03-18 Calendar March 18 The MidSouth Workers Compensation Association will meet at the Racquet Club at 11:30 a.m. The speaker will be Ray Abromitis, vice president/workers compensation cost containment leader for Johnson & Higgins of Charlotte, N.C. The cost is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers. For more information, call Carol Robertson at 541-9221. Christian Brothers University will host an evening program information session from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Buckman Hall. For information, call 722-0291. 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. The Memphis Area Chamber of Commerces Small Business Council will host an executive summary from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Holiday Inn East. The speaker will be direct marketer Alan Katz. For reservations, call 575-3532. The Memphis Job Service Employer Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, 6101 Shelby Oaks Drive. The speaker will be Eddie Scott, the Department of Employment Securitys equal employment opportunity representative for West Tennessee, who will discuss sexual harassment in the workplace. For information, call Helen Cooley at 423-5860. March 20 The Greater Memphis Legal Assistants Inc. will meet at 11:30 a.m. at the Radisson Hotel. The speaker will be Robert L. DeTrolio, clerk of U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. The cost is $10 for members and $15 for nonmembers. For more information, call 527-6254. The Collierville Job Service Employer Committee will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Lamms Restaurant, 1015 W. Poplar Ave. The speaker will be Eddie Scott, the Tennessee Department of Employment Securitys equal employment opportunity representative for West Tennessee, who will discuss sexual harassment in the workplace. For information or reservations, call Ron Anderson at 853-4752. March 21 The Institute of Real Estate Management will meet at the Racquet Club. Byrd Baggett will speak on Business Against Crime. For reservations, call 684-6392 by noon Wednesday. March 22 The National Association of Women in Construction will host the Region 5 Annual Forum through March 23 at the Ramada Convention Center Hotel. The keynote speaker will be Tom Needham, president of Allen & Hoshall Architects-Engineers. For information, call Debby Jacobs at 276-1979 or Leigh Lewis at 521-9500. March 25 The Direct Marketing Association of Memphis will meet at 11:45 a.m. at Lulu Grille. The speaker will be Murray Raphel, an expert on retail direct marketing, advertising and promotion. The cost is $20 for guests. For reservations, call Allan Katz at 794-4445. March 26 The Construction Specifications Institute will host the CSI Products Display Show from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Pipkin Building at the Mid-South Fairgrounds. Roofing and seismic design seminars will be conducted from 1:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Mid-South Coliseum. 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 nonmembers. After March 25, registration is $30 for MBA members and $35 for nonmembers. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold its 1996 Freedom Fund Dinner at 7:30 p.m. at the Peabody Hotel. Admission is $100 per person and proceeds will be applied to the organizations general budget. For more information, call 521-1343.