Monday, October 25, 1999, Vol. 113, No. 203

Oct Oct. 25 The Tennessee Land Trust and the Wolf River Conservancy will sponsor a seminar at 9:30 a.m. at Shelby Farms and at 5:30 p.m. at Somerville Bank and Trust on income tax and estate planning considerations relating to protecting family lands. The speaker will be tax attorney Todd D. Mayo. For more information, call Dana Pittman at 465-7990. Oct. 26 Buckeye Toastmasters will meet at 7:15 p.m. at Germantown United Methodist Church, 2331 S. Germantown Road. For more information, call Gloria Morrow at 753-8604. Women in Communication will meet at 11:45 a.m. at LuLu Grille, 565 Erin Drive. The speaker will be Belinda Watkins, vice president and chief information officer for Jimmy Dean Foods. The cost is $14 for members and $18 for non-members. For more information, call 373-1723. The Direct Marketing Association will hold its sixth annual direct marketing conference titled "Building Relationships in the New Millennium" from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Peabody. The cost is $75 for DMA members and $90 for non-members. To register, call Lindsay Stockwell at 260-4217 or e-mail srathburn@archermalmo.com. Oct. 27 The Rotary Club of East Memphis will meet at noon at the Racquet Club. The speaker will be Dr. Donald Jonovic of the Family Enterprise Institute. For more information, call 362-0423. Oct. 28 The Internal Revenue Service will hold an employment tax workshop from 8:15 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the University of Memphis Small Business Development Center, 320 S. Dudley. The cost is $10. For reservations, call 527-1041. The Economic Club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Marriott, 2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd. The speaker will be Gov. Don Sundquist. For more information, call 678-2443. First Tennessee will offer a free seminar from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. at the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center, 3663 Appling Road, on protecting assets from probate and estate taxes. The speaker will be Lisa Cook, vice president of First Tennessees personal trust division. For more information, call 523-5150. Oct. 29 The Grant Center will offer a seminar titled "A Look at Local Funding" featuring a panel of private grant makers from 9 a.m. to noon at the Community Foundation, 1900 Union Ave. The cost is $25 for center members and $35 for non-members. For more information, call 684-6605. The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Developments Occupational Safety and Health Division will present a program for health care workers from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Select Downtown. The cost is $100. For more information, call (615) 320-4962. Oct. 30 The Filipino-American Empowerment Movement Inc. will sponsor a business development seminar from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Memphis Marriott. The cost is $25. For more information, call 377-4883. The League of Women Voters will meet at 10:30 a.m. at the Brooks Museum of Art. The speaker will be Dr. Dennis Hirsch, associate superintendent of business operations for Memphis City Schools. For more information, call 327-6892. Nov. 1 The Grant Center and the city of Memphis Technical Assistance and Resource Center will sponsor The Grantsmanship Training Program through Nov. 5 at 555 Beale St. The cost is $595. For more information, call 684-6605. To register, call (800) 421-9512. Nov. 4 The Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce and Nextlink will present a seminar on marketing small businesses internationally using the Internet. The seminar will be from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the University of Memphis Fogelman Executive Center. The presenter will be Philip Johnson, director of international trade for the chamber. For more information call 543-3569 or e-mail swilliams@memphis-chamber.com. Nov. 8 Consumer Credit Counseling Service will offer a free seminar on building a budget and the basics of money management from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 2158 Union Ave., Suite 400. For reservations, call 323-4909, Ext. 1007. Nov. 9 The Memphis Area Chamber of Commerce and the Quality Center will sponsor a seminar by the Disney Institute from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn East, 5795 Poplar Ave. Registration is $189 for chamber members and $219 for non-members. For information, call 543-3569. Nov. 10 The FedEx Pilots Association will sponsor the first Cargo Pilots Symposium through Nov. 11 at the Grand Resort Terrace Hotel in Tunica, Miss. The speaker will be National Transportation Safety Board chairman Jim Hall. For more information, call 752-8749 or e-mail fedexpa@lunaweb.net. Nov. 11 The Quality Center will offer a workshop on ISO 9000 documentation through Nov. 12. The cost is $395. For more information, call 543-3530 or visit the organizations Web site at www.msqpc.com. Microsoft and Solutech will offer a free Small Business Solutions Seminar at the Marriott, 2625 Thousand Oaks Blvd. To register, call (877) 673-8368 or register online at www.microsoft.com/MidAmerica. Nov. 13 Dutch Treat Luncheon will be at 12:30 p.m. at Barnhill Country Buffet, 857 S. White Station Road. The speaker will be prosecutor Hickman Ewing.