EXTRA Friday April Saps still flowing REGION CONSERVATION BROCK HARRIS AUTHORITY The Ilcgion Conservation Authority la dedicot Inthlanreo we are fortunate to be richly endowed with an extensive network of forests These wooded areas were extremely busy during early part of spring pioneers began their annual pastime of gathering sap far the manufacture of maple sugar Sugaring off was a rich part of Ontario a post that portrayed one of man a earliest and most resourceful uses of his environment In this day and age we are all concerned about the wise use of our valuable natural resources and are Indeed aware of mans environmental mistakes of post generations Yet the production of maple syrup and sugar as old as it is Is a truly classic example of how man could lake from the landscape without destroying it It is Tor this reason that the Region Conservation Authority provides an anneal maple syrup demonstration as a tribute to this early form of resource management Maple sugar is perhaps the most traditional agricultural crop produced In Ontario and provided a time that local farmers would look forward to as the long winters came to an end This deep rooted tradition was expressed well in an account of sugar times in Harper a Journal There Is a human and poetic quality In maples which Is easily felt and though the land would be worth more for Its lumber than for Its sugar many farmers would no more part with their maple bush or orchard than with any precious heirloom Sugar making was a laborious process for the pioneers as the entire family would assist with the operation that culminated in sugaring off or sugareating bees which finished the job on a festive note The Indians taught the French settlers in southern Ontario the technique of making maple sugar followed by the United Empire Loyalists who brought large iron kettles with them An early recollection of sugar making by Jane Johnson In Notes of a North American describes the process In these forests In spring the sugar makers plunge carrying with them a huge pot a few buckets ana other utensils their They erect a shanty In the neighborhood of the most numerous maple trees make Incisions Into as many as they can visit twice a day to boll to thecrystalliing point and pour it Into oblong brick shaped moulds The maple syrup Industry has changed significantly from this early recollection but tho central theme remains Ihe same utilizing the environment wisely without damaging the resource Local residents are welcome to visit the Sugar Bush at the Conservation Area and relive this rich part of Halton s past JCP PLUMBING CONTRACTING Residential Plumbing Additions Alterations For Information Call Anytime 5198530025 Maple Lodge hearings resume in May Hearings before the Ontario Labor Relations Board to help settle differences between union representatives and at Maple Lodge Farms are scheduled to resume in May and June Keith industrial rclat officer at Maple Lodge said it was confirmed last Wednesday with union officials from Local of the United Food Commercial Worker International union The hearings are scheduled for May 11 and and June an I says Mr Coutlee As far as the outcome is concerned we Just go through lei the board make the decisions Last week the two sides reached a stumbling block centred around the dues structure of the employees The union workers pay per month union dues but the on wanted to add an extra a month charge on top of that Management at Maple Farms frustrated by thwarted attempts to resolve differences with the plant s un on are prepared to head back to He Ontario Labor Relations Board Keith Coutlee he wondered if there was an Maple Lodge campaign being out by the union nee the end of January union representatives of Local of the United Food and Commercial Workers Interna union and management had been meeting on a basis In an effort to settle the r differences About grievances were filed by the union after a bitter three- week strike last fall Most of the grievances blamed Maple Lodge for alleged union busting tactics and failure to liveup to terms under live agreement reached by the two late last year We have settled nearly of those grievances said Mr in an Interview We wire making good headway Another area of major contention for the union was the company recall proce dure alter the strike During the three- week event unionized workers were hired to continue work at the plant when the strike was over new employees remained while many of the strikers were not I led back to work Maple Lodge slated that an S border reslnc lions have kept them from acquiring the number of fowl they need to operate at full capacity which In turn caused a drop in work Mr said In January there were SI workers who had not been recalled but that number now stands at MAPLE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH PASTOR EDWIN H MITCHELL Sunday Apr I 12 Eve bio School Boy Club At tie on Moot Always Wclco no 25VosraandQOwlno COMPLETE SHAVER OVERHAUL Clean Oil Adjust New Points or 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