BUSINESS

Agribusiness Development Corp. Board Meeting, 9 a.m. Friday, State Office Tower Conference Room 302, 235 S. Beretania St.

Alu Like Inc., pricing and marketing workshop for crafters. 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Alu Like Business Development Center, Kawaiahao Plaza. Free. Call 535-6776 or 535-6782.

Association for Information and Image Management International:

"Trends in the Imaging and Information Management Industry: A Report of the 1997 AIIM Annual Show," with James Breuer, senior vice president of marketing at AIIM. 7:45 to 10 a.m. April 25, Plaza Club, 20th floor. Cost: $12 for members, $17 nonmembers, includes breakfast. Fax reservations to 531-7585.

Building Industry Association of Hawaii workshop on Affirmative Action/

Equal Employment Opportunity compliance. 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. April 22, 1727 Dillingham Blvd. conference room. Cost: $20 for members, $40 nonmembers. Call 847-4666.

Hawaii Economic Association, "Seventh Annual Conference on Current Economic Issues." Session subjects include "Forecasts for Hawaii's Economy," "Strategic Challenges Facing Hawaii Tourism" and "Tourism Issues and Research Forum." 7:45 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. April 24, Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii, 2454 S. Beretania St. Cost: $45 includes lunch; student rate $10 without lunch. Registration deadline: next Monday. Call 537-8137 for more information.

International Council of Shopping Centers - Hawaii, half-day seminar on "New Retailers and Restaurants in Town," "How to Compete in a Down Economy" and "The New Hawaii Convention Center." 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel. Cost: $45 in advance, $55 at the door. Call 531-2886.

National Association of Industrial & Office Properties, Hawaii Chapter, April meeting: "Commercial and Industrial Development Planning Issues," with Patrick Onishi, chief planning officer for the city Planning Department, 7:45 a.m. April 24, Pacific Club. Prepaid cost: $17 for members, $24 nonmembers. Cost at the door: $20 for members, $29 nonmembers. Includes breakfast. Call 262-0909.

Pacific Asia Travel Association, Hawaii Chapter: "Marketing the Hawaii Convention Center," with Randall Tanaka, director of sales and marketing for the Hawaii Convention Center, and Janet Yoshida Brown, director of sales - meetings, conventions and incentive at the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau. 11:30 a.m. April 30, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Hanohano Room. Cost: $25 for members, $30 nonmembers. Registration deadline: April 25. Call 832-0140.

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COMMUNITY

Ala Moana Jaycees together with the Mayor's Office of Culture and the Arts will stage a public forum. Learn why some of your paycheck funds the Social Security program and why it may run out in the next few decades. 6 p.m. April 23, Honolulu Hale courtyard. Call 528-9695.

Edward Jones six-week investment class. Learn the basics of investing including CD's, Bonds, Mutual Funds, Annuities Stocks. 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays or 9-10 a.m. Saturdays Bank of America Building, Kaneohe, Suite 403. Free. Call 247-2072.

First Nations Development Institute workshop for native Hawaiian groups, groups involved in improving their communities, reducing dependence on federal dollars and increasing private-sector funding. Included will be information on First Nations' Eagle Staff Fund, which provides grants to American Indians, native Hawaiians and Alaska natives. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Next Monday to April 23, Hawaii Community Foundation, 900 Fort Street Mall, Suite 1300. Cost $75. Call 540-371-5615.

Industrial Relations Research Association, Hawaii Chapter meeting: "Booze, Drugs and the Evil Weed." James Merrick will speak about the Hawaii Operating Engineers Local 3 labor-based peer program for treatment and prevention of chemical dependency in Hawaii. 11:30 a.m. April 30, Ala Moana Hotel, Carnation Room. Cost: $18.50 members, $20.50 nonmembers. Registration deadline: April 23. Call 956-8132 or 956-8165.

Lee & Associates: training session for nonprofit organizations to learn about advanced estate-planning methods to help the taxpayer understand benefits of charitable gift-giving and how charities can educate potential donors. 9 to 11 a.m April 23, Central YMCA. Call 591-4824.

Parents and Children Together (PACT): Community leaders read to children in Head Start programs to emphasize the importance of reading:

April 23: Laura Thompson, 9:30 to 10 a.m. Kalihi-Waena

Scenic Hawaii Inc., First General Membership Luncheon with Gen. John D'Araujo, director of city Parks and Recreation, 11:30 a.m. April 24, Hale Koa Hotel, Garden Room. Cost: $14.50. Registration deadline: next Monday. Call 737-8327.

Town Meeting: "Motor Vehicles & the Tourist Tax," with Sens. Cal Kawamoto, Norman Sakamoto and Sam Slom. Cablecast by 'Olelo, 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 p.m. next Monday, on VIEWS, Oceanic 54, TCI Cable 3. Call 534-1055.

Tutu's House program, "Open Communication with Teens: What every adult needs to know about being able to communicate with teens." 6 to 7:30 p.m. next Monday, both programs held at Tutu's House, Parker Ranch Shopping Center, Waimea, Hawaii. Free. Call 885-6777.

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ENVIRONMENT

Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council: Meeting focuses on U.S. Pacific islands' rights to establish fishing agreements with foreign nations' vessels, foreign fishing limits and Essential Fish Habitat amendments to Fisheries Management Plans. Meeting will also address gear conflicts between long-line and hand-line fishermen. 8 a.m. April 23 to 25, Ala Moana Hotel, Garden Lanai Room. Call 522-8220.