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Things have been pretty shitty for us Blackhawks fans lately. The road trip from hell, the brief joy of winning four in a row against the best team in the NHL and two fierce rivals, and the ultimate letdown of losing the next 3 has left everyone a little exhausted and on the verge of giving up. (By the way, we need a nickname for the 9-game losing streak. We had the "March to the Sea" a few years back... what's the opposite? Napoleon's Russian Winter?) As bad as it may be for the Hawks and us fans, at least we're still in the playoff picture (however precariously).

However bad you may be feeling right now... Toronto fans probably feel worse. A month ago, the Leafs were in 6th place and were hoping to make the playoffs for the first time since the Drew Carey Show was still on the air. Then February hit. It started out well enough, they won the first three games of the month, including a DLRing of the Senators. Since that third victory though on Feb. 6th, they've won only a single game and collected only 3 points. They're 1-8-1 in their last ten games and things don't seem to be getting any easier. They've dropped from 6th place to 10th and sit 4 points behind the Capitals (yet another disappointing team) for the final playoff spot in the east. Leaf fans may have hoped a 4 game homestand would have helped end the month strong but instead they managed just a lone point in an OT loss to the Devils.

Who's to blame for the month? Well Puck Daddy already answered that question... or at least tried to. The simple answer being, the Leafs allow a lot of goals, 3rd most in the league behind Columbus and Tampa. Allowing a lot of goals can be OK if you at least score a lot too (AKA - The Chicago Blackhawks this year) but it's not working out for the Leafs. They are directly behind the Hawks in G/G though.. so beware.

In another story that seems eerily familiar - the Leafs have two goalies that are struggling mightily. Jonas Gustavsson and James Reimer have had incredibly disappointing seasons. Both goalies were brought in to the team with huge hopes. Gustavsson was supposed to be "The Monster" but he hasn't fully lived up to the potential yet. Reimer was brought in when Gustavsson proved to be a headcase with a magically exploding heart. His debut was solid and inspired possibly my favorite DGB/Bloge Salming parody.. but again, this year has been a let down. The situation in goal doesn't show many signs of improvement. Last night the Leafs took on the Panthers at the ACC and Reimer let in goals on the first two shots he faced, the first 13 seconds into the game. The play-by-play sheet literally reads "Faceoff, Giveaway, Goal". Ouch.

The Blackhawks are once again without Jonathan Toews for the fifth game in a row (also gone are Hammer and Monty). The picture isn't looking good as Q has been quoted as saying he's made "no progress" in the last few days. Also ouch. The Hawks will get their first look at two guys for the first time as the inexplicably Swedish Johnny Oduya will suit up, as well as Brandon Bollig, called up from the Rock. We've covered Oduya already and we're at least curious if not excited to see what he can bring to the team. He was paired up with Brent Seabrook in practice yesterday. Bollig's call up is a good sign for the winger though. Resident Ice Hogs expert Chris Block summed up his game nicely in this tweet. Bollig clearly is being brought up to provide some of that sandpaper and intimidation factor that Q loves so very much. At 6'2 and 223lbs he can hopefully deal with some of that truculence the Leafs bring.

I'm writing this too early to get word on lines or defensive pairings so I'm sure you'll fill that in for me in the comments. We do know that Corey Crawford is going back in the net after being pulled over the weekend (I stand by my point that it wasn't fully his fault though). Due to inactivity the Hawks have dropped to 7th in the West and points aren't going to come much easier than they will tonight. Despite having Phil Kessel still lighting the world on fire the Leafs should be an easy target. All too often the Hawks play down to their opponents though. Can't happen tonight. Oh.. and they're wearing the Whites at home.. beautiful.

Let's Go Hawks!

With plenty to do for the whole family, including tasting many sweet maple syrup treats, visitors can see maple sugar and tree tapping demonstrations, make a maple-themed craft, vote for their favorite chef in the Chef’s Challenge, enjoy the popular pancake brunch, and go on a scavenger hunt. First County Bank is entering its 12th year of support of both this favorite family festival and Stamford Museum & Nature Center’s educational programming.

At the festival, visitors can stop by the little red sugarhouse on Heckscher Farm and see firsthand how sap is turned into sweet maple syrup and learn about the different methods used to turn sap into syrup through a variety of demonstrations. Visitors can see how to tap a tree to harvest its sap, how colonists made maple syrup, the Native American “hot rock” method, how the SM&NC uses the modern evaporation method to produce the maple syrup sold in the gift shop and how to even tap trees in their own backyards.

In conjunction with sponsoring Maple Sugar Festival Weekend, First County Bank will host its third annual Chef's Challenge on Saturday, March 3 from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm during the Maple Sugar Festival. Four local chefs from David’s Soundview Catering, A Dash of Salt, EOS Greek Cuisine, and Susan Kane Catering will compete to create the best tasting recipe, as judged by the public, using maple syrup as an ingredient. The winner will be announced at 2 pm. On Sunday, the SM&NC will host its Pancake Brunch from 11 am to 2 pm.

Each February, the Stamford Museum & Nature Center taps its trees. When the temperatures are below freezing at night, but above freezing during the day, conditions are just right for SM&NC to make its very own maple syrup. Maple sugaring is the first sign of the annual agricultural awakening. The maple sugar season peaks in March with the annual First County Bank Maple Sugar Festival Weekend.

Maple Sugar Festival Weekend is supported by media sponsors StamfordPlus Magazine and 95.9 Fox. Daily admission fees are $5 for members, $10 for non-members. All children three and under are free. There is an additional fee of $5 per person for the Pancake Brunch.

Stamford Museum & Nature Center is located at 39 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford, CT (3/4 mile North of Merritt Parkway Exit 35.) For more information call 203.322.1646 or visit www.stamfordmuseum.org.

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Feb 29, 2012 - Sometimes, when a wood bat strikes a baseball thrown at speeds greater than 80 miles per hour, the wood bat breaks. Sometimes the bat shatters, sending pieces of bat hurling through the air at great speed. Sometimes, these whirling, spinning shards of wood strike and injure people. Sometimes very seriously.

Remember this horrifying play at the end of the 2010 season, when Cubs rookie Tyler Colvin was impaled by a piece of shattered bat as he ran from third base to home?

At the time, the broadcasters didn't realize how serious Colvin's injury was. The shattered bat, in fact, punctured his chest wall, putting Colvin in the hospital for several days. (And no one has yet figured out why Kevin Youkilis was the Cubs trainer that day.)

Colvin's injury came two years after MLB began looking into the issue of shattered bats. In the final three months of the 2008 season, 2,232 bats broke, with 756 of them separating into multiple pieces. MLB responded by setting up a committee comprised of wood and engineering experts to study the issue.

What did they learn?

The problem, in large measure, came from the increased use of bats made from maple, supplanting ash bats, which had been the standard in Major League Baseball for 50 years. Ash had replaced hickory as the wood of choice for bats when players opted for a lighter wood, in order to increase their bat speed.

So, after fifty years of success with ash bats, why did players switch to maple?

Maple is stronger than ash, and thus better for hitting the ball long distances. Even so, most players stayed with ash until after the 2001 season. That year, Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs using maple bats, breaking the single-season home-run record. A performance-enhancing bat, if you will. Today, more than half of all major leaguers use maple bats.

The problem is that maple bats break far more often and in more dangerous ways than ash bats. Maple bats "account[ed] for 7.5 times as many multipiece breakages than did ash bats in the 2008 season and five times as many in 2009 and 2010," according to David E. Kretschmann, a research engineer with the federal government's Forest Products Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a member of MLB's bat study committee.

A report in the Chronicle of Higher Education explains why maple bats shatter more frequently and in different ways, compared to ash bats:

One [explanation] involves the rings that accumulate with each year of a tree's growth. When cut into lumber, those rings become the familiar lines that run the length of a baseball bat. The tree rings emerge from each year's formation of pores that supply the tree with water and nutrients. Ash is considered "ring porous," because its pores develop in the early stage of the annual growing season, making its lines more distinct.

Maple, by contrast, is a "diffuse porous" species, with its pores more evenly distributed throughout its annual ring. The result is that when an ash bat breaks from hitting a baseball, the wood is more likely to just flake off along those lines, [according to Lloyd V. Smith, an associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering at Washington State University].

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Another reason for the differing performance is that the grain lines in ash tend to run straighter, whereas the lines in maple tend to meander. That makes maple a more aesthetically beautiful wood, with "a lot of interesting textures," says Mr. Smith, whose Sports Science Laboratory performs the official bat testing for the NCAA. But that meandering is far more likely to leave the wood with a random spot of relative weakness, and thus a higher likelihood of a sudden breaking of the bat on impact. "The challenge in getting maple with straight grain is more difficult than with ash," he says.

An additional problem stems from the higher moisture content of maple. That property leads some bat manufacturers to kiln-dry maple longer than ash. The extra drying is done to reduce the bat's weight, but it also makes the bat more brittle, Mr. Smith says.

Even with this information, and the potential for more Colvin-type injuries -- or worse -- MLB hasn't banned maple bats. Many players prefer them, despite the risks to themselves and others. And MLB can't simply change equipment rules without the acquiescence of the Players Association.

Instead, before the 2010 season, MLB required changes in bat dimensions at the major-league level and banned the use of certain types of maple bats in the minor leagues. For major leaguers, maple bats are now inspected and must meet new specifications: the maximum diameter of the barrel can be no larger than 2.61 inches (down from 2.75 inches, previously) and the minimum size of bat handles was increased about 1/50th of an inch. In addition, the league "now requires that bat makers place ink dots on the handle of their maple bats to better identify the straightness of the grain. If the grain is straight, the ink will bleed in the wood from the handle to the barrel, which is preferable." In the minors, restrictions were placed on the density of sugar maple used to manufacture bats and the use of silver and red maple in bats was banned.

The new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the players and owners carried over the minor-league density restrictions, but only for those players who have never had an at-bat in the majors. Any player who's had a major-league at-bat can continue to use the low-density maple bats, for the entirety of their careers.

With the changes made to date, the number of broken bats has declined since the 2008 season. But the problem has not been eliminated. Which means a high risk of more incidents like the one involving Tyler Colvin.

Jason Rosenberg (@Jason_IIATMS), the founder and editor of the Yankees blog It's About the Money, Stupid, has been covering the maple-bat issue for years. You can and should read all of Jason's research and analysis here. I relied on much of Jason's work in preparing this story.

I asked Jason for his view of the new rules on bat density for new players, and about other possible solutions to the problem of shattering maple bats. Here's some of what he had to say:

I’ve been as outspoken as anyone about this issue. The new restriction on bat density for new players is a step in the right direction, but it is not enough.

A number of potential solutions have been developed. Some include radical multi-piece bats that will likely never see a major league game under current MLB Rule 1.10, as they fundamentally change the time-honored equipment of the game. Other solutions include ultra-thin polymer films that wrap the bat to keep the barrel and handle in place should the bat suffer what the manufacturers call a "multi-part failure." The polymer has been tested with positive results at MLB's testing facility in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Regardless of the possible remedies now or in the future, as long as the players want the thin handle, heavy barrel bats that create a whip-like action, bats will continue to shatter. According to MLB regulations, the difference between the bat length and weight can be no greater than 3.5. In other words, a 35" bat cannot be lighter than 31.5 oz. Bigger barrels, narrower handles and bats that push the limits of this rule (or exceed them due to player modification (sanding the handles for weight/narrowness) all greatly contribute to this problem.

Small steps forward for MLB, even when bigger, potentially better solutions are available. But this issue, especially, is on the players, who continue to look for any possible advantage to improve their performance in the batter's box.

Fingers crossed that nothing like the Tyler Colvin incident -- or worse -- ever happens again.

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ADAMS — The No. 2 seeded Southland girls basketball team beat No. 7 Maple River (10-16 overall) 76-32 in the first round of the Section 2AA South Division Tournament in Adams Tuesday.

The Rebels (24-3 overall) outscored Maple River 44-15 in the second half to put the game away.

“We started out a little slow, but once the girls settled down and started playing basketball, we started to pull away,” Southland head coach Bob Sheehan said.

Southland will host No. 3 Blue Earth (19-5 overall) Friday at 7 p.m.

MR 17 15 — 32

Southland 31 44 — 76

Southland scoring: Madi Schmitz, 16; Jana Schammel, 12; Haley Kirkpatrick, 10; Lindsey Bottema, 8; Megan Mullenbach, 7; Kelli Smith, 6; Mckenzie Kirtz, 6; Bri Vogel, 2; Elizabeth May, 2; Morgan Schmitz, 2; Marisa Simon, 2; free throws: 68 percent (21-for-31)

TORONTO (AP) — Mike Santorelli scored twice Tuesday night as the Florida Panthers handed the sinking Maple Leafs a 5-3 loss, an all-too-familiar outcome for fans in Toronto.

Loud chants of “Fire Wilson!” directed at coach Ron Wilson were heard twice during the third period as the Leafs lost for the ninth time in 10 games, including all four on a disheartening homestand. Toronto sits four points out of a playoff position in the Eastern Conference.

Marcel Goc, Jason Garrison and Stephen Weiss also scored for Florida, which leads the Southeast Division with 72 points. Jose Theodore added 28 saves.

Phil Kessel, Nikolai Kulemin and Joffrey Lupul replied for the Maple Leafs.

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ALEXANDER, N.Y. (WIVB) - A product of the warm winter is sticky and sweet. Maple farms have to start making syrup early this year, and for Eric Randall of Randall's Maple Products, it's the earliest ever.

“There probably is nothing more closely tied to the weather than maple production. Everything is dependent on a cycle of thawing days and freezing nights,” said Randall

Ideally, Randall says he would like those temperatures in the 40's during the day and then below freezing at night for several days.

He explained, “The tree is filled with water; it’s a large percentage of water. What we do is tap in to about 10 years of growth and we break that column of water. As it warms up the gases expand and it is what drives the sap from the wound in the tree.”

So Randall has his trees tapped. Most of them are set up with a network of tubes that collect in a container.

Coming out of the tree, the sap looks like water. It only contains about two percent sugar. To make syrup, Randall needs to evaporate out the excess water until it is 66.5 percent sugar.

A machine heats the sap to seven degrees above the water boiling point, turning it into syrup. Since there is so much evaporating of water, it takes 44 gallons of sap to get just one gallon of syrup.

Each tree will produce 10 to 15 gallons of sap each year, which is why Randall has over 3,000 trees!

Linda Lee Hamm had been driving erratically when she drove onto a curb and over a median and then struck and killed a pedestrian last month in Maple Grove, Hennepin County prosecutors say in a criminal complaint charging her with criminal vehicular homicide.

Hamm, 61, of Maple Grove turned herself in to the Hennepin County jail on Tuesday and posted a $150,000 bond.

On Jan. 31, Maple Grove police received a report of a car moving erratically, according to the criminal complaint. A police officer pulled in behind the suspect vehicle as it approached Hemlock Lane.

Just then, the car went over the curb and struck Ann Blake, 54, who had been standing on the sidewalk, according to the complaint. The car continued across the center median on Hemlock Lane and crashed into another vehicle.

Blake, of Andover, died at the scene, the complaint said.

Hamm allegedly had watery, glassy eyes and appeared confused. The police officer following her found an open vodka bottle in Hamm's car, the complaint said.

At the hospital, where Hamm was taken for her injuries, the officer interviewed her and obtained a breath sample, which registered a blood-alcohol level of 0.169 - more than twice the 0.08 legal driving limit.

A blood sample tested at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension indicated a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.18.

Blake's sister, identified as J.G. in the complaint, told police that she and Blake were waiting for the walk signal so they could cross

Neither saw the car coming, she told police. They didn't hear screeching tires, either.

According to the Osseo School District, Hamm began working for Osseo Area Schools in 1972 as a speech therapist. At the time of the crash, she was working as a part-time teacher, serving as an early-childhood program assistant, WCCO reported.

Brady Gervais can be reached at 651-228-5513. Follow her at twitter.com/bgervais.

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The Panthers visit Toronto for the second and final time this season in a battle of two teams that made no changes on trade deadline day. The Panthers, of course, traded some picks and minor league players earlier in the week to pick up forwards Jerred Smithson and Wojtek Wolski from the Predators and Rangers, respectively. Both players have already contributed, with Smithson winning the majority of his faceoffs (and regularly backing up Stephen Weiss on important draws) and Wolski scoring the tying goal in Saturday's win in Carolina. Wolski debuted on Shawn Matthias' line, but will take Kris Versteeg's place tonight with Tomas Fleischmann and Tomas Kopecky, as Versteeg sits out with an unspecified lower body injury. The Cats reestablished a two point lead on the Winnipeg Jets with their back-to-back wins this weekend, while the Leafs are three points behind the Jets for eighth place and a playoff berth.

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Last meeting

Kris Versteeg had the game winner and Jose Theodore had the win in the Panthers' 5-3 victory over the Leafs at the Air Canada Centre in late December.

Last game

For the second game in a row, the Cats came back from 2-0 to win the game, only this time they won in regulation, beating the visiting Canadiens 4-2 on the strength of two Stephen Weiss goals as well as one from Sean Bergenheim. Brian Campbell scored the insurance marker late in the third. Scott Clemmensen had the win.

Lineup

No changes were made prior to Monday's trade deadline. F Kris Versteeg will be out the rest of the week with a lower body injury that's been troubling him for the last couple of games. He is expected to be replaced in the lineup by F John Madden. Marcel Goc is still dealing with an unspecified lower body injury.

Injuries

• F Scottie Upshall (core), 2/1, 6 to 8 weeks
• F Marco Sturm (lower body), 2/2 unknown
• D Dmitry Kulikov (knee), 1/21, 6 to 8 weeks
• F Matt Bradley (concussion), 2/19, indefinitely

Possible Scratches

• F Marcel Goc (lower body)
• F Kris Versteeg (lower body)

Starting goaltenders:

Jose Theodore will face off against James Reimer.

Lines

Forwards

1. Bergenheim-Weiss-Samuelsson
2. Fleischmann-Kopecky-Wolski
3. Santorelli-Matthias-Skille
4. Madden-Smithson-Barch

Defense

1. Campbell-Garrison
2. Gudbranson-Jovanovski
3. Weaver-Ellerby

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 61-year-old woman has been charged in the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian near the Shoppes at Arbor Lakes in Maple Grove.

According to the felony complaint, tests showed Linda Hamm had a blood alcohol level of 0.18 within two hours of the Jan. 31 incident.

Police say Hamm struck and killed Ann Blake, a mother and recent widow, after driving erratically and at high speeds. Investigators say Hamm hit a curb, drove onto a median and struck Blake, who was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police also found an empty 1-liter bottle of Kamchatka Vodka inside Hamm’s car at the time of the accident.

Hamm has been charged with one count of criminal vehicular homicide.

Hamm surrendered herself to the Hennepin County Adult Detention Center on Monday evening. She was booked and released after paying the $150,000 bail. She is to have no contact with any witnesses to the incident.

She is scheduled for a court appearance on Tuesday afternoon.

According to the Osseo School District, Hamm began working in the Osseo Area Schools in 1972 as a speech therapist and at the time of the crash was working as a part-time teacher, serving as an Early Childhood program assistant.

This year marks the 12th anniversary First County Bank has sponsored this family festival highlighting the New England tradition of maple sugaring.   From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 3, Nikki Glekas, owner and chef at Eos Greek Cuisine in Stamford, Susan Kane, of Susan Kane Catering in Stamford, Jonathan Mathias, owner of A Dash of Salt in Norwalk, and David Cingari, owner of David’s Soundview Catering, are scheduled to present their creations for the public to sample.  The public will vote for its favorite creation and the winning recipe will be announced at 2 p.m.

-- About the Chefs --

Susan Kane, owner and culinary chef at

File Photo - Bottles of pure maple syrup at the 27th Annual Maple Syrup Festival at the Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids, IA John Beyer/The Gazette

Maple trees are pushing sap up their trunks to become the year’s first and sweetest crop — maple syrup.

This annual awakening will be celebrated at the Indian Creek Nature Center on Saturday and Sunday at the 29th annual Maple Syrup Festival.

Follow the sap as it flows from tree to table through live demonstrations of sap collecting and syrup making, re-enactments of American Indian and early colonial sugar making. Then sit down and enjoy a breakfast of pancakes, sausage and Nature Center maple syrup. There also will be live music and other activities.

The festival will run from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. each day.

Syruping activities go on throughout the month of March, though.

“We provide syruping programs for small groups by appointment between Feb. 28 and March 24,” says Jan Aiels, education facilitator at the nature center. “The programs include tree tapping, sap boiling, history and lore, and end with a taste of delicious syrup over ice cream. It’s a wonderful way for children and adults to learn a fascinating heritage craft.”

Maple sap only flows when warm, sunny days are followed by cold nights with temperatures below freezing. That weather pattern usually happens in early March and can last up to six weeks according to Nature Center Director, Rich Patterson.

This year the nature center started tapping the trees in mid-February.

Volunteers collect sap from about 80 taps in preparation for the festival.

“When sap begins dripping we know the end of winter is near, and there is nothing more delicious than fresh maple syrup,” Patterson says.

Advance tickets for the festival are $7 for adults; $4 for children ages 3 to 12 and are available at the Indian Creek Nature Center, from any board member or online at Indiancreeknaturecenter.org.

Tickets prices increase $1 at the door on the day of the event.

Groups interested in scheduling individual programs can call the Nature Center at (319) 362-0664 to reserve a time.

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The Stamford Museum & Nature Center has extended its Maple Sugar Festival to a weekend event starting March 3. This year marks the 12th anniversary First County Bank has sponsored this family festival highlighting the New England tradition of maple sugaring.

From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on March 3, Nikki Glekas, owner and chef at Eos Greek Cuisine in Stamford, Susan Kane, of Susan Kane Catering in Stamford, Jonathan Mathias, owner of A Dash of Salt in Norwalk, and David Cingari, owner of David’s Soundview Catering, are scheduled to present their creations for the public to sample. The public will vote for its favorite creation and the winning recipe will be announced at 2 p.m.

“Since we started the First County Bank Chefs Challenge in 2010, it has been a very enjoyable event for the public and we wanted to continue that tradition,” said Karen Kelly, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at First County Bank. “These competing chefs have created some terrific recipes for the public to judge. First County Bank appreciates their participation and looks forward to a fun-filled weekend of eating, learning and enjoying the outdoors.”

“Maple syrup is a wonderful local ingredient – I’ve tapped trees in my backyard and made my own syrup. I can’t wait to taste the delicious creations of these talented chefs at the event Saturday,” said Elizabeth Keyser who will emcee the awards announcement. Keyser is a food writer who contributes regularly to publications and Web sites, including Connecticut Magazine and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution. She is the Connecticut editor for the Zagat Restaurant Survey.

About the Chefs

Nikki, Jimmy, Dina and Elini Glekas, owners of Eos Greek Cuisine, are working on a Greek maple syrup dessert table, including maple syrup baklava, maple and fig over Greek yogurt, and a maple syrup bread pudding. Eos is located at 490 Summer St. in Stamford, visit its Web site for additional information www.eosgreekcuisine.com.

Susan Kane, owner and culinary chef at Susan Kane Catering, is known for her catering service and event planning. The company serves Fairfield and Westchester counties, as well as Manhattan, eastern Long Island and the greater Hartford area. Susan Kane Catering is located at 28 Bouton St. in South Norwalk, or visit its Web site at www.susankanecatering.com.

Jonathan Mathias, owner of A Dash of Salt, graduated with honors from the Culinary Institute of America in 1981 and ever since dedicated himself to the field by constantly acquiring new knowledge and passing it on to apprentice chefs. A Dash of Salt is a full-service caterer and event planner with a broad range of experience. A Dash of Salt is located on Old Kings Highway in Weston, or visit its Web site at www.adashofsaltcooking.com.

David Cingari, chef/owner of David’s Soundview Catering, is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America. Cingari opened his gourmet catering company serving Connecticut and New York in 1988. David’s Soundview Catering is located at 471 Elm St. in Stamford, or visit its Web site at www.davidscatering.com.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded forward Carter Ashton to the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for defenseman Keith Aulis.

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Did you know this is the week of not only the quadrennial Leap Day but also the first day of meteorlogical spring? Me neither, on the latter, until my friend, Illinois Master Gardener Catherine Lambrecht told me. So with meteorlogical spring in the air and the sap flowing, I'll be road-tripping down to the National Maple Syrup Festival this weekend—after the fullest week in food events since the holidays, that is.

Monday, February 27

Food meets art again, as Tru Exec Chef/partner Anthony Martin cooks for The Dinner Party at Mayne Stage, presented by Fear No ART. It's a live talk show, with live music and painting, streamed live, taking questions live via Twitter—and giving away prizes—and recorded for audio and video podcasts.

Tuesday, February 28

The CTA bus turned mobile produce market, Fresh Moves, stops at the Hull-House Museum, for Re-Thinking Soup, the weekly Tuesday lunch hour program. Tour the bus, buy produce, eat soup, and hear Dara Cooper—Fresh Moves Senior Project Manager—speak.

Awaken Your Palate: An Exploration of the Senses at Kendall College, presented by the Chicago Food & Nutrition Network, features special guest, Dr. Alan R. Hirsch, director of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation. Dr. Hirsch will lead tastings with chocolate, apple, onions, and wine, so you can learn nose-and-tongue-on, "[s]mell and taste basics, [from] their association to weight loss, to how they relate to the culinary world and their relationship in food preference and personality".

Wednesday, February 29

Take a Lunch Break for Schools at mk, chef Michael Kornick's flagship restaurant, with a menu following the White House recommended school lunch guidelines, and benefitting kids nutrition education and outreach. Kornick is the MK of DMK, Fish Bar, the upcoming Ada Street.

All proceeds from the Top Chef Texas finale viewing party at the Spiaggia private dining rooms, benefit the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Top two chef Sarah Grueneberg will be in New York when the winner is announced, but celebrate on her home turf with heavy hors d'oeuvres with beer and wine. RSVP at 312-280-2750.

Thursday, March 1

The third annual Little City Food Frenzy at the Loft on Lake, presented by the Little City Junior Board, benefitting the Little City Foundation, includes restaurants Vincent, Café Milk & Honey, MANA Food Bar, IPO, City Provisions, Coco Pazzo, Farmhouse, and Lula Café—and beverages from Goose Island.

The Act of Drinking Beer with Friends is the Highest Form of Art at the Smart Museum is actually art. Really. I actually joined the artist, Tom Marioni, at the opening of Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art. GO.

Soup & Bread visits the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, benefitting the Hyde Park and Kenwood Hunger Programs. "Join the Chicago Studies Program for a reading—and soup!!!—with Martha Bayne, author of Soup and Bread: Building Community One Pot at a Time."

The Strawberry Fair at Mitsuwa brings in not the fresh fruit but strawberry flavored snacks from Japan, including Tohato strawberry Caramel Corn (which tastes like Corn Pops) and strawberry Angel Pie—but sadly none of the seasonal Strawberry Cake Kit Kits I brought back from Japan. But there will be lucky daifuku, sweet red bean stuffed mochi, for Girls' Day on Saturday, throughout this weekend only.

Friday, March 2

As if the Bee Movie Weekend at Logan Square Kitchen benefitting the Chicago Honey Co-op wasn't buzzy enough, with a screening of Vanishing of the Bees, the concessions by Lula Café chef/owner Jason Hammel and Yusho chef/owner Matthias Merges may just steal the show.

Saturday, March 3

The Chiditarod VII is possibly the world's largest mobile food drive, in the form of a people-pulled customised shopping cart race, this year benefitting the Greater Chicago Food Despository and Growing Home.

The Tough Man Barbecue Challenge kicks off the Sky Lantern Festival in Highwood and actually calls out tough women too. Attendees can sample competing Q, and all remaining BBQ will be donated to participating Veteran Support Organization food banks. 

The Butcher & Larder's chef/butcher Rob Levitt joins the Sunday Dinner Club on Saturday and Sunday for demo and a dinner, that starts with a whole pig butchering demo; includes a dinner of porchetta, chicharrón, housemade hot dog, pork shoulder; and ends with pork fat crust sour cherry pie.

I will be a judge at the National Maple Syrup Festival with celebrity maple syrup maker, the one and only Tim Burton of Burton's Maplewood Farm in Medora, Indiana. See you there, or go the following weekend; the festival is "always the first and second weekend in March". I'll be there with my dog Kiba, because as Jimmy Fallon said, dogs are allowed (watch the video here). 

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Feb 27, 2012 - The Toronto Maple Leafs and Tampa Bay Lightning have made a significant prospect swap on NHL Trade Deadline day, with Brian Burke's club sending Keith Aulie south to the Bolts for Carter Ashton.

Both players were playing in the AHL at the time of the deal: Aulie with the Toronto Marlies, Ashton with the Norfolk Admirals. Aulie, 22, was drafted by the Leafs in the fourth round of the 2007 NHL draft. He's a smart defenseman with a bit of NHL experience under his belt, but still has some growing to do, especially when it comes to using his 6'6 frame properly. The Lightning have a need in terms of young defense, so the deal makes sense for them in that regard.

The Maple Leafs get a nice return in Ashton, 20, a winger selected in the first-round of the 2009 NHL draft. He's stil young, obviously, but there's a ton of upside there. His biggest assets are his mobility for his size and his ability to play either on side of the ice. He's scored 35 points in 56 games with Norfolk this season.

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