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July 31, 2013

Volume 6, Issue 3 Alabama Hill

Special InterestArticles:

August Meeting

Announcement

Car/Home Safety Tips

Summer Recipe

MNAC Report

City beat

Individual Highlights:MNAC Report

AHA Membership Form

AssociationNewsletter

Chairman:Dean Haskins

733-2800

Vice Chair:Doug Bestle

734-2271

Secretary:- vacant -

Treasurer:Jim McLeod

734-5127

Past Chairman:Larry Nicholas

647-2315

MNAC Rep:Dean Haskins

733-2800

AHA Area North RepMichael Eisenberg

734-3615

AHA Area South Rep

Jeff Braimes733-3014

Next AHA QtlyMeeting is Tues

August 6th6 PM St. Clair

Park

Its Picnic Time Once Again!Tuesday August 6th St. Clair Park 6 PM

www.alabamahillassociation.com

AHA Annual Bar-B-Q at the Park

Come one and all to our Park Picnic, broughtto you by the Alabama Hill NeighborhoodAssociation. AHA will supply the entres Salmon Burgers Hot Dogs - Soda. As isour tradition, we ask neighbors to possiblybring a pot luck dish to share, This fun and

informal park meeting is a great opportunity toinformally meet and mingle with yourneighbors. We ask folks to bring their platesand cutlery as well to help us keep our costsdown.

This meeting is also part of the NationalNight Out Against Crime being celebrated inBellingham Neighborhoods all overBellingham.National Night Out Against Crimeis held on the first Tuesday of August eachyear and it is a time for communities to cometogether, build relationships, and stand united

against crime. All neighborhoods areencouraged to have an outside event thatevening. A going away party for thecriminals... if you will! The focus is making

National Night Out Against Crime

Bellingham a safer place to live.

National Night Out is designed to heightecrime and drug prevention awarenessgenerate support for and participation ilocal anti-crime programs, strengtheneighborhood spirit and police-communitpartnerships, and send a message tcriminals the neighborhoods are organizeand fighting back!

Volunteers are always needed to help in variety of ways including, set up and

breakdown. Please call or e-mail Chair DeaHaskins, or any Board Member

if you have a Barbeque to loan out for a fewhours or desire to volunteer in any way.

Please do your best to come on down to St. Clai

Park starting at 6 PM. Hope to see you there!


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JUNE/JULY REPORTFrom Dean Haskins our MNAC Rep

Alabama Hill Association Page 2

MNAC News

MNAC Meeting Notes

Community gardens presentation fromJames King, Bellingham Parks and RecDepartment

James King presented on the findings of the parksdepartment in their meetings with the community regardingcommunity gardens. The Dept is looking for efficienciesacross the parks department, as well as examining the bestway to manage the gardens. They have looked at examplesfrom around the state and found a variety of models. Thedepartment has held various community meetings todiscuss some of these models, including how to betterpartner with gardeners to manage communications,maintenance, pathways, and compost. King said that this isa year of review and nothing will change until next year.Some of the tasks the city will likely do in future yearsinclude collecting fees, paying for water, providinginsurance, mowing perimeter and maintaining watersystems, and in general create a stronger partnership withthe neighbors.

Presentation from Mark Young, Bellingham PoliceDepartment

Mark Young is the manager of the Bellingham Crime FreeMulit-Housing Program. Part of Youngs job duties includetalking with the public, teaching a course on de-escalation,media relations and rental property complaints. The CFRP

program came about because of frustration in having to filecivil complaints to parties at rental housing. A nationalprogram that focused on multi-housing units was used as abasis for Bellinghams program. The program is based oneducation, creating successful relationships,communication and creating harmony within aneighborhood. When the police are called to a rental houseor unit, Authorities notify the landlords of the complaint.Often this is enough to solve the problem. Some of theissues that come to the police are noise complaints, litterviolations, and vehicle complaints. Young encouraged theneighborhoods to call 911 if there is a complaint.

WANTED:

AHA Association is looking for a Secretary for our board.Call Dean or Doug if interested. Were also looking for aTreasurer for next year as well. We need your help.

Neighborhood Roundtable

Silver Beach: Its fairly quiet in Silver Beach. Theyvehad a few complaints about the public beach and thefact that there are no restrooms or a place to park. SilverBeach is also participating in National Night Out inAugust.

Alabama Hill: A recent daytime break in on St ClairStreet. Apparently a few mail box thefts.

Roosevelt: They are thankful for the city removing ahouse on Alabama that had several house fires. Theyhave plans for a National Night Out event in RooseveltPark. The Pickford Theater is also doing movies in thepark this summer. They are also working to organize anexercise that will help neighbors prepare in case of anatural disaster.Barkley: Quiet quarterly meeting last month. Acandidate for city council attended. The neighborhood isalso looking for suggestion for how to talk with neighborsabout maintaining lawns and cutting their weeds. There

have been 12 cherry trees vandalized as you go up thehill, and also a home invasion last month.

Cordata: A local developer is looking to extend theparkway up to Klein Road and came to talk with theneighborhood. The neighborhood is also concernedabout the community gardens, especially what futurewater supplies for the garden.

Sunnyland: They had their meeting last night, andtheyre planning a picnic this summer. They would liketo have a bathroom in Memorial Park. They are alsointerested in knowing more about the citys plans forinfill.

Silver Beach: They met last week and there was a

surprise meeting from Officers. Another issue is how torecruit people to attend their meetings and also be onthe boards.

The Bellingham City Council gave final approval lastmonth to a total ban on the sale and use of personalfireworks within city limits, beginning in one year. Theyears delay is required by state law.


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ALABAMA HILL ASSOCIATIONPO Box 29902

Bellingham, 98228

City+ BeatVisit www.cob.org for up to date info like this

As warm summer weather starts to kick in, so does the

increase in outdoor water use. To reduce demand on our

drinking water for non-drinking water uses, the City of

Bellingham reminds water customers of the many ways you

can save your time, your money, and our drinking water:

Let your lawn get a tan, too! Lawns around our area godormant with the heat and sunshine. If you don't use your

lawn, consider not watering this summer and letting itreturn to its green color in the fall.

Install a rainwater harvesting system. Typically, ourarea gets about 5" of rain from May to September. If you

have a 1,000 square-foot roof surface to collect rainfall,

you could potentially collect and store up to 3,000 gallons

of FREE rainwater for outdoor use.

Mulch, mulch, mulch. Mulch holds water in the soil,moderates soil temperature, and limits weed growth. It's

easy and effective.

Install a drip irrigation system. These are waterefficient, low cost, easy to install, and easy to use.

Install a free water hose timer. Using a timer helps

prevent overwatering, water waste, and an excessive waterbill. Email [email protected] or call 778-7700

for pick-up times and locations.

Water in the morning between 7-10 a.m. (and use yournew free hose timer!). This will reduce evaporation loss

when watering at other times of the day, and help

minimize disease potential.

Water 1-inch per week or less. Watering less frequentlyallows your lawn to grow deeper roots that are better able

to withstand dry weather and requires less maintenance.

Follow the Voluntary Outdoor Watering Schedule.From June 1 to September 15, the City of Bellingham and

other Whatcom Water Alliance members request residents

with odd-numbered street addresses to limit outdoorwatering to Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Residents

with even-numbered street addresses water on Tuesdays,

Thursdays and Saturdays. Mondays are non-watering days

to allow reservoirs to recharge after the weekend.

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookiesprovided by Dean Haskins

Ingredients:2 cups white sugar cup cocoa powder (I like unsweetened if possible) cup milk cup butter/margarine1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract1 pinch salt cup Peanut Butter (I like chunky)3 cups oats (quick cooking)

Directions:In saucepan over medium heat, combine

sugar, cocoa, milk & butter. Bring to boil, stirringoccasionally. After 1 minute, remove from heat andstir in Vanilla, salt, oats & peanut Butter.

Drop by rounded spoonfuls onto waxedpaper. Now the hardest part: Allow to cool for at leastan hour. Store in an airtight container. They lookstrange but taste great!

Summer Recipe Page 3 of 4

Lock Your Vehicles & Homes For Safety!

I just wanted to pass on some important information just

forwarded on to me to share with our neighborhood from Sergent

Ahlmer of the Bellingham Police Dept. For the month of July,

there has been an increase in property crimes/criminal activity

within the Roosevelt & Alabama Hill Neighborhoods.

From July 3rd through this past weekend, ten vehicle prowls

and two residential burglaries were reported within the same

area of 2400 block of Claudia, 2100 Yew St, 2200 Michigan

and 2100 Iowa. No force was used in these crimes where all but

one were unlocked. Further analysis is pending.

Please remember to tell friends and family to lock their vehiclesand homes and to keep valuables out of sight, especially in their

vehicles! Anything we can do to make our vehicles and homes

less of a crime of opportunity goes a long way!

Our Community Outreach Program officers have been informed of

the recent crime trend as well.

Similarly related: My wife contacted Police last week regarding a

person walking with a backpack in the 2100 block of Huron St.

crossing the street numerous times to view in to parked vehicle.

After the officer sent him on his way, he confirmed with us that

the man was a convicted felon with a lengthy criminal record.

Stay safe and hope to see you Tuesday at St Clair Park!

Dean

AlabamaHill

Residents


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The Alabama Hill Association is a neighborhood association open to all residents within the boundaries of Alabama Hill.

If you are receiving this newsletter, you are a member. An annual $20 donation per family is suggested. The year of yourlast donation appears after your name on your address label. The monies collected are used to pay for mailings and the entreat the annual picnic held in August. Those of you who have attended know it is a good deal!

Meetings are held quarterly starting at 7:00 PM. (1st

Tuesday - Feb, May, Aug, Nov) Come join us and meet your neighbors.

ALABAMA HILL ASSOCIATION

YEARLY MEMBERSHIP $20/FAMILY

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NEXT MeetingTues, Aug 6th

6:00 PMSt. Clair Park

Bring a neighbor &

join us!

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Bellingham, 98228

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