Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Hurley science teacher Dan Rye talks with a group of Hurley elementary students about collecting sap from a maple tree on school property as part of a process of making syrup on March 7. A day of tours and presentations by the schools' Northwoods Manufacturing students highlighted the production of Northwoods Maple, and also included a serving of ice cream with maple syrup. See Page 22 for story and more photos.
By LARRY HOLCOMBE
HURLEY - Northwoods maple syrup was front and center at the Hurley K-12 School on Thursday, March 7.
Students from the high school's Northwoods Manufacturing program were busy during the day making syrup and facilitating tours of the operation to a continuing run of small groups of elementary students.
Each tour began with a short presentation with science teacher Dan Rye in a stand of tapped maple trees between the parking lot and Range View Avenue just north of the school. The groups then moved into a large garage off the parking lot to see some...
