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Sometimes, George Smalley is Tiny Tim. Sometimes, he's the boogie-woogie bugle boy of Company B. Either way, he's in his element.The 69-year-old retired locomotive engineer is one of the Pascal Go-Getters, an amateur song-and-dance troupe whose members range in age from 55 to 91.The Go-Getters, based at the Pascal Senior Center in Glen Burnie, have been on the local entertainment circuit since 1978, performing songs from the days of the champagne music makers."I...

Duke names building for Easton resident Pascal Duke is naming an 80,000-square-foot building featuring a 120-yard football playing surface after Easton resident Bob Pascal , a Maryland state senator from 1970 to 1974 and Anne Arundel county executive from 1974 to 1982. Pascal, owner of the Pascal Group, provided a lead gift of $6 million for the project. A 1956 Duke graduate, he was an All-America running back who helped the Blue Devils to a three-year record of 20-8-3, including three Atlantic Coast Conference championships and a 34-7 win over Nebraska in the 1955 Orange Bowl.

Northeast wasn't supposed to be in the championship game of last night's Bob Pascal Holiday Tournament. And the Eagles surely weren't expected to win it."We knew we were the underdog coming in, with a 2-4 record and one returning player in our system," said coach John Barbour. "I was hoping to win one game."His team did better than that. Af- Pascal tournamentter upsetting host Severna Park in the opening round, Northeast used four combination defenses and some long-range shooting to defeat Chesapeake, 44-36, in the final last night.

On two recent evenings, Anne Arundel Community College's Pascal Center for Performing Arts offered audiences a historic look at 45 years of rock opera one night and an extraordinary display of dance talents on another. "The History of Rock Opera II" was a concert created and directed by Douglas B. Byerly that showcased the talents of AACC Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, accompanied by the AACC Rock Orchestra. And in "Perpetual Motion," the AACC Dance Company presented an exciting, wide-ranging program coordinated by artistic director Lynda P. Fitzgerald, who established the troupe 21 years ago. Following the earlier Part 1 concert, "The History of Rock Opera II" covered the genre using a wide range of works.

There are, among the 50 pastels, watercolors and oils on the walls at the North County Library, a young girl in blue overalls sitting on a curb near a milk jug, flowers clutched in her hands; a field lush with wildflowers; a boat tied to pilings.They are the work of art students from the Pascal Senior Center in Glen Burnie, some of whom are reviving an old hobby, others who are learning something new and still others who are looking for comfort.Juanita Downs, 73, of Glen Burnie began taking the courses after her husband died.

The secret of great conducting, said the French master Pierre Monteux with a smile, is never to look encouragingly at the brass section.Ever shushed by conductors intent on balancing their precious string and woodwind sonorities, brass players often sit and dream of circumstances when they can really cut loose.Oh, there are occasional Janacek "Sinfoniettas" and Mahler "Firsts" where they can let it fly, but in most of the repertoire, the conductor poops the party just as things start to get interesting.

The National Audubon Society has sold a 950-acre wildlife sanctuary it was given on the Eastern Shore to former Anne Arundel County executive Robert A. Pascal, who said Friday he plans to raise organic cattle and hay on part of it. Pascal and Audubon both declined to disclose the purchase price, though state assessment records valued the land and six homes there at $8.5 million. The waterfront estate near Bozman in Talbot County was once a hunting preserve for the DuPont family.

A former Anne Arundel County executive has teamed up with a Prince George's County businessman in an attempt to buy a harness-racing track that could become a profit dynamo if slot machines are legalized in Maryland. Robert A. Pascal confirmed yesterday that he and partner Carl D. Jones are among the dozen groups bidding to purchase Rosecroft Raceway in Oxon Hill in Prince George's. Because of its proximity to Washington, the track is considered a lucrative venue if the General Assembly allows slot machines at racetracks, a priority of Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. "It's a good piece of property," said Pascal, who was a Republican state senator before serving as Anne Arundel executive from 1974 to 1982.

CHESTERTOWN -- Middlebury attackman Adam Pascal knew the day was going to be special when a pass he attempted at the top of the crease trickled under the stick of the goalie for one of his five first-half goals."

Peggy Cronyn believes seniors from the Pascal Center for Senior Citizens in Glen Burnie understand the concept of volunteering."You don't have to explain community development to them," said Ms. Cronyn, director of SHARE, which stands for Self Help and Resource Exchange. "They are great volunteers, so alive!"So it was no wonder that SHARE chose the Pascal Center to recruit volunteers for a program that exchanges community service and a $13 payment for $35 worth of fresh fruits and vegetables, frozen meat and other groceries.

The National Audubon Society has sold a 950-acre wildlife sanctuary it was given on the Eastern Shore to former Anne Arundel County executive Robert A. Pascal, who said Friday he plans to raise organic cattle and hay on part of it. Pascal and Audubon both declined to disclose the purchase price, though state assessment records valued the land and six homes there at $8.5 million. The waterfront estate near Bozman in Talbot County was once a hunting preserve for the DuPont family.

May ushered in a series of concerts at bargain prices at Anne Arundel Community College's Pascal Center for Performing Arts. Last weekend featured a concert by the AACC Symphony Orchestra and another by the AACC Concert Choir and Chamber Singers. The orchestra's performance featured Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition." Music director/conductor Anna Binneweg led the 75-member ensemble in a challenging program of works by Hector Berlioz, Edward Elgar and Modest Mussorgsky, showcasing this highly professional orchestra made up of students, faculty, freelance professionals and local residents.

Judging by Pascal Center for Performing Arts' increasing audience, the secret must be out about Anne Arundel Community College's many entertainment bargains. A range of professional-caliber entertainment was presented at bargain prices in recent weeks. 'Total Recall' On Dec. 4 and 5, the AACC Dance Company offered "Total Recall," which showcased the choreography of company members and director Lynda Fitzgerald - who established the company 20 years ago and serves as its coordinator and director.

Opera AACC paired Gian Carlo Menotti's rarely performed cantata The Death of the Bishop of Brindisi with his familiar Christmas opera Amahl and the Night Visitors for three recent performances. On a Saturday afternoon, the audience was predominately schoolchildren. They seemed enchanted by Amahl and not frightened by The Bishop, indicating that this performance could appeal to everyone from young novice to casual listener to musical cognoscenti. Amahl and the Night Visitors - written expressly for television and originally broadcast by NBC on Christmas Eve 1951 - is the story of a poor, crippled shepherd boy and his destitute mother who are visited by the Magi following the star of Bethlehem.

Workshops set for caregivers The Anne Arundel County Department of Aging and Disabilities is offering a series of three caregiver workshops at area senior centers. Mary Fridley, a nurse and elder care expert with the county, will lead the three National Family Caregiver Support programs: "Is There Help Out There? Resources and Services," "Elder Speak: When a Loved One Won't Listen" and "I'm Not Waving, I'm Drowning: Emotions and Coping Skills." Workshop details: Pasadena Senior Center, 4103 Mountain Road: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. May 14, 21 and 28. Brooklyn Park center lists events Brooklyn Park Senior Center, 202 Hammonds Lane, Brooklyn Park, will hold the following events in May: A word search challenge will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow.

Retired engineer and businessman Gilbert Pascal says he has been interested in airplanes since he was in a stroller, and he likes to fly around the country in his Cessna with his wife, visiting museums. Recently, he traveled across the continent in hopes of landing a much larger plane: the 140,000-pound, Middle River-born Martin Mars, the largest production seaplane ever built. Pascal is chairman of the Glenn L. Martin Maryland Aviation Museum's board, and he describes the endeavor to bring the Mars back from British Columbia to where it was built as a "natural pursuit."

The parent of the Bank of Baltimore yesterday launched an indirect attack in its proxy war against a group of dissident shareholders by filing a lawsuit alleging ethics law violations against one member of the group, a close aide to Gov. William Donald Schaefer.A day after publishing advertisements in local newspapers that said the dissidents lacked banking expertise, Baltimore Bancorp filed a lawsuit yesterday against Robert A. Pascal, the chairman of United Propane Inc. and Mr. Schaefer's appointments secretary.

They slipped and slid, and they did the cha-cha, mambo, merengue and waltz across the stage in the auditorium at the Pascal Senior Center, all under the tutelage of Spero Pappafotis.The retired Social Security manager has been teaching ballroom dancing at the center for 16 years, ever since he and his wife, Ilene, took lessons and he jotted down the steps of each dance on a piece of paper.Now, his classes meet at the center for two hours once a week over 10 weeks. During this session, he has a class of six women and three men -- which means that two women at a time have to sit out, even if he dances with one woman as he teaches.

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