John St. Mary, a teacher at Brushton-Moira Central School, explains the process involved to turn sap into maple syrup using the Leader Evaporator, which was purchased with a $15,000 grant. The popular program involves students at every level, from tapping the trees in the school's wood lot to serving at a pancake breakfast to help raise funds to buy fuel oil for the evaporator.

(Staff Photo/Susan Tobias)

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