Anchorage Daily News

TODAY

• BrassTacks Business Basics Class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday-Thursday, YWCA Anchorage, 324 E. Fifth Ave. This class provides prospective entrepreneurs the tools needed to turn business ideas into reality: covers a number of business topics, and gets you started on a business plan. The fee includes the full course and additional one-on-one business counseling services. $75. Call 644-9611 or go to www.ywcaak.org to register.

TUESDAY

• The Alaska Society of Mechanical Engineers meets at 11:30 a.m. at Peggy's Restaurant. Tom Vania, Cook Inlet Regional Management biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, will give the group an update on sport fishing in 2008.

• The Foraker Group offers "Effective Volunteer Recruitment," 3-5 p.m. Tuesday, 161 Klevin St.

Call 743-1200.

WEDNESDAY

• Alaska Miners Association, Society of Mining Engineers, meets at noon at the Sourdough Mining Company Restaurant, 5200 Juneau St. Gunnar Knapp, professor of economics at UAA, will discuss Alaska's economy -- the big picture and how mining fits in. RSVP with Betty at jimandbetty@alaska.net or call 345-4815 or 345-3048.

• Your IRA Beneficiary Designation, a class by UBS Financial Services, is 1-2 p.m. at 3000 A St., Suite 100. Learn how your beneficiary choices affect the distribution of your IRA assets. Call 261-5914.

THURSDAY

• "Marketing on the Internet," a class offered by SCORE and the Small Business Development Center, is 7-8:30 p.m. at the BP Energy Center, 900 E. Benson Ave. Aliza Sherman-Risdahl will lead the class. $40. Call 274-7232 of visit www.akscore.org.

• The Resource Development Council's breakfast meeting features Craig Haymes, Alaska production manager, Exxon Mobil, on "Point Thomson: A Commitment To Produce," 7:30 a.m., Petroleum Club, 3301 C. St. Contact: 276-0700, ext. 6 or www.akrdc.org.

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