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” Sweet treats and fabulous fun await families at local festivals The sun is shining, birds are singing and ~ the sap is‘about to flow. Yes, March has arrived and Scugog area Swesidents can now forget the long, cold, snowy winter and begin to enjoy the longer, warmer days that come with the arrival of spring! Aside from ice huts ine been removed from the lake and piles of snow beginning to < reside, March marks the beginning of new out the township. Each year at this time Purple Woods Con- up Festival. : Purple*Woods has been providing dem- = onstrations and fun for families for the.past 30.years, and this year the festival will take place March 8 to 16 and again the weekend of March 29, 30 between 10.a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Visitors to the.sugar bush will get to see both traditional and modern methods of col lecting the sap, wagon rides, watching’ the sap be boiled and enjoying fresh maple syrup over hot —— The conservation area “is located just south of Port Porry at the ridges. Another great»event takes ante in Sun- derland, where the 13th annual Maple Syrup Festival will be launched later this month. a on facing. page