Article: FAITH & VALUES; Joys, sorrows carried on doves' wings; More weddings and funerals are going to the birds - literally - in the form of symbolic white dove releases.(SOURCE)(FAITH & VALUES)

Byline: Jeff Strickler; Staff Writer

Dennis Kuhn and John Fredrichs have become very popular at funerals and weddings. It's not because they weep loudly at memorial services or spike the punch at weddings. It's because, in Kuhn's words, "We make memories that people cherish."

They run businesses that release white doves at weddings and funerals, mostly, but also at everything from graduation parties to grand openings to a "21 bird salute" at a July 4th celebration. Both report that business is really taking off, so to speak.

"I'm booking weddings two years from now," said Fredrichs, the owner of Wings of Love. "Releasing doves at a wedding is ...

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