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Maple syrup season here Mail box smashed Pancakes never tasted so good children and adults agreed after sampling the season maple syrup run at Mountsberjf Wildlife Centre It was too cold to see the sap running but an estimated 2000 visitors to the sugar bush were still able to get a good Idea of how Indians and early settlers collected and made use of one of nature sweeter products Where Indians first used a hollow reed and a piece of birch bark bound with rootlets at both ends to collect the raw sap the modern method now shows a plastic tubing pipeline running from tree to tree to a main line and then to the sugar shanty Inside the sugar shanty equipment includes an evaporator to extract the water from the raw sap Outside several large cast iron kettles containing the sap boil for hours over an open fire an example of how Sap time Spring Is in the air In Ontario Its maple syrup time The food specialists at the Ontario Food Council Ministry of Agriculture and Food suggest a pleasant spring outing a trip to a sugar bush Each year the sap in the maple trees starts running as the cold of winter gives way to spring The sap runs between early March through to midApril a season of about three to six weeks in Ontario depending on the weather When buying maple syrup always check the label All maple syrup sold in Ontario must be labeled Maple Syrup or Pure Maple Syrup The name and ad dress of the producer or the packer and the quantity of maple syrup also must be included Products labeled Pancake Syrup and Table Syrup ARE NOT pure maple syrup Small sterilized sealed containers of maple syrup may be unopened in a cool dry place for several months or In a freezer at IB C degrees for much slower the process was many years ago Visitors were also able to sample the final stages of the candy cooking process as strings of the sticky stuff were poured over a pan of snow hardening it into maple candy Mountsberg authorities expect to sec the sap running by this weekend should the weather warm up a little but there was still sufficient maple syrup and candy to satisfy the sweet tooth of many In addition to the outside exhibitions and taste pics an Interpretive program of films and slides is aval table to visitors to provide an insight into the cultural historical and mechanical aspects of the working sugar bush The sugar festival will continue every weekend through to April from 10 a m until p m Cost Is 50 per car Tha Acton Free Press Wednesday Mar 29 BS A rural resident He advised police the box reported to Halton Police that was damaged one way or once again his mall box was another five times In the past broken Into small pieces last two years week ITS A DAY FOR PICTURES as visitors to festival demonstrates the process maple syrup festival pose beside syrup and candymaking with both t the Centred own horsedrawn sleigh There is and modern processes plenty to do see and sample as the annual AUCTION SALE SALE CONSISTS OF Ready to assemble wall units gun cases book cases home entertainment library wall units decorator planters bar cellarets tea wagons sofa seta lamps mattresses furniture for every room in the home ONE ONLY ITEMS One electric sewing machine one Hide a Bed Consignment of American goods to be dis posed of by CloverJeaf Auctions Auction Thursday March 30 730 TERMS Chargex Master Charge Personal Cheque Cloverleaf Auctions Commercial Street Milton J Simmon KEEPING THE FIRES STOKED is David Kangas an employee with Mountsberg Wildlife Centre The huge cast iron kettle gives visitors to the Maple Syrup festival an idea of how syrup was made many years ago cooked carrots or whirled Into mashed squash Sound good Then why not write for the pamphlet The Miracle of Maple It con tains useful information about maple syrup interest Ing suggestions for maple syrup dishes and some tasty recipes Address your request to Information Branch Ontario Ministry of Agricul tare and Food Legislative Buildings Queens Park Toronto one year Once opened the container should be closed tightly and stored in the refrigerator or freezer Pancakes or waffles drenched In maple syrup are favorites among maple syrup lovers But the possibilities for other delectable maple syrup dishes are endless The easy flowing syrup delicately tops a fruit salad or a plain cake The maple flavor is superb with ham or pork chops Try some drizzled over Trailer lost in Norval fire A travel trailer was completely destroyed in a fire Thursday afternoon March The trailer owned by Cornelius Bonsma was unoccupied at the time of the blaze Damage was esti mated at Cause of the blaze Is unknown Monday afternoon March a child phoned in a false alarm to a house on Drive Us easily seen Its time the school holidays were over commented a George town firefighter Mice spark health split Claims of mice droppings in food showed a spilt between Mayor Don Gordon and the Board of Health Mayor Gordon advised a resident to write a consumer program Market place because the health 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