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Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Doug Patton, Katy Taylor, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Advance Ticket Order Form Save me a spot for the 2009 Rockridge Kitchen Tour Sunday, September 20, 12:30–5:30 p.m. Please s...

Andy Charman Bill Kaufner Colby Lavin Ruth Miller Ronnie Spitzer Ann Winterman RCPC Election Fills Board Positions Rockridge residents voted in April to elect to full board terms four RCPC boardmembers previously appointed to interim positions, and for two new candi- dates to ...

one residents voted; 40 at the meeting, 11 on Saturday. Votes cast for each candidate were as follows: Current, appointed board members elected to full terms: Andy Charman, 45; Ronnie Spitzer, 41; Colby Lavin, 41; Bill Kauf- ner, 39. New board members elected to full terms: Ann Winterman, 34; Ruth Miller, 26. In a subsequent special meeting, the board elected new officers. Andrew Char- man was elected vice-chair, Ruth Miller was elected secreta...

Andy Charman Bill Kaufner Colby Lavin Ruth Miller Ronnie Spitzer Ann Winterman

By Bob Brokl

Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Katy Taylor, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org main campus of Children’s Hospital) The owner reconsidered condos, and beautifully rehabbed an unreinforced masonry, “A” r...

By Colby Lavin

Rockridge Branch Library, 5366 College Avenue at Manila, Community Room (Upstairs) by Colby Lavin, RCPC boardmember Talking about Rockridge is pretty easy. Talking with Rockridge and its 10,000 residents is a lot trickier. There are lots of great voices in our community from which we can learn about the huge Safeway remodel, an event a...

...ents to Victoria Eisen: victoria@ eisenletunic.com or 510/525-0220. Caldecott Projects ➧➧A Tradition of Service, from pg 10 Danica Truchlikova Margaret Wahlberg Stuart Flashman Jonathan Gabel Joan Martin Doug Patton Katy Taylor Jason Burke Colby Lavin Bill Kaufner Andrew Charman Ruth Miller Ann Winterman Cesar Angobaldo Michael Kan Jennifer Kaplan Melinda Frey Alex Naughton Ashley Etling Robert Orenstein Matthew Edling Christopher Chin James Kachelmeyer Laura Schlichtmann Bernard Baltax...

Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair Andrew Charman ���������������Vice-Chair To Be Appointed ����������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Doug Patton, Katy Taylor, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org

...009 Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair Andrew Charman ���������������Vice-Chair To be appointed �����������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Doug Patton, Katy Taylor, Ann Winterman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org We are still in need of a few volunteer docents who will guide our guests through the eight stunning Rockridge kitchens and...

...comed The Rockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC) seeks to fill by appointment two vacancies on its board of directors. Recently-elected board member Ruth Miller has left the board because of work-related travel conflicts. Board member Colby Lavin will be leaving the board because he and his family are moving out of the Rockridge area. Applicants appointed to the vacancies will serve out the remainder of the two members’ terms, until the spring of 2011. Board members must be age 18 ...

By Doug Patton

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...our community. I work at UC Berkeley as a physicist, while my pro-bono work has included education outreach and consultation for education non-profits. I have served on the RCPC board and the transportation safety committee since February. Colby Lavin Locksley Avenue I

Stuart Flashman �����������������Chair Ronnie Spitzer ��������������������Vice-Chair Danica Truchlikova ������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Katy Taylor, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Andrew Charman Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org With permission from the Sacramento Bee and editorial cartoonist Rex Babin. Newsletter Subscriptions To su...

By Stuart Flashman

RCPC Annual Town Hall Planning Meeting B ■ ■ ecome informed on current RCPC board projects Help set the RCPC board ■ ■ by Colby Lavin, RCPC boardmember Rockridge boasts many unique stores and services. Shopping locally helps preserve a focal point of our community. Nevertheless, members of the Rockridge District Association (RDA) say College Avenue’s retail success will ...

By Bob Brokl

...man �����������������Chair Ronnie Spitzer ��������������������Vice-Chair Danica Truchlikova ������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Katy Taylor, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org

By Stuart Flashman

...h pick-up day? According to a Danish study published in Science Magazine and reported recently in the SF Chronicle, “trespassing and minor stealing all increased when people saw Rockridge Montessori School Expansion Plans Gall Neighbors by Colby Lavin, RCPC board member Good care for pre-kindergarten-aged children is hard to find. Many places in Oakland, particularly the Rockridge area, have waits of six months to a year. Within this childcare problem lie other problems: where should pe...

Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Katy Taylor, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Subscripti...

By Don Kinkead

... house paint? Keeping the yard tidy? Sweeping up after trash pick-up day? According to a Danish study published in Science Magazine and reported recently in the SF Chronicle, “trespassing and minor stealing all increased when people saw by Colby Lavin, RCPC board member Good care for pre-kindergarten-aged children is hard to find. Many places in Oakland, particularly the Rockridge area, have waits of six months to a year. Within this childcare problem lie other problems: where should pe...

Katy Taylor ��������������������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Danica Truchlikova Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Sub...

...te, left front, Natalie Bettendorf, behind, Sara Ikonen, and Meta Austin. Ms. Nakamoto’s grandson, Matthew Ching, attended kindergarten at Chabot in 2006-07, before his family moved back to Hawaii. Photo and caption: Chabot Way to Grow! by Colby Lavin, RCPC boardmember ‘I t will be the highest quality building we’ve done in the [Oakland Unified School] District in 30 or 40 years!” OUSD Acting Director of Facilities Tadashi Naka- degawa told the Chabot PTA and community this fall about t...

By Susan Montauk

...��������������Chair Ronnie Spitzer ��������������������Vice-Chair Katy Taylor ��������������������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Danica Truchlikova Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org Newsletter Subscriptions To subscribe to The Rockridge News, send your check for $20, payable to Rockridge News Sub...

By Bill Kaufner

...��������������Chair Ronnie Spitzer ��������������������Vice-Chair Katy Taylor ��������������������������Secretary Joan Martin ��������������������������Treasurer Jason Burke, Annette Floystrup, Jonathan Gabel, William Kaufner, Don Kinkead, Colby Lavin, Doug Patton, Ellen Peterson, Danica Truchlikova Contact the Board: chair@rockridge.org For information: info@rockridge.org relatively small BART stations and bring even more cars into neighborhoods. Some existing issues work against our w...