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March-April 2003
Table of Contents

Features
8 Keeping it Personal This year's winners of the ICFA's
KIP Awards
A Born Undertaker Todd W. Van Beck grew up across the street from the town's funeral home, part three of a three-part profile, by Susan Loving
16 Technology & the Law Should funeral service professionals inform families about how a suitable DNA sample can be obtained after death?, by Harvey I. Lapin, Esq.
22 Advertising Tuning in to radio ads, by Scott P. DeMenter
26 Marketing How a cemeterian and funeral director became the voice of funeral service in his community, by Susan Loving
29 Memorialization Celebration Forest's clients are creating a forest preserve one memorial tree at a time, by Aileen McQuade
31 Back to the Earth Through Memorial Ecosystems Inc., Billy and Kimberley Campbell offer families the "green" burial option, by Susan Loving
38 A Funeral Director's View The owner of Brown-Oglesby Funeral Home is pleased to offer families the "green" burial option
40 Choices Kimberley Campbell has learned a lot from talking to funeral directors and to families
44 Exhibitor Profiles Learn about some of the companies exhibiting at the ICFA 2003 Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada, March 10-13
Columns
6 President's Letter A year of growth and progress by Bill Wright, CCE
7 Letters to the Editor Remembering Doug Whynott, CCE; praise for Van Beck story
10 Washington Report by Robert M. Fells, Esq.
Amendment to law encourages preneed planning; Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule; Update on the Dodd bill
59 From the Grounds Up
Tips from Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum's "Smitty & Fife," by Tom Smith and Tom Pfeifer: Making "extra" land an asset now
53 ICFA News
Product of the Month: Referral tools from Trainer Bill Cates
ICFA opens online store
ICFA University
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41 Calendar
62 Classifieds
5 Index to Advertisers
57 Industry Update
   
 

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