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Most pianists do not bring a string quartet half-way across the country at their own expense simply because they feel like playing Brahms. But then most pianists are not like Alexander -- "Lexo" to his friends -- Toradze.Baltimore music lovers are still talking about his take-no-prisoners performances of Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 3 with the Baltimore Symphony last season. Toradze expanded the scope of the piece dramatically, transforming what is usually a velvety-sounding virtuoso concerto into something resembling a piano vs. orchestra Armageddon.

South Bend, Ind. -- Victor Abiamiri and Ambrose Wooden came here from Baltimore four years ago hoping to find the kind of success at Notre Dame that they had at the Gilman School, where as seniors they led the football team to an undefeated season and a No. 1 ranking in the state. Returning today to play in their hometown for the first time when the 11th-ranked Fighting Irish meet Navy at M&T Bank Stadium, Abiamiri and Wooden find themselves in different situations in their college careers.

Brian Kelly will be introduced today as the next Notre Dame coach. He will, of course, instantly be ordained a savior, though he'll do well to just be Brian Kelly, with the peak-volume personality and production that suggests. He is a championship-program craftsman. He has the magnetic, kinetic charisma befitting the son of an Irish-Catholic alderman from Boston. He led Cincinnati to two straight Bowl Championship Series bids. It is the hire Notre Dame had to make, the energy and optimism transfusion a lilting powerhouse had to have.

Adrienne Carol Walker, 43, real estate agent Adrienne Carol Walker, a real estate agent and church volunteer, died Saturday of cancer at Howard County General Hospital. She was 43 and lived in Ellicott City. She sold homes in Howard, Anne Arundel and Montgomery counties during her 14 years with Grayson and Patriot Homes. She was a member of Gabriel Project, a nondenominational religious organization that helps single mothers. She opened her house to mothers and their newborns. Born Adrienne Kerbrat in Santa Monica, Calif.

If any of his coaching peers can relate to what Randy Edsall is going through in his first season at Maryland, it is the man who will be on the opposing sideline Saturday night at FedEx Field in Landover. Like Edsall, Brian Kelly came to a more high-profile position - in the case of Notre Dame, one of the most highly-scrutinized in the country - after having success at a Big East school. And, as Edsall has already experienced in his first 10 months in College Park, many wondered if Kelly was the right man for the job. Some still do. Though recent victories over Navy and Wake Forest have helped soften the mood since Kelly - like Edsall - questioned the level of talent he inherited in South Bend from Charlie Weis when he was hired before last season, the coach who built Cincinnati and two smaller programs into perennial winners believes it is part of the transition most coaches go through when changing jobs.

Dianne Bernsten from Baltimore was looking for a recipe for making pub cheese similar to one she remembers from the Hilltop Inn and Lounge in Bowie many years ago. She said she has tried several store-bought versions over the years and has not liked any. The Web is full of pub cheese recipes, the majority of which start with processed cheese like Velveeta as a base, but a recipe for a homemade Irish cheddar and ale pub spread that I came...

President John F. Kennedy was still alive. The Beatles were a phenomenon in the making. Most Americans had never heard of a small Asian nation called Vietnam.The year was 1963, the day the 2nd of November, when the Naval Academy football team invaded South Bend, Ind., to play Notre Dame with soon-to-be Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach at quarterback.Navy, which later finished second in the national rankings, beat an Irish squad undergoing a transition under interim coach Hugh Devore, 35-14.

Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro, 80, president of Guatemala from 1966 through 1970, died of a heart attack at his home Tuesday in Guatemala City.President Alvaro Arzu declared a three-day national mourning period.Mr. Mendez Montenegro was seeking the appointment of rector of San Carlos National University when his brother, a presidential candidate, died Oct. 31, 1965. He took his brother's place on the ticket and was elected. He later served as Guatemalan ambassador to Mexico.Lester Sumrall, 83, founder of LeSEA Broadcasting Inc., a worldwide religious broadcasting system, died Sunday of bacterial spinal meningitis in South Bend, Ind.Jaime Garcia Terres, 71, a Mexican poet and essayist involved in national affairs, died Monday in Mexico City of complications from a heart illness.

On November 20, 2003 HARVEY W. BEAUDREAULT, Age 66, passed away of Cancer. Survived by his wife Margaret (nee Troy), seven children, Karen Beaudreault of South Bend, IN, Richard Beaudreault of Holland, MI, Mark Beaudreault of Zion, IL, Vasilious, Christopher Manouse and Anna Marie (Amy) Manouse Pakulski of Baltimore, MD; 14 grandchildren and one great grandson. Memorial Services will be held on Saturday, December 6 at 11 A.M. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Parkville. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be sent to Hospice of Baltimore, 6601 N. Charles St., Towson, MD 21204