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Sunday, September 06, 2009

Asediado Obama Aide Van Jones renuncia

Asediado Obama Aide Van Jones renuncia

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Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House resigns Van Jones, asesor especial para empleos verdes en la Casa Blanca renuncia

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http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/J1AZY/CKFXFJ/1AGNHS/UHC6E/QR/t Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, resigns following weeks of pressure from the right and a flurry of revelations about his past statements.
Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, resigns following weeks of pressure from the right and a flurry of revelations about his past statements. Van Jones, asesor especial para empleos verdes en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca sobre Calidad Ambiental, dimite tras semanas de presión de la derecha y una serie de revelaciones acerca de sus declaraciones anteriores.

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Cast of Characters Cast of Characters

White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism Asesor de la Casa Blanca Van Jones renuncia medio de la controversia sobre el pasado Activismo
Updated 12:53 am By Garance Franke-Ruta and Anne E. Kornblut Actualizado 12:53 am Por Garance Franke-Ruta y Anne E. Kornblut

White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of pressure from the right over his past activism. Asesor de la Casa Blanca, el medio ambiente Van Jones renunció el sábado después de semanas de presión de la derecha sobre su activismo pasado.

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. "En vísperas de la lucha histórica para el cuidado de la salud y la energía limpia, los opositores de la reforma han montado una campaña de desprestigio contra mí vicioso", dijo Jones, asesor especial para empleos verdes en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca sobre Calidad Ambiental, dijo en una declaración que anuncia su dimisión justo después de la medianoche del sábado. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide." "Están utilizando mentiras y distorsiones para distraer y dividir".

He continued: "I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' Él continuó: "He sido inundada de llamadas - de todo el espectro político - me insta a" continuar y luchar. " But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future." Pero vine aquí para luchar por los demás, no por mí. No puedo, en conciencia, pido a mis colegas que gastar un tiempo precioso y energía en defender o explicar mi pasado. Necesitamos que todos manos a la obra, la lucha por el futuro ".

Jones issued two public apologies in recent days, one for signing a petition that questioned whether Bush administration officials "may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war" and the other for using a crude term to describe Republicans in a speech he gave before joining the administration. Jones publicó dos excusas públicas en los últimos días, uno para la firma de una petición que se preguntó si la administración Bush "de hecho puede haber permitido deliberadamente 9 / 11 a suceder, tal vez como un pretexto para la guerra" y el otro para usar un término del crudo para describir los republicanos en un discurso que pronunció antes de incorporarse a la administración.

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More: http://www.vanjones.net/ Más información: http://www.vanjones.net/

Who is Van Jones? ¿Quién es Van Jones?

Van Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy. Van Jones es un pionero reconocido a nivel mundial, ganadora de premios en materia de derechos humanos y la economía de energía limpia. He is a 1993 graduate of the Yale Law School and an attorney. Él es un graduado 1993 de la Escuela de Derecho de Yale y un abogado.

Van wrote the definitive book on "green jobs": The Green Collar Economy. Van escribió el libro definitivo sobre "empleos verdes": La economía de cuello verde. In 2008 — thanks to a low-cost, viral marketing campaign — his book became an instant New York Times bestseller. En el año 2008 - gracias a un bajo costo, la campaña de marketing viral - su libro se convirtió en un instante New York Times bestseller. It is today being translated into six languages. Es hoy en día se traduce en seis idiomas.

As a tireless advocate for disadvantaged people and the environment, Van helped to pass America's first "green job training" legislation: the Green Jobs Act, which George W. Bush signed into law as a part of the 2007 Energy Bill. Como un incansable defensor de las personas desfavorecidas y el medio ambiente, Van ayudaron a pasar primero de América "formación en el empleo verde" la legislación: la Ley de Empleo Verde, que George W. Bush firmó la ley como parte de la Carta de la Energía 2007. He is the co-founder of a number of successful non-profit organizations, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Green For All. Él es el co-fundador de una serie de éxito de las organizaciones no lucrativas, incluidas las del Centro Ella Baker para los Derechos Humanos y Verde para Todos.

Van is the recipient of many awards and honors, including: the Reebok International Human Rights Award; the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader designation; the prestigious, international Ashoka Fellowship; and many more. Van es el recipiente de numerosos premios y honores, entre ellos: Reebok, Premio Internacional de los Derechos Humanos; Jóvenes del Foro Económico Mundial, Global Líder de la designación, el prestigio internacional Ashoka Fellowship, y muchos más. Van was included in the Ebony Magazine "Power 150" list of most influential African Americans for 2009. Van fue incluido en el "Ebony Magazine alimentación Lista 150" de los afro-americanos más influyentes en 2009. In 2008, Essence magazine named him one of the 25 most inspiring/influential African Americans. En 2008, la revista Essence lo nombró uno de los 25 más inspiradores / influyentes de los afroamericanos. TIME Magazine named him an environmental hero in 2008. Time Magazine nombró a él un héroe del medio ambiente en 2008. In 2009, TIME named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. En 2009, TIME le nombró una de las 100 personas más influyentes en el mundo.

In March 2009, Van went to work as the special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality. En marzo de 2009, Van se puso a trabajar como asesor especial para empleos verdes en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca para la Calidad Ambiental.

Thank you for visiting VanJones.net. Gracias por visitar VanJones.net. This is an unofficial site intended to provide some basic information to people interested in Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Este es un sitio no oficial destinado a proporcionar cierta información básica para las personas interesadas en Van Jones, Asesor Especial de empleos verdes, Empresa e Innovación en el Consejo de la Casa Blanca sobre Calidad Ambiental.

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Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns



Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns

Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House resigns

Washington Post News Alert - 12:55 AM EDT Sunday, September 6, 2009 Embattled Obama Aide Van Jones Resigns –


Van Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, resigns following weeks of pressure from the right and a flurry of revelations about his past statements.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com - http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/ZTVJ68/J1AZY/CKFXFJ/1AGNHS/TT08E/QR/t

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Cast of Characters

White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism
Updated 12:53 a.m. By Garance Franke-Ruta and Anne E. Kornblut

White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned Saturday after weeks of
pressure from the right over his past activism.

"On the eve of historic fights for health care and clean energy, opponents of reform have mounted a vicious smear campaign against me," Jones, special adviser for green jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, said in a statement announcing his resignation just after midnight Saturday. "They are using lies and distortions to distract and divide."

He continued: "I have been inundated with calls -- from across the political spectrum -- urging me to 'stay and fight.' But I came here to fight for others, not for myself. I cannot in good conscience ask my colleagues to expend precious time and energy defending or explaining my past. We need all hands on deck, fighting for the future."

Jones issued two public apologies in recent days, one for signing a petition that questioned whether Bush administration officials "may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen, perhaps as a pretext for war" and the other for using a crude term to describe Republicans in a speech he gave before joining the administration.

[…]


Continue reading »

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More: http://www.vanjones.net/

Who is Van Jones?

Van Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean energy economy. He is a 1993 graduate of the Yale Law School and an attorney.

Van wrote the definitive book on "green jobs": The Green Collar Economy. In 2008 — thanks to a low-cost, viral marketing campaign — his book became an instant New York Times bestseller. It is today being translated into six languages.

As a tireless advocate for disadvantaged people and the environment, Van helped to pass America's first "green job training" legislation: the Green Jobs Act, which George W. Bush signed into law as a part of the 2007 Energy Bill. He is the co-founder of a number of successful non-profit organizations, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Green For All.

Van is the recipient of many awards and honors, including: the Reebok International Human Rights Award; the World Economic Forum's Young Global Leader designation; the prestigious, international Ashoka Fellowship; and many more. Van was included in the Ebony Magazine "Power 150" list of most influential African Americans for 2009. In 2008, Essence magazine named him one of the 25 most inspiring/influential African Americans. TIME Magazine named him an environmental hero in 2008. In 2009, TIME named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

In March 2009, Van went to work as the special advisor for green jobs at the White House Council for Environmental Quality.

Thank you for visiting VanJones.net. This is an unofficial site intended to provide some basic information to people interested in Van Jones, Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.


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Saturday, September 05, 2009

Cellphone karma

Cellphone karma

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Cellphone karma

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American Farm Bureau and Ag digest

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American Farm Bureau and Ag digest

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The ‘Dirty Dozen’ May Not Be So Dirty
There seems to be this misconception surrounding the “dirty dozen” (the 12 fruits and vegetable considered by some to contain the highest levels of pesticide residue)... read more »

The Omnivore’s Delusion
I’m so tired of people who wouldn’t visit a doctor who used a stethoscope instead of an MRI demanding that farmers like me use 1930s technology to raise food. read more in FB News »

Marketplace Holds Answer to Dairy’s Dilemma
We dairy farmers must remember throughout our current dilemma, the same force that gave us the glory of $20 milk in 2008 is the same thing giving us the grumbling of $10 milk in 2009. read more »

Grassroots Voices Can Help Defeat Climate Change Bill
To spotlight attention on this important issue, Farm Bureau joined forces with like-minded organizations to form “Energy Citizens.” read more »

American Farm Bureau Federation Wisconsin FB member and dairy farmer Brent Sinkula featured on Fox report on the dairy industry. http://bit.ly/IzPHG

America's Heartland - Recipes & Tips
Source: www.americasheartland.org
America's Heartland Recipes and Tips - Baked Egg Custard

Keep your self-righteous fingers off my processed food -- latimes.com
Source: www.latimes.com
Just in time for the worst economic downturn since the Depression, here comes a new crop of social critics to inform us that we're actually spending too little for the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the furniture we sit on and the gasoline that runs our automobiles.Never mind that U.S. ...

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Friday, September 04, 2009

The Hotel sitter

Grandma git yur gun

Grandma git yur gun
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A silly short fable of a sorts, of course. http://tinyurl.com/lfdd3q

September 4, 2009 by Kant E. von de Betrue, New Bedford Herald

It was just the other night when it happened. You see, lots of kinfolk are coming into town this weekend and Grandma was sittin’ at the kitchen table and she began to frettin’ and a fidgetin’.

It was already Monday, and she was a-wonderin’ and worrying ‘bout what she was going to feed all these people. They usually come quite hungry.

Grandma seemed a bit annoyed as we were just sitting there on the musical-revolving kitchen chairs – just talkin’. When all of the sudden we heard quite a commotion out in the back yard. Some critter was making a whole hechuva lot of noise.

The sun had long-since gone down and Grandma got a big smile on her face and exclaimed, “That’s it. Ronny git ma gun.”

No room to complain. It was déjà vu all over again.

As we sat around the table, we began to remember, that as hunter, Grandma was the stuff of folklore and fable.

So, there really was no cause for alarm. With gun in hand and quick prayer for success, Grandma loaded the firearm and out the back she went.

She was not the sort to fool around and it was only moments later; with a “yee-ha” and “glory be,” there quickly came a loud report.

And then she appeared, with the gun in one hand, a critter in the other and big smile on her face - at the back door looking so dear.

Food for the kinfolk she exclaimed. Now all we need are some wild carrots and free-range potatoes and we’re set. It was nice to see Grandma in such a good mood.

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No animals or vegetables were hurt in the composition of this short literature of the absurd. It is just a silly story, get a life.

Kant E. von de Betrue, a Carthaginian with a Doctorate in Modern Anxiety and a minor in ennui; whose family settled in Westminster after the Third Punic War, has been with the New Bedford Herald since the 1960s (he can’t remember exactly when in the 1960s…). A Pulverized Prize winner for journalism, he writes about issues ranging from the international syntactic semiotic economics to avatars of hyper-theoretical exploding toilets.

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Thursday, September 03, 2009

Guy Babylon, from New Windsor, long-term keyboardist for Elton John has passed away

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UPDATE: Be sure to read Jennifer Jiggetts’ Carroll County Times story. She did a great job: Elton John's keyboardist, New Windsor native dead” at 52 By Jennifer Jiggetts, Times Staff Writer Friday, September 04, 2009

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/09/04/news/local_news/newsstory3_keyboardist_new_windsor.txt

When he was in seventh grade, Guy Babylon and several of his New Windsor friends formed a band.

They performed at the New Windsor carnival, gave small concerts by Babylon’s pool and won many talent shows in Carroll County. The band rehearsed wherever it could.

Those practices would set the foundation years later for a more famous gig for Babylon: backing up Elton John.

Babylon, John’s lead keyboardist, died Wednesday night in California. He was 52.


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Elton John's keyboardist, New Windsor native dead

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Guy Babylon, from New Windsor, long-term keyboardist for Elton John has passed away

September 3, 2009

By Kevin Dayhoff

Guy Babylon, 52, died Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, California, according to family sources and Elton John’s official website.

He was born on December 20, 1956, in New Windsor, the son of Graham and Mary Babylon, owners of the Babylon Vault Company, a Carroll County business that has manufactured burial vaults since 1930.

After he attended Francis Scott Key High School he earned his BFA in music composition from the University of South Florida. In 1980, six months after graduation he moved to California, where he quickly established himself as an accomplished keyboardist and composer and respected session musician.

Babylon, as a young man, was known to be a national level swimmer and a family member noted with pride that he once beat Mark Spitz, of Olympic swimming fame. Babylon died of an apparent heart attack while swimming.

Elton John, who according to his official web site, is on holiday in Nice, France, said: “I am devastated and heartbroken at the death of Guy Babylon. Guy played over 1000 shows with me, and we worked together on The Road To El Dorado, Aida, Billy Elliot, Lestat and Gnomeo and Juliet, as well as on countless albums.

“He was one of the most brilliant musicians I ever knew, a true genius, a gentle angel - and I loved him so much. David and I send our deep condolences to Kathy, Max, Ben and Jessica, to Guy's parents, to Kathy's parents and to all his immediate loved ones.’

The web site reports, “Guy's first performance with Elton was for a benefit at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles in July 1988, and his first world tour as part of the Elton John Band began two months later in Miami, Florida.

“Guy became lead keyboardist on May 26, 1992, and has been the only synth man on stage since the Walden Woods Benefit Concert in the fall of 1993.”

Check back with http://www.explorecarroll.com/ later for the full story.

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On Holliday n Baltimore

On Holliday n Baltimore

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View from my seat while eating lunch in downtown Baltimore at the corner of Holliday and Baltimore Streets, at the Big Apple Tree Café on Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Westminster

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Westminster

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St. Paul’s United Church of Christ at the corner of Bond and Green Streets in Westminster, MD; as photographed at night from the back parking lot of Harry’s Main Street at 7:57 in the evening Saturday, August 29, 2009.

Saturday, August 29, 2009

Dayhoff Daily Photograph

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McDaniel celebration of Dr Zepp program

The program for the August 29, 2009 “Celebration of the life of Dr. Ira G. Zepp, Jr.,” at Big Baker Memorial Chapel on the college campus of McDaniel College:

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Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes trough the tireless efforts of men and women willing to be co-workers with God.

DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Letter from the Birmingham Jail

PRELUDE

"Sheep May Safely Graze" Johann Sebastian Bach Arranged by Virgil Fox
Donald C. Horneff

WELCOME
Reverend Carroll Yingling

* "Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above" Bohemian Brethren's Gesangbuch, Johann J. Schutz
Congregation

Matthew 25:31-40 Melvin D. Palmer

REMARKS Reverend Harry Kiely

"How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place" Johannes Brahms, Adapted from Johann M. Haydn

McDaniel College Choir with Alumni and Community
Margie Boudreaux, Director

Psalm 116
Eugene Peterson’s The Message Charles E. Moore, Jr.

REMARKS Joan Develin Coley

Pastoral Prayer
The Lord's Prayer
Reverend Yingling and Congregation

"Dona Nobis Pacem" Wolfgang Amadous Mozart
McDaniel College Choir with Alumni and Community
Dr. Boudreaux, Director

Qur'an Sura 2:177 Mohamed Esa

REMARKS Jody Zepp

“There is a Balm in Gilead” African American Spiritual
Sangmele: Lea Cilmore, Walt Michael, Henry Reiff

REMARKS William Tribby

Matthew 5:35-48
Eugene Peterson's The Message Pamela Zappardino and Charles Collyer

* "Love Divine All Loves Excelling" Charles Wesley
Congregation

REMARKS David Carrasco

"Precious Lord" Thomas A. Dorsey
Sangmele

Muscogee [Creek] Blessing and Benediction Rosemary Maxey

"The Lord Bless Thee and Keep Thee" Peter Lutkin
McDaniel College Choir with Alumni and Community
Dr. Boudreaux, Director

POSTLUDE

"A Mighty Fortress is Our God" Martin Luther
Arranged by Thomas Chesterton

Recessional on "Nun Dankert" Johann Cruder
Arranged by Don Hustad
Mr. Horneff

* Please stand if you are able.

Interpreter for today’s service is Pam Kraemer.

Ushers: Dot and Bill Achor, Gladys and Roy Johnson, Doris Ann and Sam Pierce

Please join the family for a reception in McDaniel Lounge following the service.

Related:

Dr. Ira Zepp, 79, McDaniel College and Westminster civil rights leader, dies Published August 4, 2009 by Westminster Eagle
The Rev. Dr. Ira Gilbert Zepp Jr., professor emeritus of the religious studies department at McDaniel College, died peacefully at his home on Aug. 1. He was 79. In a memorial tribute by McDaniel College president Joan Develin Coley, she recalled that Dr. ... ...

Wednesday, August 5, 2009
R.I.P. – Dr. Ira Zepp
Kevin E. DayhoffLast Saturday word spread quickly throughout the greater Carroll County community that Rev. Dr. Ira Gilbert Zepp, Jr., professor emeritus of the Religious Studies department at McDaniel College, had died peacefully at his home. He was 79 years old.

Drs. J. W. Hering and Ira Zepp, Sacred Places and Westminster City Hall
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/drs-j-w-hering-and-ira-zepp-sacred.html
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The death of Dr. Ira G. Zepp has reminded me of one of my columns which was published in http://www.explorecarroll.com/ on July 25, 2008. Find it here: http://tinyurl.com/6yb23j or find the full story on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ here: http://tinyurl.com/krebky

The Rev. Ira Zepp: Legacy of lessons
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/rev-ira-zepp-legacy-of-lessons.html

Westminster's sacred places are shrines of community life EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ on 7/25/08 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2008/07/westminster-sacred-places-are-shrines.html

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Memorial service McDaniel College Westminster MD to celebrate Dr Ira Zepp’s life Aug 29 2009 http://tinyurl.com/mrsl8y

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A Tribute to Dr. Zepp
http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/tribute-to-dr-zepp.html
Colleges McDaniel, Dayhoff writing essays, People Tributes, People Zepp-Dr Ira Zepp A Tribute to the life of Dr. Ira G. Zepp, McDaniel College Westminster MD http://tinyurl.com/l7gpdp


For more articles on Dr Zepp click here: http://tinyurl.com/n3u32e

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A Tribute to Dr. Zepp



A Tribute to Dr. Zepp

August 29, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff

Hundreds packed a “Celebration of the life of Dr. Ira G. Zepp, Jr., Saturday afternoon at Big Baker Memorial Chapel on the college campus of McDaniel College.

The celebration was led by Rev. Carroll Yingling. Folks from all over the country came early and stayed late at a reception at McDaniel Lounge after the ceremony.

Dr. Zepp graduated from McDaniel College in 1952 and later returned to serve for decades as a professor of Religious Studies at the four-year liberal arts college, founded in 1867 and situated on shining hill overlooking Westminster, Maryland.

He passed on to his next great adventure on August 1, 2009 after inspiring generations of students and community leaders to lead their lives committed to service, activism and peace.

Dr. Zepp truly touched many lives, including mine. He was many different things for many people. In addition to his many professional accomplishments, if you were fortunate enough to have crossed his path, he was a trusted friend and advisor, a college professor, a stalwart foot soldier in the civil rights movement, an author of twelve books, and certainly the conscience and soul of McDaniel College and Westminster.

He was a teacher like no other. In one of his most recent books, Dr. Zepp wrote:

“A teacher is someone who is willing and humble enough to drink from the instructional wells of those who have preceded us and continue to be nourished by them: the Hindu sages, the prophets' call for justice, the discipline of the shamans, the wisdom teachers of all traditions, the gifts and graces of the saints, plus every teacher we've ever had.

“A teacher is someone who is devoted to students and is willing to endure the vertigo of vulnerability which inevitably accompanies the intimacy of human relationships and unanswered questions. This is the pedagogy of the heart.”

Pasted below is the long version of a tribute I wrote shortly after Dr. Zepp died. A shorter version may be found in Explore Carroll.com here: http://explorecarroll.com/ Dr. Ira Zepp, 79, McDaniel College and Westminster civil rights leader, dies http://tinyurl.com/mpoyfm
http://explorecarroll.com/news/3252/zeppobit/ http://tinyurl.com/mpoyfm

A second tribute to Dr. Zepp, written by me, was publiched in The Tentacle. It may be found here: R.I.P. – Dr. Ira Zepp Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Kevin E. Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/ Rev. Dr. Ira Zepp prof emeritus at McDaniel has died http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3296

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Zepp, a McDaniel College and Westminster civil rights leader, has died

By Kevin Dayhoff, August 4, 2009

Westminster, MD - On Saturday, August 1, Rev. Dr. Ira Gilbert Zepp Jr., Professor Emeritus of the Religious Studies department at McDaniel College, died peacefully at his home. He was 79 years old.

In a memorial tribute by McDaniel College president Joan Develin Coley; she recalled that Dr. Zepp “joined the faculty in 1963, first as Dean of the Chapel, then as full-time Professor of Religious Studies, and taught full time until his retirement in 1994.

“His electrifying courses on taboo topics like human sexuality, death and racism, and his serious scholarship on a wide range of subjects, from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X to the culture and religion of Islam, earned him much popularity and esteem.”

After his retirement, he taught an occasional “honors” classes at McDaniel and he continued to teach at Carroll Community College until 2008.

Zepp was born November 15, 1929 in Madonna, MD; he was the son of the late Ira G. and Nellie Katheryn (Foard) Zepp, Sr.

He was the husband of 57 years to Mary Elizabeth (Dodd) Zepp. Surviving in addition to his wife are children, Alan P. Zepp and wife Noelle DeMars of Westminster, Karen P. Zepp of Columbia, MD, Paul H. Zepp and partner Vincent Sargent of Van Nuys, CA, and Jody K. Zepp of Owings Mills; a granddaughter, Rachael E. Carter; siblings, Murray Zepp of Rising Sun, MD, Patricia Mikkonan of Bel Air, MD, and Dale Zepp of Montana. He was predeceased by a sister, Elsie Hutchison.

Dr. Zepp graduated from McDaniel College, then-Western Maryland College, in 1952. He went on to graduate magna cum laude from Drew Theological Seminary; after which he served a number of churches in Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey before joining the faculty at McDaniel. He earned a Ph.D. in 1971 from St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore.

Zepp truly touched many lives. He was a profound man of enormous charisma, wisdom, and compassion. He returned to Westminster and McDaniel College, then-Western Maryland in the turbulent 1960s after the community and the college had begun wrestling, in the mid 1950s, with race relations and the civil rights movement.

The college has always been known as the first co-education college below the Mason-Dixon Line and according to 2001 interview with Dr. Jim Lightner, there has always been a strong heritage of foreign students at Western Maryland College. In his book on the history of the college, “Fearless and Bold,” Lightner refers to a Japanese student in the late 1880s, “in the person of Misao Tsune Hirata, the first foreign-born student at Western Maryland College.”

Lightner also shared in the interview that just after World War II, Western Maryland College pushed society's social envelope by welcoming a Jewish student named Alleck Resnick, who graduated around 1947.

However, integrating the college was a different story altogether. It was a struggle.

In an article by Dr. William David, entitled, “When the Wall Cracked,” published in “The Hill’” in February 1990; Dr. David writes, “The first and most courageous act leading to the integration of WMC was a statement by Dr. Charles Crain, professor of religion, in a faculty meeting in 1955… (He) wanted it known that he considered it his Christian duty to do what he could to bring about the admission to the college of black students.”

The Baltimore Colts began their summer practice at Western Maryland College in the late 1950s. Many local historians accept that it was the dynamic of having African-American athletes on the Baltimore Colts that provided a major impetus in the desegregation of Westminster – and the college.

From 1955 until the mid 1960s there were a series of false starts and trials and tribulations integrating both McDaniel College and Westminster. In a February 3, 2001 correspondence with Zepp, he reported that the “first African-Americans to graduate were Charles Victor McTeer … and Charles Smothers. They graduated in 1969.”

Dr. Charles Collyer remarked in a phone interview that he first met Dr. Zepp about twelve years ago. Collyer said that Dr. Zepp “participated in, and freed others to participate in, the American civil rights movement.”

Coley’s tribute noted that Zepp “participated in non-violent activism and marched in Selma, Alabama, with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

Collyer reiterated that Dr. Zepp “was one of the members of the clergy who went to Selma, Alabama, in 1965… These efforts resulted in the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 which made barriers to voter registration and voting illegal and Dr. Zepp was a part of that.”

It was not easy. In Coley’s tribute to Zepp, she wrote: “Daughter Jody Zepp said her parents’ advocacy of civil rights was unpopular in their Westminster neighborhood of the mid-1960s. The family received hate mail and dirty looks from neighbors who didn’t like the sight of black guests at their house.”

“‘By virtue of taking stands you will have some people who are on the other side. I’ve made enemies, but I never think of them as enemies,’ Ira said. ‘I will love the hell out of them, or better yet, heaven into them.’”

Dr. Pam Zappardino, who along with Dr. Collyer, were inspired and encouraged by Dr. Zepp to be co-founders of the Ira & Mary Zepp Center for Nonviolence and Peace Education, remembers:

"I was a student at McDaniel (then Western Maryland) College in the late sixties, when change was all around us. Ira freed us as students to stand up for what we believed and to stand strong in the face of criticism.

“He also taught us how to question and how to enter into real dialogue with folks with whom we disagreed. I learned from Ira, mostly by example, how to confront issues nonviolently. I came to understand by watching him that nonviolence is more than just a tactic, it is a way of life.”

Collyer and Zappardino recall that Zepp always stressed the need for students to get involved. He inspired generations of students to lead lives committed to service, activism, and peace.

The author of a dozen books, Zepp viewed language as a powerful tool for both shaping and expressing his ideas. In 1981, he wrote “Sacred Spaces of Westminster.” In part of his introduction, he wrote, “This study is an attempt to suggest the religious significance of the large number of ‘natural’ and ‘secular’ symbols and areas of Westminster and in so doing to observe how the city reflects archetypical … human consciousness.”

Zepp was many different things for many people. In addition to his many professional accomplishments; if you were fortunate enough to have crossed his path, he was a trusted friend and advisor, a college professor, a stalwart foot soldier in the civil rights movement, an author of twelve books, and certainly the conscience and soul of McDaniel College and Westminster.

Although, Westminster and McDaniel College are quick to claim Dr. Zepp, he was foremost, a true citizen of the world. In the biographical notes from the book, “Sacred Places,” it says that Dr. Zepp “also studied at the University of Edinburgh, Gottingen, Harvard, and at the Center for Intercultural Documentation in Cuernavaca, Mexico, as well as in India and Eastern Europe.”

In a tribute written by Collyer, he observed that Zepp, “carried out scholarly research on Martin Luther King, Jr., producing books such as ‘The Social Gospel of Martin Luther King, Jr.,’ ‘Search for the Beloved Community,’ with Kenneth L. Smith; and ‘Nonviolence: Origins and Outcomes’,” which Zepp wrote with Collyer.

Collyer further elaborates that Zepp’s “most recent book, on teaching, is ‘Pedagogy of the Heart,’” in which he explored diverse definitions of the art of teaching and examines the intimacy of human relationships in the pursuit of wisdom.

“He was a strong and rigorous defender of Dr. King against his critics,” said Collyer.

Since his death, many have observed that Zepp leaves a legacy with which it is our responsibility to continue to build upon. Fortunately, he laid a substantial foundation upon which we can work.

Zappardino notes that Zepp “was a critical partner with Walt Michael in the founding of Common Ground on the Hill, an organization in which the traditional music and art of many cultures brings people together in community.”

Collyer wrote that the Ira and Mary Zepp Center for Nonviolence and Peace Education, of which he and Zappardino are co-founders, is another legacy of Zepp. The Zepp Center “is a program of Common Ground that carries on Ira’s legacy by promoting greater knowledge of the civil rights movement and of the worldwide family of nonviolence traditions to which that movement belongs.”

Zappardino said that “Ira taught me that questions are much more important than answers. ‘Questions Unite. Answers Divide,’ he always said."

Many agree with Zappardino’s observation: “Ira was an optimist. In a very real way, I am who I am because I knew Ira...and we often laughed about some of the trouble that's gotten me into. I expect I'll get into more trouble as I go along. And that Ira will still be cheering me on.”

A memorial service celebrating Zepp’s life will be held at 2 o’clock on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at Big Baker Chapel on the campus of McDaniel College with Rev. Carroll Yingling officiating.

Arrangements are by the Myers-Durboraw Funeral Home in Westminster, MD. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at McDaniel Lounge on campus.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the “Ira & Mary Zepp Center for Nonviolence and Peace Education,” P.O. Box 552, Westminster, MD 21158.

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Kevin E. DayhoffLast Saturday word spread quickly throughout the greater Carroll County community that Rev. Dr. Ira Gilbert Zepp, Jr., professor emeritus of the Religious Studies department at McDaniel College, had died peacefully at his home. He was 79 years old.

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The death of Dr. Ira G. Zepp has reminded me of one of my columns which was published in http://www.explorecarroll.com/ on July 25, 2008. Find it here: http://tinyurl.com/6yb23j or find the full story on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ here: http://tinyurl.com/krebky

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Westminster's sacred places are shrines of community life EAGLE ARCHIVE By Kevin Dayhoff Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ on 7/25/08 http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2008/07/westminster-sacred-places-are-shrines.html

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