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Deb Dorsey, Associate Broker 610.724.2880 | [email protected] Resident of Kennett Village 1361 Boot Road | West Chester, PA 19380 Independent Living | Personal Care 610.527.6400 Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation | PC #141360 & SNF #21250201 www.debdorsey.com WWW.SENIORLIFESTYLE.COM ©2015 BHH Affiliate, LLC. An independently operated subsidiary of Home Services of America, Inc, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate, and a franchisee of BHH Affiliates, LLC. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices symbol are registered service marks of HomeServices of America, Inc.® Equal Housing Opportunity. Information not verified or guaranteed. If your home is currently listed with a Broker, this is not intended as a solicitation. Page 2 • October 2020 HersheysMill.orgHersheyMill.org •• Page Page 3 Publisher Contents HMCTV Guide and Digest Hershey’s Mill Community TV PG. 21 Activities Calendar 38 A fully self-supported nonprofit organization. Telephone: 610-436-6429 E-mail: [email protected] 20 Hershey’s Drive, West Chester, PA 19380 Activities Contacts 69 Volume IX Number 9 – October 2020 Telephone: 610-436-5922 Advertisers’ Index 70 E-mail: [email protected] Editor Louise O’Brien HMCTV Board of Directors Associate Editors Gail Habbersett and Sharon Kope Bus Trips 19 Donald J. Trauger (President) Featured Writers Scott Burkhart, Joseph S. Kennedy, Classifieds 43 Carl Fletcher (Vice President) PG. 24 Kate Lindsay, Bonalyn Mosteller, Jurg Oppliger, Gail Habbersett (Secretary) Grace Reed, Katherine Schilling, Rosie Taylor, and Club News 24 Jack Keeley, Sharon Kope, Don Trauger Louise O’Brien, and Joe Silio Community Garden Report 21 Advertising/Marketing Director Jack Keeley Volunteer Coordinator Lee Gamma Community News 35 Marketing Finance Joe Silio Dining Out 20 All submissions welcomed; with rights retained by the owner. Send to [email protected], Attention PG. 30 Editor. Hardcopy submissions are not accepted. Articles should be limited to 500 words (although others for the Love of… 32 may be considered), and photographs should be high-resolution. HMCTV determines suitability and has sole discretion to publish any submission. Submissions are due by the 23rd (37 - 40 days in advance of From a HM Boomer 45 each edition) for possible inclusion (those received after will be reviewed for the next); contact the Editor for exceptions. Articles are subject to editing for space, clarity, and grammar. Information and opinions are Getting to Know You 14 those of the author, and may not reflect those of Hershey’s Mill Community TV, its officers, or directors. Health and Well Being 50 PG. 35 Hershey’s Mill Golf Club 67 Home Care for Seniors HMCTV Programming 12 • Personal care Library 46 • Hospice assistance Local History 30 • Meal preparation Nature Group 60 • Medication reminders PG. 54 Paddle 54 • Laundry • Light housekeeping Recipes 27 • Companionship Residents Update 11 • Transportation Sports Group 56 PG. 60 Affordable and compassionate care - we are Now with offices in Tech Committee 65 licensed and our employees are bonded & insured. Wellington at Hershey’s Mill Tech Tips 63 serving Hershey’s Mill and Please call for a free assessment: Voting 2020 36 610-644-8160 surrounding communities with very flexible service options What Residents Want to Know 7 www.angelcompanions.net Page 4 • October 2020 HersheyMill.org • Page 5 What Residents Want to Know Karl Grentz | MA President We are currently investigating our options to Roundup (Glysophate) with QUESTION: THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO What products does HM our Green Industry partners. We will Landscape Division use to kill plant be putting out test plots to monitor FOR YOUR WORST-CASE material throughout the community? several products and their effective- I recently noticed a backpack canister ness. As we look toward a future SCENARIO. on one employee who was spraying alternative control product that would weeds around the entrance to Ken- be acceptable to the HM community nett. It was labeled Round Up. Native landscape environment. ground cover behind my own home was recently sprayed with some un- QUESTION: Would you please review known weed killer, just in spots, and recommended home insurance cover- no signage was placed to indicate that age for owners, condo insurance, and some poison had been sprayed very contents insurance or do they need close to a dwelling. Characteristic of additional insurance? Round Up’s effect, a few days after the spraying, patches of dead plants were ANSWER: For attached townhome evident, interspersed with the un- association purposes, an owner should sprayed living plants. Considering that have an HO-6 policy, which basical- all the plants were the same species, ly covers the personal contents and what was the point of this haphazard items not covered by the individual spraying of plant killer? villages’ association insurance policy. Homeowners should be aware that Considering the current controversy they need to cover the $7,500 deduct- surrounding Round Up, it is important ible. Homeowners should talk with that residents are aware of its use and their personal agents to ensure that the use of any other plant poison close there are no gaps between what the to their homes. Please don’t just cite association will cover, and what will all the U.S. government agencies that EXPERT CANCER CARE FROM THE be their responsibility in the event say Round Up is just fine to use. It has COMFORT OF YOUR COMMUNITY. of a loss. For further questions about been identified as a “probably carcino- the Association’s policy, they can Two moments stand out when you’re battling cancer: genic to humans” by the International reach out to Assured Partners at diagnosis and remission. But in between are treatment sessions, Agency for Research on Cancer and 215-540-2400. its use is banned in some countries. checkups and lots of driving—all when you’re feeling your worst. Homeowners in the single-family de- So it’s best to be close. At Paoli Hospital, we fight cancer like ANSWER: HML currently utiliz- tached villages must carry a full insur- the whole community depends on it. Because in a way, it does. es Roundup sparingly, with small ance policy on their entire dwelling. amounts of diluted product under MAINLINEHEALTH.ORG/PAOLI It might be helpful to remind owners low volume to target these unwanted, about the amount of the deductible on potentially invasive weeds. Growth the Master Association Policy and to sprayed with Roundup takes 1-2 review what the policy covers. weeks to control. We appreciate being advised of any plant issues via your The exterior structure of the building, village management company so that including everything that is perma- they can be addressed by HML staff. nently affixed, is covered, and the continued Page 6 • October 2020 HersheyMill.org • Page 7 What Residents Want to Know (continued) policy also covers all the permanently structure of the building, and re- installed fixtures, including upgrades. placements of all permanently affixed The insurance held by an individual fixtures and upgrades in the event of a association is considered the Mas- catastrophic loss. ter Insurance Policy for that specific Golden Rule: association. This is not to be confused Common area outside of the villages, with the insurance policy which cov- is the responsibility of the Master ers the Master Association (which is Association. responsible for insuring the common roads, amenities, etc. within Hershey’s Inside the village boundaries is the Mill. 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