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Longtime community activist Nancy Dutcher was honored at the Rockridge Library 10th Anniversary celebration with a plaque presented by RCPC citing her management and organi- zational skills. Dutcher steered approximately 100 volunteers over 11 years towards the goal of building a ...

We Say Good-bye and Thank You to Rockridge News Marshal Nancy Dutcher Nancy Dutcher has been a Rockridge News Marshal since the newsletter’s beginning in 1986. Long-time readers will also recall that Nancy was the prime mover behind the assessment district that helped fund the construction of the Rockridge B...

—Nancy Dutcher, Andy Young Co-chairs, Neighbors for a Rockridge Library

By Lee White

— Nancy Dutcher, Co-Chair, Neighbors For A Rockridge Library

Nancy Dutcher Ivanhoe Road Incumbent

Nancy Dutcher, Secretary Rockridge Community Planning Council

Nancy Dutcher Andréa Walhof

— Nancy Dutcher, Co-chair, Library Committee

Nancy Dutcher Jan Fougner Damon Olison Nicole Dave Kelley

Nancy Dutcher (653-6018) RASP

— Nancy Dutcher (653-6018), Marc Beyeler, Co-Chairs

Nancy Dutcher (653-6018)

— Nancy Dutcher (653-6018) RCPC Boardmember

...turday of each month and deliver newsletter bundles to seven homes in the Chabot Road area. Contact Susan at smontauk@gmail.com or phone 510/547-3855 to offer your help. There is not enough space in the brief notice above to describe fully Nancy Dutcher’s role in the construction of the Rockridge Branch Library. Forming the assessment district to raise the money to obtain the land and to pay for library construction was a mere early step in the successful 9-year odyssey of organizing volu...

Life-long Rockridge resident Nancy Dutcher, leader of the community effort, joined Winkie Campbell Notar, aide to then- Councilmember Marge Gibson Haskell, to share details of the effort to an audience gathered in the upstairs meeting room.

Candidate Votes received Nancy Dutcher 91 Lisa Curet 719 Alisa Michaels Metzner 76 Shelley R. Poticha 72 Elizabeth Allen 68 Ronnie Polonsky 65

Call Nancy Dutcher at 653-6018 to receive a petition, a fact sheet and a boundary map. You can also sign and pick up petitions when you vote in the RCPC general election, Saturday, January 17 or Wednesday, February 21 at the College Avenue Presbyterian Churc...

by the end of March. — Nancy Dutcher

Send to: Nancy Dutcher, Secretary

(Near Claremont Avenue) Nancy Dutcher (653-6018)

By Nancy Dutcher

by Nancy Dutcher, Former Chair, Neighbors for a Rockridge Library

By Nancy Dutcher

Earl Hamlin, Events/Gallery - Barbara Anderson, Publicity - Sharon Miller, and Volunteers - Nancy Dutcher. This in- terim committee will make recommen- dations on the make-up and goals of the new organization at the October meet- ing.

By Nancy Dutcher

... for 1/3 ofa tile: 3 lines, 20 spaces per line, or $300 for a whole tile: 4 lines, 20 spaces per lire). To order a tile, send a check to Neighbors for a Rockridge Library, 5856 College Avenue #1 30, Oakland, CA 94618. For information, call Nancy Dutcher at 653- 6018.

By Nancy Dutcher

by Nancy Dutcher, Chair of Neighbors for a Rockridge Library

By Nancy Dutcher

by Nancy Dutcher, Chair, Neighbors for a Rockridge Library

By Nancy Dutcher

by Nancy Dutcher, Chair of Neighbors for a Rockridge Library

By Nancy Dutcher

by Nancy Dutcher, Chair, Neigh- bors for a Rockridge Library

By Nancy Dutcher

...ction to each person who refers a buyer or seller whose es- crow closes in 1995. Other ways of making donations will be outlined in a letter to go out to all Rockridge resi- dents soon. To order a tile now, or for further information, call Nancy Dutcher

By Nancy Dutcher

by Nancy Dutcher, Chair of Neighbors for a Rockridge Library

By Nancy Dutcher

by Nancy Dutcher, Co-Chair Rockridge Library Committee

ent Nancy with a plaque inscribed: RCPC is honored to declare a true ROCKRIDGE CHAMPION— NANCY DUTCHER The Rockridge Community Planning Council is built on a foundation of volunteerism and community service. Since its incorpora- tion in 1985, many people have contributed to the preservation and enhancement of the neighborhood. Over time, a ...

Anyone interested in participating may call either Nancy Dutcher at 653-6018, or Andy Young at 653-7686. You may also drop us a note at our mailing address:

Nancy Dutcher 653-6018 RASP Andréa Walhof 420-1593 RockripcE News Don Kinkead 655-7474 TRAFFIC Bill Manley 658-2419

Nancy Dutcher 653-6018 RASP Andréa Walhof 420-1593 ROcCKRIDGE News Don Kinkead 655-7474 TRAFFIC Bul Manley 658-2419

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Nancy Dutcher 653-6018 RASP Andréa Walhof 420-1593 Rocxripce News Don Kinkead 655-7474 TRAFFIC Bill Manley 658-2419 David Reinke 653-5312 ZONING John Gussman 655-8817 Brooke Levin 653-7522

By RCPC Library Committee

Nancy Dutcher, 653-6018.)

By Kieren Dutcher

...tairs conference room and on Zoom: rockridgencpc.com Become a Rockridge News Distributor! Miles Avenue Long-Time Block Captain Resigns: tural awards for his work, and became a Fellow of the AIA in 1992. Bill is survived by his beloved wife Nancy Dutcher, daughters Kieren Dutcher (son-in-law Gregory Sage), and Greta Dutcher (son-in-law Pete Ryp- ins), grandchildren Sophie Worm and William Worm, and former son-in-law Daniel Worm. If you really want to celebrate Bill, take your favorite peop...

Pictured in 1992, now-retiring Senior Assistant Librarian Alan Howe hands Nancy Dutcher the first book to be checked out from the newly opened Rockridge Branch Library. Dutcher chaired the neighborhood committee that spearheaded a permanent home for the Branch. /FORL

...the idea of a neighborhood special assessment district to raise the funds for construction. (It would also be necessary to reimburse the City’s off-street parking fund for the land given over to non-parking uses.) During these same months, Nancy Dutcher and other library supporters formed a Library Project Steering Committee — soon reborn as the “Neighbors for a Rockridge Library” — to develop the

...sary issue with a glass of champagne. Copies are counted out, assembled in packets and passed out to 150 volunteers who then deliver it to the 5,500 homes and businesses in the Rockridge community. From left: Meredith Kaplan, Bill Dutcher, Nancy Dutcher, Jo Ellis, Ken Ellis, Gail Durkin, Susan Montauk. Photo by Cy Gulassa

... “I cried when I got it because I wanted to paint like that. I still love Bayley’s glowing illustrations — and I still have that book,” she says. Kieren grew up in Rockridge in a big old brown shingle house. She is the daughter of Bill and Nancy Dutcher, longtime mem- bers of the Rockridge community. “I got a lot of my creativity from my parents,” she says. “My Dad’s an architect, and he was

By Nicola Bayley

Kieren grew up in Rockridge in a big old brown shingle house. She is the daughter of Bill and Nancy Dutcher, longtime mem- bers of the Rockridge community. “I got a lot of my creativity from my parents,” she says. “My Dad’s an architect, and he was always building things.” For many years, Bill was also on the Board of the Oakland Museum, so Kier...

By Kieren Dutcher

Remembering William R. Dutcher Greater Rockridge Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council Nancy and Bill Dutcher by Kieren Dutcher Next NCPC Meeting: Thurs. April 9, | 7 p.m. William “Bill” R. Dutcher, noted architect and longtime resi- dent of Ivanhoe Road, passed away on Janua...

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located in a 1,000-square-foot porta- ble at Claremont Middle School.” Neighbors for a Rockridge Library, led by Nancy Dutcher, became the official fundraising and advocacy group, with RCPC acting as fiscal agent. To help finance a permanent Rockridge library, neighbors and mer- chants proposed a special assessment district that would levy an annual tax of $25 per...

the long, sometimes circuitous, some- times frustrating journey we have traveled together in our determined effort to build a new library… These years have truly been one of the high points of my life.” — Nancy Dutcher, Rockridge News, October 1986 1995–2009: SCoR (Schools Committee of Rockridge) SCoR was established in January 1996 to forge stronger links between the neighborhood and its public schools. Representatives from all of our local schools — Ch...

...id at first, the City ultimately succeeded in acquiring the properties through a combination of eminent domain and purchase with the Merchant Off- Street Parking Fund (which is why the parking at the library is metered). Photo: Don Kinkead Nancy Dutcher, with granddaughter

...ed and surveyed through The Rockridge News to determine priori- ties for the new facility. The lobbying and fundraising needs of the library project called for a sepa- rate institutional structure. Neighbors for a Rockridge Library, led by Nancy Dutcher, was formed, and became the official fundraising and advocacy group, with RCPC acting as fiscal agent. In cooperation with the Col- lege Avenue Merchants Association (CAMA), the Neighbors proposed to form a Mello-Roos special assessment di...

...w for the routes that need volunteers. We are also looking for a new place to bundle the news- letter. We have been lucky to have several bundling host families over the years — Bobby and Don Kinkead, Esther McFeeley, Julie Dewey, Bill and Nancy Dutcher, and most recently for over 17 years, Jo and Ken Ellis. Jo and Ken have decided to retire, and deservedly so, and we thank them for all their years of hosting. For more information, email Susan Montauk at smontauk@gmail.com.

Not long after the 1991 Oakland Hills Firestorm, residents led by the indomitable Nancy Dutcher bused to Sacramento for a little “Christmas library shopping.” Donning Rockridge Library badges sporting colorful flames, they personally lobbied the state Library Committee for funding. Of 48 libraries applying for the bond funds, 12 were...

RCPC’s planning effort included many members of the residential and merchant community. The Library Committee, headed up by Nancy Dutcher, an RCPC board

... (2015 - ) Members of the RCPC Board of Directors 1985 – 2015 (cumulative list) Jack Brown Ray Perman Nina Robinson Richard W. Smith (*) Barbara Anderson Don Kinkead Bonneau Dickson Annette Floystrup (*) Sue Parker Bill Chung Mark Aaronson Nancy Dutcher Barry Epstein Peter Goldsmith Eddie Zeidan Marc Beyeler Brooke Levin John Gussman Kerry O’Banion

By Sarah Washburn

...porting his neighborhood library sparked when neighborhood visions of a proper building blossomed into plans — under the leadership of The Rockridge Community Planning Council (RCPC) and a ten-year committee stewardship by community member Nancy Dutcher — for what would become the Rockridge Library in its current location. When you visit the library today, you’ll find floor tiles in the library’s foyer marking neighbors’ investments in the library’s future. Phil’s tile has the words,

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 ...

Locksley Avenue Rockridge News Route Available: Are You Ready? Thanks go to Claudine Jones who has joined our volunteers as a Marshal, replacing one of our original Marshals and Rockridge treasure, Nancy Dutcher. Now there is one remaining Block Captain route available and needing a delivery person. We hope that the residents of the 5200 block of Locksley Avenue don’t go long without their Rockridge News. You can help spread the word: Call 510/547...

...d executed the relocation to Claremont Middle School (then known as Claremont Jr. High). After that, the real work began. RCPC initiated a planning effort that grew to include many members of the community. The library committee, headed by Nancy Dutcher, an RCPC board member, created the separate Neighbors for a Rockridge Library committee. With the help and assistance of several local businesses

...re Rockridge News staff and contributors for their devotion to getting the local news out every month to every Rockridge household since the mid-1980s. To Jo and Ken Ellis who open their home each month for the newsletter bundling team. To Nancy Dutcher, without whose tenaciousness we would not have a Rockridge Branch Library today. To Principal Jonathan

son, Annette Floystrup, Sue Parker, Bill Chung, Mark Aaronson, Nancy Dutcher, Barry Epstein, Peter Goldsmith, Eddie Zeidan, Marc Beyeler, Brooke Levin, John Gussman, Kerry O’Banion, Elizabeth Allen, Steve Belcher, Glen Jarvis, Michael Peltz, Jean Astrinsky, Bill Manley, Andrea Walhof, Lisa Curet, Alisa Metzner, She...

...eimann, head librarian from the trailer years and early days at the new library; current Branch manager, Pat Lichter, John Gussman dispenses sparkling cider at the Library celebration. PHOTO: ANNETTE FLOYSTRUP Library Celebration, page 4 ¬ Nancy Dutcher Honored for Library Project Leadership by Annette Floystrup, RCPC Boardmember

from page 1 Nancy Dutcher

By Jennifer Vetter

...Orinda Community Center, 26 Orinda Way, Orinda. Oakland Meeting: June 15, Claremont Middle School, 5750 College, Oakland. On-line copies of the DEIR: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/ caldecott/draft_ea_eir.htm. shelves. Photo: Don Kinkead When Nancy Dutcher joined

By Cy Gulassa

... is also a member of the Oakland Recreation and Parks Advisory Board and is chief fund raiser for many RCPC projects. Asked what contribution she is most proud of, Nelson points to FROGPark (Friends of the Rockridge Greenbelt). Inspired by Nancy Dutcher, who lobbied nearly a decade for a new Rockridge Library, Nelson steadfastly pursued the dream of a

...good bit of that elbow grease. The tables are solid wood, and, if properly maintained, will last for many years. It should take a half day when the library is closed — a Friday or Sunday. We'd like to get this done this summer. Please cal] Nancy Dutcher at 653-6018 if you can help and we’ll set a date convenient for the whole crew.

By Cy Gulassa

hat skills should the new Director for Oakland’s Library have? Ask veteran library supporters Nancy Dutcher, Chair of Friends of the Rockridge Library, or Louise Kreifels, Treasurer of Friends of the Temescal Library. That’s exactly

By Gail Wiemann

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

Questions? Call Nancy Dutcher at 653- 6018.

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...p buy books and furnishings. Donors of over $500 will have their names engraved on a plaque to be displayed in the library. Send checks to Neighbors for a Rockridge Library, 5856 College Avenue, #1 30, Oakland 94618. Want information? Call Nancy Dutcher, 653-6018. @

Thus far, about 25% of the 4" X 12" Use the coupon below to make your ($100) ules and 50% of the 12" X 12". — donation and help furnish our library. ($300) ules have been sold. Ifthe demand Questions? Call Nancy Dutcher at 653- is great, additional tiles will be placedin 6018. m

...ian Kevin Starr, Library Director Martin Gomez, former Council- April 22, 1995, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. member Marge Gibson Haskell, Councilmember Sheila Jordan, Neighbors for Ifyou are 18 years of age or older and a Rockridge Library chair Nancy Dutcher, and RCPC chair Mary MacDonald. reside within RCPC boundaries (see map

To request an order form for the gran- ite tiles, or to receive more information about how you can contribute, write to Neighbors for a Rockridge Library, c/o RCPC, 5856 College Avenue, #130, Oakland 94618, or call Nancy Dutcher at 653-6018. &

...r that the city would not be abie to finance and build a replacement library, concerned residents, in conjunction with the Oakland Library Department and the City Manager’s Of- fice, formed Neighbors for a Rockridge Library. Underco-chairs Nancy Dutcher and Andy Young, this volunteer group has steered a steady course through bu- reaucratic mazes and interminable meet- ings, scoping out available city and state