* Send BUSINESS CALENDAR items to the...

* Send BUSINESS CALENDAR items to the Daily Pilot, 1375 Sunflower

Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626; by e-mail to

[email protected]; by fax to (714) 966-4667; or by calling (714) 966-4625. Include the time, date and location of the

event, as well as a contact phone number.

SEPT. 10 TO 24

A series of tax-planning workshops for real estate owners,

featuring business and tax attorney Laura Barnard, is scheduled from

9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 10, 17 and 24. The first session will

provide an overview of financial and tax advantages of real estate

ownership. The second focuses on mortgage financing and income,

deductions and calculating depreciation. The final session examines

advanced real estate strategies, including corporate partnerships and

real estate investment funds. All will be held at Orange Coast

College, Business Education room 101B, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. Registration is $89 per class. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

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SEPT. 20

A workshop on using Quickbooks is scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon at

National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. Cost is $30, $10

more at the door; includes all handouts and materials. Information:

(714) 550-7369 or o7www.score114.org.

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SEPT. 21

Coastline Community College’s “Breakfast with the President” is

scheduled from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at the Center Club, 650 Town Center

Drive, Costa Mesa. Coastline president Ding-Jo Currie will speak to

local business owners, managers and employees on the topic of “Sexual

Harassment: Educate or Litigate.” Information: (714) 546-7600, ext.

16597 or [email protected].

SEPT. 24

A home-inspection business workshop, featuring business owner

Howard Larnard, is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 at the

Technology Center at Orange Coast College, 2701 Fairview Road, Costa

Mesa. Registration is $125. Information: (714) 432-5045 o7 f7

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f7SEPT. 27

A workshop on marketing and promotions is scheduled from 9 a.m. to

12 p.m. at National University, 3390 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa. Cost

is $30, $10 more at the door; includes all handouts and materials.

Information: (714) 550-7369 or o7www.score114.org.f7

SEPT. 27 THROUGH NOV. 15

“It’s Your Money,” an eight-week financial planning workshop

series put on by six nonprofit organizations, will examine a number

of different topics: fixed-income investments; the difference between

annuities, variable annuities and mutual funds; factors to consider

with long-term care insurance; and differences between asset

managers, financial planners, stockbrokers, bankers and insurance

agents. The free sessions are scheduled to be held from 10 to 11:30

a.m. Tuesdays at the Newport Beach Central Library, 1000 Avocado.

Information: (949) 717-3890.

OCT. 1

A financial-planning workshop for women is being offered by Orange

Coast College. Certified financial planner Marjorie Stanford Wray

will discuss the basics of investing, how to set financial goals and

ways to reduce taxes. The workshop is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 12

p.m. in the college’s business education room 101A, 2701 Fairview

Road, Costa Mesa. Registration is $29. Information: (714) 432-5880 or

www.occtickets.com.

ONGOING

The Costa Mesa chapter of Ali Lassen’s Leads Club, an

international group for business referrals and networking, meets at

noon Thursdays at the Newport Beach Yacht Club. Information: (800)

767-7337 or o7www.leadsclubla.comf7.

Learn how to expand your local business contacts by joining the

Costa Mesa chapter of Leads Club. The chapter will be a Thursday

lunch group. Information: (800) 767-7337.