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VOL. 10 * NO 11 * ISSUE NO. 108 * DECEMBER 16, 1995

Holiday Shopping
for the Library

by Gail Wiemann,
Branch Librarian, and
Nancy Dutcher, Chair of Neighbors
for a Rockridge Library

As you do your holiday gift shop-
ping, please consider a gift to the new
Rockridge library. Such a gift will ben-
efit both the library and you, as dona-
lions are tax-deductible.

The fund-raising campaign has been
very successtul, with over $121,000
received to date! Of that amount, about
$85,000 has been donated for the gran-
ite ules that will pave the entry lobby
and the walkway adjacent to the build-
ing. Approximately $40,000 of the tile
donations will go for the cost of the
granite, engraving and installation.

Our generous Rockridge neighbors
continue to dig into their pockets. How-
ever, to look the proverbial gift horse in
the mouth, more is needed. The librar-
lans esumate that an additional $30,000
per year over the current amount bud-
geted for the branch will be needed for
book acquisitions. In addition, it will
cost $10,000 for computers in the adult

See “Shopping for Library” on page 3

ie”

You have no doubt heard about Japa-

nese National Treasures, which may be

inanimate objects or even people with

ancient artistic skills. We in Rockridge

have a Neighborhood Treasure — atree!

It is an unassuming-looking tree, not

drawing a second look from passersby.

But people walking on the east side of

College Avenue (near Smaller Bytes) may
notice, on these late autumn days, a beau-
tiful aroma. It is our tree, Osmanthus
fragrans, watfung its delightful scentalong
College Avenue and up Taft Avenue.
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Shafter Avenue residents congre-
gate for their annual Christmas
caroling (see article on page 4).
Top row, left to right, Pat Nolan,
Kristen Grannan, Cydney Rose
Grannan, George Zolinsky, and
Barney Smits (with guitar);
middie row, Wade Hufford, Bryce
Hufford, julia Zolinsky, and
Theresa Nelson; bottom row, Kim
Green, Celeste Hufford, Zackery
Grannan, Madeleine Nelson, and
Willie Smith.

Mediation Process for Dreyer’s Begins

by Mary MacDonald, Chair of RCPC Zoning and Design Review Committee

City-sponsored mediation on Dreyer’s
Grand Ice Cream Corporation’s applica-
tion to expand its College Avenue head-
quarters onto Claremont Avenue began
the Monday night after Thanksgiving.
Representatives of Dreyer’s, RCPC, the
College Avenue Presbyterian Church, the
Rockridge Area Merchants and Profes-
sionals Association (RAMPA), and neigh-
borhood residents are participating. The
aim is to determine whether the diverse
interests of these groups can be accomodated

Stop and Smell the Osmanthus

by Patricia Watters

Photo Kathy Walsh, developed and printed
courtesy of Ag Photo, College Avenue

in a fashion acceptable to each of them.
This is a tall order, but one which is worth
pursuing.

The mediation ts led by Diverse ADR,
Inc., a minority and women-owned me-
diation group from San Franciso, under
the auspices of Conciliation Forums of
Oakland, Inc. The mediation process orig1-

See “Dreyer’s” on page 4

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Christmas Lights
and Traffic Lights at

St. Augustine’s

by Debbie Zike

St. Augustine’s School, at410 Alcatraz,
invites the community to its traditional
Christmas program on Monday, Decem-
ber 18, at 7 p.m. Kindergartners through
eighth-graders will retell the Christmas
Story through song and dramatic vignettes,
with accompaniment by the school’s band
and gospel choir.

A highlight of the evening will be the
blessing of the new traffic light at Alcatraz
and Colby. Parents at both St. Augustine’s
and Peralta Year-Round School worked
with community members and the City
to obtain the light. @

7 The Rockridge News

December 16, 1995

Book Corner

by Gay Ducey, Children’s Librarian, Rockridge Branch Library

The Best Gift of All

My husband and | are evenly—but not even handedly—split with regard to
holiday observations. One of us feels that we should creep quietly past the season,
attracting no notice, and hope the season misses us too. The other one (can you
guess which?) enters the planning like a cannonball off the high dive, splashing all
others with cookie dough, tangled lights, manically high expectations and rigid
observance. This includes gift-giving. The Christmas Scrooge prefers that family
members make homemade gifts or buy gifts in the kind of shop that !s crowded
with three customers. But real store-bought is okay if the gift Is thoughtful,
creative, and shows the sweat of protracted selection. Nothing slapdash. It was
a search for such gifts that brought us to a mall, many years ago, with our two
little ones. We walked from counter to counter so that the kids could buy some
stuff for relatives. Nothing seemed to’suit as we held the smaller one up to see
into the display cases, and the older one dragged like an anchor between US.

Then we saw a mysterious dome/tent thing, festooned with lights and with a
long line of children awaiting entry. It was a gift-selection service just for kids, and
no adults could enter. The items were all under $4.00 and shopping assistance was
available. Our kids thought it a wizard idea because they could see things, it
seemed secretive and grown up, and they could ditch me and my cheery opinions
at the door. So in they went, as we joined the folks waiting and settled in for a
long winter’s nap.

Our companions included a large family of redheads waiting for one remaining
child, Jed, who had been in there a very long time. His brothers and sisters were
finished, surrounded by shiny packages and the smug knowledge that it’s all done.
Once in a while, one of them would go check on Jed and return with the same
message: “He’s almost finished.” His mother went back and forth on small shopping
trips; his father jingled the change in his pocket and rocked back and forth on his
heels. The kids fought and teased and finally lay on the floor in the way of child
shoppers. Still no Jed. “My god,” said his mom. “Maybe he’s sick in there.”

“Yeah, and maybe I’m sick out here,” responded his dad.

We were all there so long that my feet stopped hurting. At last our two dear
ones emerged, balancing packages large and small, triumphant. But we couldn’t
just leave; we had to wait for Jed. Then finally, finally, out came a sturdy, small boy,
his baseball cap turned around and a cockscomb of red hair showing. He was
haloed by the light from the little gift-yurt behind him, and | have never seen such
an expression on a child. His face was suffused with joy, and he carried his single
package before him as if he were entering the Christmas pageant as the first wise
man, and indeed it looked as if the package were pure gold. His family and ours
stepped forward.

“Well, how'd you do?” asked his dad.

“Good...really good!” said Jed.

“Yeah? What'd you get, then?”

“Um, those shirt things, you know.”

“Uhhh, cufflinks?” asked his dad.

“Yeah, yeah...cufflinks. They are so cool.”

“Well, son, that’s a good choice, ‘cause your grandpa...he could, ah, use another
pair. Probably.” (Quick correction.)

“Oh, they’re not for Grandpa. | made him something in school.”

His dad looked puzzled. “Who then? Your brothers are not old enough....”

Jed interrupted him. “No, no, Dad. They’re for me!”

In this complicated and crowded season, there are always gifts of joy, of
surprise. Below, several new seasonal titles for giving.

Celebrating Kwanzaa by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith

It’s Kwanzaa Time! by Linda and Clay Goss

The Miracle of the Potato Latkes by Malka Penn

The One Yellow Daffodil: A Hanukkah Story by David Adler
Grandfather's Christmas Camp by March McCutcheon

The Remarkable Christmas of the Cobbler’s Son by Ruth Sawyer
Christmas Around the World by Mary Lankford

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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday:
10:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday: 12:30 - 8:00 p.m.
Closed Friday, Sunday

Holiday Schedule: Closed Sat.-Mon.,

December 23-25

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME: 1st and 3rd
Tues. at 10:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.

PRESCHOOL PAJAMA STORY Hour:
Starting Dec. 27, 7:00 p.m., and continy.-
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TODDLER TIME STORYHOUR: Dec.
30, 11:30 a.m.

FAMILY HOLIDAY PROGRAM: Wed..
Dec. 20, 7:00 p.m.

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Kinkead, is published monthly in Oakland and js
sponsored by The Rockridge Community Planning
Council, a neighborhood-based nonprofit organiza-
tion. Membership includes everyone living within the
organization's boundaries. The goals of the organiza-
tionare to promote community involvementin neigh-
borhood planning and area development, to address
neighborhood concerns (such as educational and
recreational resources and the deterrence of crime),
and to serve as a liaison between the community and
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write to 5856 College Avenue, #130, Oakland 94618.

Publication date of the nextissue is January | 3. To
advertise, call Susan Montauk at 547-3855.
January deadline is December 28.

The Rockridge News would like
to extend a special thank-you to Ag
Photo at 6034 College Avenue for

their generosity and help over the past
year. Every month, Ag Photo donates
the development and printing of most
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Shopping for Library

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and children’s areas. Other necessary
equipment that will not be provided under
the current budget includes: TV/VCR
forthe community meeting room ($700),
portable cassette and CD players ($200
each), CD ROM, storytelling audio cas-
settles, videos, books on tape, Cliff Notes,
and other audiovisual equipment. All
this comes to a total of about $25,000.
Also “wished for” are su DScriplions to
ValueLine Investment Survey, Facts on
File, World News Digest and Health
Reference Center. These subscriptions
total about $6,000 per year.

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MAKE A LASTING IMPRESSION IN ROCKRIDGE!

While the funds raised will cover many
of the above-mentioned items, there will
be aconunuing need for books and learning
aids. Please consider donating to the
new library in these ways:

1. Use the coupon on this page.

2. Visit Diesel Books and purchase a
book (at 30% off) to be donated to the
library. You can buy one of your favor-
ites Or Choose one from the library’s list.
Be sure to sign your name to a giftplate
that will go in the book.

Questions? Call Nancy Dutcher at 653-
6018.

Editors’ note: For another way to
help the library, check the Rockridge
Muse on page 10.8

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Sharing:
Check It Out

There are many options presented to
us for sharing with those who could use
some help during the holiday season,
and we’d like to suggest a worthy local
cause for your consideration: it’s the
Mayor’s Hunger Relief Program. You'll
find alarge green barrel at the Rockridge
Branch Library for your contributions
of canned food, toys, and clothing.

A fuller and more personal form of
holiday giving is the
Mayor’s “Adopt a Fam-
ily” program whereby,

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December 16, 1995

IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS...

Sing-It- Yourself Holiday
Caroling Party

Here’s a great way to celebrate the
holidays—arrange a neighborhood carol-
ing party. Neighbors from two Home Alert
groups on Shafter Avenue have been do-
ing this for several years. (Sce photo on
front page.) Ona weekday evening around
the third week of December, people walk-
ing along Shafter or shopping at Market
Hall willencounter neighbors sharing holiday
songs of many cultures.

“It’s a great way for neighbors, espe-
cially Home Alert groups, to get to-
gether and do something fun and posi-
tiveinourcommuity,’ said Willie Smith,
Shafter Avenue Home Alert organizer
and 25-year resident.

Theresa Nelson, a Shafter Avenue
neighborand RCPC Board Member, agrees:
“So often Home Alert groups get to-
gether only around fighting criminal
activities. Activities like caroling par-
ties and summer block parties are a great
way way to get to know your neighbors
in amore positive way. It’s a wonderful

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“We pull together the traditional
Christmas carols from various sources
and add songs for Hannukah and winter
light festivals,” said George Zolinsky , one
of the original organizers of the caroling
party. “Then we add a few instruments
like guitar and bells. Anyone can put this
kind of group together quite easily.”

Some tips for organizing your own
holiday caroling party: Get copies of car-
ols from texts at the public library, music
stores, and churches. Use mostly the stan-
dard carols, and rehearse new ones the
evening of the party. A pitch pipe or re-
corder helps eveyone to start on the same,
mid-range note. Bring candles and/or flash-
lights for safety and a festive holiday
feeling. Ask everyone to bring a dessert
for an after-caroling party at a neighbor's
home. The warm glow you’ll feel is the
true spirit of the holidays. @

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Dreyer’s
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nally included three members of the City
of Oakland’s Planning Commision, but
mediation is now proceeding on a bifur-
cated path, with the commissioners ex-
pected to join the group in later SESSIONS.

The meditation is non-binding and
confidential, the latter designed to allow
the parties to speak freely and explore
alternatives without being held to them
should mediation not succeed. Under an
agreement signed by the participants and
mediators, no party may ascribe fault to
any other party should the mediation be
unsuccessful. The sessions were Origi-
nally scheduled to end on December 18,
1995, but may have to be extended due to
scheduling difficulties. Mediation does
not supplant the CEQA process or the
hearing on Dreyer’s Conditional Use Permit/
Design Review application, which is
expected to be held in January or Feburary
1996. If the parties reach agreement on
what is acceptable, members of the pub-
lic will still have a right to make objec-
tions and pursue any course normally
available to them. @

CHABOT KINDERGARTEN:

Prospective parents interested in ob-
serving the Kindergarten at Chabot
School now should telephone the prin-

cipal for an appointment. Docent-led

tours and scheduled classroom obser-
vation will begin in January (also by

appointment). The phone number is
655-3285.

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lation was less that $6,000.

The five chairs that comprise this
installation represent phases of a
person’s life: a high chair, a desk
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The Roots of Rockridge’s Success

by Mary MacDonald, Chair of RCPC Zoning and Design Review Committee

Public criticisms in the last few months
of neighborhood groups by Council-
member Sheila Jordan and misstatements
about the Rockridge Community Plan-
ning Council (RCPC) by some support-
ers of the Dreyer’s expansion cannot go
unchallenged.

In announcing her decision to retire
from politics, Councilmember Jordan
made sweeping generalizations about
the dismal state of our national govern-
ment and then pinpointed “narrowly-
focused interest groups’ (read neigh-
borhood organizations) as a local ex-
ample of forces that make municipal
government difficult. Perhaps a civics
lesson is in order about a pluralistic
society and the essential democratic
principle of different viewpoints getting
a fair hearing. But one thing is abun-
dantly clear — neighborhood organiza-
tions are vital to the City and should be
commended for their work, not criti-
cized.

These groups toil for their communi-
ties’ and the City’s best interests, and
individual members put in long hours,
take time off work, and give up precious
family time in order to improve or at
least maintain the quality of life in their
neighborhoods and in the region.

Councilmember Jordan has described
Dreyer’s as a “leading corporate citi-
zen,” but we have yet to hear her, or
many other public officials, recognize
the numerous valuable contributions made
by all-volunteer neighborhood organi-
zations. It seems that veneration is re-
served for Dreyer’s and Kaiser, while
concerned citizens are just a nuisance.

RCPC has contributed immensely to
Rockridge over the years. Our organiza-
tion created the zoning that has made
Rockridge a successful commercial area
and adesirable residential one. Over twenty
years ago, with the newly opened BART
station and Highway 24, developers were
set to demolish single-family homes,
construct multi-story apartment build-
ings in their places, and bring chain stores
and fast food outlets to College Avenue.
Acollection of smallerneighborhood groups
combined to form RCPC and lobbied the
City successfully to downzone the resi-
dential area of Rockridge (thereby stop-
ping the construction of characterless multi-
story apartment buildings) and to adopt
the C-31 Special Retail Commercial zone

for College Avenue and for the commer-
cial areas of Claremont Avenue and Broad-
way that wrap around the corners from
College.

The intent of the C-31 zone was to
create a pedestrian-oriented, small-scale
retail area; hence, the 7,500 square foot
limit for any single commercial estab-
lishment, the 35-foot height limit, and
the requirement that the first 20 feet of a
building be retail. That intent has, in
large part, been realized.

The City adopted this commercial
zone and downzoned the residential area
as a result of RCPC’s efforts — these
zoning changes did not originate with
the City. When RCPC took this action,
Rockridge was ata crossroads and could
well have gone downhill. Instead, the
area has become a popular destination
for both locals and visitors alike; RCPC

set the stage for this success Story.
In recent years, RCPC has had other

major positive impacts. The new Rockridge
Branch Library currently under con-
struction at Manila and College would

not be there without the efforts of RCPC’ s
board of directors and the group’s Orga-
nization of the neighborhood. RCPC origi-
nated the idea of using land just pur-
chased by the City of Oakland for a
library site rather than as the proposed
parking lot, and promoted a special as-
sessment district to help fund construc-
tion of the new library — a ballot mea-
sure that garnered an unheard of 82%
“Yes” vote in the fall of 1990.

RCPC also proposed and shepherded
the Rockridge Area Plan, in which nu-
merous and diverse opinions about fy-
ture plans for Rockridge were consid-
ered.

RCPC established the first crime alert
hot line in the area.

RCPC publishes a free, substantia]
monthly newsletter that is delivered by
a network of 150 volunteers to 4,500
homes and 200 businesses.

RCPC has helped many new busi-
nesses along College in their applica-
tions with the City.

RCPC joined with a group of parents
to create People Advocating for Rockridge
KidS (P.A.R.K.S.), an RCPC subcom-
mittee that promoted and obtained fund-
ing for arefurbished toddler play area at

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he month of December is ful]

of special occasions. In our
multicultural city, we can celebrate
all of them. The following quintet
of localshops could be Starting points
for your holiday shopping.

Afikomen Jewish Books and Arts,
3942 Claremont Avenue
Afikomen’scmployees sometimes

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Holiday Shopping

of three Auguilar sisters, whose work
is shown in museums in Santa Fe
and San Francisco. Another first-
Christmas scene is a tiny, painted
tin version that fits in a box just 2
x 3 inches and would slip easily
into a Christmas stocking.

Shop owner Katherine Karnahan
buys these creches and her other

jokingly ask new customers if they
had any trouble finding the shop. The
source of their jest is the meaning of
Afikomen, which, according to manager
Patricia Cohn, 1s the last piece of mat-
zoh at Seder, a special Passover meal.
The tidbit 1s hidden, and the child who
finds it wins a prize. In the spirit of
sharing, the afikomen ts divided among
those gathered for Seder.

For the Hanukkah season, which this
year begins on the evening of December
17, Afikomen Jewish Books and Arts
has a variety of menorah, the candelabra
that holds eight candles. Dreidels, four-
sided tops marked with Hebrew letters,
are also available in glass, plastic, ster-
ling, plush (for babies), and even a mu-
sical version. Other possibilities for Ha-
nukkah gifts can be found in the shop’s
jewelry case or in the stack of yarmulkes.
There are also baseball-style caps em-
broidered with the chai symbol, which
stands for life. Of course, books make
great presents, and Afikomen’s shelves
hold children’s books, religious and philo-
sophical tomes, and lots of cookbooks.

Albo African Gift Shop
5496 College Avenue

A rack of Kwanzaa greeting cards
Stands at the entrance of Albo, where
owner Hiwot Habteab explains to me
the significance of this comparatively
new holiday. In 1966 an A frican-Ameri-
can teacher, Maulana Karenga, Origi-
nated Kwanzaa, which runs December
26 through January 1. Each day,acandle
is lighted to honor one of the seven
principles: unity, self-determination,
collective work and responsibility, co-
Operative economics, purpose, creativ-
ity, and faith. Albo’s selection of sea-
sonal gifts includes kente scarves, soap-
stone sculpture, wood carvings, and jewelry.
Something special that caught my eye is
a beautiful traditional Ethiopian dress—
a habesha kemis—of pure white cotton
edged with colorful hand embroidery.

Cultural Artes
5467 College Avenue

A traditional nativity creche, handcarved
and painted in Oaxca, Mexico, is on
display in the window. The artist is one

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wares directly from the artusts. Other
products in her store support environ-
mental causes. A line of recycled rainforest
products, including seed earrings, brazil
nut candles, and cards made from ba-
nana paper, offers what Katherine called
“feel-good gift-buying alternatives.”

Noah’s Art
5501 College Avenue

Many of the seasonal items in this
shop hark back to what ts likely the root
of all winter celebrations, the winter
solstice.Employee Adrienne Waterman

imagines that after fear-
fully watching each
December day grow
shorter, primitive
peoples probably

hailed what ap-
peared to be a
rebirth of the
sun. The shop hon-
ors that feeling with lots
of sun and moon imagery.
Hanging high on the wall is an espe-
cially striking art piece imported from
Chiapas, Mexico, combining these pa-
gan symbols with Christian images.
Adjacent is a Balinese grain door with
crescent shapes that represent the moon
and the goddess of the harvest. Also
available are Byzantine icons. Appro-
priate for smaller gifts are Daughters of
the Moon tarot cards.

A Little Something
6315 College

With a nod to the winter solstice, a
convention of snowpeople is taking place
in the window of this gift shop. There
are angel snowmen, a snowman bird-
house, snowwomen angels, snowchildren
to hang on Christmas trees, and snowfolk
candle holders. My favorite isa snowguy
showing off his lengthy red-and-white
striped legwear, ala Pippi Longstocking.
Or maybe it’s the snowgal with a valen-
tine on her stovepipe hat. Manger Sue
Whitney says that she and shopowner
Rennie Bell had year-long fun collect-
ing all the snowguests on display.

May your holiday joy also last all
through the new year. &

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The Rockridge News

December 16, 1995

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Community Policing in Rockridge
Still Undergoing Changes

by Kathy Walsh

Officer Herb Noss, Rockridge’s cur-
rent Community Policing officer, gave
an update of the situauion and changes
proposed for this new program atRCPC’s
monthly neighborhood meeting on No-
vember 16.

Noss, who proved to be affable, en-
thusiastic, and knowledgeable about his
role as a Community Policing officer,
has been with the unit for two years. He
explained to the gathering that some
reorganizational changes will be made
in January and it is currently unknown
who will be assigned to our neighbor-
hood at that time. (A communal moan
rose from the audience in response to
this remark.)

Community Policing, arelatively new
concept in Oakland, has had a rocky
history, butitcontinues nevertheless, due
in large part to Oakland Police Chief
Samuel’s promotion and community in-
terest. Community Policing, as defined
ina Crime Prevention Division Resource
Guide distributed by Noss, is a program
that “involves the police and the commu-
nity working together to address and re-
solve quality of life issues such as crime,
traffic problems, blight and other nui-

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activities or to hear
weekly updates on
criminal activity
in Rockridge

A new Hot Line volunteer will be needed
soon. (Our current volunteer, whose voice
is both authoritative and reassuring, and to
whom we send our thanks for his tireless
community service, is retiring and plans to
travel.) The volunteer position involves collecting
crime report calls from our Hot Line and
then making a recorded Hot Line message

once a week. Can you help us? Leave a
message at 8! 4-6060.

sances.” Community policing officers focus
not on emergencies but on longer-term
issues, ones that frequently are the cause
of the “emergencies.” The unit has ac-
cess to many other resources, such as
Beat Health, Special Duty Unit, Alcohol
Beverage Action Team, Traffic Section,
and Crime Analysis, to name just a few.

Noss urged everyone tocallhim (“Be
a ‘squeaky wheel’’’) whenever they per-
ceive a problem, not to hesitate and
assume that someone else will call. (Leave
a message for him at 615-5707, ext. 4.)
He emphasized that community polic-
ing officers can only be effective when
they are informed about what the prob-

lems really are. So, if it’s drug dealing,
recycling scavengers (put recycling out
in the morning rather than the night
before, and collect license plate num-
bers of scavengers when possible), or
even dogs barking, give him a call.

When asked about what he perceives
as the most serious type of crime in
Rockridge, Noss replied that it is two-
fold: daytime burglaries of homes and
nighttime robberies around BART. Al-
though Noss would not give details, he
reported that there will be extra policing
on College Avenue during the holiday
period.

For additional information, your
Home Alert group or other community
organization can get local crime statis-
tics from the department’s Crime Analysis
service at 238-3277, or call Rockridge’s
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Colby Park and sponsors an annual Co] lege
Avenue Halloween parade for toddlers.

And RCPC is often the first line of
defense when individual residents fee]
their rights are being infringed by other
residents or businesses. This was the
case when developers of Market Hall
originally proposed a multi-unit apart-
ment building with underground park-
ing on what is now the Market Hall
parking lot. Residents in the adjacent
areca opposed this portion of the project
because of the increased traffic and den-
sity it would have brought to their single-
family residential area, and they en-
listed RCPC’s aid. Contrary to repeated
distoruons by the project developers and
the media, RCPC did NOT oppose the
open-air market portion of Market Hall.

Councilmember Jordan has described
Dreyer’s as a “minor issue” and has
sought to trivialize opposition to it by
calling its Opponents “neighborhood
activists” (as if there were something
wrong with being active, concerned
neighbors).

In fact, the Dreyer’s expansion is a
major land-use policy issue that also has
implications for the integrity of ALL
zoning in the City of Oakland, core is-

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Sues that are meat and potatoes for city
councils everywhere.

Opposition to the project comes from
retirees, working people, homemakers,
teachers, business owners, architects,
planners, physicians, students, journal-
ists, nationally known land-use attor-
neys, internauonally known authors, and
Others. RCPC has already obtained the
signatures of about 500 people, the vast
majority being residents of Rockridge,
On petitions Opposing the project, and
Our petition drive has only just begun.

RCPC receives many unsolicited let-
ters and phone calls on the issuc, most of
them in opposition to the project. About
300 people attended Ms. Jordan’s meet-
ing on Dreyer’s in June 1995 and about
90% of the attendees were opposed to
the expansion. About 100 people at-
tended the City’s July 1995 scoping meeting
onthe Dreyer’s draftEnvironmental Impact
Report, and only one person spoke in
support. The audience at the October 11
draft EIR hearing was literally over-
flowing with people opposed to the ex-
pansion in Rockridge (and supportive of
expansion in downtown Oakland). While
a few residents spoke in favor of the
project, the majority did not, and many
members of the audience who seemed to
support the project appeared to be Dreyer’s
employees. Opposition to this proposed
expansion has been thoughtful, intelli-

Questions for the Candidates?

The Rockridge News is revamping its “Comments” feature to ask local

politicians and administrators to participate in a question-and-answer feature.

In the January issue, we will be quizzing the four candidates for the District
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servers will detect some anger from some
individual opponents, which grows out
of Dreyer’s breach of its oral assurances

Six years ago that it would not expand in

Rockridge. But I challenge anyone to
prove that RCPC’s opposition to the

projecthas been “mean-spirited.” A tech-
nique for countering one’s opposition 1s

to mischaracterize and name-call, but

that approach will not work here.

It is time for our councilmember and
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Digital Color Artworks
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There’s a new Muse in town. A kindred

spirit heeded the call, put a finger on the
creative pulse of Rockridge, and, without

missing a beat, tuned in to the cultural
goings-on in Rockridge.

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Benefits Rockridge =.

The request of an old friend induced
Milton Graydon to write a series of

artworks the digital way, and you can
see them at Hudson Bay Caffe, on Col-

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Montclair Presbyterian Church, but now

articles for a hometown newspaper
about his early

life and youthful
journey from
a Eastern Can-
Are OR sone ada to Oak-
oo ation land. The ar-
ticles grew
into a book
entitled A
Teenager’s
Odyssey
or One
Million
and
One.
As the book
relates, fate led him to
Yosemite, where he met his future wife,
Erna, a long-time Rockridge resident
and the reason he settled down to
ultimately spend the past 43 years here.
In keeping with the strong commu-
nity spirit he has always loved, he de-
cided to sell the book here, but only so
that proceeds can be donated to the
Rockridge Library Fund. Autographed
copies are now available at Diesel Book-
store.
In his 90th year, Milton says he lives
in the past, but The Muse thinks he still
has an eye for the future.

A Phoenix Needs a
Landing Site

Walk along the east side of Ross
Street between Miles and Chabot, and
you will come across a very interesting
and unusual collection of sculptures. It
is the work of Rockridge resident Michael
Brown, who creates both abstract and
life-like forms: a railway tie is a face, a
bicycle seat is a spider’s body, and elec-
trical insulators are a fountain. After
the 1991 firestorm, Brown collected
burned discarded materials from dumpsters
on the hillside and created what has
become a “phoenix” to commemorate
survivors of the fire. The bird had been
residing in the memorial gardens of the

needs a new home where it can con-
tinue to symbolize the resurgence of
the community after the fire. If you

know of such a place, please call 653-
9460.

How ‘Bout a Repertory
Theater in Rockridge!

Keith Avenue residents (and others)
may remember hearing or attending a
neighbor’s back yard performance of
“Midsummer Night’s Dream” in Octo-
ber. Produced by Jennifer Wagner and
directed by Michaela Goldhauber, both
Rockridge residents, the play was staged
in this ingenious site for lack of a more
conventional locale and for which their
repertory company, “Bardinthe Yard,”
is temporarily named. The groupwould
like to establish a repertory theater in
the Rockridge area and are on the look-
out for a permanent location. They'd
like a space that would provide possi-
bility for year-round performances. Sug-
gestions of appropriate and available
space (in Rockridge, of course) can be

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