03-04 Calendar March 4 Fidelity Investments will offer an estate planning seminar at noon at the Summit Club, 5100 Poplar Ave. For more information on the free seminar, call 1-800-452-9936. City Councilman Jerome Rubin and Mayor W. W. Herenton will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. at Whitehaven High School, 4851 Elvis Presley Blvd. The hearing will concern the proposed purchase of the Whitehaven Country Club. For more information, call Taryn Harrison at 576-6799. March 5 The University of Memphis will host Susan Estrich, a nationally syndicated columnist and the national campaign manager for 1988 presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, at 7:30 p.m. She will discuss "Politics, Politicians and the People." Admission is $5 for the general public and $3 for U of M faculty and staff. Tickets are available from the university ticket office at 678-2043. March 6 Lambda Alpha International will meet at noon at the Racquet Club. The speaker will be Chief Jack Pickett, fire marshal with the Memphis Fire Department, who will discuss fire safety as it relates to real estate development and ownership. Cost is $10 per guest. For more information, call 678-2281. The Memphis Bar Association will present a seminar entitled "Mediation, Arbitration or Meditation?" (ADR and Supreme Court Rule 31) at noon at the Peabody Hotel. The program will be presented by Hayden Lait and offers one hour of continuing legal education credit. Registration after March 4 is $30 for MBA members and $35 for non-members. The Public Relations Society of America will meet at 11:45 a.m. in the Fogelman Executive Center at the University of Memphis. The speaker will be Cathy Hart, manager of corporate communications at Public Service Co. in Denver, Colo. The cost is $2 for guests and $5 for students. For more information, call Toni Boland at 320-2919. The Mid-South Society of the Institute of Certified Financial Planners will meet at the Racquet Club. Paul Anderson, business development manager with Manulife Financial Services, will speak on changing trends in life insurance. For more information, call 767-9187. March 7 Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce will co-sponsor a seminar on the export process from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at 22 N. Front St., Suite 200. The cost is $30 or $25 for members of the chamber or the Memphis World Trade Club. For reservations, call 678-4174 by March 6. The Mid-South Conference on Communicative Disorders will be held through March 9 at the Memphis Marriott Hotel. For more information, call 678-5800. The Memphis Junior Chamber of Commerce will host an open forum at 7 p.m. at Union Planters Bank, 6200 Poplar Ave., for all candidates in the March 12 primary election. For more information, call 682-2026. March 8 The Mid-South Quality-Productivity Center will sponsor a trip to the Saturn Corp. plant. A charter bus will leave State Technical Institute at 6 a.m. and return by 10 p.m.. The cost is $275 per person. For reservations, call Sharon Seaberry at 575-3530. March 12 The Memphis Bar Association will present a seminar on landlord/tenant law at 11:45 a.m. at the Racquet Club. The presenter will be General Sessions Court Judge Sam A. Thompson. The seminar offers one hour of continuing education credit. Registration before March 10 is $25 for MBA members and $30 for non-members. After March 10, registration is $30 for MBA members and $35 for non-members. The Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers, Memphis chapter, will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 6101 Shelby Oaks Drive. The speaker will be Dr. Jerry Overton, president of Atoka Inc. The cost is $17. For reservations, call Bob Gasper at 320-2384 or Harry Kemp at 383-2322. The Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants will sponsor a two-hour continuing education meeting featuring an overview of common litigation issues arising from accounting work. The session, by Jim Mertrzlufft, will begin at 3:30 p.m. at the Racquet Club. The cost for non-members is $35. Following the presentation will be a dinner meeting featuring guest speaker Casey M. Stuart, president of the TSCPA. The cost is $22 for non-members. For reservations or information, call Dave Wildman at 753-7175 or Bob Wallace at 272-8295. March 14 The Mississippi River and Her People symposium will be held through March 16 at the Radisson Hotel. Registration is $25 or $10 for students. For more information, contact Meg Hacker at (817) 334-5525, ext. 244. AIA Memphis will meet at the Woodruff Fontaine Carriage House beginning at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will include a panel discussion on historic preservation and future development. For reservations, call 525-3818. March 15 The Federal Bar Association, Memphis Mid-South chapter, will sponsor a continuing legal education seminar at the Peabody Hotel featuring U.S. Rep. Ed Bryant. He will address the group on new legislation, including tort reform. March 19 Merrill Lynch will host a free investment and planning seminar from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 6750 Poplar Ave. Consultant Norman H. Blake III will discuss the topic "What Smart Women Should Know About Money." For more information, call Gail Coughran at 756-2040. March 21 The Institute of Real Estate Management, Memphis chapter No. 20, will meet at the Racquet Club. The meeting will feature Byrd Baggett, who will speak on Business Against Crime. For reservations, call 684-6392 by noon March 20. March 27 The Memphis Bar Association will sponsor "Alimony and Child Support from the Divorce Referees Perspective" at noon at the Peabody Hotel. The presenter is Julia Sayle. The seminar offers one hour of continuing education credit. Registration before March 25 is $25 for MBA members and $30 for non-members. After March 25, registration is $30 for MBA members and $35 for non-members.