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8 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, April 1, 1986 * i d's v.F . 4 oi Spring is a great time to venture to the closest "sugar bush" and young Catherine Valliere, 7, of Oshawa did just that last Satur- day. On hand to show her how maple syrup was made years ago was Michelle Richardson, a CLOCA Naturalist at Purple Woods. it was a brand new experience for one-year old Matthew when his mother Nancy took him to the Purple Woods Conservation area just south of Port Perry. Purple Woods plentiful pancakes ig Ninth annual program to draw maple syrup fans . It's time once again for the Con- servation Authority's most popular event: Pancake Weekend at Purpie Woods Conservation Area. The ninth annual program will be held on the weekend of April 5th and 6th. This event is co-sponsored by the Durham A.M. Kiwanis Club. Everyone is invited to come out and participate. Admission, parking and tours of the sugarbush are free. The program will run from 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on both days. Authority staff will lead -teurs of the maple syrup demonstration every half hour, pointing out the Indian, pioneer and modern methods of pro- ducing syrup. Tours will start at the ™ ahs : iy La Fresh sap from maple trees at the Purple Woods Con- conservation area parking lot. Com- munity groups wishing to visit are required to contact the Authority of- fice to make reservations. The Kiwanis will be selling pan- cakes at the picnic shelter. Each order of pancakes will include a ser- ving of fresh maple syrup, produc- ed this spring at the Purple Woods Conservation Area sugarbush. Maple syrup will be available for sale at $9.50 per litre and $5.75 per- half litre. Maple butter will cost $3.25 per 4 oz. jar. Maple syrup will sell for: $4.75 for an 11-piece box, $1.40 for a tray of four leaves and 60 cents for a single leaf. The ever- popular pony-drawn wagon rides Sel, servation area is being tasted here by these three young lads, Wade Worsely, Stephen Beavis and Kris O'Reilly, all of Hampton. oo" Saturday last week was a perfect day to take the family to the Purple Woods Conservation area. Michelle Richardson was on hand to explain J -~ will be running again at a cost of 75 cents per person. Purple Woods Conservation Area is located north of Oshawa at the southeast corner of Simcoe Street at the 10th Concession Road. For fur- ther information, contact the Cen- tral Lake Ontario Conservation Authority at 579-0411. Charlie McCormack checks the maple syrup to see if it is finished its boiling process. how sap is boiled and turned into maple syrup, and tour people through the sugarbush. LM Hs a en Ce no a ih i aac a ae TE TUR hoa I SE NB MING