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<div align="left">Unless otherwise noted all activities take place at
the Baltimore
Ethical Society, 306 West Franklin St. For more info call 410-581-2322
or check our web site at <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="http://www.BaltimoeEthicalSociety.org">www.BaltimoeEthicalSociety.org</a><br>
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The rest of this message has <br>
1) This weekend's activities<br>
2) Activity schedule summary for the month of January <br>
3) Zelda Simon's Obit from yesterday's Columbia Flier<br>
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Memorial Service for Zelda Simon, Sat Jan 6 1 PM<br>
Slayton House, Columbia<br>
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1st Saturday Coffee House: Jan 6 starting at 7 PM
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<div align="center"><big><small>To approx 9PM ▪ Refreshments ▪ Free
(donation suggested)
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<u><i><b>*Young People’s Literary Moment: Showcasing Work By and
Appealing to those in High School, Middle School, and Elementary
School.*
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Barbara M. Simon, a Maryland State Art Council Poet In The Schools, and
Karen Elliott read and discuss their original poetry for young people
at this Coffeehouse, hosted by Maryland State Poetry & Literary
Society. The "Open Reading" that follows will be limited to
students—elementary, middle, and high school—reading their own poems or
playing music and to adults reading poems or playing music appropriate
to the evening’s theme.
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Karen Elliott organized and presented in-class poetry workshops for 8
years at Hamilton Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore City. She also
ran a poetry contest for students and teachers. She has published in
Poets’ Ink, was Food Editor for Joe: A Coffee Companion, and recently
gave a featured reading at the Harford Poetry Society.
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Barbara M. Simon is President of Maryland State Poetry & Literary
Society. She also works with the Maryland State Arts Council as an
Artist-in-Education as well as teaching creative writing for the
University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Both a poet and a fiction
writer, her latest poetry publications have been In The Yard (an Old
Mountain anthology), Poems Against War: A Journal of Poetry and Action,
and Octopus Dreams, the PoetryInBaltimore.com anthology. Her poems were
co-featured in a collection brought out in 2004 by the aptly named
neighborhood press, and she won in 2002 a Maryland Arts Council
Individual Artist's grant in fiction.
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Also featuring 4th grade student Ian Church on recorder and 7th grade
student Ayla Church reading poetry.<br>
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<u><i><b><big>Poetry Group Sun Jan 7, 9:30 am<br>
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<div align="center"><u><i><b><big>Moveable Treats Sun. Jan 7, 10:30 am
to Noon</big></b></i></u><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><u><i><b><big><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">January 7 Platform: </span><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">“You Ought to be Ashamed”</span></big></b></i></u><span
style="font-size: 13pt; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span
style="font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic;">Fritz Williams, Leader,
Baltimore Ethical Society<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In our
struggles to do well and live good lives, we are guided by internal
standards and expectations which have a deep hold on us.<span style="">
</span>For better and for worse, our lives are affected by powerful
emotions of self-appraisal–guilt, pride, embarrassment,
self-glorification, and shame.<span style=""> </span>These emotions
have a positive impact because they promote social responsibility and
help<span style=""> </span>prevent deviant behaviors.<span style="">
</span>But they also have effects which are detrimental to our moral
health and integrity.<span style=""> </span>Fritz Williams looks at
these powerful interior dimensions of our moral lives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<div align="center"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><u><i><big>Board
Meeting (all members are welcome) Sun Jan 7, 12:30 pm<br>
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<big><i><b><u>Sunday Platforms:Promptly at 10:30 am</u></b></i></big><br>
January 7 “You Ought to be Ashamed” Fritz Williams, Leader of the
Baltimore Ethical Society<br>
January 14 “An Intimate Dialog on Martin Luther King, Jr.” Tony
Hileman, Senior Leader NY Society for Ethical Culture<br>
January 21 “Is it Time for a Peace Dept?” Ted Nunn, Md Coordinator
Peace Action Campaign<br>
January 28 "The Companion Paths of Eth. Humanism & Buddhism" Anne
Klaeysen, Leader Eth. Humanist Soc. of Long Island<br>
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<u><i><b><big>Other Activities</big></b></i></u><br>
Memorial Service for Zelda Simon, Slayton House, Columbia, 1pm to 3 pm<br>
1st Saturday Coffee House Jan 6, 7:00 pm <br>
Moveable Treats Sun. Jan 7, 10:30 am to Noon<br>
Board Meeting (all members are welcome) Sun Jan 7, 12:30 pm<br>
Poetry Group Sun Jan 7, 9:30 am Sun Jan 21, 9:30 am<br>
Eight Commitments Workshop # 3 Sat Jan 13, 6:00 pm or Sun Jan 14, 12:30
pm Reservations required for Dec 9 meeting, with pot luck dinner.<br>
Study Group Sun Jan 14, 9:30 am Sun Jan 28, 9:30 am<br>
Newcomers’ Meeting Sun Jan 28, 12:15 pm <br>
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<u><i><b><big>Snack Schedule</big></b></i></u><br>
Jan 7: A to F<br>
Jan 14: G to L<br>
Jan 21: M to R<br>
Jan 28: S to Z<br>
Please bring a snack on “your” week (based on the first letter of your
last name).<br>
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<div align="center"><u><i><b><big>Zelda Simon</big></b></i></u><br>
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Zelda Simon, of Columbia, died Dec. 24, 2006, at Lorien Nursing Home,
in Columbia. She was 77.<br>
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Born April 29, 1929, in Baltimore, to Albert and Gladys Goldberg, she
attended a high school in Baltimore and graduated in 1948. She then
attended Goucher College and graduated in 1951.<br>
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A decade later, in 1961, she married Harold C. Simon.<br>
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According to family, Ms. Simon lived a robust and enjoyable life with
her family and friends. She was an avid craftsperson and eventually
became a master potter.<br>
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Her hobbies included knitting, cooking, traveling, reading and doing
word puzzles.<br>
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She was a founding member of the Baltimore Ethical Society since 1950.
She also founded Columbia's Claythings, a group for potters and she was
a member of the Baltimore Potters Guild.<br>
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For over 15 years, she served as a volunteer for the Howard County
Public Library, as well as for the Columbia Festival of the Arts.<br>
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Ms. Simon was an active member of the community, participating in such
groups as the Democratic Coalition of Maryland, MadHatters of Howard
County and the Audubon Society of Central Maryland.<br>
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She was predeceased by her husband, Harold C. Simon, and a brother,
Murray Goldberg.<br>
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She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Jan Paris, of Chapel
Hill, N.C. and Julie Simon and Peter Brecke, of Atlanta, Ga.; a son and
daughter-in-law, Adam and Julia Amo-Simon, of Yardley, Pa.; a
sister-in-law, Jean Goldberg, of Golden, Colo.; three grandchildren,
Alexander and Jackson Simon and Nicholas Simon-Brecke; and many
lifelong friends.<br>
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A Memorial celebration is set for 1 p.m., Jan. 6, 2007, at Slayton
House in the Wilde Lake Village Center, 10451 Twin Rivers Road,
Columbia.<br>
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Memorial donations may be made to: The Baltimore Ethical Society, 306
W. Franklin Street, #102, Baltimore, MD 21201 or to: Friends of Howard
County Library, P.O. Box 830, Columbia, MD 21044-0830. <br>
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