How to Place an Obituary

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After your loved one passes away, you have so many contractual details to deal with, like home, finances, burial and funeral arrangements, the last thing you want to think about is placing an obituary in your local paper, but doing so is very important. A published obituary can be used in many cases with insurance companies and creditors to help prove the official death of a loved one, as well as letting all of your neighbors, friends and loved ones know of the passing in an efficient manner.

Although this may seem like an insurmountable task, The Mountain-Ear can help. We have a simple form to help you get started. We can put it all together into a story format for you. The cost to place an obituary is $25. That includes a photo and 750 words. Need an extended obituary? No problem. We can do that too. We can help make the process as simple as possible, for you and your family. To get your forms, more information and to see examples of published obituaries, please email publisher@themountainear.com.

Read in Ned: Young writers have opportunities at Ned Library




 

 

The Nederland Library offers many inperson events that give Nederland locals the exciting opportunity to participate in programs like Art evenings, Mountain Writer’s Community, and even ESL classes. By simply registering on the Nederland Library website, Nedlib.org, anyone is able to show up at these amazing recurring programs and learn something new over the course of a few hours.

There have been two 18 and over writing groups that have been meeting at the library for many months, but there has never been a program for writers under the age of 18 until now. Local high school students Noah Turner and Elise Brodsky saw the lack of opportunity for young writers to learn and grow in the community and decided to tackle the challenge of starting a Youth Creative Writing Club for anyone in sixth through ninth grade.

The small but determined group of young writers has been meeting every second and last Sunday of the month from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., where the students have learned new writing skills and continued creative writing projects while Noah and Elise give tips, tricks, and pointers on their creative writing. The program is mostly hands-on project work, with the main intent of the group being a safe space for beginning or experienced young writers of any genre to meet together and write.

Noah and Elise have become a sound resource for local students to learn the basics of creative writing for styles such as poetry, short stories, novel outlining, graphic novels, and anything else that participants may bring to the table. Patrons in sixth through ninth grade do not have to be strictly interested in creative writing, either. Both Elise and Noah are well experienced in rhetoric and essay writing and would be more than happy to assist anyone with any schoolwork or otherwise that they might be struggling with.

The regular attendees have spent several weeks learning the basics for outlining short stories, and have recently progressed to writing their stories inperson as a group. Any projects that members of the group complete, whether it be short stories, poetry, or anything in between, have the opportunity to be published in either The Mountain-Ear newspaper or through an upcoming literary magazine that will hopefully be run by the Nederland Library, and Noah and Elise themselves. The program will hopefully continue to run through the winter, or for however many months the participants would like to stay and write.

Anyone of the age group and any skill level interested in writing is welcome to sign up. Participants could come to the class as an already experienced writer, or could have never written a story in their life, but would still be more than welcome to come and visit the Young Creative Writing Club at the Nederland Library. Plus, all of that is not even the best part: Snacks are provided at every meeting!

If you or someone you know in sixth through ninth grade are interested in learning creative writing skills of any style, (or maybe just need to get out of the house) please sign up for the program by visiting the Classes and Programs page on the Nederland Library website, or by emailing Elise Brodsky at ebrodsky@nedlib.org.

The Nederland Community Library is located at 200 Highway 72 North in Nederland. For more information call 303-258-1101 or go to Nedlib.org.