The Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-02-20, Page 6"The Sepoy Town" • '
the'On luron-Bruce llounds4
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Published Wednesday
A letter crossed the editor's desk this
week commenting on the misinformation
and confusion encountered by: the writers
while trying to cast their . ballots at an
advance poll, They found those in charge .
at the polling stations, unable to, assist
them in learning why their names were
not on the voters' list at either of two polls
where they were sent-tb vote.
After:travelling, sow 25 miles and 1 1/2
hours later, they were permitted to cast
their ballots. They suggest that ,voters
schedule a whole day to exercise their
right to vote at advance , polls, "if
competent, well-informed people are not
going to be manning the polls."
0 While the letter may have some merit,
we were unable to publish it because it is
A job to be done
The Liberals swept back to a majority
government Monday night. Although
many , anticipated a Liberal minority
government, observers did not predict
such a strong anti-Clark backlash.
Canadian voters however, predictably
vote anti-something rather than for some-
thing, as they did when anti-Trudeau
sentiment last spring brought the Conser-
vatives to power.
Hopefully, the Liberals will not squan-
der their majority through inaction and a
failure to come to terms with the nation's
problems, as they have one in the paSt.
There is a nation that needs governing
atyt problems that need „solutions. Our
eConomy, our dependence otL oil, high
interest rates, the deficit and the life of
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policy of the ' Stentinel that only letters
which have been signed will'be published
in our Letters to the Editor column. While
a pseudonyth may be• used in print, the
author of the letter must be known to the .
•editor and -the true name' of the letter's
author, may be given out at the discretion
of the editor. •
Such practice lends credibility to the
Column because those who write letters
can be called upon to take responsibility
for their opinions.
It would be interesting to hear from
other readers about their voting exper
iences, to learn if the problems indicated
in the letter received by the Sentinel_were
an isolated incident or a common .exper-
ience in our riding.
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poverty so, many of the country's-senior
citizens must live require prompt action.
Huron-Bruce proved to, be -a---Tory
stronghold, voting against the. popular
vote of 'the country. Congratulations to
Murray Cardiff and his political oppon
ents, .Graeme Craig and Tony McQuail.
Their campaigns brought - the --issues
before the people and they have made
• their choice.
But now there is •work to be done.
Canada possessei great potential and 'ifiS
up to those who sit in the House of
Commons to direct the country on a
course which will realize that potential. It
`iis'up to those elected Monday to live up to
that responsibility.,
Written 'by Kathryn :MacKay
Ilintratedliy.:Lesleylairfield
Reseatched by Eilca l!enSon
Maple syrup is thick, gooey, andvery good onpancakes.
Some people put maple syrup on. everything from ice cream to
bananas. No matter what you like it on, it:always tastes sweet and
good.
Maple syrup has the name it does because ittomes'from
the sugar maple tree. There are many kinds of syrup that people put
'on many kinds of foods, but maple syrup is probably the most '
popular.
Maple syrup is made from the sap of certain maple trees.
Sap is a clearicolourless liquid that looks like water. If you taste it
you'll notice that it is a little bit sweet, but not very. It is about as
sweet as, water with a few grains of sugar in it. Sap is like blood to a
tree and in the winter it doesn't move: around very much.
During the late winter and 'early spring syrup produCers
begin to collect sap from maple trees. The nights are cold but the
days are usually quite warm. This daily rise and fall" of
temperatures starts the sap flowing. The sapping seSsonlasts only a
few`weeks so syrup producers, are very busy collecting enough Sap.
from the trees to make a year's supply of syrup..
Syrup producers have two ways of ColleCting sap from
trees, One way is very old and, has been used for a hundreds of years •
in Canada. The-producer drills-alityleintothetrunkbitbe tree and
drives a metal spout into the hole, The tree's sap drips through the
spout into a bucket which hangs from the spout. When the buckets
are full enough The producer .will empty. them into a large
ar container, This container is cried on a sled or wagon through the
maple sugar bush to a building. called a ''sugarbouse.
The other way of collecting maple sap is more modern.
The producer drills a hole into a maple tree and putS in -the hole a
plastic spout. The maple sap runs thrbugh the spout and into a tube
that joins up with one long pipe. This pipeline looks like a long hose
and carries, the sap through the woods to the sitgarhouse. The
producer if he uses this method, doesn't have to collect the sap
from the buckets Whenever they get full, so he saves time.
Afret the sap gets into the-strgirhouse it is boiled•in a rong
shallow pan. As the wafer in the sap boils away the sap turns darker
and sweeter. It eventually turns into the dark, gooey syrup We .
.......:..:know, The-producer then lets the syrup cool and bottles' it.
Some producers boil sap. so much that it turns into a
maple flavoured sugar. The more sap is boiled the thicker it
becomes. Maple sugar is sap that has been boiled for a very long-
The maple syrup we buy in stores is not usually pure
maple syrup. Sometimes it has 'a little bit of maple syrup mixed With
other kinds of syrup, like corn, syrup or cane sugar syrup. •
Maple. Syrup has been made in. Canada for hundreds of
years, and-is-such-a-delicaCy that-visitors to our country can't resist
taking some home with them.
If you have a sugar' maple tree, a bucket, and a spout, you
can make maple syrup. All you have to do is boil the, sap Until it
becomes 'thick, Nine cups of maple sap makes one cup of Maple
syrup,
Clete Dalton,
. shfield Fed.
President,
f Ang .A
fetters
to the,
editor
To,: the. Editot:
The Ashfield Township Ontario Federa-
tion of Agriculture would like to thank
everyone once again for their support at the
Christmas dance, it being our only source of
income,
On January 14, 1980 a meeting was held.
It was decided that the proceeds from the
dance were to be pledged to the'' oiloWing;
Dungannon Agricultural Society $50.00;
tucknow Agricultural Society• $50.00; the
Ashfield Recreation Committee ,,$100.00;
'Huron • entity O.F.A. $500.00:
In the near future there will be an Ashfield
Township Membership Drive.,