Hackman

On February 5, 2004. GORDON BURMEISTER; beloved husband of the late Arvella "Jerry" Burmeister (nee Hackman); loving father of Gordon R. Burmeister Jr. and the late Christian N. Burmeister; brother of Madeline Carter. Also survived by two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home, Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue on Monday, 10 AM. Interment Meadow Ridge Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday, 3 to 5 and 7to 9 PM.

Talk about bad "Company"!"Company Business," a comedy-thriller in the old East-West tradition, probably wouldn't have been any good even if the Cold War hadn't dried up and blown away, but if it had stuck around a year or so, this turkey would still gobble.It's one of those espionage things, full of intricate plot complications about double agents and controls and penetrations, in which, as per usual, the old order of butt-kicking cowboy is celebrated over the new order of computer whiz. But the movie is so dense and charmless, it just lies there.

Cirque du Soleil meets Shakespeare in the Baltimore Shakespeare Festival's charming outdoor staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Shakespeare's romantic comedy looks at love on three levels - in the ranks of the royals, among young people and in the fairy kingdom. In director Laura Hackman's breezy production, some of those fairies fly from the trees. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM -- Through July 23 -- Evergreen House Meadow, 4545 N. Charles St. -- $25 -- 410-366-8596 or baltimoreshakespeare.

On September 15, 2003, PAULINE POWELL, of Pasadena; beloved wife of the late Thomas B. Powell; devoted mother of Roy Moore and wife Gloria and Roger Powell and wife Stephanie; loving grandmother of Brian Moore, Holly Hackman, Cody and Chase Powell; cherished great-grandmother of Mahayla Moore and Adam Krutzfeldt. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the GARY L. KAUFMAN FUNERAL HOME AT MEADOWRIDGE MEMORIAL PARK, INC., 7250 Washington Blvd., Elkridge (exit 6 off route 100), on Thursday from 1 to 3 and 5 to 7 P.M., where services will follow in the Vermillion Chapel.

3:30 p.m. [Comedy Central] Offbeat, quirky - that would be just a start to describe this comedy. It has Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Danny Glover, Bill Murray, and Owen and Luke Wilson (right). I won't even try to summarize the plot, but part of the story concerns Luke Wilson's Richie, a former tennis star who had to quit the game after having a breakdown in the middle of a big match. So, according to the "watch it" rules I just made up, that qualifies the movie for this space.

The Anne Arundel County Board of Appeals yesterday issued Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. a grading permit to begin disposing of fly ash at Brandonwood Business Park on Solley Road in Glen Burnie.BGE has used fly ash, a waste product from its coal-fired generators at the Brandon Shores and Wagner Point power plants, as structural fill material on two parcels of land across from the power plant since 1982.The Coalition of Communities and Citizens Against Fly Ash appealed in mid-April the grading permit that would allow BGE to use a third parcel for fly ash disposal, saying the company had failed to meet a grading requirement to have on hand an overall site plan.

* ''Funny About Love'' Gene Wilder is a cartoonist who falls in love with a caterer, divorces her then tries to win her back. Christine Lahti co-stars. A drama with comedy.* ''GoodFellas'' Martin Scorsese's film version of Nicholas Pileggi's ''Wiseguy'' is the story of a boy who dreamed of being part of the mob and saw that dream come true. A drama with comedy. Robert De Niro and Ray Liotta star.* ''Narrow Margin'' Gene Hackman is a district attorney who has to protect a federal witness from professional killers.

During the early 1990s, a group of school librarians recognized that Maryland did not have a statewide award for outstanding children's books. So in 1992, the Maryland Educational Media Organization developed the Black-Eyed Susan Book Award program. That program has blossomed into an annual contest that this year drew votes from 50,000 children throughout Maryland, and is credited by school librarians with drawing welcome attention to a wealth of children's literature that otherwise might have been overlooked.