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Floradale peace offering > STORY ON PG. 27
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Fine weather brings ‘em out in droves An estimated 70,000 people flock to town to take in the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival Katie Edmonds heryl Peterson and her team of 25 Elmira Maple Syrup Festival committee members spent the better part of a year planning and setting up for the party that drew 70,000 people out last Saturday. But it took some 2,000 volunteers and community members to make sure it went off without a hitch. “There are so many people who helped out to make this festival a great success,” said the EMSF chair. “The festival committee put countless hours of their time in all year long: the volunteers who came out the week before and the day of the festival to help out, the high school students who volunteered to move the heavy stuff, the businesses who partnered with the festival, the township and the staff and the community as a whole.”
WEEKEND WEATHER
Mulch
(hemlock.pine.cedar.coloured)
• maintains a more even soil temperature • conserves moisture • controls weeds • protects against erosion • adds organic matter to the soil • adds colour & texture to your garden • simplifies your gardening chores
MOUTH WATERING Logan DaSilva sneaks a taste of the maple syrup poured over his steaming hot pancakes at the Elmira Maple Syrup Festival Saturday.
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