Week Ahead

MONDAY

Financial Management: Records and Reports – Presented by Community Colleges of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center, this class will explain what balance sheets and profit-and-loss statements mean. The course meets today and Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI), 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $50. For information call 358-7890.

TUESDAY

Recordkeeping with QuickBooks – Presented by Community Colleges of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center, this class will discuss the basics of using QuickBooks. Participants must have taken the prerequisite Beginning Recordkeeping. The class meets today from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI), 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $35. For information call 358-7890.

Starting and Operating a Construction Business – Presented by Community Colleges of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center, this class will discuss bonding, licensing, legal structures, recordkeeping and more today and Nov. 9 from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI), 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $50. For information call 358-7890.

WEDNESDAY

Affirmative Action Update – Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest presents this seminar that will discuss the seven varieties of affirmative action and the related changes for 2004. The seminar meets today from 9 a.m.-noon at Associated Industries, 920 N. Washington. The cost for members is $65 and for nonmembers is $99. For information call 326-6885.

CEOs and Spaghetti Throwers – Local entrepreneurs and Whitworth College students are invited to this forum that will give entrepreneurs an opportunity to test their business ideas with a panel of CEOs to see if they stick. This event is today from 5:30-8 p.m. in the Shupper Family Classroom in Weyerhaeuser Hall of Whitworth College, 300 W. Hawthorne Rd. For information call 777-3242.

Basics of Starting a New Business – Presented by SCORE, Counselors to America’s Small Business, this course will discuss how to get your business off on the right foot with good legal, tax, insurance and accounting advice. The class meets today from 8 a.m.-noon at the Business Information Center, 801 W. Riverside, #240. The cost is $25. For information call Billie Moreland at 353-2820.

MBA & MAcc Information Meeting – The Gonzaga University Graduate School of Business is presenting this meeting today from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Jepson Center on the Gonzaga campus, 502 E. Boone. For information call Jinny Piskel at 323-3414 or e-mail piskel@jepson.gonzaga.edu.

THURSDAY

Finding and Evaluating Franchise Opportunities – Presented by Community College’s of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center, this course will discuss the rules for evaluating a franchise today from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI), 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $25. For information call 358-7890.

QuickBooks for Payroll – Presented by Community Colleges of Spokane’s Small Business Development Center, this course will discuss how this software can simplify payroll for businesses. The class meets today from 6-9 p.m. at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research and Technology Institute (SIRTI), 665 N. Riverpoint Blvd. The cost is $35. For information call 358-7890.

Flexible Spending Arrangements and Health Reimbursement Arrangements – This free workshop will discuss premium-only plans, flexible spending accounts, transportation benefit programs and more today from 9-11 a.m. at Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest, 920 N. Washington. For information call 326-6885.

Business Loan Briefings – Loan officers at the Spokane branch of the U.S. Small Business Administration will conduct these briefings to small business owners today at 11:45 a.m. at the SBA’s training room, 801 W. Riverside, #240. Learn what lenders look for in a credit application and what resources and financing programs are available. For information call 353-2811.

SCORE Business Counseling – Appointments are available for confidential sessions with SCORE counselors today from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center, 525 Clearwater Loop, Post Falls. To schedule an appointment call (208) 769-3296.

Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants Fall Lunch Series – This week’s luncheon will feature Allan B. Hanson, owner of Allan B. Hanson CPA in Spokane Valley. Hanson will discuss Responding to State Tax Audits, Planning, Conduct and Appeal today from noon-2 p.m. in the Washington/California room of the COG Building at Gonzaga University, 702 E. Desmet Ave. The cost is $55. For more information or to register call Casi Densley at 755-8689.

FRIDAY

Mad Cow and Crisis Communications – The Spokane chapter of the Public Relations Society of America and the Spokane Public Relations Council are presenting this program that will feature speaker Suzanne Hartman of Rockey Hill & Knowlton in Seattle. The program is today at 7:30 a.m. in the COG Building at Gonzaga University, 702 E. Desmet Ave. The cost is $9 for members, $7 for students, $11 for nonmembers and includes breakfast. For more information call Maggie Crabtree at 623-0471.

SATURDAY

Incubator Without Walls – Eastern Washington University is presenting this seminar that will focus on marketing today from 8 a.m.-noon in the auditorium, room 122 of the Phase I Classroom Building of the Riverpoint Campus, 668 N. Riverpoint Blvd. For more information call Terry Sanchez at 358-2208 or e-mail tsanchez@ewu.edu.

CONVENTIONS

The Inland Northwest Regional Perinatal Center – Nov. 4-5 at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park. 200 delegates.