"How to Get More Bounce from Your Marketing Buck" workshop, July 27, and "So You're Going to Own a Restaurant," Sept. 21. Call 524-1225.

Flat fee of $40 for a class series and $10 per workshop.

American Business Women's Association, Punahele Chapter and Onipa'a Chapter: Membership dinner meeting titled "Fun Night in July" 6 p.m. Thursday at the Japanese Cultural Center, 2454 S. Beretania St. Cost: $23 inclusive; and $2 validated parking). Reservations required. Call Lizbeth at 941-3364 or Teri and 235-4746.

Big Island Supported Employment Alliance: "Maximizing Your Bottom Line: Supported Employment" breakfast and round table discussion, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Aug. 2, Keauhou Beach Hotel. Free for the first 25 pre-registered employers. Cost $8.25. Call 334-1130 or fax 328-9831. Co-sponsored by the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce.

Building Industry Association of Hawaii: Annual auction and benefits fair, 5:30 p.m. tomorrow, Honolulu Country Club. Dinner buffet and program free to members. Cost: $10 pre-sale nonmembers, $15 at the door. Call 847-4666.

Certified Commercial Investment Members, Hawaii chapter: "Computers made Easy for the Professional," an introductory course to computers, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 9 at the Honolulu Board of Realtors Training Center. Learn the parts of a computer, about Windows 95 and 3.1, how to purchase a computer and how to use e-mail and how to fax. Cost: $90. Call 734-4695.

Child and Family Services: Free workshop on Tax/Estate Planning, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 12, Manoa Community Center, and July 16, Paki Hale. Call 543-8420.

The workshop is designed for people over age 50, particularly for seniors and retirees with appreciated assets to increase their personal income and receive tax deductions.

Topics include selling appreciated assets tax-free, replacing the burden of property upkeep, avoiding probate and reducing taxes with a living trust, maintaining control over one's estate in the event of death or incapacity and using charitable giving in tax and estate planning.

Hawaii Society of Corporate Planners: "Retailing in Hawaii ... Our Fastest Growing Industry," 11:30 a.m. July 11, Hawaii Prince Hotel, Mauna Kea Ballroom. Deadline: July 8. Cost $20, members; $25, non-members. Late registration: $25, members; $30, non-members. Call 537-2356.

Honolulu Minority Business Development Center: Free orientation session, 9 a.m. July 16, Grant Thornton LLP, First Hawaiian Tower, Suite 1000, 1132 Bishop St. Sessions are less than two hours long and include a one-on-one consultation. Call 531-6232.

Information Systems Security Association, Hawaii chapter: Internet Security panel discussion, 11:30 a.m. July 19, Hale Koa Hotel, Fort DeRussy. Cost $14, members; $15, guests. Deadline: July 15. Call 625-6166.

Institute of Real Estate Management, Hawaii chapter: "Why are Hawaii's Largest Retailers Going to Guam?" with speaker Douglass Smoyer, president of Retail Strategies Inc., noon July 17, Plaza Club. Cost $18, members; $24, nonmembers. Call 737-4000.

Ke Ala Hoku: Chart the Course to a Safer Hawaii, "Building Community By Measuring Progress: Best Practices Across the Nations," 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 13, Ala Moana Hotel, Garden Lanai. Featured speakers are Alan AtKisson, program director of Redefining Progress, and Kara Palmer, director of Sustainable Seattle. Cost $18. Call 539-3588.

Child and Family Service: Free workshops on Tax/Estate Planning, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. July 12, Manoa Gardens Community Center, and July 16, Paki Hale. Call 543-8420.

Pacific Asian Management Institute, University of Hawaii-Manoa: "Keys to Dentsu Advertising's Global Success and Strategic Challenges of the Future," with Fumio Oshima, director of Dentsu Inc., noon tomorrow, Hilton Hawaiian Village.

Service Corps of Retired Executives: Open house on business counseling, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. tomorrow, Business Information Counseling Center, 130 Merchant St., Suite 1030. Information includes business-management issues such as record-keeping and inventory, marketing and employment policies. Call 522-8130.

University of Hawaii-Hilo, Small Business Development Center Network: "Developing Your Promotional Strategies," 1 to 3 p.m. tomorrow, 94-229 Waipahu Depot Road, Suite 402, Bank of America Building. Learn the basics of advertising, marketing and public relations. Call 522-8131.

Environment Hawaii Island Space Exploration Society: Space Day '96, July 20 with a "Discovering New Worlds" symposium at the Ellison S. Onizuka Space Center. Open house from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Topics include: "Galileo: Humanity's Emissary to New Worlds," "Finding New Worlds: The Role of Hawaii's Keck Telescope in the Discovery of Other Planets," and "New World View: How an Artist Uses Scientific Data to Show How New Worlds May Look to Human Visitors." Call 326-1910.

Hawaiian Island Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council: Meeting, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Kea Lani Hotel, Pikake Room. Open to public.