Saturday, October 8, 2011

Goodnight, Irene!

The October/November 2011 issue (Volume 33, Number 4) 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:  Bill Lattrell, Pat Leuchtman, Donald Purington, Claire Rabbitt

Contributors:  Barry Adams, Lois Buchiane, Charlemont Federated Church, Community Hall Craft Fair, Lizz Davin, Jane deLeeuw, Finance Committee, Friends of the Heath School Library, Heath Cultural Council, Heath Historical Society, Heath Ladies Aid, Heath School Staff & Students, Heath Union Church, Robin Jenkins, Ruth Johnson, Local Education Council, Tim Lively, Lorena Loubsky, Pam Porter, Parent Teacher Partnership, Art Schwenger, Selectboard, Kathy Sprague

Table of Contents
  • Page 2:  Heath Herald masthead; Heath Union Church News by the Deacons; Johnson Opus 16 Organ Update by Ruth Johnson
  • Page 3:   Hurricanes Then and Now - 1938 and Irene by Doug Stetson, "An old Heathan"; photos by Art Schwenger
  • Page 4:  Apples, Apples, Apples by Ruth Johnson; Crop Walk 2011 by Lois Buchiane; Funding Now Available: Housing Rehabilitaion Program
  • Page 5:  Bringing (Heath) Fair to Dogs by Barry Adams
  • Pages 6-7: The Chaos of Nature by Bill Lattrell
  • Page 7:  Letters of Thanks; Notice of upcoming Charlemont Federated Church Holiday Village
  • Page 8:  Introducing Eric Glazier, Heath School's New Principal by Jane deLeeuw; Parent Teacher Partnership Highlights by Lorena Loubsky
  • Page 9:  Local Education Council News by Lorena Loubsky; Notice of upcoming 10th Annual Book Fair by the Friends of the Heath School Library
  • Page 10:  Friends of the Heath Free Public Library Book Sale by Pat Leuchtman; Notice of upcoming Columbus Day Weekend Bake Sale by the Friends of the Heath Free Public Library
  • Page 11:  Advertisements
  • Page 12:  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 13:  Heath Fair News by Pam Porter
  • Pages 14-15:  The Many Faces of Heath Fair photos by Art Schwenger
  • Page 16:  Summer Readers by Donald Purington; Update from the Heath Historical Society by Nina Marshall (continued on page 22)
  • Page 17:  Heath Business Directory; Advertisements
  • Page 18:  Advertisements
  • Page 19:  Flu Season 2011-2012 by Claire Rabbitt, RN; Heath Cultural Council by Summer Barkoskie, Kara Leistyna, Lorena Loubsky, Rachel Porter, Janis Steele
  • Page 20:  Selectboard's Report by the Heath Selectboard (Thomas Lively, Brian De Vriese, Sheila Litchfield)
  • Page 21:   Finance Committee by Don Freeman, Ned Wolf, Jan Carr, Dave Gott, Jeff Simmons
  • Page 22:  Milestones:  Deaths: Lenita Lively Brennan (October 26, 1933 - August 29, 2011); Births:  Khristopher Michael Miller; Heath People in the News:  Alice Taylor Gear, Crystal Smith.  Notice of upcoming Community Hall Craft Fair
  • Page 23:  Notice of upcoming Heath Ladies Aid Holiday Sale; 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.