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October 19, 2009Volume 2, Issue 5
Alabama Hill
Special Interest Articles:
• November QuarterlyNeighboorhoodmeeting• Highland HeightsPark Update
Individual Highlights:
Our new webpageCity InfoAHA Membership Form
Association
Newsletter
The new Birch Street development project iswell underway, with one home completed and asecond under final stages of construction.Another 17 lots are in this planned developmentsection of our neighborhood, for a total of 19new homes planned.Once these homes are built we’ll see addedtraffic inflow to Alabama Street as these newhome owners will be going to and from work,school, shopping and home. We’ll want to keepa watchful eye on this traffic flow situation andbe prepared to discuss possible remedies ifneeded with the city. Bring your thoughts andideas to our next meeting.
Our next Quarterly Meeting is comingup in a few weeks, and we’re lookingforward to seeing you there. We will bemeeting at the Bloedel DonovanPavilion building, located behind themain building – toward the lake. If youhaven’t attended one of our meetingspreviously, we’d like to ask you to makethis one your first.
Some of the items on our agenda include,
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Neighborhood Fireworks concerns
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Roosevelt Elementary School garden
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Latest MNAC Report
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Highland Heights Park Update
Jeff Braimes, our past AHA Chair, recentlyattended a very exciting meeting at theRoosevelt Elementary school where planswere laid out for a school garden!Ted & Nancy Seifert & Pam Behee are drivingthe project and asked at that meeting whetherthe three neighborhoods that feed Roosevelt(Alabama Hill, Roosevelt & southwest Mt.Baker) might be interested in some kind oflimited partnership where the garden isconcerned. This may only amount to somestewardship during the summer when schoolwasn’t in session, or there could certainly beexpanded opportunity.For more information call Doug Bestle or JeffBraimes (733-3014)
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Chairman:
Doug Bestle734-2272
Vice Chair:
Monem Salam419-4148
Secretary:
Larry Nicholas647-2315
Treasurer:
Jim McLeod734-5127
Past Chairman:
Richard Maneval671-9559
MNAC Rep:
Jimmy Kelsey715-3053
AHA Area A (NW) Rep
Brian Walker671-8258
AHA Area B (NE) Rep
Michael Eisenberg734-3615
AHA Area C (SW) Rep
Dean Haskins733-2800
AHA Area D (SE) Rep
Nancy Allen922-0256
Next AHA QtlyMeeting is TuesNovember 3
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7 PM Bloedel-Donovan Pavillion
Next Neighborhood Quarterly Meeting
Tuesday - November 3
RD
2009
Bloedel-Donovan Pavilion
New Birch StreetDevelopment Underway
Alabama Hill Association
CAKE
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1 cup packed light brown sugar
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1 cup granulated sugar
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1 ½ cups vegetable oil
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3 eggs
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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2 teaspoons cinnamon
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½ teaspoon nutmeg
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½ teaspoon salt
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5 Granny Smith or Golden Delicious apples, cored,peeled and cut in ½ -inch pieces.
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1 ¼ cups chopped pecans or walnuts
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2 ¼ teaspoons vanilla extractCARAMEL GLAZE
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4 tablespoons butter
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¼ cup granulated sugar
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¼ cup light brown sugar
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Pinch of salt
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½ cup heavy cream
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MNAC News
Last Meeting held 9/16/09 – Jimmy Kelsey, our Rep
1. Pre-heat oven to 325
º
F. Butter and flour a 9-by-13 inchpan.2. Beat both sugars and oil in a mixing bowl until very wellblended. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after eachaddition. Sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon,nutmeg and salt; gradually add to egg mixture, mixinguntil just blended. Stir in apples, pecans and vanilla.(Batter will be quite thick). Pour into pan.3. Bake for 50-75 minutes, or until a toothpick insertedin the center comes out clean. Let cool in the pan whilepreparing the glaze.4. To prepare the glaze, melt butter in a sauce-pan overlow heat. Stir in both sugars and salt; cook over medium-low heat for 2 minutes. Add cream and boil for 2minutes, stirring constantly.5. Poke holes in the cake with a skewer or toothpick.Pour on the glaze. Serve warm or at room temperature.Top with whipped cream or ice cream if desired. Makes12 generous servings.
Caramel-Glazed Apple Cake
(From Easy Cooking the Costco Way)
October
Recipe
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From the September meeting, the most contentious issue isprobably the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on FairhavenHighlands project and the Public Hearings being held. Meetingsschedule for COB Planning Department website,http://www.cob.org/cob/Pubnot.nsf/Public%20Notices?OpenFormSilver Beach NA reported continuing internal disagreement overrunoff and impact on Lake Whatcom. MNAC members voted tosupport a South NA plan to modify their neighborhood plan toinclude language asking neighbors to consider impact on viewsand habitat of trees and other plantings.MNAC members voted against changing Cordata/Meridianproposal on zoning change for a housing and mixed usedesignation for a large development east of Cordata, north ofStuart St. Those results are advisory from MNAC to Mayor DanPike.Linda Stewart announced no additional requests forreimbursement of NA expenses would be accepted after October1
st
, due to city budget cuts as revenues continue their fall
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Check it out!!! We’ve now got a new AHAwebsite! GoTo….
http://alabamahillassociation.com/
A perfect way to use all those delicious Fall apples. This has a yummy apple flavor and a texture that is between a cake andmuffin. Add ice cream or whipped cream - mmmm!
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City+ Beat
Linda Stewart, the Neighborhood Services Coordinator,working out of the Mayor’s office has been providingmuch info to all. They have a terrific city wideneighborhood newsletter well worth looking up on theCity's website:http://www.cob.org/news/neighborhoods.aspx Also, the Planning Department provides weeklyupdates on permits and applications. Go tohttp://www.cob.org/cob/Pubnot.nsf
Finally, if you can still afford gas and want some drivinginfo on local roads and projects, go to…http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ for
Highland Heights Park update:
by Brian WalkerRegarding the Highland Heights Park progress, I didhear from the landscape architect that the City islooking for more funding to incorporate a pavedpedestrian corridor from the playground to Illinois Streetfor ADA compliance. Jonathan Schilk indicated thatparks projects now require City building departmentreview and he is concerned that the project would notreceive approval without the accessible route. In thenext few weeks I will ask Schilk if additional funding isavailable, and maybe open a discussion regardingpossible ways to trim back the current proposal to findmonies for the ADA route. I will keep you informed.
If you have any other questions regarding the plan,please give me a call. Brian Walker,
AHA NW Area Rep
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