Daisy

Once upon a time in a town called Coeur d' Coeurs, amid endless fields of daisies, there lived a boy named Ned and a girl named Chuck. He could bring people back from the dead, and she died way too young. You might say they were made for each other - as long as they never touched. That's the premise of the new ABC sitcom Pushing Daisies. If it sounds more like a fairy tale than a TV comedy, that's because it is. Alternately sweet and tart, wise and goofy, the series from Bryan Fuller (Wonderfalls)

Harford County Public Library will welcome Daisy the pot-bellied pig, who will visit all 11 branches beginning tomorrow. Traveling from Bristol, Conn., Daisy and owner Farmer Minor will share their message about the importance and love of books and tell children to "pig out" on reading. Daisy, who has visited all 48 contiguous states, is the first pig to be invited inside the U.S. Capitol. She has met foreign dignitaries, was a guest on The Montel Williams Show, received a letter from first lady Laura Bush, and has hundreds of library cards from libraries and schools across the country.

On May 28, 2007, DAISY V. LUNN Funeral Services will be held at 11 A.M. at Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Home, 8728 Liberty Road, on Monday, June 4, 2007. Interment at Arbutus Memorial Park, 1101 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus MD.

On November 9, 2006, DAISY; mother of Dorian Craddock, Gwendolyn Johnson and Gail Craddock. Friends may call at the FAMILY OWNED MARCH FUNERAL HOME EAST, 1101 E. North Avenue on Friday after 8:30 A.M. The family will receive friends at Greater Faith Hope Tabernacle Church, 1900 E. 30th St., on Saturday at 10:00 A.M. Funeral services will follow at 10:30 A.M.

On September 27, 2006 DAISY VIOLA GREER HENDERSON of Bel Air, MD, devoted mother of Bonita Greer Kreiner. Also survived by one grandchild, D. Bartholomew G. Kreiner, D.D.S., and two great-grandchildren D. Bartholomew G. Kreiner II and Sheppard Patrick Devlin Kreiner. A service will be held at the family owned McComas Funeral Home, P.A., in Bel Air on Monday, October 2, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. Interment will be in Darlington Cemetery, Darlington, MD. Friends may call at the funeral home in Bel Air on Sunday from 6-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to Calvary Baptist Church, 206 Courtland Place, Bel Air, MD 21014.

On June 20, 2006 DAISY ELIZABETH HILTZ, beloved wife of the late William M. Hiltz, devoted mother of Marsha Simpson & her husband Dale C., cherished grandmother of William C. Simpson. Friends may call at the family owned Evans Chapel of Memories - Parkville 3-5 & 7-9 P.M. Wednesday & Thursday. A funeral service will be held 11 A.M. Friday. Interment Gardens of Faith Cemetery. Memorial Contributions in Daisy's name may be made to Hiss United Methodist Church, 8700 Harford Rd., Balto., MD 21234 or to RBC Ministries, PO Box 2222 Grand Rapids, MI 49501

On May 7, 2006, DAISY C., beloved wife of the late Wilson A. Nolley and devoted mothe of Vivien D. Smith, David B., and Bryan D. Nolley. Relatives and friends may gather at the JAMES A. MORTON & SONS FUNERAL HOMES, INC., 1701 Laurens Street, Thursday 2 to 7 P.M. Services will be held Friday at New All Saints Roman Catholic Church, 4408 Liberty Heights Avenue. The family will receive friends 9:30 to 10 A.M. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Barnett-Searing National Cancer Foundation, 9690 Deerco Road, Suite 650, Timonium, MD, 21093.

Daisy Marie Bellamy, a retired sergeant with the Army who served in the Gulf War, died Tuesday after a four-year battle with breast cancer at the Gilchrist Center for Hospice Care in Towson. She was 41. Born and raised in South Baltimore, Ms. Bellamy received a General Educational Development diploma from a community college in 1981 after attending Edmondson High School. She then joined the military. "She loved the Army," said her mother, Sarah Canty of Baltimore. "She was watching a commercial one day and said, `That's what I want to be.'" Ms. Bellamy served for 20 years, much of it in the reserves.

S Is For Silence Sue Grafton Marin Wood/Putnam / 375 pages It's difficult to think of Sue Grafton without one specific word embedding itself in the brain: endurance. As soon as she published her first alphabetical mystery, in 1982, one could see how arduous a task it might be to continue all the way to the letter Z while keeping each book separate and reasonably fresh. Twenty-three years on the end is a lot closer in sight, but unfortunately it's proving to be more of a limp than a sprint to the finish line.

ADELPHI - On a recent morning, 3-year-old Jennifer Medina could be seen in her classroom singing songs and learning skills aimed at readying her for kindergarten. Her mother, Daisy Medina, 29, of College Park, was upstairs in a classroom of her own, learning skills aimed at readying her for the GED exam. The scene, where parent and child attend school side by side, is common at the Judy Hoyer Family Learning Center in Adelphi, part of a statewide network that just marked its fifth year since being signed into state law. Each "Judy Center" is a one-stop shop for services including adult education, Head Start programs and health support, intended to help low-income and disadvantaged families prepare for their children's entrance into school.