Lyme Disease Awareness

The library has a large green handbook (STOP LYME HANDBOOK) full of up-to-date information about prevention and treatment of Lyme Disease. The handbook and three other books in our collection are available to check out: http://bark.cwmars.org/eg/opac/results?query=lyme+disease&qtype=keyword&fi%3Asearch_format=book&locg=219&detail_record_view=0

There are also online resources:

• The Stop Lyme Handbook was uploaded to the state’s BiblioBoard ebook platform. Searching “Lyme” there will bring it up as the first result, or click on https://library.biblioboard.com/faceted-search-results/g%3Dlyme 
• The ebook collection can be found in the state’s Axis 360 platform by searching “Lyme disease” there, or click on http://heth.axis360.baker-taylor.com/Search?term=LYME+DISEASE&searchBy=
• The “Ick, a Tick!” forum (held at the Nahant Public Library on 04-23-17) was videotaped by local cable television and is archived on YouTube by searching “Ick a tick Nahant,” or click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9y8UekZL4M
• The online database website, the Lymebrary, can be accessed by searching “Lymebrary,” see www.lymebrary.com. It is still in “Beta” mode, and will be updated to remove old links, and add new resources in an ongoing basis.

Friends Bake Sale: Saturday, May 27, 10am - Noon

The Friends of the Heath Free Public Library

Memorial Day Weekend Bake Sale 

(by donation) 

Saturday, May 27, 2017

10:00 am – Noon 

On the front porch of Sawyer Hall 

(If you would like to bake something for the sale please deliver it Saturday morning.)

 Please come and support your library by treating yourself to some of the best baked goods in town!

Flora White

A new book in the Heath Free Public Library collection:  Flora White: In the Vanguard of Gender Equity by Linda Morice.

Flora White  was born in Heath, her family's home for four generations, on April 4, 1860. She had a difficult early life, a remarkable career in education, and she returned to Heath in her later years. She died on February 14, 1948, and is buried in the South Cemetery in Heath.

From the publisher's website:

Flora White: In the Vanguard of Gender Equity draws on a collection of personal papers (only recently made available to scholars) to present the life of a colorful New England educator who lived from the Civil War to the Cold War. Throughout her career, White worked to promote the physical and intellectual growth of girls and young women beyond the narrow gender stereotypes of the day. Although White’s name is not a household word, this book represents a newer form of biography in which the life of a lesser-known individual serves as a lens for understanding larger social and cultural developments.

In Flora White’s case, this newer biographical approach produced findings to inform research in both educational history and gender studies. For example, White’s papers correct some longstanding misconceptions about the origins of the progressive education movement and the role women played in it. White’s sources also shed light on the complicated relationships of educated (but marginalized) U.S. women and the prominent men who mentored them. In addition, White’s papers show that--in order to protect herself from those who might find her words objectionable—she used coded language (such as poetry) to counter sexist stereotypes and advance her desire for a fuller life for her students and herself. Although, upon her death, a newspaper obituary praised White for being recognized by “men of note” in educational circles, her efforts to promote the physical and intellectual development of girls and women helped to create opportunity that is still unfolding today.

Art Show at the Library

Reception:  Saturday, April 1, 2017, 11:00 AM.

Everyone is welcome!

Come and see the wonderful paintings from our fellow Heath townspeople.

All new works of art on display from the Monday Heath Senior Center Painting Workshop. Paintings by Don Dekker, Juliet Seaver, Lynn Perry, and Nancy Thane. One example from each artist is shown below.