Mechanic

Ian Andrew Baggett Jr., a mechanic and Marine Corps reservist, died Saturday at Northwest Hospital Center after being injured in a motorcycle accident near Liberty Reservoir. The Sykesville resident had recently celebrated his 24th birthday. Mr. Baggett was riding his 1993 Harley-Davidson when he collided head-on with a pickup truck that had failed to yield the right of way at Liberty Road and Oakland Mills Road, Maryland State Police said yesterday. Mr. Baggett was taken to the Randallstown hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Three musical revues -- the 1991 Tony Award-winning "The Will Rogers Follies," "And the World Goes 'Round" and "Forever Plaid" -- will form the cornerstone of the 1992-1993 season at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre.The season, which could be described as a year in revue, will also include Tom Dulack's off-Broadway comedy "Breaking Legs," the only non-musical in the lineup so far, although three more shows have yet to be announced.Referring to the four offerings as "feel-gooders," Hope Quackenbush, managing director of the Mechanic, said yesterday, "I'm coming to the conclusion it's really not wrong to escape once in a while and have a good time.

Lloyd J. Glasper Jr., a retired automobile mechanic, died Wednesday at Greater Baltimore Medical Center after suffering a heart attack while undergoing dialysis at Gambro Healthcare in Lutherville. He was 42. Mr. Glasper was born in Baltimore and raised on Druid Hill and Rubin avenues. He was a 1981 graduate of Northwestern High School. The longtime Northwest Baltimore resident worked as an auto mechanic for Meineke Car Care Center in Glen Burnie and later for Meineke Discount Mufflers on U.S. 40 and Patapsco Avenue for nearly 15 years before retiring on a medical disability in the 1990s.

THE BALTIMORE Center for the Performing Arts has added a pre-Broadway tryout and a musical revival to the 1991-92 subscription season.Israel Horovitz's new play, "Park Your Car in Harvard Yard," will open Oct. 1 and play through Oct. 27 at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre prior to its Broadway engagement. The two-personplay will star Jason Robards and Judith Ivey. Zoe Caldwell is directing the play, billed as touchingly funny.Set in Gloucester, Mass., the story focuses on the relationship between a retired high school music appreciation and English literature teacher (Robards)

John Alexander Steele, a mechanic for the Baltimore Department of Public Works who could fix a fire engine on the spot, died of a heart attack Thursday at Harbor Hospital Center. He was 52.A lifelong resident of Cherry Hill in South Baltimore, Mr. Steele was a graduate of Southern High School and Lincoln Technical Institute in Columbia, and earned additional certificates at several training programs in the mid-Atlantic area.He worked as a mechanic at two service stations in the city before he joined the Public Works Department 17 years ago as a mechanic and tow-truck operator.

THE LONG awaited premiere of the American musical "Nick & Nora" will launch the 1991-1992 season at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre.The Baltimore Center for the Performing Arts will also present three of Broadway's biggest hits: "The Piano Lesson," "A Few Good Men," and "Lost in Yonkers." "The Piano Lesson," August Wilson's play about family loyalty to the past, will star former Baltimorean Charles S. Dutton.Hope Quackenbush, managing director of the BCPA, has announced that "Nick & Nora" will open on Sept.

John A. Ciurca Sr., a retired Kaiser Aluminum mechanic who later operated an Ocean City charter boat, died of complications from pulmonary fibrosis Thursday at the Baltimore-Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie. The Edmondson Heights resident was 80. Born in Baltimore and raised on Conkling Street, he was a 1943 graduate of Loyola High School. He joined the Army after high school and while training in England, he met generals Dwight Eisenhower, Bernard Montgomery, and Omar Bradley in field reviews of his battalion, family members said yesterday.

Three musical revues -- the 1991 Tony Award-winning "The Will Rogers Follies," "And the World Goes 'Round" and "Forever Plaid" -- will form the cornerstone of the 1992-1993 season at the Morris A. Mechanic Theatre.The season, which could be described as a year in revue, will also include Tom Dulack's off-Broadway comedy "Breaking Legs," the only non-musical in the lineup so far, although three more shows have yet to be announced.Referring to the four offerings as "feel-gooders," Hope Quackenbush, managing director of the Mechanic, said yesterday, "I'm coming to the conclusion it's really not wrong to escape once in a while and have a good time.

Anthony C. Canova, a retired vending machine mechanic and World War II veteran, died Oct. 23 from complications of a stroke at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Hamilton resident was 88. He was born and raised in the former 10th Ward of Baltimore. He attended city public schools until the seventh grade, when he went to work to help support his family. Before enlisting in the Navy, he was a mechanic for Canteen Corp. During World War II, Mr. Canova served with the Seabees, the Navy's construction battalion, from 1943 until being discharged in 1946.