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>> ANN, THANK YOU.

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>> MAPLE SIRUP PRODUCERS RELY ON

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WEATHER CONDITIONS TO TURN TREE

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SAP.

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>> MAPLE SYRUP.

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SOME SAY GLOBAL WARMING IS

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MAKING THEIR JOB MORE DIFFICULT.

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THE PAST FIVE YEARS HAVE BEEN

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THE WARMEST ON RECORD.

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"CHICAGO TONIGHT'S" EVAN GARCIA

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VISITED FUNK GROVE IN CENTRAL

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ILLINOIS WHERE THE FUNK FAMILY

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HAS BEEN MAKING MAPLE SIRUP

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SINCE 1824.

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>> AN INCH-AND-A-HALF INTO THE

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TREE.

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AND THEN WE'LL DRIVE IN THE

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SPOUT AND HANG A BUCKET.

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>> JONATHAN FUNK IS SHOWING US

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HOW TO TAP A MAPLE TREE INTO SAP

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THAT WILL TURN INTO SYRUP.

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>> WE ARE AT FUNK'S GROVE IN

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CENTRAL ILLINOIS, 150 MILES

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SOUTHWEST OF CHICAGO.

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FOR NEARLY 200 YEARS, THE FUNK

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FAMILY HAS BOILED TREE SAP IN

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MAPLE SYRUP HERE.

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JONATHAN'S FATHER MIKE RUNS THE

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MAPLE SIRUP BUSINESS.

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>> LIGHT AMBER MORE DELICATE

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FLAVOR.

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>> THE NEPHEW SAYS IT'S THE

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START OF THE SEASON.

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IF CONDITIONS ARE NOT IDEAL.

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>> VERY WET AND RAINING FOR A

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DAY AND NOW IT'S RAIN/SNOWING.

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>> THE FUNK'S TAP ABOUT 4500

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MAPLE TREES ON THE 500 ACRES OF

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FOREST.

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LESS THAN A QUARTER ARE DRAINED

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BY BUCKET.

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THE REST ARE TAPPED USING A

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MODERN METHOD INVOLVING PLASTIC

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TUBES, A VACUUM PUMP AND HOLDING

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TANKS.

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>> YOU CAN SEE THE SAP GOING

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INTO THE PUMP.

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AND ONCE THAT FILLS UP, IT WILL

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GET PUMPED FROM THERE INTO THIS

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TANK.

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AND THEN ONCE THIS TANK HITS A

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CERTAIN LEVEL THE TWO BIG TANKS

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THAT WE PASSED IT WILL PUMP IT

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UP THAT PUMP LINE TO THERE.

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>> FROM THERE IT'S SENT TO THE

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SUGAR HOUSE WHERE AN EVAPORATOR

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BOILS AWAY THE WATER CONTENTS TO

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CONCENTRATE THE SUGARS INTO

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SYRUP.

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>> WE HAVE TO LEAVE THE DOORS

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OPEN TO KEEP THE STEAM OUT.

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>> ROUGHLY 40 GALLONS OF SAP

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PRODUCES ONE GALLON OF SYRUP

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THAT IS WHY THERE'S SO MUCH

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STEAM IN HERE.

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MIKE CHECKS THE THICKNESS WHERE

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THE SYRUP IS HEATED, FILTERED

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AND BOLTED HOT SANITIZING THE

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CONTAINER.

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>> WHENEVER THE SAP RUNS WE HAVE

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TO BE READY.

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>> TAPPING FOR MAPLE SYRUP

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REQUIRES CERTAIN WEATHER

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CONDITIONS.

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>> THE FREEZE-THAW CYCLE IS KEY.

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WHAT IS THAT?

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>> WE WANT IT TO BE WARMER

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DURING THE DAY AND COLDER AT

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NIGHT.

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AND SO WE WANT THAT UP AND DOWN

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TEMPERATURE SWING.

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AND THAT CAUSES THE SAP TO RUN

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UP INTO THE TREE OR DROP DOWN

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INTO THE ROOTS.

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WE CATCH IT WHEN IT'S WARMING UP

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AND GOING UP INTO THE TREE THAT

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IS WHEN WE GET THE SAP.

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>> THE FUNKS SAY CLIMATE CHANGE

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HAS FILLED THEIR FAMILY BUSINESS

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WITH UNCERTAINTY.

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>> WE JUST DON'T KNOW.

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SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE WINTER

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UNTIL LATE JANUARY AND IT HASN'T

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STARTED YET AND THEN YOU WILL

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HAVE COLD WEATHER BIG UP AND

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DOWN SWINGS IN TEMPERATURE ALL

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THE WAY INTO APRIL.

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>> JOSHUA IS A SCIENTIST WITH

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THE MASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON

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SOCIETY.

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HE STUDIED EXAMINED SIX MAPLE

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SYRUP SITES.

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THE FUNK FAMILY TOLD ME THEY ARE

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EXPERIENCING MORE ERRATIC MAPLE

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SYRUP SEASONS DOES THAT MATCHUP

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WITH YOUR RESEARCH?

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>> YEAH, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING

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THAT THE LAST OVER A PERIOD THAT

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WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS IT'S

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BEEN ERRATIC.

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AND THAT IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN

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THE WARMER HALF OF SUGAR MAPLE'S

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RANGE.

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FARTHER NORTH IT'S MORE

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PREDICTABLE.

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>> THE RESEARCH PREDICTS MAPLE

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TREES IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS

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WILL PRODUCE ALMOST NO SYRUP BY

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2100.

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>> I THINK WE ARE OK FOR MY

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GENERATION.

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JONATHAN'S AND OUR GRANDCHILDREN

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ARE THE ONES WE ARE CONCERNED

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ABOUT.

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>> FOR NOW, THE FUNK FAMILY

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COMBATS UNCERTAIN CONDITIONS BY

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STAYING PREPARED UTILIZING

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TECHNOLOGY AND HOPING FOR LUCK.

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DEBBIE FUNK SAYS THE LOCATION IS

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A SWEET SPOT TO ATTRACT SYRUP

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LOVERS FROM AFAR.

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>> IN THE SUMMERTIME WE GET

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INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS

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TRAVELING ROUTE 66 BECAUSE WE

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ARE RIGHT ON ROUTE 66 THAT IS

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NEAT.

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SO WE GET TO MEET PEOPLE FROM

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ALL OVER THE WORLD.

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>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M

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EVAN GARCIA.

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>> YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING WHY

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FUNKS GROVES SPELLS SIRUP WITH

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AN I THAT IS THE OLD-FASHIONED

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SPELLING OF SYRUP WITHOUT SUGAR

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ADDED AND SYRUP IS REFERRED TO