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Vol. 2 No. 11

Rockridge News

Sponsored by + Tue Rocxrince Communrry Pianninc Councit ¢ 5856 College Avenue #130 Oakland California + 94618

March 12, 1988

Dreyer’s New Development Concept: No Factory

+ 2/88

Dreyer’s Tentative Development Proposal

Parking

| College Avenue
Presbyterian Church

College Avenue

A Comparative Look At Dreyer’s Expansion Proposals

Item Existing Project Plans New Concept
Conditions Proposed 12/86 Proposed 2/88
Office 5,000 sf. 33,687 sf. 59,100 sf.
Retail 3,350 sf. 3,517 sf. 4,900 sf.
R&D None 4,940 sf. None
Factory 48,000 sf. 48,000 sf. Removed
Height 2 stories 3 stories (stepped) 3 stories (stepped)
Parking spaces 27+ (surface) 70+ (surface) 121 (surface)
Demolition N/A Existing office bldg. Existing office bldg.
3 houses, Chabot Rd. 2 houses, Chabot Rd.
3 commercial bldgs 3 commercial bldgs
(Claremont) (Claremont)
Factory

All measurements are approximate and are based on past discussions and on applications on
file with the City of Oakland.

Dates Calendar Events Calendar Dates

Other Changes-

- College Ave. Retail
- Parking Doubled
«No R&D Building

Presentation At RCPC
General Meeting Planned

In a surprise proposal made to the
RCPC Board of Directors in February,
Dreyer’s tentatively offered to level the
College Avenue ice cream factory and
move their manufacturing facilities to
Union City.

In exchange, Dreyer’s asked the
Board’s support for revised plans for a
three story office/retail complex as pic-
tured at left in a drawing based on tenta-
tive site plans supplied by the company.

Framed in very general terms, the new
proposal also includes surface parking for
121 cars in lots accessed from Claremont
Avenue and Chabot Road and retail use
along the entire College Avenue frontage.

Part of the proposed parking would be
built on land currently zoned R-35 —
single family housing — and would replace
a total of four units in two structures on
Chabot Road. The houses at 5939-43
Chabot Road would be retained for resi-
dential use.

The Board’s response, reproduced in
its entirety on page 2, notes the improve-

Please turn to “Proposal”, page 2

* Tuesday Mar 15

+ Wednesday
+ Tuesday
+ Wednesday

Mar 16
Mar 22
Mar 30

7:30pm _ City Council Meeting

7:30pm RCPC General Meeting
7:30pm _ City Council Meeting

Mtgs. held temporarily at Lakeside Park Garden Center.
Agenda: Vote on $8,500 CDBG grant;
Vote on preservation plan for Christian Science Church.
College Avenue Presbyterian Church. Dreyer’s Proposal.
Mtgs. held temporarily at Lakeside Park Garden Center.
1:30pm Planning Commission Meeting City Hall, Room 115. Regular meeting.

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At Right:

Text Of RCPC
Board’s Response
To Dreyer’s
Tentative Proposal

Proposal
from Page 1

ments of the proposal over the
application presently under
City review, reiterates
RCPC’s long standing organ-
izational goal of conserving
the existing residential charac-
ter of the R-35 zone and lists
additional concerns important
for Dreyer’s attention.

The Board also noted that
its position precludes support
for a project extending com-
mercial activity -— such as
parking - into the adjacent
R-35 zone.

Invited to include their re-
sponse to the Board’s letter in
this issue of The Rockridge
News, Dreyer’s asked to wait
for the results of another meet-
ing scheduled with the Board
the week of March 14th but
provided drawings of the ten-
tative proposal for reproduc-
tion.

The company is expected
to present its proposal to the
Neighborhood at the RCPC
General Meeting Wednesday,
March 16, 7:30 pm, at the
College Avenue Presbyterian
Church.

— Don Kinkead

March 2, 1988

Mr. T. Gary Rogers, Chairman
Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc.

Dear Mr. Rogers:

The RCPC Board appreciated the opportunity to meet with you and Paul Woodland on Wednes-
day, February 17, 1988. We welcome the return to open discussions and look forward to a project
that will meet the goals of both the community and Dreyer’s.

It is our understanding that the new concept for Dreyer’s College Avenue headquarters facility,
as you presented it at the February 17th meeting, consists of:

* acorporate office/retail complex of approximately 64,000 square feet (including approximately

4,900 square feet of retail activity) with upper stories stepped back from the perimeter;

* removal of the entire ice cream factory;

* surface parking with a total of 121 spaces, with entries and exits on Claremont Avenue and

on Chabot Road;

* retention of the two residential structures (three units) at 5939-5941-5943 Chabot Road and

demolition of the two residences at 5957-5959 and 5963-5965 Chabot Road;
+ deletion of the previously proposed research and development facility.
At the meeting of February 17th, you requested some indication from the RCPC Board as to
whether the new concept is acceptable to RCPC.
The purpose of this letter is to convey our Board’s preliminary assessment. However, as you
know, RCPC cannot take an official position or enter into any understanding with Dreyer’s until
the community has had a full opportunity to review and respond to the proposal.
The Board agrees that the “new” concept is an improvement over the project currently under City
review in the following respects:
* it removes the factory and related truck traffic;
* it retains retail use along the College Avenue ground floor frontage (per C-31);
* it increases the supply of parking in the area;
* it permits the concept of shared parking, e.g. with Yoshi’s;
* it eliminates the research and development facility.
Based on the assumptions listed above, and subject to the comments below, the Board believes
that the new development concept would be preferable to the current project application. We feel
that removal of the factory, and inclusion of continuous retail use at street level on College Avenue,
are of central importance. You should be aware, however, that since one of our organizational goals
is the preservation of the existing residential character of the area, the Board is unable to support
a project involving the extension of commercial activity (including parking) into the R-35 zone.
In addition to the fundamental elements which have already been defined, the Board would
expect the following concerns to be addressed through refinements to the new project concept.
These include:
* minimizing traffic impacts on Chabot Road;
* protecting the integrity of the adjacent landmark Church, by allowing sunlight to reach the
Church courtyard and the southern side of the Church;

* mitigating the bulk of the College Avenue facade, using a design compatible with existing
College Avenue storefronts;

* upgrading the safety of the pedestrian and schoolchildren crossing at the intersection of College
Avenue and Chabot Road;

* providing public access (e.g., a pass-through) from the parking facilities to College Avenue;

* preserving the ice cream parlor and restaurant.

We invite you to make a presentation at our next General Membership meeting on Wednesday,
March 16, 1988, at 7:30 PM at the College Avenue Presbyterian Church. We offer our assistance
in helping to organize the format so that the session will be as productive as possible. In addition,
you have agreed to meet with Don Kinkead (Editor), to prepare a statement describing the new
concept for distribution in The Rockridge News, so that the community at large will have the
opportunity to become informed of the major changes in your project prior to the General Mem-
bership meeting.

We look forward to further discussion regarding the Dreyer’s project. Through the cooperation
of all concerned, we think that a mutually acceptable project can be achieved.

Thank you for your consideration.

Yours truly,

Barbara B. Anderson, Chairperson,
for the Board of Directors
ROCKRIDGE COMMUNITY PLANNING COUNCIL
March 12, 1988

The Rockridge News

Page 3

College Parking Pressures Neighbors

City Calls For Parking
In CCAC Building Plan

Construction of a 10,000 square foot, two story building with
a full basement to house a photo lab, painting studios and an
exhibit gallery has been proposed by the California College of
Arts and Crafts (CCAC) and is under consideration by the City
Planning Commission.

The building would be built on property owned by the Col-
lege just off Clifton Street above Broadway.

Overflow parking from CCAC has been a recurring problem
for Rockridge Neighbors living near the College. At a Public
Hearing before the Planning Commission on January 27, 1988,
Broadway Neighbors and RCPC representatives presented their
concern that the building plan provided for no new parking.
Planning Staff continued the hearing to March 9 to research the
parking issue and determined that 16 new spaces would be re-
quired.

To meet this requirement, CCAC wants to expand its existing
parking lot on the corner of Clifton and Broadway. A Negative
Declaration prepared by City Staff to identify environmental
impacts and propose mitigation measures noted the visual impact
of the additional parking spaces and suggested landscaping to
improve the view from Broadway.

— Brooke Levin

Rockridge Is Picking Up!

The first annual Rockridge free trash pickup completed its
final run Saturday, March 5, racking up an impressive estimated
150 cubic yards of garden debris collected over the three Satur-
days of the program.

A truckload of thanks is due the following Rockridge Neigh-
bors who helped make this inaugural run so successful and
satisfying:

Gity, Bob, Sheila, and Nicol Baxter and Aram Tondre; Julie
Dewey, Sidney and the Yellow Bomber; Don Kinkead;Ty Jur-
gelevic, Jan Fougner, Steve Belcher and Cielo Ajero—Belcher,
Bob and Karen Macklin, George Kreps; Barbara, Bruce, Allison
and David Anderson; Doug Olsen, Alex Quinn; and City truck-
drivers James White and Sandra Steen.

The program, sponsored by the City of Oakland through the
Clean Oakland Program, is available throughout the year in areas
of the City that organize to pass out collection bags and help on

Residential Conversion Plan
Ignites B’dway/Monroe Protest

Neighbors in the Upper Broadway/Rockridge area have
united to oppose a proposed Major Variance to convert an exist-
ing home at 6000 Monroe to an office building. The home
apparently has been used illegally as an office since its purchase
in 1987, according to neighbors. Only after Neighbors reported
this violation to the Oakland Planning Department and an inves-
tigation was begun did the owner file for a Major Variance to
establish an office in a residential zone. This portion of Broad-
way and side streets such as Monroe are all zoned residential
(R-35).

Neighbors are concerned that allowing commercial activity in
this residential area will undermine the residential character
protected by zoning laws in effect in this area for many years.
One local resident summed up the widespread opposition as
follows: “At a time when there is excessive vacant office space
in Oakland and a widely acknowledged, critical housing short-
age, it would be absurd to allow conversion of a home into even
more office space.” Neighbors have successfully opposed sev-
eral other recent attempts to convert homes into offices in this
area of Rockridge.

Neighbors plan to testify in opposition to this major Variance
at the Public Hearing on March 9, 1988, before the Oakland Plan-
ning Commission. Petitions in opposition to the Variance and a
letter writing campaign are also being organized.

Letters concerning this Major Variance can be addressed to
the Oakland Planning Commission, Re: VM-88-64, Oakland
City Hall, One City Hall Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612.

Further information is available from Millicent Reguzzoni at

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The Rockridge News

March 12, 1988

Oakland’s Budget Crisis: Two Personal Views

by Brooke Levin
Brooke Levin, a member of the RCPC Board of Directors,
prepared and submitted these remarks to reflect her personal
views. Her observations are not necessarily those of the Board as
a whole.

Over the past few months, the City of Oakland has held a
series of Community meetings to gain a sense of how the business
and residential communities of Oakland would react to a tax
increase proposed by the City to meet a looming $12-17 million
deficit for FY 88-89. Like many other cities and counties,
Oakland is feeling the impacts of Proposition 13 and the decrease
in State and Federal funds used to bail cities out over the past 10
years.

The Proposed Tax

The question before us now is will Oakland voters support an
increase in property taxes to pay for the deficit, or can we
withstand the major cuts necessary to keep a balanced budget.

If enacted, the tax would be structured as follows:

Residential properties

$ 90/yr

$ 40/unit/yr
Commercial properties
Outside Central
Business District (CBD)
Inside CBD

1 units
5+ units

$ .05/sq. ft./yr
$ .10-.30/sq. ft./yr
(based on building size)
Vacant land
$ .05/sq. ft-/yr

The tax allows for exemptions and credits for residential and
commercial property based on family income, other business
taxes paid and new construction.

The Chamber of Commerce and neighborhood groups have
come up with many good ideas to cut costs, generate revenues
and improve efficiency. However, most of the ideas require
start-up time and would not generate the needed money by June
30, 1988, the beginning of the Fiscal Year.

What Cuts Would Be Necessary?

Can the citizens of Oakland withstand the cuts necessary to
reduce expenditures by $17 million without cutting police? Or
raising taxes?

Examples of cuts necessary to achieve a $17 million reduction
include:

+ close all branch libraries;

* close many parks;

* close the Museum;

* close 1 fire Truck company and 2 fire Engines;

* reduce Public Works;

* cut City Administration;

+ eliminate City promotion.

Buying Time

The City of Oakland needs time to do long range financial
planning to get the City back on track. The proposed tax would
allow that process to take place. Expiration of the tax within four
years as mandated in the proposal would ensure that collection
does not go on indefinitely.

The City Council plan is to vote Tuesday, March 8 whether
or not to place the tax on the ballot.

Then it will be up to us.

by Daphne Markham Anderson
Daphne and Denny Anderson have operated Pearson Hard-
ware, a three generation Piedmont Avenue business. They recently
had to make the sad decision to combine the Piedmont Avenue store
with their larger one in Martinez. Eager to remain in business on
Piedmont Avenue and in Oakland, they are planning a new, differ-
ent business in the same family-owned building.

Although I am a Piedmont Avenue merchant and live nearby,
I am particularly fond of the Rockridge Area and College Ave-
nue. When I need a break from my life in the “little town” of
Piedmont Avenue, it is fun to go to College Avenue. I enjoy the
variety, the look and the activity of the street. Also, College
Avenue has often led the way for Piedmont Avenue. When
College was zoned C-31, Piedmont Avenue followed suit after
many neighborhood caucuses and much work.

Oakland is a city of neighborhoods. Sometimes it is as if we
live in a number of small towns under the Oakland umbrella.
Now it is time for those of us in the neighborhoods to turn our
attention toward City Hall.

Deficit and Tax Rumblings

We have probably all heard the rumblings about the deficit
and the tax override. We need to study the situation and make
an informed choice. If we do not pass the tax override, our neigh-
borhood lives are going to be severely disrupted. We are facing
a $12 to $17 million deficit. Because the City has to balance the
budget, we either have to severely diminish services or we have
to put more money into the General Fund.

In my opinion, City services already have been trimmed too
much since Proposition 13:

*The Police Department is now understaffed. In 1972 there
were 742 officers. In 1986, there were 642 officers and the police
received 77% more calls for help. Today there are 592 officers.

+Four fire stations have been closed and uniformed personnel
have been reduced by 32% since 1972;

*Eight branches of the Library have been closed, hours re-
duced by 12%, staff reduced by 17%, one third fewer books have
been purchased and there are no special services for the disabled;

*Public Works maintenance staff has shrunk 28%, sidewalk
inspections are down 65% and storm drain upkeep is down 32%.

Where Is The Best Place To Cut?

My position, shared with that of many others, is that we
cannot — absolutely cannot — cut the Police Department.
However, to balance the budget, Oakland must reduce expendi-
tures. The question then, is, as Councilmember Mary Moore very
kindly put it to me, if you must cut, what do you want to cut?
Parks and Recreation? The Libraries? Public Works? The
Museum?

Ihave studied the issue and I feel we cannot make any serious
cuts. I believe the tax override is the only way for us to retain
at least our current level of Citywide and neighborhood services.

Neighborhood Participation Is Important

I think it is important for Oakland’s neighborhoods to partici-
pate in this issue. We need to make an informed choice. Atten-
dance at meetings held in the seven Council Districts to discuss
the budget ranged from 15 to 50 people. More of us need to leam
the facts. We need to discuss and learn our options.

If you belong to a group and want to foster discussion of the
tax proposal, call me at 654-1644. We can set up a meeting with
a representative from the City Manager’s office to discuss your
questions and your suggestions.
March 12, 1988

The Rockridge News

Page 5

North Oakland Recycling Center
_ffers Curbside Collection

The Oakland Recycling Association, owner/operator of the
North Oakland Recycling Center at 59th and Telegraph since
1985, has joined forces with Karl’s Recycling Service to offer
scheduled monthly curbside collections in the Rockridge area.
Newspapers, glass, tin and aluminum cans are the most common
items picked up, but many other materials can also be disposed
of through recycling rather than through the garbage can.

For dates of service and questions about materials, call
655-5373 or 635-1727.

—A. R. Boone

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MUSE

Beginning in April, The Rockridge News will make space
available to help publicize artistic events which either take place
within the Rockridge Area or involve Rockridge residents.

The new column — The Rockridge Muse — will be compiled
and written by Margret Elson, a Rockridge resident whose busi-
ness, The Center of Artistic Counseling, is located on College
Avenue.

Send brief announcements of artistic events including names,
addresses and phone numbers to: Margret Elson, 5425 College
Avenue, #2, Oakland, CA 94618, not later than the end of the
month preceding publication.

While every effort will be made to accommodate all an-
nouncements received, The Rockridge News cannot guarantee
space in every issue nor assume responsibility for errors.

Prescription Glasses Project

A Huge Success!

Thanks to all the Rockridge residents who donated their old
prescription glasses to College Avenue Presbyterian Church
when members came to their doors. Over 300 pairs of glasses
were collected and sent to Medical Group Missions of the Chris-
tian Medical Society for use in Latin America. What fun and sat-
isfaction we had in helping Christian doctors who are serving the
poor and needy.

And remember that we'll be collecting more glasses in the
future, but thanks again for giving so generously now.

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Of General Interest:

Mixed Bag Of Support, Opposition
For Tax Override Proposal

Marge Gibson-Haskell

As those of you who have been regularly reading this
column know, I have been writing about the need for a $90
per parcel tax over-ride to assure continuance of City serv-
ices. Generally, I have received supportive comments for
this tax from the Rockridge community, although those re-
marks have been joined with the concern that Rockridge
residents be assured that there will be a mechanism to
permit them to effectively participate in a financial plan-
ning process for the City. I completely agree with this
suggestion. Rockridge representatives have taken the lead
in urging the creation of a Neighborhood Advisory Com-
mittee to assist in the preparation of a long range financial
plan for the City of Oakland.

While the City is working to support neighborhoods in
terms of the structuring of the proposed tax over-ride, nev-
ertheless, strong opposition to any tax increase affecting
them appears to be coming from downtown commercial
interests who have benefited from improvements in the re-
development area and Proposition 13 tax reductions.

A Resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Central Business Association raised certain issues calcu-
lated to garner neighborhood opposition, such as noting
some inequities in the residential parcel tax while not
mentioning the exemption for low income households. Nor
is there any mention in the Resolution of the fact that other
jurisdictions have similarly sought revenues in order to
support services, as for instance, Berkeley, which has just
recently passed a school tax which levies a higher assess-
ment than does this proposal.

The Chamber of Commerce has suggested some long
range proposals as an alternative to a tax over-ride; many
of these can be implemented over time. Others, such as
“allow for slower response time” for fire service, would be
plainly unacceptable to the community. However, most of
the Chamber’s proposals cannot be achieved by June.

The downtown area has received special benefits, such
as additional police horse patrols, which — admittedly —
have not been paid for out of the general fund. Neverthe-
less, the time has come for them to contribute to mainte-
nance of City services. Instead, it is my understanding that
they are preparing a well-financed, divisive campaign to
oppose the tax.

Thus it becomes necessary for me to ask all of you who
do wish to assure at least continuance of the present level
of City services to come together and actively support the
proposed tax over-ride. If you are willing to participate in
this effort, please call me at 273-3266.

The Rockridge News

March 12, 1988

RCPC and The Rockridge News present this column to assist
regular communication from local officials. Give some thought
to what you read here, then give a call:

Marge Gibson-Haskell — 273-3266
City Council District 1
Henry Gardner — 273-3301
CityManager

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Driveway Renovation: Dealing With Debris, Plans And Permits
by Ray G. Perman

~_ Disposing of debris can be a creative joy. Many a decorative
mound in a flowering garden is also the hiding place of broken
pavement. If you are not in a decorative mood call Oakland
Scavenger. For about $110 they will bring a special dumpster.
Driveway Surfaces
A more artistic pavement alternative is paving stones or
bricks. Although the stones may be rather expensive, many types
are interlocking and therefore easily hand set by the homeowner.
As most Rockridge homes already have rather petite gardens, the
thought of sacrificing garden space is hard to bear. A nice
alternative is a type of paving stone that allows grass to grow
through almost 50% of its surface. What looks like a front lawn
easily supports an auto. (Be sure to research requirements for
under—bedding for paving stones so the weight of your automo-
bile will be well supported.)
Permits and Plans
Any renovation will require approvals from the City of
Oakland. To ensure a quick review, prepare a scaled diagram
showing these dimensions: width of the street frontage of your
lot and the distance from side lot lines to existing, planned, and
neighboring driveway ramp curb cuts; measurements from lot
edge lines to nearby street-side powerpoles or fire hydrants;
measurement from the curbline to your side of the sidewalk, then
from your side of the sidewalk to the front of your home; planned
driveway lengths, widths, and radii; and finally, distances of

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driveway edges to front, side, and rear lot lines.

Readers planning to build an entirely new driveway or share
a common right-of-way as mentioned earlier should first stop at
the Zoning Department (273-3911) in City Hall as special laws
apply. No zoning laws affect remodeling an existing driveway;
you can pave right up to the lot line.

However, the Transportation Engineering Department
(273-3466) must review and approve the plans. No application
fees are charged. Plans must show compliance with a number of
requirements such as a driveway not less than nine feet wide and
stalls not less than 18 feet long. Driveway ramps must be
between 10 and 19 feet wide, 2 1/2 feet from fire hydrants, 10 feet
from neighboring ramps and 25 feet from the comer.

Approvals and Appeals

For most Rockridge residences these requirements may be
difficult to meet. Accordingly, the Department will take difficult
situations under consideration. If a proposal is denied, it may be
brought before the Driveway Appeals Board.

After Transportation Department approval, the Building De-
partment issues a “Curb, Gutter, Sidewalk, and Driveway Per-
mit”. The fee is $45 plus 15 cents per square foot of driveway.
The inspector will want to see the preparation before paving, and
the finished product. Any mistakes in your diagram or the
quality of the work and you may be required to re-renovate!

All the best.

College Avenue Presbyterian Church

Invites Easter Services Participation

The members and friends of College Avenue Presbyterian
Church want to give you a warm invitation to participate in our
Holy Week services, in the hope of enhancing your reflection,
growth, and spirit of celebration for our Risen Lord.

Should you be an inactive member of another church, we en-
courage you to renew your relationship with that church. There
will be a spirit of joy and homecoming if you'll take the step back
into fellowship.

However, if you’re in our community and you’re not involved
in a church family, or you’re leery of any additional involvement
because of “overload”, or if you’re stuck or dormant theologi-
cally, or curious about how to define and answer the questions of
“ultimates”, or, perhaps are looking for a church with a family
and community atmosphere that is enthusiastic about God,
Church, and responding meaningfully to the needs of people, then
you will want to “check us out”.

Our Holy Week Agenda

* Mon - Fri/March 28-April 3, 9:00 am - Noon
Easter Vacation Bible School

¢ Thursday, March 31, 7:30 pm
Maundy Thursday Candlelight Communion Service

¢ Friday, April 1, 7:30 pm
Good Friday Candlelight ‘Service of the Cross’

¢ Sunday, April 3
Easter Celebrations: Leave church at 5:15 am for
“Son-Rise” Service (back by 7:30 am). Meet at Rockridge
BART Station for Annual Bagpipe—Led Easter Proces-
sional at 10:10 am. Will proceed to Sanctuary by 10:30 am
service. Service of the Resurrection at 10:30 am with Organ
and Brass, Re-entry of the Empty Cross, enthusiastic song
and praise!

— Pastor Bill Beatty
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The Rockridge News

March 12, 1988

Priory Players Drama
On Stage At St. Albert’s

Issues of the 16th Century still very much alive for us today are
brought to the stage by the Priory Players in their presentation of
A Voice in the Desert, an intense and riveting drama about the
famous Dominican and defender of Indian rights, Bartolome de las
Casas.

Las Casas, famed most for his long struggle to free New World
Indians from slavery, is also celebrated by many as a forerunner
of Jeffersonian democracy in the Americas, an anthropologist, and
the real founder of international law.

The Priory Players, a group of Dominican students and friends,
invite you to join them for an evening of thought provoking and
moving drama.

Admission to A Voice in the Desert is free of charge, with the
actors taking up a free—will offering during the performance. The
Priory Players will meet with the audience at a reception in the
Priory after the performance.

Performance dates are March 24th through the 27th. All per-
formances are at 8:00 pm at St. Albert’s Priory, 5890 Birch Court,
Oakland. Call 654-5725 for more information.

— The Priory Players
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