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SO THIS IS HOW IT'S DONE — George McCague of the Management
Board of Cabinet got a chance to show how good he was at getting sap out
of the maple trees when an official opening ceremony was held at the
Maple Keys Sugar Bush near Ethel on Saturday. (Photo by Ranney)
THE BRUSSELS POST, APRIL 1, 1981 — AT
Stitchin' Sisters
sew
The seventh meeting of
the Brussels #2 Stitchin'
t ters was held at Edna Mc-
' Lellan's, on March 24 in the
afternoon,
President Kim. Bauer
opened the meeting with the
4-1.1 pledge. The roll call was
to name some articles of
clothing already in your
wardrobe that co-ordinate
with your new garment you
made for the 4-H project. It
was answered by all mem-
bers.
The puzzles and quizzes
were then completed in our
manual. Each member re-
ported the cost of he'r
l garment and showed a draw=
ing of heir skirt.
A skit was planned to
Sugar Bush near Ethel was held on Saturday. , (present at Achievement Day.
(Photo by Ranney) Cathy. Marks
PIPED IN BY THE BAND — The Brussels Pipe Band led off Keys
the parade of dignitaries when an official opening of the Maple
BY DEBBIE RANNEY
Over 800 people attended
ithe official opening of the
Maple Keys Sugar Bush near
Ethel on Saturday.
Among the special guests
were Huron-Bruce M.P.
Murray Cardiff, Huron-,
Bruce M.P.P. Murray El-
ston, George McCague,
"Chairinan of the Manage-
ment Board of Cabinet, Ken
Latntz, Deputy Minister of
the Minstry of Agriculture
and Food; R.J. Burgar, • a
director form the Ministry of
Natural Resources; Fred Ha-
berer, Warden of Huron
County Couch] and Grey
Township Reeve Roy
Williamson.
George McCague, guest
speaker for the day said,
"We're please that people
come from neat and far to
use these facilities.
"I know that your Author-
ity over the past 20 years and
10 years before that has done
some excellent work," he
said referring to the fact that
this was the 30th anniversary
'of the Middle Maitland Con-
servation Atithority and the
20th anniversary of the Malt-
landValley ConserVation AU-
thority 'as a whole.
R:J. Burgar ,commented:
that in 1951; the budget
approved• for the Authority
was $500 and that this year's.
budget was in the neiklibOUr-
hood of 5850,000.
He complimented the Au -
thority on being actively
involved in flood control in
Wingham and Listowel and
for taking a leading role in
lakeshore erosion.
"You've been very active-
ly involved and very close to
the people making sure the
people understand your pro-
jects," he said. '
He also noted that 30 years
of operation niade Maitland
Valley one of the oldest
Conservation Authorities in
the province.
Ken Lantz said that as a
Ministry, the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food has
been involved With the maple
syrup industry ovet the
years.
"WS really gratifying. to
see the progress that has
been 'made.
He eomplimeeted the An-
thority on the kind of work
they're doing and the educa-
tional facilitiei- they have.
Murray Cardiff congratu-
lated the executive and man-
agement staff for the fine
work they were doing in the
area of woodlot manage-
ment.
Murray Elston said he was
pleaSed with the fact they
had made Maple Keys into a
public area and that for the
children participating in the ,
Authority's educational pro-
grams (such as the tours
through the bush) it was
beneficial many times over.
. Fred Haberer said he was
very pleased that they were
dedicating an area to nature.
He said he had witnessed the
opening of great big build-
ings worth thousands of dol-
lars, "but none of thOse are
equal to an opening such as
this,"
Reeve Roy Williamson
brought greetings from the
township of Grey and pointed
out that the making of maple
syrup was something a lot of
the older peoPle had done
and a great education for the.
young people.
ve Gower,:ehairtri
the Authority, gave a brief
history of the Maple Keys
Sugar Bush. In 1974 the
Authority purchased .a 100
acre pacel in Grey Township
named the Maple Keys
Sugar Bush after former
owners, Murray, Shirley,
Harold and Wilda Keys, and
because of its excellent ,
mixed- hardwood stand, pri-
marily 'maple. In the follow-
ing years, undesirable trees
were taken out of the bush.
In the fall of 1977 the spring
of 1978 with the financial
assistance of a federal grant,
construction of the present
evaporation house was com-
pleted. Under the direction
of the staff and the Informa-
tion Education Advisory
Board, an experimental in-
terpretative education pro-
gram was run for three
weeks during March and
April. A total of 450 people
visited the site in this first
year of operation and 200
gallons of syrup were pro-
. duted. In the years since the
first inaple. syrup production
the tOtafnuiinber of taps has
increased fiom 700' 0. 950 in
1981 with total syrup prod tic-
tiOn; a.eraiiitig 206 gallons.
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