revised July 1, 2002

We have recently discussed and modified our obituary guidelines to further

meet your needs. The new guidelines will be effective July 1, 2002.

If you have have any questions, please contact the News Clerk, Jaime Braun, at (507) 434-2236 or via e-mail at :mailto:jaime.braun@austindailyherald.com, or Managing Editor, Dan Fields, at (507) 434-2230 or :dan.fields@austindailyherald.com.

Options

We will continue to offer the three notice options to the funeral homes: Funeral notice, survivor notice and full obituary. Also, we have developed a new option, the expanded obituary. (See information under &uot;Fees.&uot;) There will, however, be slight changes in the way these notices are to appear. These changes will include:

a.) The age of the deceased will now be listed on funeral and survivor notices as well as on full obituaries.

b.) Addresses may be listed for funeral homes and churches.

c.) Memorial information will be omitted from funeral notices, but will remain available on any paid notice.

d.) We will now allow when and where the person died on any paid notice including the survivor notice.

e.) The format for pending notices will change.

Fees

The funeral notice is free of charge and runs once. The survivor notice will cost of $9 each time it is run. A standard obituary, up to 10 column inches in length, will cost $17 each time it is published and will be changed to conform to our obituary guidelines, if necessary. We have added a new option, which is the expanded obituary. This option has few restrictions on what is published. An expanded obituary will cost $35 and be limited to 15 column inches in length. All notices coming from a private party need to be prepaid.

Deadlines

All notices must be received by the Herald’s newsroom by 9:30 a.m. Monday through Friday and by 3 p.m. on Saturday for the Sunday publication. Local funeral homes will be contacted each day by a member of the staff to determine the status of the funeral notices.

Notice Delivery

The preferred method of notice delivery to the Austin Daily Herald is via e-mail to :jaime.braun@austindailyherald.com. Jaime is the Herald’s News Clerk and is responsible for the Monday through Friday assembling of all notices. She can be reached via telephone at (507) 434-2236. Other contacts in the Herald’s newsroom include: Dan Fields, Herald Managing Editor, at (507) 434-2230; Cari Quam, Living Editor, at (507) 434-2235; Amanda Rohde, Herald Reporter, at (507) 434-2214; and Lisa Sanders, Herald Photographer, at (507) 434-2237. Notices may also be faxed to the Herald at (507) 437-8644, or dropped off at the Herald offices located at 310 Second St. NE in Austin. Notices must by typed or printed and will not be taken over the phone. If coming through a private party, the funeral home must contact the Herald to confirm that they are handling arrangements, to avoid hoaxes.

Photo Delivery

Obituaries that will include a photograph should be clearly identified as having an accompanying photo. The method of photo delivery to the Austin Daily Herald is in JPEG format via e-mail to :photodesk@austindailyherald.com. Also, photos may be dropped off or mailed to the Herald office at 310 Second St. NE in Austin.

Standard Obituary Guidelines

a) The Austin Daily Herald reserves the right to edit some personal information due to space.

b) Phrases such as &uot;He will be missed,&uot; or &uot;He loved his family,&uot; will not be used. Also, statements made in the first person will be taken out.

c) Flowery language such as resided, united in marriage, this union was blessed with, etc., will be taken out.

d) Only the immediate family – spouse, parents, children and siblings – will be listed as survivors by name and city. Names of grandchildren, nieces or nephews, aunts or uncles will not be listed unless they are the only survivors. Also, special friends of the deceased can be listed in the biographical information, but will not be listed as survivors. The exception will be the listing of one significant other of the deceased.

e) Only high school and college education will be listed.

f) Honorary bearers, organist and soloist will not be listed.

g) Nicknames and/or middle initials will not be used in the survivor section unless that person is known only by their nickname and it is completely different from their given name.

h) Only immediate family – spouse, parents, children, siblings and grandchildren – will be listed under &uot;preceded in death.&uot;