Beltsville

On Saturday, December 11, 2004, ELIZABETH L. "BETH" DAILEY, loving mother of Holly P. Dailey and the late Erin E. Dailey; grandmother Riley Alexis Dailey; daughter of Richard and the late Gertrude "Punkie" Jones; sister of Michael and Patric Jones. Relatives and friends may call Borgwardt Funeral Home, 4400 Powder Mill Road, Beltsville, MD 20705, on Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 11007 Montgomery Road, Beltsville, MD, on Friday, December 17, at 10 a.m. Interment St. John Episcopal Church Cemetery.

On Monday, November 15, 2004, beloved wife of the late Anthony Gayan, mother of Joan E. (Kenneth) Heiser, grandmother of Kendra B., and K. Evan Heiser, sister of Peter, Edward and the late Olga Stefanelli, cousin of Maresita Kuhn and Clare Moon. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Memorial service will be held at First Baptist Church of Beltsville, 4700 Odell Road, Beltsville, MD, on Friday, November 19 at 10 A.M. Interment private. Memorial contributions may be made to Humane Society of Prince George's County, POB 925, Bowie, MD, 20718.

Dr. Felix D. "Phil" Paolucci, a retired surgeon and former president of the medical staff at Providence Hospital in Washington, died of cancer Sunday at his Hyattsville home. He was 80. Dr. Paolucci was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and earned his premed degree in 1943 from St. Francis College in Brooklyn Heights. After serving in the Navy from 1943 to 1946, he entered Georgetown University School of Medicine and graduated cum laude in 1947. He maintained a surgical practice in Washington and was senior attending surgeon at Providence Hospital from 1954 to 1986.

At a Glen Burnie 7-Eleven, Michael Kropkowski pulled the Diet Pepsi lever of the store's Slurpee-maker and watched as the cola-colored, icy slush climbed the sides of his tall, clear cup and filled the dome-shaped lid. A long straw topped off his creation. It might not be a cure for cancer, but it represented a sweet moment for a small Beltsville biotechnology firm that has spent years developing Tagatose, the low-calorie sugar substitute it contains. After years of struggles, Spherix Inc. is getting its first big shot at market acceptance.

On Wednesday, November 12, 2003, Brother John Joseph Brady, F.S.C., of Beltsville, MD. Born June 21, 1936 in Baltimore, MD to the late Francis M. and Helen Kalinski Brady. Beloved brother of Terry Bruette and Mary Pugh. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends may call on Sunday, November 16 at Shrine of the Little Flower, 2854 Brendan Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21213 from 3 to 4 P.M. where Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 4 P.M. and again Monday, November 17 at La Salle Hall, 6001 Ammendale Road, Beltsville, MD 20705 from 11 to 12 noon where Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 12 noon.

On September 14, 2003, WILLIAM F. THOMAS, 85, of Bradenton, FL, formerly of Beltsville, MD. Born May 20, 1918 in Worcester, MA, he moved to Bradenton from Beltsville, MD in 1982. Brown and Sons Funeral Homes in Bradenton is in charge of arrangements.

When he shows up for work, David Nickle usually finds jewelry box-size packages scattered on his office floor, shipped from all over the world. The contents aren't particularly exotic - at least to the untrained eye. They're dead bugs, and they are what makes up the working life of Nickle, an entomologist at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Termites from France. Katydids from Afghanistan. Thrips from South America. Nickle is one of the nation's foremost experts at identifying pests, insects that can cost farmers, gardeners and homeowners billions if left unchecked.

Sharing vacation photos may just have gotten one step easier with the launch of a single-use digital camera for $11 by Pure Digital Technologies. Beltsville-based Ritz Camera rolled out the disposable digital cameras last week under the Dakota Digital brand in 92 stores in more than 14 cities, including Baltimore, Washington, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas. The cameras had been tested for nine months under the Studio 35 brand name at 14 Walgreens stores in Madison, Wis. Walgreens recently said it is expanding its test market to all of its 146 Wisconsin stores.

Week 42 in the tea study and Adam Sharpe is dreaming of white pizza and beer. Since mid-October nearly every morsel of food the 26-year-old Hyattsville landscaper has eaten has been prepared by cooks at the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center. On weekdays, Sharpe has eaten his breakfasts and dinners in a small, drab cafeteria on the research center's campus. His lunches and weekend meals - even his Thanksgiving turkey - were precisely measured and packed for him to take home. And he has drunk tea, or a beverage that tastes like tea, five times a day, every day. "I had to change my whole lifestyle," said Sharpe.

On July 6, 2003, ZELDA A. KOLMAN; beloved wife Carl S. Kolman; mother of Martha Kolman-Davidson, Alice Webber, Shlomit Sheena and Pauline Rosenberg; sister of the late Stanley Abrams; grandmother of Adi, Leeav, Eliott and Samuel. Funeral Service will be held at the Borgwardt Funeral Home, 4400 Powder Mill Road, Beltsville, MD, on Wednesday, July 9, at 10 A.M. Interment Hebrew Friendship Cemetery, Baltimore, MD. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jewish Community Hospice, 6123 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852.