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at conservation area The Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority has opened the Titfin Con servation Area on the Eighth Concession of Essa for the public to watch the making at Maple Syrup The sugar bush is open from 10 am to pm March 27 and 28 and April and Making Maple Syrup is an activity that has been per formed in the Eastern part of Canada and the United States for more than cen tury and there are few other places in the world where the trees and climate combine to make it possible ABOVE Demp Snow pours the sap from bucket on the tree to container used to collect the sap ABOVE CENTRE The sap collected from the trees is poured into large tub on trac tor which takes it to the sugar hut ABOVE RIGHT John Macham uses gasoperated pump to transfer the sap collec ted in the bush to holding tanks at the sugar but AT RIGHT Bob Stainton stokes the fire on the evaporator which is used to boil down the sap collected from the 500 pails in the sugar bush Examiner photos by Rolf Kraiker JUDGE MORTON CONCERN COMPASSICN Countys family court judge always active in youth work lly llIIIIR LIISNIAK IIxaniiner Staff Writer Beneath the grim and un smiling face of Judge Morton stirs deep concern and compassion for youth in trouble with the law As Simcoe Tountys only family court judge he devotes innumrable hours each week to getting at the root causes of such juvenile offenses as van dalisni truancy and break and enter so that he can prescribe the remedy that will get the troubled youth back on the right path he said in an inter view As family court magistrate he also deals with such adult matters as desertions and spouse support But he derives more satisfaction working with juveniles he said Its great challenge Judge Morton said Pat answers as to why some youngsters get into trouble do not exist he said And therefore each child who ap pears in his court must be assessed individually IllllilltINlAIIINMVII Its like playing golf he said Each child like each hole is different and requires slightly different approach troubled homelife does not au necessarily create juvenile delinquent just as privileged lipbringing ill welltodo home does not ensure child will never get in trouble with the law hesaid Mainly its lack of love and concern he said child needs someone who will take thetimetounderstandhim Judge Morton takes that time Often in his court he will question child closely to see what happens he said If think he will scare try that If think can appeal to his emotions will go that mute if youngster breaks down and cries know that he feels guilty because he has done wrong Its important to impress on them that they have done something wrong he said Youve got to confront them with that Judge Morton was appointed to the bench in 1970 it was then that he came to Harrie leaving lucrative law practice in loronto IN IIIilSlAlUIIC Prior to that he served as the Progressive onservative Par ty member in the federal legislature for Toronto Davenport from 1957 to team he said He suffered an election defeat at the hands of Walter lordon who later became anadas finance minister Eyen when he lived in Town to he was active in youth work hesaid lle attributes his interest in youth to the strong influence of his parents His interest is not an atonement for his own miss pent youth he said Although had my faults He was offered the position of criminal court judge several times in Toronto But he always turned the offers down he said When the famin court posi tion became available he jumped at the chance to help strayed youth llis perspective from the family court bench has not turned him into pessimist He thinks our youth is better more involved and more intelligent than past generations YOlllll SOUND ur youth is very sound he said noting that only bet ween five and 10 per cent of all our youngsters get into trouble with the law And of that percentage between 70 and tit are onetime offenders who never appear in court again In the next year or so the family division of provincial court will undergo major changes that revamp its whole outlook he predicted The federal government is drafting Youth in onfhct bill that will re route all crnninal offenders between the ages of and ttl years through family court For those offenders under 14 years there will exrst no judicial body to handle them Judge Morton said unless the Ontario government intervenes and sets up new court lturthermore with the an licipated increase in caseloads and the shift in the types of of fenses that will have to be dealt with by family court new resources must be tapped ffenders in the It to 18 age bracket are in kind of no mans land he said We have reform schools to handle them but they are not very ef fective He admits to being puzzled by the federal governments think ing in proposing the Youth in ontlict bill think they may be trying to place more of the financial responsibility for the handling of these offenders with the all governments he said llllllll Another change is unique diversion process which has met with some success on an exiwrimental basis in Orillia and Midland he said Arrangements are still being worked out with the Barrie City Police for the fulltime appoint ment of an officer to handle many of the minor juvenile cases out of court The policeman will bring together the youth in trouble and his parents with the person making the complaint It is hoped that the dispute an be settled by discussion among the parties involved out of court Were trying hard to set one up Judge Morton said Were trying to get the co operation of the police but there is money problem Another change in the laws will put all family matters under the umbrella of the fami ly court Such things as divorces and adoptions which are now handled in other courts will be dealt with by the family court magistrate in the near uturc he predicted The judge sees this as positive step but hes concern ed over how much it will cost and when it can be im plemented Judge Morton presides over 22 court days each month in Barrie Orillia ollingwoth Midland and Christian Island