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GUIDE Digest March 2019 guide– AND – digest A Publication of HMCTV at Hershey’s Mill Page • March 019 HersheysMill.org • Page PUBLISHER CONTENTS Hershey’s Mill Community TV HMCTV Guide and Digest From The Main Gate 7 A fully self-supported nonprofit organization. Volume XX Number 3 – March 2019 20 Hershey’s Drive, West Chester, PA 19380 Editor Louise O’Brien Resident Directory ... Changes 9 Tel 610-436-5922 • Fax 610-436-6429 Associate Editors Gail Habbersett and Guide and Digest E-mail: [email protected] Sharon Kope HMCTV Programming 10 Business E-mail: [email protected] Featured Writers Joe Kennedy and Technology Tips 13 HMCTV Board of Directors Don Trauger Donald J. Trauger (President), Carl Fletcher (Vice President), Gail Habbersett (Secretary) , Julie Blank, Advertising/Marketing Director Jack Keeley Getting To Know You 16 Jack Keeley, Tom McGinn, and Louise O’Brien Marketing Finance Julie Blank and Pet Of The Month 21 Volunteer Coordinator Lee Gamma Tom McGinn Puzzles 22 Please share with your Hershey’s Mill magazine! All submissions welcomed; with rights retained by the owner. Send to [email protected], Local History 24 Attention Editor. Hardcopy submissions are not accepted. Articles should be limited to 500 words (although others may be considered), and photographs should be high-resolution. HMCTV determines suitability and HM Bus Trip Advertising 26 has sole discretion to publish any submission. Submissions are due by the 23rd (37 - 40 days in advance of each edition) for possible inclusion (those received after will be reviewed for the next); contact the Editor Dining Out 28 for exceptions. Articles are subject to editing for space, clarity, and grammar. Information and opinions are those of the author, and may not reflect those of Hershey’s Mill Community TV, its officers, or directors. HM Library 31 Classifieds 35 Activities Calendar 36 Home Care for Seniors Community News 38 • Personal care • Hospice assistance Wood Shop 46 • Meal preparation Club News 48 • Medication reminders • Laundry Hershey’s Mill Golf Club 53 • Light housekeeping HM Sports Group 55 • Companionship • Transportation Puzzles Solution 65 Recipes 67 Affordable and compassionate care - we are Now with offices in licensed and our employees are bonded & insured. Wellington at Hershey’s Mill Activities Contacts 69 serving Hershey’s Mill and Please call for a free assessment: Advertisers’ Index 70 surrounding communities with 610-644-8160 very flexible service options www.angelcompanions.net Cover: Spring begins on March 20, 2019, and we can hardly wait for The Mill to again be in full bloom (like it was in this photo of Sullivan House from 2015)! Page • March 019 HersheysMill.org • Page FROM THE MAIN GATE Marc Fraser | Director of Security drivers may have a difficult time seeing them. Just because a pedestrian notices The Hershey’s Mill Security Depart- the vehicle coming toward them does ment would like to remind pedestri- not mean that the driver has also seen ans that they should utilize sidewalks, the pedestrian. Both parties should where available. Where sidewalks are always use caution when sharing the unavailable, pedestrians should utilize roadways within Hershey’s Mill! the shoulder on the left side of the road Lastly, all people (pedestrians and – facing oncoming traffic, as this allows operators of automobiles, golf carts, Wellness all drivers and pedestrians alike a much better opportunity to see the other in one place. approaching. Also, if pedestrians will be walking around dusk or after dark, they should wear bright-colored cloth- ing (reflective, if possible) and carry a flashlight, in order to make them more visible to motorists. Photographer’s note: Christine Hannafin of Troon was walking Chandler Drive, facing traffic as recommended, but by the time I got my camera ready she had passed. She so nicely offered to walk back a bit to help me out, and did. Such friendly folks here in The Mill! Motorists are reminded to adhere to CONVENIENCE IS PART OF THE TREATMENT the 27 MPH speed limit along Chan- PLAN AT MAIN LINE HEALTH CENTER dler Drive and Mill Road, and drivers should always yield to pedestrians in AT EXTON SQUARE MALL. crosswalks. Keep in mind that Her- shey’s Mill roadways also have several Primary care // Urgent care seven days a week “blind spots” (small rises in the road, bicycles, etc.) utilizing Hershey’s Mill Imaging services (3D mammography, MRI, X-ray and more) curves, and other areas of poor visibil- roadways and walkways are required Laboratory services // Physical rehabilitation ity). In these areas, pedestrians should to abide by the traffic rules and regula- use extra caution and be aware that tions of Hershey’s Mill. Thank you! Specialty care, including: Cancer center, cardiology, neurology, occupational and travel health Extended and weekend hours // Valet parking available MAINLINEHEALTH.ORG/EXTON Page 6 • March 2019 HersheysMill.org • Page 7 RESIDENT DIRECTORY ADDITIONS AND CHANGES Brackle, Dan & Daniel & Ramsey, Mercy Sheppard, Beverly Malta-Brackle, Josephine 483 Eaton Way 1071 Kennett Way 1590 Ulster Lane Sebesky, Douglas & Joyce Slevin, Edward & Kay Fea, John & Joan 682 Heatherton Lane 1563 Vassar Court 212 Chandler Drive Kennedy, Jay & Mary Kay 1247 Oakmont Lane Kennedy, Maureen 136 Chandler Drive Kowalchuk, Dawn 879 Jefferson Way Jailing the Johnston by Bruce Gang Mowday Tuesday, March 26 at 5 p.m. EQUAL HOUSING 700 N. Franklin Street, West Chester OPPORTUNITY Hear author Bruce Mowday tell the inside story of how dedicated law enforcement brought to justice the leaders of Chester County’s notorious gang. The rise and fall of this organized crime family inspired the 1986 movie “At Close Range.” Kindly R.S.V.P. by calling 833.898.0019 or email A Kendal Affi liate [email protected]. A Nursing and Post-Acute Rehab Community Page 8 • March 2019 191268 BF HMTV Guide Johnston Gang Speaker.indd 1 HersheysMill.org1/22/19 • 3:19 Page PM 9 HERSHEY’S MILL COMMUNITY TV PROGRAMMING March 1-15 Programs March 16-31 (7 p.m. show March 15 Programs Chester County Enrichment Classes will not be shown) with Kay Ricker Volunteering at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital Have you wanted to make your own jewelry, with Kathy Myers create a container garden, learn cooking for Looking for an enjoyable way to help your com- couples, take a tour of Annapolis or Italy, or 10:00 4:00 7:00 12:00 develop your sixth sense? These are examples of 10:00 4:00 7:00 12:00 munity? Join the Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital am pm pm am volunteers! Yvonne Navarro gives us a number of am pm pm am classes offered by the Chester County Night (and unique volunteer opportunities, covering a wide Day) School discussed by Leslie Heisman, a co- range of patient assistance and administrative director. Also shared is the programming of live needs. entertainment like Dueling Pianos and Improv at Uptown! Knauer Performing Arts Center in Goshen Fire Co. Volunteering West Chester. with Jim McArdle West Chester Theater Shows Jim talks to Robert Sullivan and Philip Salas, who with Kay Ricker are Fire Police Officers at the local fire company, 10:30 4:30 7:30 12:30 West Chester Theater Shows last show of the about volunteer opportunities. The fire company am pm pm am operates like a small business, so there are many season will be Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. This 10:30 4:30 7:30 12:30 ways to help including plenty of support posi- exciting new Resident Theatre Company, am pm pm am tions available throughout the administrative founded by Kristen McLaughlin Mitchell, fea- and operational divisions. tures actors from New York and Philadelphia. The first two shows of the season, Evita and Lend me a Tenor, both earned excellent reviews. March 1 to March 7, noon Philadelphia Story (PG 13) For Programs and Movies, please go to Channel 1970 (Bulletin Board infor- mation will appear only if neither offering is currently airing); for continuous Movies Gary Grant, Katharine Hepburn and James Stewart Bulletin Board Channel 1971 When a rich woman’s ex-husband and a tabloid reporter turn information, go to . up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn To view Programs online, go to www.hersheysmill.org and navigate from TV & the truth about herself. [Run time 1h 52m] Digest to HMCTV to Original Programming. Follow the instructions there. Noon & March 7, 8:30 p.m. to March 15, noon March 15, 8:30 p.m. to March 22, noon 8:30 pm Ghostbusters (PG) The Great Train Robbery (PG) Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland Three former parapsychology professors set up shop as a Movies In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate unique ghost removal service. [Run time 1h 45m] plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train. [Run time 1h 50m] Following the Noon 12:45 am – 10:00 am 10:45 am – Noon Noon movie until 4:00 pm Bulletin March 22, 8:30 p.m. to April 1, noon & Hannah and Her Sisters (PG-13) Following the 8:30 pm Board 4:45 pm – 7:00 pm 7:45 pm – 8:30 pm 8:30 pm movie until Midnight Mia Farrow and Michael Caine Hannah, a loving wife and mother, has a husband who is HMCTV reserves the right to make program substitutions, and dates/times are cheating with one of her sisters, and an ex-husband going subject to change. 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