Coming Events

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• Honolulu journalists will be speakers in a noncredit University of Hawai'i course, "Getting Free Media Coverage: The Inside Scoop." Instruction will include how to write news releases and approach editors. The two-day course is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays, Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 , in Webster Hall, Room 112, on the Manoa campus. It is coordinated by public relations executive Eileen Mortenson. Fee. Information: 956-8244. Registration: 956-7221.

• Alumni and supporters of the University of Hawai'i College of Business Administration are invited to the INAUGURAL ANNUAL ALUMNI DAY, noon to 6:30 p.m., Sept. 15, at 2404 Maile Way on the Manoa campus. The event will include lunch, speeches by noted business experts and appointees to endowed professorships, and a limited number of free tickets to the UH Wahine volleyball game that evening. Fee. Call: 956-2219

TOMORROW

• "Writing a Winning Business Plan, Part II," 6 to 9 p.m. at the Wai'anae Neighborhood Community Center, 85-670 Farrington Highway, is among courses, workshops and seminars sponsored by the Hawai'i Small Business Development Center Network. Others include back-to-basics bookkeeping on Sept. 4 and tax basics for the single-owned business on Sept. 6. Fees. Registration/locations/information: 522-8131, Ext. 221.

WEDNESDAY

• A free seminar, "Road to Long-Term Care," will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the 'Aiea branch of investment firm Edward Jones, 99-115 'Aiea Heights Drive #254. Reservations: Danny Alvarez, 487-5066.

THURSDAY

• The Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce and the Hawai'i Technology Trade Association are sponsoring "Speak Out on Hawai'i's Technology Future: Action Planning Workshop for the Private Sector," scheduled for 1:30 to 5 p.m. at the Outrigger Waikoloa Beach Hotel. Ray Kamikawa, former state tax director, and representatives of the Hawai'i Island Technology Association and Hawai'i Island Economic Development Board will be key participants in the workshop, part of a 10-session statewide series. Another session is planned for 7:30 to 11 a.m. Friday at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, in Rooms 306 and 307 of the Student Center. Fee; nonmembers welcome. Information: 550-4882.

• It's is the last day to register for the general membership meeting of Financial Women International, scheduled for 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at the O'ahu Country Club Call: Yvonne Konia, 693-1401.