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A Call to Action
on Primary Education
Attention all teachers, pri cipalis, vice -principals, administrators,
board members; p rentS, and interested persons.
- • • . You are -invited to a .
PUBLIC MEETING
on Early Primary Education
Guest Speaker: Fran Poieschuk
Director - Early Primary Education Project
,,-Place: Clinton Public School
. Tirne: 8:00 p.m.
• Date: M nda.y, April 6, 1987
Sponseted by Federation .of Women TeachersAssociations
• of Ontario and' HurOn ‘Women Teachers ' Association
Tow l of Goderich
LOCAL GOVERNMENT WEEK
113'OG RAM
April 13th & 14ih,,1987. ' •
• PrOvincially the Week..of Apritl Itl• -17th has been designated local Government Week.
Her Worship, Mayor Eileen I. PalmC)r and Goderich Town Council, cordially invite you '
to attendthe Town Council Meeti 114, April 1.3th and participatc. in the Mon iCipal
Bu
Tour Prograni, April 14111.
Aprill3th, 15.e •
7: WP.M.- GoOrich town Coun I Meetirlg - Town tiall,-Couric 1 Chambers - 57 West
-St., 20 Om.. • "
Apr ii 140i, 1987
WG)() A.M. & 1:00 P.M. -,Munk pal Eus Tours -"Guided bus tours 'which
• . 5tops at various munfdpal.faoilines, Buses; are scheduled to depart at 10:00 a.m. &
1::00: p.m: from the Town / lall.
Please phone 524-6600 "if you would -like
to go on the bus tour. No charge..
Additional Details in Next Week's Paper '
Hot maple syrup pours out onto cloth for a final filtering. Edward Robinson, of Robinsons' Maple Products, it takes 60--70 gallons of
Robinson keeps the syrup from overflowing. According to Bill sap to make one gallon of syrup.(photo by Ted Spooner)
Everyone•in the Robinson fantily helps out
• in the maple syrup business. Four year,old
Jen nifer dispenses syrup as a treat for the
children of.Brookside School, who will tour •
the (fpera tion.(photo by Ted Spooner)
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Kindergarten and grate one students of Brookside school take their time when they cross
the old bridge. It brdges an small stream and leads from Robinson's Maple Products'
sugar shack to the made forest. Susan°Robinson said they conduct six to ten tours per year
and no one has fallenfrom the bridge:(photo by Ted Spooner)
Bill Robinson keeps he fire burning in the boilers at his maple sugar operation. The sap
goes through a memlrane filtration system before it is boiled, where 75 per cent of the water
is removed.(photo b3 Ted Spooner)
Maple syrup • production
business for area family
Bill Robinson >ecame interested in
maple syrup whet, he would hang a few
•pails from the maple trees on the way to.
school.
He now owns Fobinson's Maple Pro-
ducts'oneof the laigest and most moderh
Operations in the a -ea, with 75 acres.of
trees and 7,200 tap.
There are no builets hanging from these
taps. A pumps brings the sap directly
from the trees to the sugar shack.The
pump produces twi times the yeild of the
gravity Method. said Robinson.
' The modern opetation continues with a'
reverse osmosis system which uses
pressure to force tte sap through a mem-
brane. Up to 75 ptr cent Of the water is
removed. Robinson said time, energy and
money is saved, because very little water
is left to boil out.
Robinson has been. in business for 12
years and his wife Susan, daughter Jen-
nifer.and father Edward help out during,
maple season.
Edward Robinson takes care of the other
end of the family business, beef cattle and
cash crops. However. Robinson said the
money is in maple syrup and accounts for
three quarters of the family's income.
Robinson cautioned anyone starting a
maple business. It is very expensive and a
government guide book said start up;cost
is about $10 per tap.
Council approves music festival
Goderich Town Q)uncil has given ap-
proval for the 8th alnual Optimist Music
Festival, sponsored by the Goderich and
District Optimist Cltb, to be held July 1-4.
As in previous years, the tour -day
festival will be held at Optimist Riverside
Park on Maitland Road. A refreshment
tent, serving beer, is planned for the event.