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Groups across the com- munity will be welcoming visitors to the village for the 52nd edition of the Delta Maple Syrup Festi- val on Saturday and Sun- day, April 21 and 22. The Delta Agricultural Society will be hosting all day pancakes at their hall from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. A craft sale is located upstairs at the hall, while maple producers are out- side offering up this year's production of maple prod- ucts. Children's activities will be on the fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday with face painting, bean bag toss, mini putt for kids and a bouncy castle. On Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. there will be a children's 'Big Truck' experience with police, fire and ambulance present along with a tow truck, cement truck and other vehicles. On Sunday there will be a Rynstone Magic show at 11:30 a.m. along with Brockville Ontario Speed- way race car drivers will be present from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to show off their cars and go carts for the coming racing season. The event began as a Centennial project in 1967 when Delta was a major centre in Eastern Ontario for the processing of maple products. Hundreds of people came to the village to eat pancakes at the town hall where pancakes were served upstairs and down- stairs. People could also visit area sugar bushes to see how it was made first hand. Decades later organiza- tions across the village participate with the Delta Mill Society's activities at the Old Town Hall, the Mill and the drive shed and D.A.R.S. with a ball hockey tournament at the rink on Saturday. On Saturday at 1 p.m. there will be a milling demonstration at The Old Stone Mill which will be open for tours from 9 am to 3 p.m. on both days. On Saturday there will be a blacksmithing demonstra- tion in the adjacent drive shed. The ever-popular Giant Used & New Book Sale will take place in the Old Town Hall on Saturday and Sunday. The book sale, which covers more than half of the hall and creeps up onto the stage, is a favorite stop for many visitors to the Delta Maple Syrup Festi- val. Sales from the event are split between the society and the library which is accepting donations for the sale at their branches. A drop off at the hall can also be arranged by contacting the sale's coor- dinator Moel Benoit at 613- 928-2902. The sale operates with buyers offering a donation instead of paying a fixed price per book. More information on the maple festival can be found at the agricultural society website at www.deltafair.com. •Continued from page 1 flat rate for the mayor of $28,000 and a base rate of $12,000 per councilor plus appointments. Committees or boards with five to 10 meetings would receive $400 per year with incremental increases of $200 more per year given for 11 to 15, 16 to 20 and 21 to 25 meet- ings. The remuneration pro- gram could potentially be a pay cut for some coun- cilors who presently can charge a $50 'occurrence' fee for workshops and other meetings for which attendance is approved by council beyond the meet- ings of their committee appointments. The current honorarium is $10,230 per year for councilors and $13,115 for the mayor. At last month's com- mittee meeting, Holman gave the thumbs down to the proposed mayor's compensation of $28,000. For the last two years the mayor has received around $22,000 for the combined honorarium and commit- tee and meeting work. •Continued from page 1 across Ontario. After the provincial downloading in 1998 the coun- ties' taxpayers are now paying for all of the mainte- nance of County Roads 2, 29, and 43, which were all provincial highways. "We need more dollars from the provincial and fed- eral governments. We cannot continue to operate with between seven and nine cents on the tax dollar and sur- vive. We have close to seventy per cent of all the roads in Ontario," he said. Delta Maple Syrup Festival two weeks away New structure could mean a pay cut for some Lower tiers need more money: Holman 2 – April 5, 2018 The Review-Mirror Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands municipal property at 1 Jessie Street in Lansdowne, the former administration offices and community hall, could be rede- veloped as part of an over $10 million project to include a new library, archives, meet- ing rooms and a new community hall. French Toast Breakfast Freewill donations will go toward operation of the Westport Lions Mobility Vans All food products have been donated. The event is compliments of Garter and Delbert's Sugar Shack, The Cove and other businesses and individuals THE COVE COUNTRY INN Corner of Bedford and Main Streets, Westport 273-3636 Support your local Lions' Club Mobility Van Program by joining us at THE COVE SUN., APRIL 8 th from 8:30-11:30 a.m. for a Quality Eyecare in Westport 10 Bedford Street Westport, Ontario Dr. P. H. Radford Optometrist Friday: Evenings Sat: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. For Appointment please call 613-273-3097

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