Posted: Monday, February 2, 2004 12:00 am
Feb. 3 - The Linn-Benton Community College Business Development Center will begin a real estate license exam prep course. The class will meet from 6 to 10 p.m. on Tuesdays for 15 weeks in the Siletz Room of the College Center on the Albany campus, 6500 Pacific Blvd. S.E. Cost: $595 plus books. Registration: 917-4929.
Feb. 4 - Linn-Benton Community College will begin a professional in human resources exam prep course. The class will meet from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays through April 28 in Room B-101 on the Albany campus, 6500 Pacific Blvd. S.W., Albany. Cost: $945 for three-credit course, $795 for no credit, $99 for refresher students. Registration: 917-4923.
Feb. 4 - The Oregon Environmental Council will present "Alternative Fuels" from 7 to 9 a.m. in Room 440 of the Lillis Business Complex at the University of Oregon. Cost: $25 ($5 discount for OEC members and employees of nonprofit and governmental agencies). Registration: 503-222-1963, ext. 100, or e-mail to cheryl@orcouncil.org by Jan. 30.
Feb. 5 - The department of design and human environment at Oregon State University will host a free career fair from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at CH2M Hill Alumni Center. Becky Jewett, president of Norm Thompson Outfitters Inc., will be the keynote speaker at 9 a.m., and other business representatives will be on hand as well. Information: Mark Floyd, 737-0788.
Feb. 11-13 - Samaritan Health Services and the Health Occupations/Services Education Center will offer a parish nursing prep course for three days at Linn-Benton Community College in Albany. There will also be a weekend retreat March 12-14 at Mill Creek Ranch outside Newport. Cost: $410 (includes three LBCC credits, manuals, meals and retreat lodging). Registration: 917-4510 by Feb. 6.
Feb. 12 - The Downtown Corvallis Association will present a DCA After Hours networking reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Red Horse Coffee Co., 308 S.W. Third St., Corvallis. Cost: free for DCA members, $5 for nonmembers. Reservations: 754-6624.
Feb. 12 - The Oregon Environmental Council will present "Genetically Modified Food: Beyond the Initiative Wars" from noon to 3 p.m. at the LaSells Stewart Center, 875 S.W. 26th St. in Corvallis. Cost: $15.Information and registration: (503) 222-1963, ext. 106, or go online at www.orcouncil.org.
Feb. 18 - The Albany Area Chamber of Commerce will present a workshop called "Winning in This Economy" from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express, 105 Opal Court N.E. The presenter will be business consultant Patrick McGaughey. Cost: $54, $39 for chamber members (group discounts available). Registration: 926-1517.
Feb. 25 - The Linn Benton Employer Council will present a seminar called "Understanding Oregon's Unemployment Insurance Program" from 8 a.m. to noon at the Holiday Inn Express, 105 Opal Court N.E., Albany. Cost: $59 ($10 discount for local Chamber of Commerce members). Registration: Eric Villegas, 917-2171, ext. 284, by Feb. 19.