Caza thought he was going to have a normal day at work Monday, making beer, but he was bombarded by media calls all day asking about the aftermath of the Beer of the Year award. Continued: BEER/ p10
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