Unitarian Universalist Church

Two of the most mellow and sensual instruments in classical music are the guitar and the cello. Both will be featured this weekend in a concert presented by the Baltimore Classical Guitar Society and again next month presented by the Music in the Great Hall series. Paul Moeller, an elegant player who studied at Peabody Conservatory with Manuel Barrueco, has earned several competition awards in recent years and is carving out a promising solo career. He shares the stage with his talented wife, cellist Kerena Moeller, who has her own solid solo credentials.

Another music-packed weekend is coming up. Good luck trying to choose what to hear. You might want to consider the small-scale concert series with the big name - Music in the Great Hall. Located in a comfortable, very listener-friendly church, the series has been offering a wide range of chamber music for 29 seasons now. The guitar duo of Julian Gray and Ronald Pearl will give two recitals there that sample the music of several centuries and styles, from Scarlatti to Debussy. As their recordings make plain, Gray and Pearl enjoy a tight musical partnership, notable for a combination of technical aplomb and sensitive interpretations.

Patricia Robinson, who walked to her job at the Central Enoch Pratt Library for more than 40 years, died March 27 after collapsing at her West Baltimore home. She was 61. Family members said she was taken to Bon Secours Hospital. The cause has not been determined pending autopsy results. Born in Tucson, Ariz., she moved to Baltimore in 1946 and lived on Baker Street. A 1963 Forest Park High School graduate, she earned a bachelor's degree in anthropology from what is now Towson University.

CLARE (November 19, 1917-October 29, 2005) of Carmel, CA, passed away peacefully in the home that she loved on October 29, 2005 . She was the beloved wife of the late Erwin Raabe to whom she was married for 60 years, loving mother of son, Ted of Pleasanton, CA; son and daughter-in-law Ken and Jane of Chicago, IL and cherished grandmother of Alex, Vanessa, Max, and Ethan. She was a friend to all who knew her and loved by many. Born in Fallonsbee, West Virginia, lived in Baltimore, MD, Park Forest, IL and Westfield, NJ, Clare (nee Ingram)

As state legislators prepare to debate a bill making it a felony to assist in a suicide, opponents say a new poll suggests that Marylanders would prefer a statute legalizing such assistance.When asked to choose between the two options, respondents preferred a law specifically permitting assisted suicides by a margin of about 3 to 1, according to the random survey conducted since Jan. 1.Sidney Hollander, of the Towson marketing research firm that polled 500 Marylanders, said respondents' answers were affected only minimally by their religious affiliation, although people who attend religious services are more frequently likely to disapprove of suicide under any circumstances.

If anyone can be called "Maryland's Pianist," it would have to be Brian Ganz of Annapolis. Two weeks ago, he graced Howard and Carroll counties with performances of Brahms' 2nd Piano Concerto with Maestro Jason Love's Columbia Orchestra, one in Columbia, the other in Westminster. Ganz also can be found teaching and performing at two of Maryland's signature academic institutions: St. Mary's College in Southern Maryland and his alma mater, Baltimore's Peabody Institute. And this Saturday evening, Ganz takes center stage at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Annapolis to perform works by Schumann, Chopin and Beethoven in a recital that will benefit several area service organizations, including the Light House Shelter and HAVEN/Our House, which provides assistance for people living with HIV and AIDS.

Chloe DeLong Milton, an artist who was known during World War II as "the world's only tire sculptress," died Monday of pneumonia at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Ten Hills resident was 79.From 1940 to 1946, she was an industrial designer for Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. in Akron, Ohio, where she received national acclaim for her unique contribution to the war effort.Working from engineers' drawings to one-thirty-second of an inch of specifications, the proposed tire treads and sidewall models she created for cars, trucks, bombers and tanks were modeled in plasteline, then shown to company executives for approval before being ordered into production.

St. Andrew's to hold Mother's Day festival St. Andrew's United Methodist Church will hold a Mother's Day garden festival from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow at 4 Wallace Manor Road, Edgewater. There will be an assortment of crafts, live entertainment and children's games. Information: 410-266-0875. Anchor Baptist plans various events Anchor Baptist Church will sponsor several events this week at 320 W. Pasadena Road, Millersville. Teen activities with the theme "Mind Bogglers" will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.

FOR THOSE who study religion and its history, a course sponsored by Cedarhurst Unitarian Universalists of Finksburg may be of interest. The course, "Who Do You Say I Am: An Introduction to the Life and Teachings of Jesus," will be held from 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 9, 16, 23 and 30.Course leader Dave Hunter explained that "conflicting views of Jesus contributed to the split in the early 19th century between the Unitarians and the traditional Christians....

Douglas N. Brooks, 79, businessman, consultant Douglas N. Brooks, a businessman, consultant and former chief executive officer of Neptune Eastech, which makes meters used to measure liquid flow through pipelines, died Oct. 19 of a stroke at Maryland Shock Trauma Center. He was 79 and lived in Timonium. Mr. Brooks retired in 1979 from Neptune Eastech, an instrumentation company he had acquired earlier in the decade. Earlier, he had been CEO of Brooks Instrument in Hatfield, Pa., also an instrumentation manufacturer, which he sold in 1970.