By DAWN SCHABBING, Features Writer Feb 22, 2009 Feb 22, 2009 0 1 of 4 Submitted Photo — Ron Brook fries sausage patties at a previous Maple Syrup Fair in Parke County, Ind.

This weekend is Maple Weekend at the MSU Forestry Innovation Center. They invited the public to come and see modern examples of how trees are tapped, the sap is gathered and the syrup gets made.

Sugaring Off Tours are held Saturdays and Sundays, March 5, 6, 12 and 13 with tours at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Cost is $10 nonmember/$8 nonmember and free for children under 3 years ...

During a tour of the Bright Acres Farm sugar house on March 12, visitors heard from farm owner Richard Schenk about growing up on the Hampton farm. As a child, Schenk would sometimes ride his horse… ...