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Friday, March 3, 2017 7 Brooklin Town Crier Coming Soon to a Tree Near You! The Annual Maple Syrup Festival Pancakes will soon be flipping at the 42nd Annual Maple Syrup Festival at Purple Woods Conservation Area in Oshawa. Central Lake Ontario Conservation (CLOCA) will be hosting the Festival starting on March 11 to 19 (March Break) and the weekends of March 25-26 and April 1-2. General Admission tickets must be purchased in advance as there will be no ticket sales at the door. A General Admission ticket is $5.00/person plus HST and children 2 years of age and under are free. New this year will be a half price admission day on Saturday March 25, courtesy of one of our sponsors, Tribute Communities. Admission tickets may be purchased online at www.cloca.com or at the Administrative Office, 100 Whiting Avenue, Oshawa, during business hours. When purchasing tickets, visitors will have to decide on the day they wish to attend along with their preference for a morning (9:30am - Noon) or afternoon (Noon - 2:30pm) visit. There are 1,000 admission tickets available each day and visitors are asked to bring a printed copy of their ticket for scanning. The ticket can also be scanned from a smartphone. Admission tickets do not include pancakes or horse-drawn wagon rides. Those are paid for separately on the day of your visit. Purple Woods Conservation Area is located on the southeast corner of Coates Road and Simcoe Street at the Oshawa/Scugog boundary. Complete Maple Syrup Festival information is available at www.cloca.com. As in past, visitors will be able to enjoy a walk through the woods to the Sugar Shack and experience interactive historical displays about maple syrup production along the way. The family favourite, horse-drawn wagon rides will be operated by the Sugar Shack. All event details are on the Festival web page at www.cloca.com. If the trails are too challenging for you or those with physical limitations, a shuttle service for individuals is available. Please inform staff when you arrive if you require this service. The Heritage Store will be open daily for visitors to purchase maple syrup and maple products such as sugar candy and fudge. A visit to the Festival would not be complete without enjoying a stack of hot delicious pancakes covered in 100% pure maple syrup. Pancakes will be served up morning and afternoon by local non-profit organizations in the now heated Heritage Hall, with proceeds going back to their community programs. Please join us in our efforts to reduce waste. Although recyclable plates and utensils are available, we ask the public to bring reusable plates and utensils to enjoy your pancakes on, as well as your own shopping bags to hold Heritage Store purchases.