The Springton Lake Village May2018 VOICE INSIDE THIS ISSUE: SUZANNE and JOHN PETERS

Volume 14, No. 5 The Springton Lake Village May2018 VOICE INSIDE THIS ISSUE: SUZANNE AND JOHN PETERS

Activities Corner 2 Welcome to Suzanne and John Pe- ters., our newest residents. Cartoon 2 Suzanne grew up and was educated in Fairfield, Connecticut. She became Northern Flickers 3 a nurse at Central Connecticut Univer- sity, later supplementing her educa- Birthdays 4 tion at Delaware County Community College. During her first marriage she Management Report 4 moved to Brewster, NY, Montclair, NJ, Suzanne and John Peters and Chicago. She lived in Swarthmore Springton Lake Village 4 for 22 years where she raised her two sons . LOOKING AHEAD Suzanne worked at Crosier Hospital in Coronary Care and Intensive Care units. • Wednesday, May 2nd She also worked as a research nurse part time in the neurology department at LakeO 2PM Crosier. Then she went to work at Wyeth as a research nurse. She met John at Wyeth and they were married in 1984. Suzanne worked as a Clinical Re- • Thursday, May 3rd Basket search Associate monitoring clinical trials in cardiology and critical care. She Decorating 1PM Spinelli’s traveled a lot to major Universities where the studies were going on. The Pe- • Thursday, May 3rd Punch ters moved to Media in 1992 and built a house on Water’s Edge. and Goodies 3PM Burr’s John was born in Brooklyn during the war and moved to Scranton and later Altoona where he grew up. He got a scholarship to Villanova and majored in • Monday, May 7th Juliets Biology and Chemistry. After graduation, he spent three years in the Peace Lunch Noon Corps. He trained in Hawaii and spent time in Japan, the Philippines and Thai- • Monday, May 7th Movie land. He was in a malaria eradication program, primarily in Thailand, as an “The Lunchbox” 6:50PM adjunct to the World Health Organization. He worked in Thailand with Philco Ford for two more years supplying communication equipment to the armed • Monday, May 14th Annual forces there. It involved bouncing signals off the troposphere enabling the Meeting 11AM communication to travel great distances. In Thailand, he lived in a natural park and tells wonderful stories about the playful elephant herds there. John adopt- • Monday, May 14th Ed Pie- ed a daughter in Thailand. ters “The Buzz on Honey- bees” 4PM Talk In 1970 he started working for Wyeth (After almost going with Merck). He worked in preclinical research on hypertension and electrical currents in the • Monday, May 21st Rome- heart. He also worked in clinical research on antihypertensive drugs. Both he os Lunch Noon and Suzanne worked on antiarrhythmic drugs and antihypertensives. He got Cordarone (Amiodarone) approved by the FDA. Suzanne became an assistant • Monday, May 21st Movie director in Endocrine studies. Protonix was one of her drugs. She worked at “Bottle Shock” 6:50PM Wyeth 28 years, he 38 years. In 2008 they retired, allowing their staff to stay • Monday, May 28th Movie on, as Wyeth was trimming down to be acquired by Pfizer. “Sully” 6:50PM (Continued on page 2)

Page 2 Volume 14, No. 5 CARTOON OF THE MONTH ACTIVITIES CORNER—MAY Bridge 2PM Mondays LakeO Get fit; feel better! Wednesday, Exercise with Linda Billiards May 2nd 10AM every Tuesday (Dunwoody) 2PM and Thursday 10AM Wednes- days Thursday, MOVIES at 6:50PM Talk May 3rd 1PM Ed Pieters Basket Deco- May 7th “The Lunch- “The Buzz on rating at Spi- box” Thanks to Honeybees” nelli’s May 21st “Bottle Elaine Monday, May 3PM Punch Shock” Patrikas and Goodies 14th 4PM May 28th at Burr’s “Sully”

SUZANNE AND JOHN PETERS (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) After retiring, they bought a house on Long Beach Island that they have been remodeling. It’s almost fin- ished. John has done a lot of the remodeling and Suzanne says he is a great all around handyman. He also is an avid reader. He likes American history, biographies and suspense novels. He enjoys biking and is also good with computers. Suzanne is a great knitter. Reportedly she does amazing cable knits and is being enlisted to teach the knit- ting group. She likes decorating and gardening. Other family members include Suzanne’s mother, Shirley, who is 94 and spends about half the year with Suzanne’s sister, Pam, in Connecticut and half the year with Suzanne. Another important family member is their dog, Baxter. They had cocker spaniels, Barney and Bridget that they loved dearly. When they died John didn’t want to suffer through another death so it took 7 years to get another dog. One day Suzanne came home with their current dog, Baxter who is part Poodle and part Dal- matian. He is very sweet and affectionate, clearly not an alpha dog. Their children live nearby. Son Brad is a vice president of Harmelin Media, Matt is a mortgage analyst and Michelle is a graphic artist. There are 4 grandchildren. The Peters are delightful people and we are very happy they chose Springton. (I think they are, too.)

Baxter VOICE Page 3 NORTHERN FLICKERS Northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family (11-14 inches long with a 17 to 21” wing span). It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate. The yellow-shafted flicker resides in eastern North America. They are yellow under the tail and underwings and have yellow shafts on their primaries. They have a grey cap, a beige face, and a red bar at the nape of the neck. Males have a black moustache. Colaptes comes from the Greek verb colapt, meaning "to peck"; auratus is from the Latin root aurat, meaning "gold" or "golden", and refers to the bird's underwing. The red-shafted flicker resides in western North America. They are red under the tail and underwings and have red shafts on their primaries. We are lucky to have Flickers here and they are easy to see if you know Note yellow feather shafts what to look for. I saw two at the base of a tree at a house on Longview Circle and I frequently see them taking off from the ground on Lakeside Lane. They can be inconspicuous, sitting on the ground eating ants, beetles and other insects but as they fly they have a bright white rump patch that catches your eye. Flickers are members of the woodpecker family but instead of being black and white like most of our woodpeckers, they are brown with black bars on the back and wings. A necklace-like black patch occupies the upper breast, while the lower breast and belly are beige with black spots. Males have a black or red White rump patch moustachial stripe at the base of the beak. The tail is dark on top, with a white rump which is conspicuous in flight. They tend to eat on the ground rather than at feeders although they will come to feeders. The Male with black “mustache” flicker’s call is a sustained laugh, ki ki ki ki. You may also hear a constant knocking as they often drum on trees or even metal objects to declare territory. Like most woodpeckers, northern flickers drum on objects as a form of communication and territory defense. In such cases, the ob- ject is to make as loud a noise as possible, so woodpeckers sometimes drum on metal objects. Flickers are the only woodpeckers that frequently feed on the ground, probing with their beak, also sometimes catching insects in flight. Although they eat fruits, berries, seeds, and nuts, their primary food is insects. Ants alone can make up 45% of their diet. Other invertebrates eaten include flies, butterflies, moths, beetles, and snails. Flickers also eat berries and seeds, especially in winter, including poison oak and poison ivy, dogwood, sumac, wild cherry, grape, bayberries, hackberries, and elderberries, as well as sunflower and thistle seeds. Flickers often break into underground ant colonies to get at the nutritious lar- vae there, hammering at the soil the way other woodpeckers drill into wood. They have been observed breaking up cow dung to eat insects living within. Their tongues can dart out 2 inches beyond the end of the bill to catch prey. The flicker is a natural predator of the European corn borer, a moth that costs the US agriculture industry more than $1 billion annually in crop losses and population control. As well as eating ants, flickers do anting, (rubbing the ants into their feathers to use the formic acid from the ants to help keep them free of parasites). Flickers may be observed in open habitats near trees, including woodlands, edges, yards, and parks. They nest in holes in trees and will nest in proper nest boxes. They lay 6 to 8 eggs which they incubate for 11 or 12 days. The par- ents feed them by regurgitation. The young fledge 25 to 28 days after hatching. Flickers can live up to 9 years.

Female on deck Female without chin stripe The Springton Lake SPRINGTON LAKE VILLAGE Village Voice Luxury living at its finest abounds at Springton Lake Village. This “just right” commu- Martina Martin, Editor nity of 40 single homes is nestled on the Springton Lake Reservoir. Each home offers 2000 square feet of living space on one floor with an additional floor to use as need- ed. Also an attached two car garage. The spectacular location has breathtaking sun- sets complete with birds and wildlife to be enjoyed from your deck or on the walking path by the Lake. Gourmet dinners challenge the best restaurants in the area. Activi- ties include lectures. bridge, poker, movies and many more including holiday celebra- tions, gourmet wine tasting dinners and many field trips. Cherished friendships are 101 Longview Circle formed with delightful and interesting neighbors. All this and much more are here at Media, PA 19063-2075 Springton Lake Village. This is worry-free living. The monthly bill includes: · Taxes, Gas, Electric, Water and Sewer We’re on the Web! · Gourmet meals · Weekly house cleaning springtonlakevillage.com · Heavy house cleaning, including windows inside and out, twice a year · Landscaping, lawn care, snow removal, salting · Outside maintenance such as gutter and dryer vent cleaning · Maintenance staff on site for your daily needs · Exercise room, personal trainer · Health care manager · Capital programs such as roof replacement, water heaters, driveway, paving, etc. · The only additional check you write is for TV, internet and phone. We look forward to welcoming you for a visit soon. Call us at 610-356-7297

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MANAGEMENT REPORT CHUCK AND (OLD) FRIEND Downend has completed the spring clean-up and mulching – Spring is here! Chuck Burr found this deer skeleton on his The removal of the dead/dying Magnolia trees is clean up rounds complete along with the removal of the fallen tree of the Springton property. along the walking path. The vultures Our facility guys will begin the spring power washing found it first and did a magnifi- of the decks and patios and get you back out in the cent clean up sun! themselves.

Isn't nature Look for a special crepe dinner in the near future. grand?!