Out and About
I wish more people wrote obituaries. Word to the wise, we have more and more people opt not to have obituaries because they don’t want to write it or because they don’t want to pay for it or because they don’t think it will matter 50 years from now. I can help with all three reasons. If you don’t want to write it – that is OK. We have a form that will help you write it or help us write it for you. The obituary for Dorothy came in on pages of handwritten notes. We didn’t mind. Obituaries are important and we will do what ever we can to help. As far as paying for it, first of all our obituaries are very economical at Navarre Press. You won’t pay more than $60 and check with your funeral home, sometimes they account for an obituary in their billing. If the deceased was a subscriber, the obituary is free. Yes, you read that correctly. There is a joke amongst my newspaper friends across the state that there are a lot of deceased people subscribed to Navarre Press because a subscription cost less than an obituary. Yes, my associates are weird, and they are also wrong. We have more at no cost than not because we have a lot of subscribers. And, as far as an obituary mattering fifty years from now – it does matter. Anyone that has done any research on ancestry.com or newspapers.com knows that it matters. We wouldn’t have half the ancestry we have now without newspaper archives. This isn’t a sales call for obituaries. If you want an obituary – you may want to start writing it yourself because I’ve had people walk up to me at funerals and say, “The children didn’t do an obituary – would you get with them and get one done?” There is only so much I can do. We will do everything we can do to help, but the initial attempt needs to be made by a family member. If you want an obituary and you aren’t sure your children will make the effort, you might want to write it yourself. None of us are getting out of here alive. Maybe, if you start it now, you will decide you haven’t lived it up enough, or you may not like the direction your path is taking you. You might make a life course correction. It is good to have a self-assessment occasionally.
We have an article in this issue about Take Stock in Children. Take Stock is an awesome program. We have had donors, mentors and a beneficiary of current and former team members at Navarre Press and we know first hand the difference mentorship means in the life of a child. If you want to volunteer and make a difference, call director, Angie Brown at 712-2264.
This Sunday is Spring Jam 2019 at Juana’s Pagodas and Sailors’ Grill featuring artist, Michael Ray. Don’t take the chance that tickets will be available the day of because they are quickly selling out. Chloe Channell is also scheduled to be there. She just received her golden ticket on American Idol – on a show that aired Monday. We have watched Chloe grow up and it is fun to see her on national television – worldwide if you count YouTube.
Quote of the Week: “May our obituaries someday say–preferably after we’re dead, of course–that we lived in peace, in love, and mostly in grace”
― Jaime Jo Wright, The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond