Meetings & Events
JBI Properties LLC, of Spokane Valley, is holding a free open house and seminar on Thursday, July 30, on How Universal Design Concepts picks up where ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act) compliance leaves off, from 4:30-5:30 p.m., at 9614 N. Orchard, on Five Mile prairie. Brian Beyer, builder and managing member of JBI, will discuss home features and how they might be applied to both regular and handicapped home environments. For information, call 998-9846.



Greater Spokane Incorporated will hold a meeting, titled Home Based-Business Connection: Regroup, Recharge, Return, for home-based business owners to introduce their business, share recent success stories, and talk with one another, from 8-9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at the Spokane Regional Business Center, 801 W. Riverside, Suite 100. For information, contact Tate White at 321-3641.



Marketing Associates of Spokane will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 13, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Red Lion Inn at the Park, 201 W. North River Drive. The guest speaker is John Sporleder, of Spokane, founder and president of Sporleder Human Capital. Sporleder will give a lecture, titled The Art of Behavior Awareness. The cost to attend is $20 for members, $30 for non-members. RSVP is required by Aug. 10. For information, contact Taryn Erickson at (208) 676-8001.



Merrily Bjerkestrand, etiquette consultant and director of the Northwest School of Protocol, of Spokane, will be the guest speaker at the Inland Northwest Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners' regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 13, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at the Davenport Hotel, 10 S. Post. Bjerkestrand will give a lecture, entitled Etiquette Schmetiquette, Business From a Different Perspective. The cost to attend is $28 with RSVP prior to noon, Aug. 11, and $33 after. Call Karin Kasinger at 481-3357 to RSVP, or visit www.NawboNW.org.

Workshops & Seminars
National Seminars Training Group, of Shawnee Mission, Kan., will present a workshop, titled Payroll Law, on Aug. 10, at the Spokane Mirabeau Hotel, at 1100 N. Sullivan, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost is $199. The group also will present Cool, Confident, and Collected Managing Conflict for Women, on Aug. 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Red Lion Hotel at the Park, at 303 W. North River Drive, at a cost of $179. Same-day registration is at 8:30 a.m. for both workshops. For information, visit www.nationalseminarstraining.com or call 1-800-258-7246.



Inland Northwest Health Services, of Spokane, will hold a Basic Life Support training course for health-care professionals on responding to cardiac and respiratory emergencies, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, from 7:45 a.m. to noon, at St. Luke's Rehabilitation Institute, 711 S. Cowley, for a cost of $65. The same day, from 6 to 8 p.m., INHS will present another training course, titled, CPR Friends and Family Pediatric, also at St. Luke's, for a cost of $25. Pre-registration is required for both workshops. For more information, call 232-8138.

Conventions & Shows
Washington Association for Pupil Transportation Annual Conference and Trade Show 2009

July 31-Aug. 5

Spokane Convention Center

Expected Attendance: 400



2009 Annual Spokane Scottish Highland Games

Aug. 1

Spokane County Fair and Expo Center

Expected Attendance: 1,000



Goodguys Great NW Nationals Goodguys Rod & Custom Association

Aug. 13-16

Spokane County Fair and Expo Center

Expected Attendance: 3,000