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Sap flows in all trees in late winter and spring, and syrup of a kind could probably be made from most types. A quite acceptable syrup can be made from butternut and black walnut, however maples produce the most palatable product, with sugar maples being the best, followed by black maple, red maple and silver maple. The tapping is done when we have warm, sunny days and cold nights. The flow of sap may continue in- The sugar maple beech woodlot in the Bruce's Mill area is typical of woodlots throughout the region. While the main tree species are sugar maple and beech, others such as hemlock, ironwood, basswood, white ash and black cherry are common. Maple syrup and sugar were being made by the Canadian Indians long before the first white men came to North America. It was the common source of sugar in the northern United States and Canada until after the American Civil War when cane sugar became cheap enough to use. The demonstrations take place between 10 am. and 4 p.m., and maple syrup, pancakes are available on public visiting days, weather permitting. There is a $1 tee for parking. On Saturday, March 13 and Sunday, March 14, public demonstrations began at Bruce's Mill to be followed by operations on March 20, and each day through to March 28. In addition, there will be demonstrations on April 3 and 4, as well as April 9 through April IO. To meat this demand, the Metropolitan Toronto and Region Conservation Authority has scheduled for the fourth successive year a series of maple syrup making operations at its Bruce's Mill conservation area. Two schedules have been arranged by the Authority _ one for the general public and ye o.ther_for, school Sugaring off - the making of syrup and sugar from the sap of our native maple trees - is becoming increasingly popular as a spectator pastime with people living in urban areas. Toronto - The familiar springtime call of "sap's a- running" will soon be echoing through the woodlots of this region as "sugarinty off' time approaches for this year. H's sap OPEN DAILY fo a P M JEANS THAT REALLY FIT!! * Patch Pockets * Tight Thighs * low Rise * Button 8 Zip Flys WITH IHE BIGGEST BELLS IN TOWN EXCLUSIVE WITH Wow a; 9m Blue, Black, Red, Purple 2687 EGLINTON AVENUE WEST ONE BIOCK WFST OF KFEIE If the phosphorescent stripes prove useful for better visibility of snowmobilers. the suit may be made available to con- sumers next winter This winter the suit is being worn exclusively by the Bombardier race team to evaluate the striping, Many races are held under poor visibility conditions, and the Soo' 500-mile race includes night racing on a lighten one- mile oval track. The racers are wearing the suits tor other night snowmobiling as well. Nighttime snowmobiling is becoming extremely popular, especially around winter resorts. To increase the safety of operating snowmobiles after dark, a new Shi-Doo snowmobile suit with phosphorescent orange striping is being tested. Bathurst Heights had played its way into the tourney by downing Harvey Hawks 77-62 in Saturday's Metro Toronto consolation senior basketball round. St. Michael's Blue Raiders Representing North York in the Ontario high school championship basketball tournament staged in Hamilton, Bathurst Heights experienced little trouble in dumping Thunder Bay Churchill 63-34 for openers. The taste of victory was however shortlived as they were thumped 79-31 by Tillsonburg Glendale in the final game of Monday's day- long schedule. On a good sap day, sap will flow almost immediately and is either caught in a bucket hung on the spile, or Trees are tapped by drilling a hole threeseights of an inch in diameter about two inches into the tree, with a slight upward slant. A spile, or spout, is then tapped carefully into the hole so as not to split the bark of the termitteqtly for a month long period, or it may last for as little as ten days. THURS FRI TO9PM running time again Safety stripes Victory fails to last for Bathurst cagers Pacing St. Mike's was George Rautins with 34 points. Roy Stewart scored 11. The tournament con- In other Ontario play, St. Michael's, Toronto District Catholic Athletic Association champions, defeated Lisgar of Ottawa 69-46. Continuing into provincial playdowns, it was Proto once more, this time with 21 points, who led the boys of Bathurst Heights. Silverstein came through with an added 15 points during this outing. For Bathurst Bears in the city finals it was Mike Proto's 37 points that paced the consolation win. Jeff Simbrow proved second high scorer for Bathurst with 18 points as teammate Jeff Silverstein added 10. defeated Oakwood Barons 70-55 at York University to win the unofficial Toronto title. 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The tournament was arranged by Marv Pearl of Jarvis Collegiate. iron kettle. Today, the sap is carried to a central point through a network of plastic tubing, and then processed in a modern evaporator to produce a high quality product of uniform taste and colour. The oltMatthioned method saw sap collected in wooden buckets from wooden splles; the sap was then thickened by boiling it in a large, black, old-fashioned methods of sap col_lectinA £2an making. Guelph and Peterborough seesawed their way to a 1-1 standoff. Guelph struck early in the game on a goal off the blade of Olson, assisted by Britton and Outhouse. Ed Broomfield tied it up unassisted, and this was the way the game ended. The Peterborough pulled his netminder in favor of an extra attacker but received a penalty for having too many men on the ice. Guelph almost scored, only to have the puck rebound off the Oshawa minor atoms made a clean sweep of their semi-final Weston Minor Hockey League series by defeating Barrie bt in a closely contested game. Oshawa was ahead 2-0 on goals by Greg Both, unassisted, and Mike King aided by Adrian Douglas when Barrie's Scott Brown replied to place his club back intherunning.An unassisted marker by Ralph Morrison supplied Oshawa’s third major of the game. The losers added their second goal of the match as Chris Culotta found the hole in Oshawa’s netting. WESTON MINOR HOCKEY: Barrie atoms meet Oshawa in finals 2.95 au-s-tGusto.. um) Ann " mm- TUBES ALL TYPrJS 25% murky {an I.- mm m' a... m " .. a... 'm A - mm.-." " m. a a: “mum a... val mun.“ m. " . unm- c.mw a: bony mm fone mm. m . Wu..." (mu v.. mm on -l.m. . hunk-I mu um. Cert . my. (mbl up. an..." m»... .m .um a: A... M g.» u "an My «a mum“ a". “yum.- m. " m. vMV'uho-u w. u, Invv h um. an q.r"lp -.-bl. m. an, no... a.“ I "do! " a..." u "rrt on. 'ut-MI- 638 VME STREET 922-8225 _.,Jii'iric1 f-F] Cleveland made certain of a playoff position by coming up with one of its finest ef, forts to defeat a disorganized Quebec squad 4-0. Wayne Fraser proved big gun of the encounter scoring a pair of goals plus a single assist. Tim Clark's goal on a pass from Bruce Weaver was a picture play. Jim Parovolitus also experienced a good day by scoring a goal and an assist. These two Buffalo began the minor bantam series against Rochester with a 63 win. Goals for the victors were registered by Scott Beckett (2), Doug Pollock, Mark Armstrong, Mike Lacy and Jamie McKnight. Beckett earned a single assist, Pollock, Mark Armstrong, Mike Lacy and Jamie McKnight. Beckett earned a single assist, Pollock three assists, and Armstrong two assists. Additional assists were picked up by team- mates Frank DeAngelis, Dave Ayers, Brian Ware and John Swatridge. Larry Aplin struck first for Rochester on a setup by Peter Swanek. Additional markers came off the sticks of John Mc. Dougall, unassisted, and John McDougall, from Earl Clint. Both clubs are out of the playoffs. y D UULUR 5d0RGAN jr l KIT Waterloo and Stratford met in a preview of the playoff final with Waterloo ending the game on the long endof tt3-1 final score. Dave Kennedy, assisted by Ken Graves struck first for Waterloo with the second marker coming off the blade of Jay Emburgh, aided by Dave Kennedy. Dave Funnel], unassisted, ac- counted for Stratford. Emburgh’s second goal of the game was assisted by Kennedy. m the peewee division London handed Windsor its third straight loss in a game that ended 3-0. Dave Ttimbee earned the shutout. Steve Sinclair, Mark Glenon and Brian McPhadden were the marksmen. Assists were presented by Glenn, Steve Lee, Jeff Ward and Tim Beam. Marlies won the right to advance against Hamilton next week by taking Owen Sound 3-0 in a game marked once more by the great goaltending of Peter Fay. Marlboro goals were scored by Dave Belshaw, Harry Bell and Tom Summerfield. Assists were earned by Bob Graham (2), Summerfield and Bell. GuelNt, Peta-borough and Barrie ended in a three-way tie for the second playoff position. However, on the basis of the goal spread in the semi-final round, Barrie received the nod to advance against Oshawa. The passibility of a four- way tie in the atom division was averted " Hamilton hinted Kitchener 1-0 to advance into the final round. In a game decided by strong goaltending, Paul Lee counted Hamilton's lone tally on an assist from Ed r:\4.95 $1295 armwnn um. Mr u! t "I Bum ttfi COLOR SKY ROVER if 'c" Leo Contracting tykes earned second slot in league standings, followed by Dom's Auto Parts, in third position. Dave Wilson picked up the lone marker for Jet Metal midgets as his team dropped an opening 2-1 score to Downsview. In House League play, it was NWBC edging Nevis Steel 1-0. Netminder Peter Greene of the bantam section copped his first shutout of the season. Steve Mittens and Roy Eiler scored one goal apiece in North York league action as Northwest JB's Big Boys battle to a 1-1 draw with Westhill. Wayne Golatta and Bruce Shaw also singled, but Northwest dropped a 3-2 decision to Westhill in a second outing. Westhill continued to pour it on and came out on the long end of a 6-2 score over Northwest Boys Club. Golatta and Shaw scored one apiece for the losers. Although losing in Metro playdowns, the boys of Northwest are now seeing action in North York playoff hockey. ByMargaretFoy The regular schedule of ended this past weekend and semi-final play in all divisions will get underway this week. Hockey convenor Larry Micallef reports that names of all minor league leading scorers will be posted Saturday at Habitant Arena. ADDRESS CITY "vv_.._ "FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT LIFE INSURANCE TO: NORTH AMERICAN LIFE th CASUALTV COMPANY SUITE 202, " ST. CLAIR AVE. W. TORONTO 10, ONT. Canadians dropped Vancouver 2-1 in a midget clash that could have gone either way. Jim Simpson scored first on an assist from George Cowie. Bill Me.. Dougall got the insurance marker for Canadians with assistance from Ron NAME Rangers will go against Detroit next week by virtue of a Gl win against New Haven. Paul Davidson (2), Neil Boddington, Garry Gibbons and Brian Malynk, Davidson, and Reg. Shade. Brian McGee with assists trom Kevin Kurnick and Dave Hamilton placed New Haven on the scoreboard. "an. on." Mrrtrrearerlrs anonl‘ (angina N011 0"." Vow-Mo (null Boston " " nearly all team members found a alot on the meshed. For Detroit it was Mike Backhouse, scoring with the assistance of Dave Rennie; David Lloyd. from Tim Gunn; Don Cherry (2) from Paul Kelly and Vito Boar, Bob Roulston from Steve Booth; and Boui from Roulston. Boston's three goals were offered by Warren Bruce, Ken Munroe and Peter Dyer. 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Saturday final games will find: Minor bantams, Quebec playing Cleveland; Detroit bantams meeting Rangers; Waterloo peewees meeting Stratford; Marlboro Atoms meeting Hamilton; and Oshawa minor atoms St. Louis juveniles defeated Minnesota 5-1, Chris Caldwell led the way with two goals and pair of assists. Mike Kolanko scored two. Glen Gray picked up one goal and an assist. Stu Henderson and Matt Stewart each added assists. Jim Simpson, with the help of George Cowie scored for Minnesota. Trailing Chicago SI, Los Angeles fired six unan- swered goals to take the game M. Scorers for Los Angeles were Larry Parker, a goal and two assists; Ron Jarrett, Bill Moyer and Hal Duffin, each with a goal and an assist; Peter Tatar, Jeff Burford, Barry Kelly, single tallies; and Paul Doane, Jim Walker and Scott Cameron, one assist apiece. For Chicago it was Bruce Smart with two goals and one assist; Barry Cousineau, two goals and an assist; Julius Troll, one goal; Jerry Ryan three assists, and Frank Coker, one assist. assist try Joe Lrngiliotta. Gill latimer tied it for Toronto on a setup by Tom Steenson and Dave D'Orsay. Greg Lavern combined with Orlando Notarinni and Don Armstrong ' to give Americans the lead Unce more. Rick Savage tied the game, assisted by Steenson and D'Orsay as Dan Fryday put the game away with the aid of Savage and Paul Matthews. Hugh - RotGGn placed American out in from on an Donaidaon. Vancouver’- goal was by Brent Dupe. Toronto at! Americana teu. tteAring then? " PROV TORONTO " 6544200 SURPRISE SAVINGS! i NONE I 743-8364 meeting Barrie. All gBrrteq will count: (1 three 15-minute periods. 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