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be friends, sharing walks with our dogs and chats over tea. She led the organization well, and was a joy to know and work with. I miss her. — Nancy Dutcher, Chair, RCPC Library Committee Kathy Walsh was a hard-working, effective, articulate, and, at times, tough chair of RCPC. She was a good organizer. She worked on many significant projects, including the Dreyer’s expansion, the proposal to add a second layer of parking to the Rockri...

Kathy Walsh, ninth chair of RCPC, 1991-93, passed away December 10, 2013. Below, she is remembered by RCPC members who worked with her in the organization helping to create Rockridge as we know it today.

Although Kathy Walsh and I were both products of Chabot, Claremont and Tech, she was a year younger than I (and you know there was not a lot of mingling between students of different ages at that time) so we hadn’t known each other well. But we were both membe...

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...abrae Valentine. ■ ■Publishes The Rockridge News and coordinates its delivery with the help of 150 extraordinary volunteers. Without their invaluable commitment to this special ➧➧RCPC and the Community, page 9 In Memoriam Former RCPC Chair Kathy Walsh passed away December 10, 2013. Fuller coverage of her history and c o n t r i b u t i o n s will appear in t h e F e b r u a r y Rockridge News. S h a r e y o u r memories and thoughts about Kathy via rockridge.org by Jan. 20 for publicati...

Several editors have followed in Don Kinkead’s footsteps after he retired on numerous occasions. These include Kathy Walsh, Trish West, Clair Issacs and Cy Gulassa. I am honored to continue Don’s legacy as of September 2019 when the torch was passed to me, Anna Marks. May 1992 The Rockridge Kitchen Tour has been the primary fundraiser for the RCPC since it beg...

By John Gussman

...ession of RCPC Chairs: Pre-Incorporation: Ted Burton (1971-80) Warren Chupp (1981) Jack Brown (1981) Ray Perman (1982-84) Nina Robinson (1984-85) Post-Incorporation: Nina Robinson (1985-86) Barbara Anderson (1987-90) Brooke Levin (1990-91) Kathy Walsh (1991-93) Mary MacDonald (1994-96) Cliff Cline (1996-97) The Rockridge News, founded in 1986 by Don Kinkead, is published monthly in Oakland and is sponsored by the Rockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC), a nonprofit public benefit or...

...Seidelhuber David Clover Don Coelho Marilyn Citron Chad Thompson Frank Giunta Elizabeth Allen Steve Belcher Glen Jarvis Michael Peltz Jean Astrinsky Bill Manley Andrea Walhof Lisa Curet Alisa Metzner Shelley Poticha Mary Lamprech Peter Eng Kathy Walsh Steve Borstad Theresa Nelson Ronnie Polonsky Mary MacDonald John Thomas Stuart Davis Gary Jereczek Lisa Haage Reed Holderman ➧➧A Tradition of Service, page 11

...lding the Rockridge library, from oppos- ing factories on College Avenue to building two fine parks, and biennially showing off Rockridge’s splendid kitchens. The Rockridge News has been a dependable, celebratory and persuasive voice. When Kathy Walsh announced in 1997 that she was stepping down as editor, I volunteered. Reading The Rockridge News is a great way to keep up with events, but if you really

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By Nancy Dutcher

...given the new library. I also greatly appreciate the generous thank-you I received in the September Rockridge News! But, to paraphrase that great Beatles’ song, “I get by with a LOT of help from my Friends,” so the thanks should also go to Kathy Walsh, Trish West, Linda Sensabaugh, Ron Heckart, Joel Gomberg, Sharon Miller, Mary MacDonald, Annette Floystrup, Don Kinkead, Andy Young, Alice Sung, Glen Jarvis, John Thomas and numer- ous others who have given many hun- dreds of hours to our ...

By Susan Montauk

Photos by Kathy Walsh; montage by Susan Montauk, developed courtesy of Ag Photo, College Avenue.

By Mary MacDonald

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

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By Annette Floystrup

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By Mary MacDonald

The April Rockridge Community Plan- ning Council’s Board of Directors’ clec- tion retumed four incumbents to the Board for two-year terms: Cliff Cline, Mary MacDonald, Teresa Nelson, and Kathy Walsh. The Board has two vacancies created by the departure of Steven Belcher and Leigh Trivette.

By Nancy Dutcher

Photo by Kathy Walsh, developed and printed courtesy of Ag Photo,

Photo by Kathy Walsh, developed and printed courtesy

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Rockridge News Production Kathy Walsh .. = .. Editor-in-Chief Trish West _._... sis Editor Valerie Knight _...... . Graphics; Layout Susan Montauk ....... Advertising Maya Byrne Nissanka — Billing Mary MacDonald ... Writing; Editing Don Kinkead ... rareseermees DISTFIDUTION

... committee; Gity Baxter, Reine Brent, Winkie Campbeil-Notar; Ruth Friedman; Joel Gomberg; Earl Hamlin: Ron Heckart; Mary MacDonald; Alisa Metzner, Sharon Miller; Pat Rigby; Howard Rodkin; Penn Shearer; Laura Schlichtmann; Linda Sensabaugh; Kathy Walsh; and Trish West. They have put up signs, contacted voters and distrib- uted literature explaining Measure L. Thanks to all. Your families will see you more regularly after November 6.

...uction group expanded to include an enthusiastic and talented crew sharing the fun and pressure: Kate Crawford wrote articles and edited articles submitted by others; Mark Grissom handled layout on the Macintosh and did additional editing; Kathy Walsh designed ads and coordinated the advertisers.

including Andy Kahn Annette Floystrup Ben Hong Allison Anderson Tony Diaz Jim Clarke Liz Maxwell Shelley Poticha Julie Dewey Shelley's friend Nancy Dutcher Kathy Walsh Beth Allen Barney Smits Theresa Nelson Trish West Annalee Allen Linda Sensabaugh Don Kinkead Ray Perman Brooke Levin Steve Parmeice Glen Jarvis Lisa Curet

Liz Maxwell 654-5741 Steve Parmeleee 653-6020 (eve) Julie Dewey 654-7136 Kathy Walsh 653-8594

Taft Street neighbors, led by Ted Radosevich— (658-1150) and Kathy Walsh (653-8594) have orga- nized strongly against this unfortunate and inevitable fallout from the proposed Dreyer’s expansion.

...er obituary, published in the Oakland Tribune and the Oregonian, we requested that anyone interested in making a charitable donation in her name do so by making a gift to the RCPC. It was such a meaningful part of our mother’s life. — Mark Walsh and Pat Walsh, Kathy’s sons K H A S T L H A Y W * The library was then located in the building at the northwest corner of College and Miles in the space now housing Bica Coffee House, Oriental Nails II and Cool Tops – Editor a $5 FREE DRYCLEANIN...