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dgau@marshallindependent.com Photos by Deb Gau Bart Johnson held a tap steady while Blanca Chile-Chavez helped hammer it in. Fourth-grade students at West Side Elementary have been learning about how maple syrup is made, and on Friday Bart and Kaia Johnson helped the kids get some hands-on experience in tapping maple trees near the school and the Marshall National Guard Armory. Below, two groups of students helped set up a total of three taps. First, Johnson drilled a small hole in the tree trunks, and then students hammered in spouts to collect the sap. MARSHALL — Making maple syrup all s...
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