Posted on: Monday, July 5, 2004

Coming Events

Advertiser Staff

BEST BETS

• A "hard hat" tour of the new University of Hawai'i John A. Burns School of Medicine complex in Kaka'ako, followed by box-lunch dinner, is scheduled at a joint meeting July 13 of the local chapters of the American Institute of Architects and Construction Specifications Institute. The guided tours will be from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Hard hat and flat-heeled shoes required; other requirements. Fee; guests and nonmembers welcome. Reservations deadline, Friday: 847-1862.

TOMORROW

• HONOLULU CITY AND COUNTY TOASTMASTERS CLUB offers opportunities to improve public and impromptu speaking abilities, noon to 1 p.m., first and third Tuesdays, Honolulu Municipal Building, eighth-floor conference room. Guests welcome. Picture ID required. Information: 527-6797.

THURSDAY

• A free seminar on "Managing Retirement Income" will be offered at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Edward Jones financial firm in Suite 106A of Keolu Shopping Center, Enchanted Lake. Reservations: Chris, 263-4784.

• ALA MOANA TOASTMASTERS no-host luncheon meetings, with opportunities to improve public- and impromptu-speaking abilities, are held from noon to 1 p.m. Thursdays, Yum Yum Tree restaurant, Ward Centre. Guests welcome. 226-7686.

• The HONOLULU BUSINESS NETWORK, a networking organization for small-business owners and professionals, meets 12:01 to 1:15 p.m. Thursdays at Sansei Seafood Restaurant, Restaurant Row. Information: Tracy Nakashima, 525-6028.

UPCOMING

• Former Philippines President Corazon Aquino will be the guest of honor at "An International Affair," the annual dinner of the East-West Center Foundation, scheduled for July 14 at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Coral Ballroom. Aquino, whose 1986-92 term began 2y´ years after the assassination of her husband, Benigno Aquino, will receive the center's Asia Pacific Community Building Award. The award recognizes her achievements at the helm of a democratic revolution ending the rule of Ferdinand Marcos. The event begins with a 6 p.m. silent auction, followed by 7 p.m. dinner and program. Fee. Reservations: 944-7105.

• Scheduled "coffee breaks" to sample Hawai'i-grown brews will be part of the program when the HAWAII COFFEE ASSOCIATION meets for its NINTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW, July 22 to 25 at the Ohana Keauhou Beach Hotel on the Big Island. Fee. Information and registration: www.hawaiicoffeeassoc.org.

• Eric Crispin, head of the city's Department of Planning and Permitting, will be among panelists in a Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii-sponsored discussion on streamlining the permitting and zoning process. The event is scheduled for July 20, from 7:30 a.m. (registration and continental breakfast) to 10 a.m., at Dave and Buster's in the Ward Entertainment Complex. Fee; nonmembers welcome. Reservations by July 13: 545-4300.

Business meetings of general interest are listed in the "Coming Events" column each Monday. Submit notices at least two weeks in advance. By fax: 525-6763. By mail: Coming Events, Business Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802. By e-mail: business@honoluluadvertiser.com.