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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your comments on this, Cindy. This is very enlightening.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The obits are brought to you via the third party, Legacy.com. This group provides almost all obits for newspapers across the country. So, the issue at present is getting the content/interface from this group who provides the obits for the Courier Journal. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Todd<o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFBKTAD <nfbktad-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>slery via NFBKTAD<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 6, 2021 5:31 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Kentucky, Technology Assistance Division' <nfbktad@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> slerythema@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBKTAD] Obituaries in Louisville Courier Journal<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just as a heads up (I usually have this problem several times a year with the News and Tribune), obituaries are becoming shorter in length in the paper and I have seen several now that simply direct you to the funeral home website. This is what is in the obituaries on the paper’s own website. Especially during covid, many are not able to have funerals or they are limited and no visitation. The cost for obituaries has risen quite a bit and many families are choosing to omit them or place a few words to direct you to the funeral home website.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that even when they return, you may only get the name and dates. My paper increasingly has just name and death date while there is at least one full obit every few days that lets me know it isn’t necessarily a problem I need to report to newsline. We like to know if neighbors have passed that we don’t necessarily keep in contact with but would definitely send a card (because we can’t go to any visitations that might be happening). <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Your friendly PSA <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😊</span>,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cindy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> NFBKTAD <<a href="mailto:nfbktad-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfbktad-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>NFBK First Vice President via NFBKTAD<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 6, 2021 3:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'NFB of Kentucky Internet Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:nfbk@nfbnet.org">nfbk@nfbnet.org</a>>; <a href="mailto:nfbktad@nfbnet.org">nfbktad@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Cc:</b> NFBK First Vice President <<a href="mailto:todd.stephens@nfbofky.org">todd.stephens@nfbofky.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFBKTAD] Obituaries in Louisville Courier Journal<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good Day:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I know that there has not been obits published in the Louisville Courier Journal for several days exceeding a week now. I’ve contact the NFB-NEWSLINE office at national and was told that <span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>we are being blocked from accessing them at the moment, and they are looking for a solution on this.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thank you for your patience as our national office works through this issue. I will let you know as soon as it has been resolved.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Respectfully, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Todd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Todd E. Stephens, State Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>NFB-NEWSLINE Kentucky<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'><a href="http://www.nfbnewsline-ky.org">www.nfbnewsline-ky.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>