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Chambers set luncheon schedules

* The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce's luncheon will be held at noon Tuesday at Froso's Restaurant. Doreen Leavitt of the Central Peninsula H1N1 Task Force is the scheduled speaker.

For more information, call Michelle Glaves at 262-9814.

* The Kenai Chamber of Commerce meets Wednesday at the Kenai Merit Inn. For more information, call Gloria Ungrue at 283-7989.

Curves supports breast cancer awareness

Curves in Kenai is encouraging all women to have annual mammograms and perform monthly breast self-exams during national breast cancer awareness month. Women who bring in a mammogram that was performed within the last year, or those who make a $25 donation to the American Cancer Society, will be waived from paying a service fee when they join Curves during one of the last three weeks of October.

Participating Curves will make available a breast self-exam kit, which makes the exam process more sensitive for detecting unusual lumps. For every kit sold, Curves will donate one to a woman who can't afford one. For more information, call Juline Arestad at 335-2787.

Getting started with QuickBooks class offered

Learn to use QuickBooks 2008 as the best tool to collect and organize your business data so you're prepared when tax time rolls around. This four-session, 11-chapter class is from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesdays from Nov. 10 to Dec.1 at the Small Business Development Center, located in Suite 12 in the Red Diamond Center. The $155 fee payment is required by Friday's registration deadline.

Registration can be done online at www.aksbdc.org, workshops-Kenai Peninsula. For more information, e-mail Bunny at inblk@uaa.alaska.edu or call 260-5629. As a prerequisite, participants must have typing/keyboarding basic training.

Small Business Development Center sponsors seminars

The Alaska Small Business Development Center is sponsoring the following seminars:

* Profit Mastery (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 24 and 25) -- This two-day seminar will will empower you to make better business decisions so you can make and keep more of your hard-earned money. The fee is $250. Participants will determine and evaluate the current financial position of a case study business utilizing industry benchmarks and formulas with real-world experience to gain the skills and tools needed to drive improved financial performance.

Online registration and payment is required by Nov. 16.

* Financing your business (10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 1) -- Brendyn Shiflea, First National Bank of Alaska, Kenai Branch Manager, will cover the key elements for obtaining business loans and working funds. The agenda includes selecting your banker, types of loans, steps in loan preparation, etc. Registration and payment is required by Nov. 24

* Build a business plan (1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 8) -- Learn methods to establish budgets, monetary amounts or percentages and how to evaluate your successes and failures. The fee is $25; registration deadline is Dec. 3rd.

To register for either seminar, go to www.aksbdc.org and click workshops Kenai Peninsula - Sign Me Up.

For more information, call Bunny at 260-5629 or e-mail her at inblk@uaa.alaska.edu

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