Heath School Happenings

The April/May 2011 issue (Volume 33, Number 1) is available now. Purchase your copy of this 24 page newspaper for only $1.50 in the lobby of Sawyer Hall (1 East Main Street) or at Peter's General Store (38 Number Nine Road).

Columnists: Jeanine Heil, Bill Lattrell, Pat Leuchtman, Donald Purington, Claire Rabbitt, Le-Ellen Weis

Contributors: Rebecca Allen, Meghan Bone, Lois Buchiane, Suzanne Crawford, Lizz Davin, Finance Committee, Franklin County Solid Waste District, Virginia Gary, Heath School Staff & Students, Heath Union Church, Ruth Johnson, Pat Leuchtman, Library Trustees, Tim Lively, Lorena Loubsky, Katie Natale, Ann Pacino, Planning Board, Pam Porter, Joan Schoen­hals, Art Schwenger, Selectboard, Mike Smith, Kathy Sprague, Doug Stetson, Hilma Sumner

Table of Contents

• Page 2:  Heath Herald masthead; Heath Union Church News by the Deacons; Notice of upcoming Annual Memorial Day Weekend Bake Sale by the Friends of the Heath Free Public Library
• Page 3-4:   Grass Roots Democracy by Lois Stetson Buchiane with comments from Ruth Johnson and other Senior Citizens
• Page 4:  Harvest News from Berkshire Sweet Gold Maple & Carbon Farm by Janis Steele; I Drive a Snowplow by Michael Smith
• Page 5-6:  Finance Committee Report by Heath Finance Committee; Notice of upcoming Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser for the Heath Firefighters Association
• Page 6:   Plants for Walls by Pat Leuchtman; PTP Fundraiser
• Page 7:  This Land by Bill Lattrell (continued on page 11)
• Page 8:  Managing Smart Growth for Heath by the Heath Planning Board
• Page 9:  Advertisements
• Page 10:  Advertisements:  Benson Place, Freeman Farm, Hager Bros. Farm, Berkshire Sweet Gold Maple Farm, Burnt Hill Farm, Tripp's Blueberries. This page is free to Heath farmers and is made possible by the sales of Carroll Stowe's compilation "The Way it in the Country."
• Page 11:  Heath Fair News by Pam Porter
• Page 12:  Fiddlers of Anatevka by Pat Leuchtman, photos by Lorena Loubsky
• Page 13:  Parent Teacher Partnership by Lorena Loubsky; Heath Local Education Council by Lorena Loubsky, School Committee Update by Ann Pacino and Rebecca Allen
• Page 14:  Heath School by Jeanine Heil, Principal; Winter Time Fun and Learning at the Heath Preschool by Suzanne Crawford
• Page 15:  Prime Red News by Virginia Gary, Teacher; Middle Class Studies by Jorie Macleod, Teacher; Fifth Grade is Energized by Meghan Bone, Teacher; Heath School 6th Grade Heads to Washington, D.C. by Katie Natale, Teacher
• Page 16:  A New Home for the Heath Library by Donald Purington; Big News at the Heath Library by the Library Trustees (Deb Porter, Jann Carr, Kate Bailey)
• Page 17:  Heath Business Directory; Advertisements
• Page 18:  Advertisements
• Page 19:  Osteoporosis by Claire Rabbitt, RN
• Page 20:  Selectboard's Report by the Heath Selectboard (Thomas Lively, Brian De Vriese, Sheila Litchfield); Town Offices to be Filled in Annual Election May 6, 2011
• Page 21:   A New England Tradition by Douglas H. Stetson; Modern Technology by Lee-Ellen Weis
• Page 22:  Milestones:  Births: Paxton Cho Freeman, Jupiter Bowie Clark Johnson-Fuller, Olivia Joan Thompson; Wedding:  Mary Lemelin and Matther Corrado.  Journey With Horses by Joan Schoenhals
  
• Page 23:  Spring Bulky Waste Collection; Heath's Monthly Precipitation (Observed by Heath School Staff and Students) by Tim Lively; Community Calendar
• Page 24: Advertisements

The Heath Herald is a nonprofit newspaper staffed by volunteers and published six times a year in Heath, Massachusetts.