Back in the day, when Northgate had a real Nordstrom store and they sold cookies in the store, they sold a Nordy Bar and this recipe is very close.

This is a recruiting post.  There are about 750,000 people living in Seattle, and perhaps another 50,000 visitors at any given time.  There are about 8,000 emergency responders: police, fire fighters, ambulance drivers, and similar.  In an earthquake, a large fire, a major power failure, civil disturbance, or other disaster, the emergency responders will be overwhelmed.  We might survive the earthquake only to die in the aftermath. Recognizing this problem, a group of volunteers have formed the Seattle Emergency Hubs (See   Emergency Preparedness, Disaster Awareness | Seattle Emergency Hubs ).  We have created list of about 127 hubs of which 65 are active and 62 are not yet active.  The Haller Lake Emergency Hub (HLEH) is considered active, since it has a hub captain (me) and an active grant application.   The Haller Lake P-Patch Emergency Hub (HLPEH), by way of contrast, is not yet active, because it does not have a hub captain nor anyt...

  For the past 15+ years, in the same shallow location in Haller Lake, a male largemouth bass has made a nest. This nest is usually flat, round, and cleared of most debris right down to a smooth surface underwater. After the female lays thousands of yellow/orange eggs in the nest, the fry hatch in 2-5 days, depending on the water temperature. Last year, when looking into a shallow, sunlit area of the lake, I saw thousands of these comma sized- newly hatched fish swimming all together in a school. As I leaned closer to see them, a large male appeared under them to discourage me from getting too close. Apparently, the males protect the young for several weeks after the fry hatch. Largemouth bass are carnivorous, freshwater fish that mainly eat insects and fish (including each other). They've also been known to eat frogs, salamanders, worms, snakes and mice. After their young are more than an inch long, they will eat them, too. They've been known to live for up to 20 years! Late A...

Dolma or Dolmades Submitted by Randy Harkness My mother, Doris, grew grapes, and the leaves were the foundation of this Middle Eastern recipe.   No heritage in our family.   She simply liked international cuisine.

  I'm Jeff Silverman, the HLCC's new web gardener. You may reach me via E-mail at jeffsilverm@gmail.com .  At the moment, I have two agenda items: Learn how the website, blog, E-mail, and whatever databases HLCC has works Do a security audit - which I will try to get done by the next board meeting. If you have any good ideas of what you want me to do, then please let me know.  If you have any bad ideas, then let me know about them as well: I do stand up comedy in my spare time and I am always looking for new material. Thank you   Jeff