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Local Business
Each year Ron Watson, broker of ERA Matt Fischer Realtor, presents a $1,000 check each to his top-selling agents for the Yuma office and the Foothills office to benefit a charity of their choice. Paul Cunningham, the Yuma office agent of the year for 2006, donated his check to Sharon Chessum for Hospice of Yuma. Patty Lesperance, Foothills office agent of the year for 2006, donated her check to Cathy Reeves, area coordinator for Yuma Special Olympics. Both Cunningham and Lesperance have been the agency's top-selling agents for the past several years. YTA event features top trainer Internationally known speaker, teacher and trainer Nance Harris will present the next program for the Yuma Training Alliance. The event will be held Tuesday at the Yuma Civic Center. Two half-day programs, Effective Time Management and Get Organized, will be offered back to back. The morning session will be 8 a.m. to noon and includes a continental breakfast. The afternoon schedule is 1 to 5 p.m. and includes light refreshments. “In these powerful programs, you will learn universal principles of effective time management, personal productivity and organization,” said Kay Eldridge, city of Yuma training and development coordinator. For tickets and more information, call YTA program manager Dallas Porter Stowe at 1-800-970-1270, Ext. 25. Tickets are $99 each or a set of four for $356. ‘Good Morning Yuma!’ The monthly "Good Morning Yuma!" will begin at 6:30 a.m. Feb. 8 at the Ramada Inn-Chilton Conference Center, 300 E. 32nd St. Southwest Gas is sponsoring the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce event. Cost is $12 for members with reservations. For more information or to register, call the chamber at 782-7257. Veterans' business seminar A veterans' business resource seminar will be offered from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 22 at the Arizona Western College Small Business Development Center, 1351 S. Redondo Center Drive, No. 101. Topics will include services and programs offered by the Small Business Administration, business plans, online training and business incentives. Registration is required by Feb. 20. For more information or to register, call 317-6151. Imperial County to hold tax-defaulted online auction Imperial County for the first time will conduct a tax auction over the Internet Feb. 17-21. The auction is being conducted by Bid4Assets, the leading online auction service provider for forfeited, surplus and tax-defaulted government property. The county is offering 187 properties for sale. Interested participants can review the auctions at www.bid4assets.com/im perial. Minimum bids start as low as $625, and no properties in the auction have a reserve price. A deposit of $2,500 (plus a $15 processing fee) is required to bid on the properties and should be submitted before Feb. 13 to allow for sufficient processing time. Additional instructions for submitting the deposit and bidding are on the Web site. Professional sales class A Selling Strategies for the Entrepreneur class will be offered at Arizona Western College beginning Feb. 26. The class will meet two evenings a week for 7-1/2 weeks. It will cover all aspects of professional selling, including identifying prospects, developing a sales presentation, dealing with objections, closing the deal and gaining repeat sales. The content would be useful to anyone starting out in a sales profession or someone wanting to polish their sales skills. Students can register online at www.azwestern.edu or at any campus center.  |
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