Wednesday, March 3,1999 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER B1 F o c u s OFFICIAL MEDIA STONSOR OF THE OAKVILLE WATERFRONT FESTIVAL BARGAIN-RATE CAR INSURANCE WITH BARGAIN- Waync M cGill RATE SERVICE IS NO BARGAIN. Don't trust just anyone to insure your car, see me: Oakville Beaver Focus Editor: WILMA BLOKHUIS 845-3824 (Extension 250) Fax: 337-5567 M a p le s y ru p a n d M a rc h B re a k Photo by Peter J. Thompson Mountsberg Wildlife Centre interpreter Susanne Worton shows one of the park's baby lambs to visitors Rebecca Ristic (left) and sister Jennifer on Sunday, the park's scheduled opening for Maple Syrup Days. Enjoy a taste of spring during week of activities Maple syrup and March Break go hand in hand as two rites of spring. The warm weather is com ing, and the kids get a break from school for a week, March 15th to 19th. The sap is on tap at two Conservation Halton areas - Mountsberg Wildlife Centre in Campbellville and Crawford Lake Conservation Area in Milton. Maple Syrup Days at the Mountsberg and the Sweet Water Season at Crawford Lake operate weekends and holidays to April 11th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and daily during March break, along with Good Friday and Easter Monday. Mountsberg has a sugar bush with a complete range of pioneer and modem syrup making demonstrations. Horse drawn wagon rides take visitors out to the sugar bush that includes a sugar house with a wood fueled evaporator and a candy house where maple sugar is made. The Mountsberg program also has a pancake pavilion where hot pancakes and sausages smothered in maple syrup can be purchased. The Crawford Lake program takes place in the prehistoric Iroquoian Village where the 'Sweet Water' season was an important time during the native calendar. Learn how native people discov ered 'sweet water' and turned it into maple sugar. Explore the village and taste some bannock bread dipped in maple syrup. A visit to one of these maple syrup demonstra tions this spring makes a great family outing that will be sure to lift the spirits. Mountsberg Conservation Area is located on Milborough Line, 4 km. west of Campbellville on Guelph Line north of Burlington, and Crawford Lake is located at Steeles Ave. and Guelph Line. BRONTE CREEK PROVINCIAL PARK QEW and Burloak Road March is Maple Syrup Festival month as Bronte Creek Provincial Park celebrates this annual rite of spring. The festival is open to the public weekends and during March Break from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities include the Pancake Fiesta Tent operated by the Rotary Club of Burlington- Lakeshore, open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., serving hot pancakes with maple syrup. Adults can enjoy three pancakes with bacon and syrup for $5 - children two pancakes for $3. There will also be horse drawn wagon rides throughout the park, the Candy Shanty where maple sugar candies, still hot from the wood burn ing stove, will be available, the Syrup Trail where one can walk past 300-year-history demonstration of maple syrup making, and Spruce Lane Farm will be open with costumed interpreter talking about life in 1899. The farmhouse kitchen has been transformed into a gift shop where maple syrup products and park merchandise are for sale. During the school weeks in March, the park is running its Maple Syrup Education Program, and has invited various schools to learn about the pioneer way of maple syrup making. Call 827- 6911 Ext. 402 weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. OAKVILLE PARKS & RECREATION A full week of activities or children 6 to 9 is planned for the March Break Bonanza at the Glen Abbey Recreation Centre. This program offers five full days, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., of games, arts and crafts, and entertainment. Who Dunnit? - drama and suspense, March 15th; Nature Craze - "green things, blue things, red things, small brown things, and a whole lot of white stuff," March 16th; Around the World - "travel" and games, March 17th; Outdoor Adventure Travel - a visit to Mountsberg's Maple Syrup Festival, March 18th; and Olympic Morning - complete with Torch Run and find out what it's like to join an Olympic team, and after noon Surprise Theme farewell party, March 19th. Cost: $120 for the week or $25 per day. Before and after childcare is available, 8 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 5:30 p.m. for $15 for the week or $5 per day. March Break Out at the River Oaks Recreation Centre is designed for older children, 10 to 14, who enjoy sports, entertainment and trips. Activities include Laser Quest on March 15th, Bowling and Scooters on March 16th; Down to Earth at Dundas Valley on March 17th, court sports, gym and skating on March 18th; and wall climbing, kick boxing and Farewell Mystery Party on March 19th. 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