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President's Letter
'Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off'
by ICFA President Ray Frew, CCFE
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Washington Report
FTC corrects 'cash advance' ruling; New junk fax law helps businesses
by ICFA General Counsel Robert M. Fells, Esq.
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Letter to the editor
Who says memorialization isn't important to people?
by Judy Faaberg
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Supply Line
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Update
54 Stewart Enterprises reorganizes; Alderwoods extends executive's contracts
56 Mt. Elliot dedicates 115.710 square feet of new mausoleum space
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Calendar
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Classifieds
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Ad index
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WHAT IS THE BOARD OF ADVANCED CREMATION PRACTICES?
Informational Q&A
with ICFA President Ray Frew, CCFE
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CREMATION MEMORIALIZATION
Cremation is not the end
by Burton Fletcher
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GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Lobbying has become a part of doing business In a country that makes a federal case out of everything, getting to know legislators has become crucial
by Bill Wright, CCE
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FUNERAL SERVICE
Cremation's increasing, and so is the creativity of funeral directors Funeral directors from across the country talk about how they adapt as the cremation rate rises
by Danielle Skinner
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CREMATION NATURE TRAIL/SALES
A natural solution White Haven Memorial Park had been losing more sales to the decision to scatter than to other cemeteries, but since developing a cremation nature trail, the cemetery's grave sales are on the upswing
by Andrea Vittum, CCE
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FUNERAL SERVICE
Finding a home for receptions What do you do when there's no room at your funeral home to create a reception center? Brown-Wynn Funeral Home found a nearby events center that could cater to its families in elegant style
by Patty Briguglio
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CREMATION MEMORIALIZATION
Creating success where cremationis the tradition In British Columbia, where the cremation rate topped 70 percent years ago, four cemeterians—including three at municipal cemeteries—and a funeral home and crematory operator talk about how to build success around the cremation customer
interview by Susan Loving
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FROM THE GROUNDS UP
Running a crematory correctly Having a crematory on site and doing things right can bring people into your cemetery;
part one of two parts
by ICFM columnists "Smitty & Fife, " Tom Smith and Tom Pfeifer
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PRENEED SALES SUCCESS
The four Ps of marketing Marketing is more than just advertising, part three of three on crafting a successful marketing and advertising campaign
by Tim Thompson
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OPINION: FUNERAL SERVICE/EMBALMING
Personalization for sale: The cost to funeral service
by Sharon L. Gee
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ICFA and Hurricane Katrina
ICFA to relocate 2006 Convention & Exposition Due to the flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans has closed its Convention Center through March 31, 2006. The 2006 Annual Convention will now take place at the Venetian Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, March 13-16.
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Cemetery Operations Committee
Exchanging ideas with the Southern Cemetery & Funeral Association and Alabama-Mississippi-Louisiana cemeterians
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ICFA offers $220 music license
(Limited time offer!)
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Photos from the classes of 2005
66 Professor wanted Cremation College seeks super memorialization success story
by Ernie Heffner, CFuE
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