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The Lanark & District Maple Syrup Producers' Association (LDMSPA) third annual Maple Week- end is this Saturday and Sunday. Since the first Maple Weekend event in 2015 at participating maple syrup producers' locations in Lanark and District, this two-day event has become a popular weekend activity for local and regional visi- tors alike. Each year participating Maple Weekend maple syrup producers demon- strate how maple syrup is made, from tree to table. Whether it's boiling the sap in a cauldron over an open fire or processing it through high-tech RO sys- tems and modern fuel effi- cient evaporators – the results always taste great! Local producers are happy to share with visi- tors how their operation works and many offer free samples of fresh syrup, as well as maple candies and confections. Activities available at participating sugar bushes range from pancake breakfasts to trail adventures, sugar making demonstrations, taffy on snow, wagon rides and more. Participating LDMSPA producers can be found throughout the region, from Mississippi Mills to Lanark, Brockville, Frankville, Westport, Sharbot Lake and Perth areas. Some participating sugar bushes located with- in the Lanark and District area in 2017 will include: •Conboy & Sons Maple Syrup (Sharbot Lake) •Coutts Maple Products (Rideau Ferry) •Gibbons Family Farm Maple Sugar House & Museum (Frankville) •Little Rideau Farm (Westport) •Oliver Mapleworks (Perth) •Oso Sweet Maple Syrup (Sharbot Lake) •Quabbin Hill Farm (Mallorytown) Visitors can go to www.mapleweekend.ca to see what producers have in store for this event. Thursday, March 30, 2017 Serving North Leeds and area since 1893 Vol. 126, No. 12 $1 incl. tax Canada Post Contract No. 40021501 St. Edward Catholic School's Grade 3-4 students have been learning about maple syrup in class. Isabelle Mahon- Piffl, teacher Stafan Sagat, Alex Purdon and J.J. 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The Board needed to eliminate about 10,000 empty pupil spaces to qualify for capital funding from the province. The final decision will result in about a third of that. Rideau Centennial and Sweets Corners schools were slated for closure in the September report but Sweets was removed from the list in the February report, a victory for Sweets parents who made a delegation to the board in January. The recommendation had been for Sweets Cor- ners students to attend South Crosby Public School in Elgin. The board's changes are intended to improve programming for students and improve the board's bottom line with the removal of unfunded space in underutilized facilities. "I know how difficult and stressful this process has been for all of us," said UCDSB chair Jeff MacMillan of the review. Parents, community groups and municipalities were engaged in the process, with comments and delegations refuting staff report's assumptions. Portland's Rideau Cen- tennial is one of four pub- lic schools, including Ben- son Public School (Cardi- nal) Plantagenet Public School, and S. J. McLeod Public School (Bainsville) which will be closed effec- tive September 2017. Rideau Centennial par- ents were not active in any efforts to save their school. In two previous accom- modation review process- es by the board, local par- ents fought the closure of Rideau Centennial but it is now down to around 30 students in JK-grade 6. With a change in school boundaries, Rideau Cen- tennial students, depend- ing on location, will be moving to South Crosby Public School in Elgin or Lombardy Public School. Public schools slated for closure in 2018 are Prince of Wales, Wolford, and Oxford-on-Rideau. Approval for capital funding for additions or rebuilds will be needed before the closure of North Stormont Public School, Maynard Public School and Toniata Public School. 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