The Salvation Army, 4301 Bryn Mawr NE, Albuquerque 87107, 50. Services: Alcohol and drug treatment, food and shelter, mental health services, job assistance and programs for the homeless. Martin’s Hospitality Center, 1201 Third NW, Albuquerque 87102,, 50. Services: Alcohol and drug addiction recovery program for men, overnight accommodation and clothing for homeless men, a community meal for men, women and children daily, mail service for men and women. Good Shepherd Center, 218 Iron SW, Albuquerque 87102, 50. Services: Transitional housing for persons with substance abuse problems and the homeless. If you’d like to make a donation to one of these charities, here’s the contact information:Įndorphin Power Company, 509 Cardenas SE 87108.
In today’s follow-up story, the Journal listed several Albuquerque drug abuse prevention charities. Families need to know about these kinds of expenses when they budget for a funeral. The bigger the newspaper, the more expensive the placement costs. This small obituary for Walter White costs almost $90 for a one-time appearance in a relatively small circulation newspaper. The cost for an obituary will have to be paid out of pocket by the family at the time of need. The point is, even if you pre-plan and pre-pay for a funeral service, costs for obituaries are outside of the control of the funeral home.
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So, Walter White’s obituary would have cost about $84 plus New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax of 7%, which equals a total of $89.88. While it’s not listed on the web site, I believe photo placements cost $35 per placement. For purposes of estimating linage and cost, approximate 30 characters including letters, spaces, and punctuation per line. The cost of placing a death notice in the Albuquerque Journal is charged at $2.45 per line per day. I’ve got a copy if anyone wants to buy it! It did not run with all the other actual death notices.
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In today’s Albuquerque Journal, another front-page story reported that Thursday’s story was the most-trafficked article the paper had ever had since they started keeping track in 2006.īecause it was not a “real” death, rather, the death of a TV character, this obit appeared in the paper on page A4. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to a drug abuse prevention charity of your choice. A private memorial was held by his family. He is survived by his wife, Skyler Lambert son Walter “Flynn” Jr. A co-founder of Gray Matter, White was a research chemist who taught high school chemistry, and later founded a meth manufacturing empire. “Heisenberg,” 52, of Albuquerque, died Sunday after a long battle with lung cancer, and a gunshot wound. And a local “Breaking Bad” fan club placed a paid obituary death notice in the Albuquerque Journal on Thursday, which prompted a front page story.
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While the city celebrates the 42nd annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta this weekend, last Sunday, the town was a-twitter about the finale of the award-winning TV series and what happened to the main character, Walter White. Regular readers of this blog know that it originates in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the setting for the recently-expired television series, “Breaking Bad.”
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