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By Theresa Nelson

Our thanks to Mike McDonald, Jennifer Cooper, Ronnie Spitzer and Christie Beeman for their dedication and persistence in making the new restroom a reality. D. Kinkead Ronnie Spitzer, left, Mike McDonald and Theresa Nelson at the construction site of the new Frog Park restroom. Norman...

Reply by Jennifer Cooper, FROG chair Mr. Brokl’s letter refers to the interpre- tive art project sponsored by the city of Oakland Public Art Program that will be completed this fall in the Greenbelt. The artist, Mark Brest VanKempen of Oakland, was selected by a p...

By Jennifer Cooper

art project and a new public restroom. Ongoing projects include getting the faux creek to run year-round and planning the extension of the greenbelt. Contact Jennifer Cooper at jennifer@ live-work.com with any questions or to offer your help. Photos: Tom Dolan and Ronnie Spitzer More photos at http://www.frogpark.org/ FROG Day of Service, 2009 Rebecca Lueck, LCSW Individual and Family Counseling (415) 235-1071...

By Jennifer Cooper

by Jennifer Cooper, FROG chair Over 100 volunteers turned out for a very successful afternoon of service cleaning up the Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt (FROG Park). Young and old joined together to sweep, collect trash, weed, and spruce up our well-loved park....

By Jennifer Cooper

by Jennifer Cooper, chair, FROG Park Thanks to lots of community volunteers (including all those under 10), the Earth Day clean-up at the Rockridge Temescal Greenbelt was a great success. Thanks especially to Howard, Ronnie, Mike, Patrick and Rodrigo, who al...

By Jennifer Cooper

FROG is a great way to get involved in your local park. Plan to attend the next FROG meeting, Tuesday, May 6, 7:30-9:00 p.m. at the Rockridge Library, or call Jennifer Cooper at 653-6581.

By Jennifer Cooper

 Isadora, left, and Julia Clements.  Jennifer Cooper and Mike McDonald.

By Jennifer Cooper

by Jennifer Cooper, FROG Lentrances, and connections. Earth Day cleanup scheduled F An informational meeting will be held Thursday, April 14, 7 p.m., at the Rockridge Library for interested artists and community members. Submissions are due no later than 5 p...

Steering Committee Chairwoman Jennifer Cooper at jennifer@live-work.com. Hardy Park Restroom Project 7. The longer commute time on these overcrowded highways contributes to global warming. 8. Many of the Rockridge Craftsman houses have narrow driveways that have been converted to gard...

...rators. FROG acknowledges: Dedication speakers: city of Oakland’s Public Art Program representative Kristen Zaremba, Councilmember Brunner staff member Nila Kim, Oakland Public Art Advisory Committee member Jennifer Easton, FROG past Chair Jennifer Cooper, and artist Mark Brest van Kempen. Other contributors: Markley Bavinger and Joel Peter, Measure DD Program; Eric Cabunoc; Christine Calabrese, ADA Coor- dinator; Bruce Douglas, Friends of Temescal Creek; Ian Duffy; Ron Holthuysen, Scien- t...

rk Corner a Pbers Ronnie Spitzer, Mike McDonald and Jennifer Cooper have agreed to take on this exciting project and figure out how to make the path happen. Imagine being able to walk from BART to 51st and Telegraph using only the Greenbelt. If you have an interest in working on this project or thoughts or...

and volunteers. Come on people, this is your park and volunteering is fun, easy and a great way to meet your neighbors. For more information, contact Howard Ferrier by e-mail at hwferrier@sbcglobal.net The Creek Flow Project Jennifer Cooper elected as new FROG Chairwoman At its January meeting, the FROG Steering Committee unanimously elected Jennifer Cooper as the new FROG chairwoman for 2007. Jennifer has been vice-chairwoman for the past year and led the Phase II build proj...

...ng them. If you see others putting things into the creek, remind them that what goes in our faux creek must come out. FROG has organized volunteers to keep the creek and the grates clear. Want to volunteer? Please contact FROG chair- woman Jennifer Cooper at 653-6581. G A monthly update on what’s happening at the FRO best community-built and maintained park in Oakland by Jennifer Cooper Picnic and Cleanup Day Brings Community Together M Why Isn’t the Creek Flowing? End of Volunteer Wisteria...

...ead: FROG is preparing plans for the kiosk and improvements and site furnishings for Hardy Plaza. They will be built by community volunteers following Phase II construction. For more information, con- tact Mike McDonald (mike@m-c-d.net) or Jennifer Cooper. Stay tuned for an update in next month’s Frog Park Corner regarding the exciting Public Art Projects planned for the park. For more information, contact Jennifer Cooper,

table, landscaping, park orientation signage, a “parking” area for dogs and bikes, and possible swings head Jennifer Cooper’s task list for 2007. Jennifer will also head up the completion of the public art project. Contact Jennifer for more information or how to help by e-mail at jennifer@live-work.com. General Dentistry (510) 652-1517 5700 Broadway, Oakland A ...

...tin Horner, Kate Whitlow, Lisa Ruhland, Gene Mazza, Andrew Otsuka, Denise Martin, Nihan Tiryaki. PUBLIC ART: Mark Brest van Kampen, Claire Isaacs-Wahrhaftig, Cheryl Crawford. Thanks also to the grand re-opening com- mittee: Theresa Nelson, Jennifer Cooper, Jacqueline Kellam, Kristen McClusky and Jennifer Edmister. FROG Park and the new Hardy Play- ground remain a wonderful testament to community spirit and cooperative effort.

...k; Susan Bernosky, Allstate Insurance; Nicholas- Lee; Chris Jackson, RDA and NCPC. Justin Horner and Violet Above: Carol Bieri (l.); Cathy Furtado (Terrace Street); Eric Warren; Jennifer Kaplan, Rockridge Home. Howard Ferrier Patrick Hoge, Jennifer Cooper, Barney Smits, Theresa Nelson, Tamir Scheinok Clinton Pugh, Theresa Nelson, Will Patterson Lois Dixon and Chris Staller Rodrigo Prudencio, De’Mar Lacy, Susan Shawl, John Russell Hannah and Cory Lieu, Michelle Blakeley Frank Foster, Public ...

....oaklandearthday.com for more information. Contact Howard Ferrier at hwferrier@sbcglobal.net with questions. The April FROG steering committee meeting details will be posted on the FROG Park Web site, www. frogpark.org. Information: e-mail Jennifer Cooper, FROG chair, at jennifer@live-work.com. To adopt a spot for an Earth Day project of your own, visit the city of Oakland’s Earth Day Web site at http://www.oaklandpw. com/Page289.aspx. Ed. note: Councilmember Brunner’s April Com- munity Adv...

By Stuart Flashman

...ative, at the former Naval Air Station.Sign up online at www.ebbc. org/safety or call 510/533-7433. FROG Steering Committee The next FROG steering committee meeting will be Wednesday, March 25, 7-9 p.m. For more information, please contact Jennifer Cooper, FROG chair, at jennifer@ live-work.com

...ounds who will help you find the best way to help. Families are welcome and water and snacks will be provided. Hop to it! To get more deeply involved with FROG projects such as year-long creek flow, public art and the new bathroom, contact Jennifer Cooper, chair, at Jennifer@live-work.com FROGNotes: Plans for the bathroom continue to ■ ■ develop and evolve. Watch for further announcements. Park enthusiasts may look forward ■ ■ What you can bring for the cleanup: tools, a wheelbarrow if you ...

rk Corner a P G A monthly update on what’s happening at the FRO best community-built and maintained park in Oakland Nila Kim, newly hired aide to Jane Brunner, toured FROG Park with FROG Chair Jennifer Cooper. The two discussed key issues for FROG, including the new permanent restroom at Hardy Park, creek flow initiatives, and housing development affecting the greenbelt/park. At right, Kim and Cooper inspect existing restroom facilities at the ...

... garage onto Clarke Street; excessive shading and shadow due to build- ing heights; and a footprint that covers the Temescal Creek culvert, which affects future plans to daylight the creek. Direct comments on this development to FROG Chair Jennifer Cooper at jennifer@live-work.com. The results, similar to those of other East Bay Creeks, indicate that the level of E. coli in the creek should not be a barrier to pumping up the creek year-round. In fact the data show that the E. coli numbers a...

...Al Hussian. KIOSK VOLUNTEERS: Mike McDonald, Mau- ricio Argueta, Jeff Clapp, Josh Feldman, Chris French, Michael Lyons, Ian Reed, Mark Rogero, Gene St. Onge, Fernando Sorto. JANE BRUNNER’S STEERING COMMITTEE: Rose Barquist, Margie Calahan, Jennifer Cooper, Steve Costa, Bruce Douglas, Sally Fitzhugh, Beth Maher, Francesca McCros- sen, Theresa Nelson, Margaret Pinter, Jackie Hoeppner-Freitas. CONTRACTORS AND CITY AND COUNTY STAFF:

...ate officials for permits, funding, and collaborative workdays. Mayor Libby Schaaf joined the cleanup and presented a Mayoral Proclamation to FROG leaders in acknowledgement of the two-decade anniversary. Former FROG Chairs Steve Costa and Jennifer Cooper attended the cleanup and the cere- monies, along with other volunteers who were part of the Big Build. Councilmember Dan Kalb and Coun- cilmember Treva Reid attended the event, as did Acting Parks Services Manager Clinton Pugh, longtime Fr...

...many local high school students from Oakland Tech and College Prep. Park Build-Out Phase Two, 2006 As often happens, even with enor- mous volunteer commitment and lots of fundraising, not everything could be built with the available funds. Jennifer Cooper became the next Chair of FROG, and she helped to guide Phase Two (which included another smaller effort to restore the historic 120-foot-long “Oceanus” mural opposite the park, under the guidance of the original artist). 20th Anniversary N...

By Leonora Sea

...le doing extraordinary things to help the neighborhood. Before each volunteer day, a different guest speaker discusses their involvement with the park, past and present. Two of the original founders, Rockridge residents Theresa- Nelson and Jennifer Cooper, have shared their history of the start of FROG and the building of the play structure. The “service” part of service learning

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...(right foreground, back to camera), chief of staff to District 1 Councilmember Jane Brunner. FROG is grateful to the community volunteers who worked for seven years to get this bathroom built: Mike McDonald, Ronnie Spitzer, Jimmy Pedersen, Jennifer Cooper, Theresa Nelson, Barney Smits and Carol Behr. We also deeply appreciate the assistance of Councilmember Jane Brunner and staff members Zac Wald, Justin Horner, Kate Whitlow and Nila Kim, as well as Public Works staff Jim Ryugo, Denise Loui...

By Theresa Nelson

Mike and Christie worked with Coun- cilmember Jane Brunner to secure funding for a permanent restroom. Jennifer Cooper became involved, and continued to work to secure the location and general design on the project while Mike was living temporarily outside the neighborhood. Ronnie Spitzer also worked on the final restroom phases. We appreciate the help of ...

posters and flyers. We are grateful to the dedicated captains who supervised volunteers and led the many projects accomplished on Saturday: Howard Ferrier, Barney Smits, Jimmy Pedersen, and Jennifer Cooper. Our thanks to Ronnie Spitzer, who solicited donations of food and beverages to keep our volunteers refreshed throughout the morning and was our “go- fer.” A special thanks to Rockridge’s Girl Scout Troop #32619 and Cub Scout Troop #274 fo...

Photos: Earth Day at FROG Park Tools at the ready. Herman Miller, left and co-worker. Ronnie Spitzer; Herman Miller, parks supervisor; Carol Behr with Sara; Tyler Lee; Theresa Nelson. Brownie Troop 3261. Barney Smits, left above. Jennifer Cooper delivering trash bags. Carrie Jacobs and Ava, front; Eric and Ericka McConnell, and Haven and Flora. Elizabeth Norris; Clifton Pugh, city of Oakland. Everette, with broom and rake. Photos: D. Kinkead Rockridge Spread the News: Join the Roc...

...with persons you would like to thank. If you like, send us their names and we will honor them in the January issue. raising funds and promoting the park. Other key community members whose names are practically synonymous with FROG Park are Jennifer Cooper, Ronnie Spitzer, Howard Ferrier and Mike McDonald. Thank you all! The Rockridge Muse Thank You to Our Neighbors I don’t know all of your names, but you know who you are and we thank you every day. You look out for the well- being of the el...

FROG Park Art from page 2 members past and present, and especially Jennifer Cooper. Give back to your Park. Attend the next steering committee meeting. Details, page 1. For more information, contact: info@ frogpark.org. BART Earthquake Safety Construction Comes to FROG Park

...oe’s, Safeway, and Bakesale Betty who contributed tasty treats for the volunteers. To get involved with future park clean ups or other park projects, please visit the FROG Park website: www.frogpark.org. Hope to see you at the park soon. — Jennifer Cooper, chair, FROG Park Photos below and below right by Susan Montauk and Don Kinkead, taken at Redondo and Hardy Parks. Names from left to right. Top: Keenan Brekke (l.); Daniel Brekke; Betsy York; Elizabeth Armstrong; Joyce Gardner, FIT Clothi...

...p in Energy and Environmental Design) certification provides verification that a building proj­ ect meets the highest green building and sustainability measures. FROG Park Tour On a recent rainy Monday, Kim toured FROG Park with FROG Chair Jennifer Cooper. The two discussed key upcom­ ing issues for FROG including the new permanent restroom at Hardy Park, creek flow initiatives, housing development issues affecting the greenbelt/park, the Caldecott Tunnel 4th Bore, and a planned greenbelt e...

like to get things done! Come to our next meeting, Wednesday, November 14, 7 to 9 p.m. in the Rockridge Library, or call FROG Chair Jennifer Cooper at 510/653-6581 to find out how you can get involved. Active projects include updating our web site, working with the City on a new bath- room at Hardy Park, getting the creek to flow year-round, maintaining the playgrounds, planting and l...

... Park builders and volunteers and sponsors celebrate completion of Phase II construction. FRO Ä Park lovers gather to enjoy lively entertainment and listen to speeches. PHOTO: THERESA NELSON Ä Frog Tom Dolan, fairy Hanna Paige Schurman and Jennifer Cooper start the parade through Frog Park. PHOTO: JACQUELINE KELLAM PHOTOS ABOVE: THERESA NELSON Å Enjoying the new Lily Pad Plaza tables. PHOTO: SUSAN MONTAUK É Councilmembers De la Fuente and Brunner congratulate Friends of FROG Park. PHOTO: TH...

ning, getting materials delivered, cheerful supervision, and collaborating with Cynthia Upper left: Howard Ferrier and Jennifer Cooper oversee FROG fixer- uppers; above: College Preparatory School volunteers pledge to hop to it; left, volunteers in action; right: young volunteer commutes to cleanup site. PHOTOS CY GULASSA

... consist of a specially scored and treated concrete surface (to replace the current rocks and dirt), with custom designed “Lily Pad” picnic tables and benches, interactive ADA-accessible play panels, public art, and more. Special thanks to Jennifer Cooper, Frog Vice-Chair, for spearheading the Lily Pad Plaza project and to Chris French of Chris French Steel Fabrication and Mark Accessible play panels Pump control Bench Lily Pad Table Concrete path Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt Hardy Play Str...

...he Swings are Coming! Last call for contributions honoring FROG Park Phase I and Phase II construc- tion! We’ll be finalizing donor names for the signage and kiosk soon, so be sure to contribute to FROG Park before the June 30 deadline. by Jennifer Cooper H Coordinator Howard Ferrier at hwferrier@

... of Oakland grant, a new bike rack will be installed at Hardy, with another to follow in the fall. FROG is finalizing the kiosk plans and tables for the plaza, to be installed in late summer. For more informa- tion or to get involved, call Jennifer Cooper, FROG Vice-Chair, 510/653-6581. With all the warm, sunny weather, it’s hard to wait for the project to be complete. The public art project planned for the Greenbelt is moving ahead.

...s of telescopes and a periscope. The sculptures will be located along the length of the greenbelt, and be oriented towards park users young and old. A community meeting for the project was held May 25. For more project information, contact Jennifer Cooper or Kristen Zaremba, city of Oakland Acting Assistant Public Art Coordinator, at 510/238-2155 or kzaremba@ oaklandnet.com. Get Involved The new donor signs will list the names of all who gave $250 or more to FROG Park. Multiple gifts by an ...

...oping his design concept — periscopes focusing on and interpreting the natural and man-made elements that lie within the greenbelt. Join us for a community meeting to discuss Mark’s art proposal, to be held in March or early April. Contact Jennifer Cooper, FROG Vice Chair, at 653-6581 for more information. FROG Park Stewardship and Volunteer Program G A monthly update on what’s happening at the FRO best community-built and maintained park in Oakland July. In addition to the funds contribute...

By Jessica Pitt

...e discussion was lively and informative. Several themes emerged: Preserving Local Zoning Ignacio De La Fuente, President of the Oak- land City Council and declared mayoral candidate, presents FROG Park stalwarts (from left) Ronnie Spitzer, Jennifer Cooper, and Theresa Nelson at the January RCPC Town Hall meeting with a $100,000 check drawn on his share of a community project fund. Sixty community members at the meeting enthusias- tically welcomed the contribution, which will help finance th...

By Theresa Nelson

...e and Julia Zolinsky Yeda Altes Michael Aronson and Jody London The Employees of Ashby Lumber Helen Rose Balawedjer Gary Barg June Batterman Zoe Benjamin David Bond Anne Brandon Molly Brostrom and Todd Schafer Betsy Cotton Isadora Clements Jennifer Cooper and Tom Dolan Patrick Cullinane Danspace Benjamin Mark Davis Hon. Ignacio De La Fuente  !   !     !    

       
            
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ing out a Request for Proposal to the art community. At a meeting of the Public Art Advisory Committe (PAAC) of the Oakland Cultural Arts Commission on December 6, FROG Board member Jennifer Cooper presented In addition, there is $6,750 left over from Phase I of the park development. In 2003 this fund was to be spent to restore the mural “Oceanus,” located on the west side of Cla- remont between Clifton and Hudson under the Highway 2...

By Frances Dalton

... into the neighborhood. FROG is issuing a request for qualifications to artists, to be due on May 16. Local artists and designers are encouraged to participate. Please see the FROG website for more information (www.frogpark.org) or contact Jennifer Cooper, FROG Phase II Representative, 653-6581. These are just some ideas to help you “spring” into action when seeking medical attention for allergies.

Keep the Creek Flowing Cooper (jennifer@live-work.com or 653- 6581) to help. Sticks and other objects in the creek can block it and lead to flooding. If more blockages occur, the creek will be turned off. Also, Join FROG’s creek flow committee: Contact Colin Dudley, studleydud@...

By John Gatewood

If you share these goals, please contact: John Gatewood at johnnyg@california.com, Joyce Roy at joyceroy@earthlink.net, or Jen- nifer Cooper at jennifer@live-work.com. ULTRA is not affiliated with RCPC.