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Orono Weekly Times, 19 Mar 1980, p. 7

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Night Class Leathercraft Last Wednesday evening the Orono public School was a beehive of activity with Leathercraft, TOPS, a class in English and the general meeting df the Orono "Home and School Association all in full swing. Above is a picture of the Leathercraft qlass which meets weekly at the school under the guidance of Mrs. H. Barlow. There are thirteen enrolled in the class all perfecting their skills in tooling leather for purses, belts, holders and other items of interest. The class is sponsored under the Night Class of the Clarke High School which is held in the Orono Public School. English is the word! Recent arrivals to Orono from Vietnam gain their knowledge of English at this Night Class held twice a week in the Orono Public School. The class is financed through a province grant to the the classes on Wednesday 'Northumberland and « New,- evenings and Saturday morn- castle Board of Education ings usés the local news- •and promoted through the 'papers as a source to instruct Clarke High School. Above English. Cynthia Zander who conducts Conservation Authorities Maple Sÿrpp days The Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority is having public demonstrations of syrup making on weekends from March 10 to April 3. A pancake weekend will be held March 29 and 30. The sugar bush is located at Purple Woods Conservation Area, about 16 kilometres north of Oshawa. For more information, information, contact the Authority office at 416-579-0411. Jhe Crowe Valley Conservation Conservation Authority is also planning maple syrup demonstrations. demonstrations. For more information information contact the Authority at 613-472-3137. The Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority will hold a public demonstration of maple syrup production on April 12 at the Ganaraska Forest Centre. The centre is located east of Kirby on, Durham Region Road 9. Authority staff will explain syrup production and will be serving a mid-morning breakfast breakfast of pancakes and syrup. For more information contact the centre at 416-797-2721. The Lower Trent Region Conservation Authority is also planning public demon strations. More information is available from the Authority at 613-394-4829. The Otonabee Region Conservation Conservation Authority will be holding demonstrations on weekends from March 29 to April 13 at the Hawthorn sugar bush, located between the town of Warsaw and the Warsaw Caves Conservation Area. For more information contact the Authority office at 705-745-5791. Further information on thé production, grading and marketing marketing of maple products is available from your local Ministry of Agriculture and Food office. Technical information information about maple syrup production is also available from the Ministry of Agriculture Agriculture and Food's Maple Syrup Specialist at 705-322-223Ï. Ministry assists with woodlot management and maple syrup production Forestry staff at the Min-' istry of Natural Resources district office in Lindsay are available to provide information information and'advice to woodlot owners who may be thinking of maple syrup productiop, and to those who want to improve their woodlots for other forest products and uses. These include the production production of wood and wood products, provision of proper environmental conditions for wildlife, protection against flood and erosion, recreation and protection and production of water supplies. It may seem early to be talking about maple syrup, but this has been an unusual winter. The buds on trees have already started to swell, in preparation for growth of this year's leaves. Maple syrup and sugar have been produced in North America for decades, perhaps perhaps originating with the native North American Indians. Indians. A variety of methods and equipment have been used over the years, and many of these methods will be demonstrated by Conservation Conservation Authorities. .Fitness fits in. parmapacnon, Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, March 19th, 1980-7 Smoking withdrawal course in Whitby Durham Region Lung Association Association will operate a Smoking Smoking Withdrawal Program in Whitby, from Wednesday, April 9th to Wednesday, May 14th. The Course will be held in St. John's Church Hall at Victoria Street East and' Brock, and will run for six consecutive weekly sessions on Wednesdays from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. A $25.00 registration fee is charged, but is totally refundable upon attendance at five, of the six sessions, (which must include the first and last). 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