Greetings Heisey Hunters -

I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday season, and your New Year has started off well. I'm sure Santa delivered that favorite Heisey piece to many of you.  For those who didn't get Heisey for Christmas, be sure to make plans to attend the 36th Annual All- Heisey Show in Gaithersburg on the 15th & 16th of March. As always, there will be a dazzling selection and 2008 promises to be another Heisey Hunter's dream, with much Heisey for any taste.

Speaking of the Show, plans are moving along nicely, and we're preparing the final plans this month. If anyone needs some show cards, let me know, and we'll see you get some and please drop them around at your antique malls and shops. The more the merrier.

In 2008, we're faced with challenges to expand membership and the ever-present eBay eroding local antique shops. I know the HCA has embarked on some new initiatives, and we support what the Museum staff and the board are doing to promote the Heisey legacy. We're working hard to attract new members and expand the programs. As always, if you have a particular interest and want to help out with an article for the Heisey Herald, We would assist and welcome your contribution.

On a final note, I want to comment on the passing of one of our members, Carl Bowman, just before Christmas. I received my  Heisey News and saw that the Dayton Club had arranged with HCA to name the No. 201 Photo Candlestick the "Bowman".  I shared Carl's appreciation for candlesticks, and we'd bid aggressively on several over the past few years. The Bowman is one of the missing candlesticks in my collection, and I look forward to finding one, although there never will be another Carl.

See you in Falls Church,