Tuesday: Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association Maintenance and Purchasing Roundtable, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Top of the 80s, Hazleton. David Harring, maintenance planner/scheduler at Tredegar Film Products, on hand to present. Roundtable to discuss Computerized Maintenance Management Software and Reducing Parts Inventory. Registration, including lunch, is $37 for members and $74 for nonmembers. To register, crobbins@maea.biz or 622-0992. - Toastmasters International meeting, 5:15 p.m., Sundance Vacations presentation room, 264 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre. Club meets first and third Tuesday of each month. All welcome. Details, toastmasters.org or toastmasterswb@gmail.com.
Tuesday and Thursday: Penn State Wilkes-Barre continuing education real estate licensing preparation courses. First course, Real Estate Fundamentals, Tuesdays, Feb. 5 to April 9, 6-9 p.m.; second course, Real Estate Practices, Thursdays, Feb. 7 to April 11, 6-9 p.m., at Penn State Northern Tier Center, Towanda; and Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus, Lehman. Registration for each course, $280. Courses approved by Pennsylvania Real Estate Commission and are required to sit for real estate salesman's examination. Details, 675-9253; wbce@outreach.psu.edu; or wb.psu.edu/ce.
Wednesday: Navigating New Health Care Benefit Requirements training session from Wilkes University Small Business Development Center, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., NEPIRC training room, 75 Young St., Hanover Twp. Eric Pochas, director of client services at Vantagen LLC, will offer information about Affordable Care Act. Cost, $10, includes lunch. To register, call 408-4343 or email sbdc@wilkes.edu. - The Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce Women's Networking Committee evening networking mixer, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Famous Salon & Spa, Route 924, Hazleton. Registration $5 for chamber members and $7 for nonmembers, collected at the door. Proceeds benefit annual Women's Empowerment Grant fund. Reservations required for mixer, hazletonchamber.org or Julie at 455-1509 or jferry@hazletonchamber.org.
Thursday: Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture Soils, Grazing and Grass-Based Land Management pre-conference track, led by Abe Collins. Part of 22nd annual Farming for the Future Conference. 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Penn State Conference Center Hotel in State College. One of 12 pre-conference tracks offered as part of the overall conference, Feb. 6 to Feb. 9. For details, pasafarming.org/conference.
Friday: Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association Legislative Roundtable, 8-10 a.m. at Pottsville Club. The roundtable will provide an opportunity to share issues and concerns with legislators and will be an informational sharing session. Cost, which includes breakfast, $32 for members and $64 for nonmembers. To register, email Joan Trosterud at jtrosterud@maea.biz, or call 622-0992.
Feb. 15: Penn State Extension's Food for Profit one-day workshop, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., at Susquehanna County EMA Conference Room, lower level of County Office Building, 81 Public Ave., Montrose. Course offers step-by-step walk-through of entrepreneurial process. Tuition is $45 and includes all materials and lunch. Registration required, extension.psu.edu/food-safety/entrepreneurs, or 717-270-3491. For details, Extension Educator Winifred McGee, wwm1@psu.edu or 717-270-4391.
Feb. 20: Greater Scranton Women's Network "Strong Women Leading Today" series noon-1, Radisson at Lackawanna Station Hotel, 700 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. Luncheon to feature guest speaker Dipti Pancholy, M.D., chief operating officer of North Penn Cardiovascular Specialists. Cost is $20 for members and $30 for nonmembers. For details, 342-7711 or www. scrantonchamber.com.
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