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  Top NewsMarch 13, 2008 

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Oh no, there are bugs in the pancake batter. Not in the batter, but making the batter. Bugs Phillips watches over the aging mixer at the Bolar Ruritan Building, adding just the right amount of liquid to make the next batch of batter for the cook at the grills.
The days of wood fires under long metal pans are about over for the maple syrup business. Though the process is essentially still the same, these days large, machinelike evaporators cook the water out of the sap turning it into sweet syrup. (Recorder photos by Charles Garratt)

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