Columnists: Eric Glazier, Bill Lattrell, Donald Purington, Claire Rabbitt
Contributors: Muriel Antes, Sarah Bledsoe, Lois Buchaine, Sue Crawford, Lizz Davin, Finance Committee, Virginia Gary, Dave Gott, Heath Historical Society, Heath School Staff & Students, Heath Union Church, Ruth Johnson, Justin Lively, Tim Lively, Lyra Johnson, Lorena Loubsky, Jorie MacLeod, Wanda Musacchio, Parent Teacher Partnership, Art Schwenger, Selectboard, Kathy Sprague, Doug Stetson, Hilma Sumner, Judy Thrasher, Jodi Walsh, Le-Ellen Weis, Lillian Whitsett
Table of Contents
- Page 2: Heath Herald masthead; Heath Union Church News; Friends of the Heath Free Public Library Bake Sale Announcement
- Page 3: Twelve Years on a Heath Farm by Dave Gott (continued on page 17)
- Page 4: A Time to Behold by Bill Lattrell
- Page 5: Heath School by Eric Glazier, Principal of Heath School; Heath Local Education Council (LEC) Update by Lorena Loubsky (continued on page 6)
- Pages 6: Notice of volunteers needed: 2 for School Committee and 1 Community Representative for the LEC; PTP News (Parent-Teacher-Partnership) by Lyra Johnson
- Page 7: Prime Red News - Making Connections With the Heath Community by Virginia Gary, Primary Reds Teacher; Middles Class by Jorie MacLeod, 3/4 Teacher; Primary Blues by Sarah Bledsoe, Primary Blues Teacher; The Uppers by Lillian Whitsett, 5/6 Teacher; Photo of 4 District Spelling Bee participants from the Heath School
- Page 8: Paean to Jon by Lorena Loubsky (includes photographs of Jon Diamond coaching students in the Heath School Drama Club)
- Page 9: Advertisements
- Page 10: Support Heath Agriculture Advertisements
- Page 11: Heath Fair News - The Heath Agricultual Society is Seeking to Expand Its Membership by Justin Lively
- Page 12: In Memorium; Douglas Stetson by Muriel Stetson Antes; Well Done, Good and Faithful Servant by Lois Stetson Buchiane (continued on page 18)
- Page 13: In Memorium; In Loving Memory of Teresa C. Pettengill; We Danced by Le-Ellen Pettengill Weis
- Page 14: New at the Library by Donald Purington; Heath Firefighters Association Pancake Breakfast Announcement; Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! by Wanda Musacchio and Sue Crawford
- Page 15: Advertisements
- Page 16: Advertisements
- Page 17: Exercise is Very Important by Claire Rabbitt, RN
- Page 18: Growing up in the Depression Years by Dougla Stetson (reprinted from the Heath Herald April/May 2005)
- Page 19: Finance Committee by the Heath Finance Committee (Don Freeman, Ned Wolf, Janis Carr, Dave Gott, Jeff Simmons); Code Red (information about the town-wide emergency notification system); a Thank-You from Alli Thane Stetson; Honored at Potluck Supper (photo of Wanda Musacchio and Sue Crawford); Solomon Temple Barn Museum (photo by Art Schwenger of repairs being made to the barn roof)
- Page 20: Selectboard's Report by the Heath Selectboard (Thomas Lively, Brian De Vriese, Sheila Litchfield); Town Elections by Hilma Sumner, Town Clerk
- Page 21: Milestones: Darwin H. Clark, Jr. ( -2012), Dorothy M. Taylor Clark (1923-2012), Martha Maclin Clousen (1913-2012), Teresa Christine Kelley Pettengill (1932-2012), Daniel J. Smith (1922-2012), Douglas H. Stetson (1924-2012)
- Page 22: Heath People in the News by Judy Thrasher; Heath Cultural Council News; 39.3 Miles of Unstoppable Hope by Jodi Walsh
- Page 23: Friends of the Heath School Library Breakfast Before Town Meeting Announcement; Heath's Monthly Precipitation (Observed by Heath School Staff and Students) by Timothy Lively; Community Calendar
- Page 24: Advertisements; Quotation: "Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters." - Abraham Lincoln
The Heath Herald is a nonprofit newspaper staffed by volunteers and published six times a year in Heath, Massachusetts.