Business seminar offered in Kokomo

The Hoosier Heartland Small Business Development Center is offering the seminar Human Resources & Legal Issues from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at Inventrek Technology Park, 700 E. Firmin St., conference room 1A, Kokomo.

Guest speakers have been brought together to offer practical guidance and advice on how to resolve such issues within the present and developing legal framework and in accordance with current best practice.

Topics to be discussed include employment issues, worker’s compensation, discrimination, hiring/firing, 21st Century challenges, human resource triad and the internal customer.

There is no cost to attend, but reservations are required. Lunch will not be provided.

Registration deadline is Nov. 10. To register call 866-961-7232 or e-mail rsampson@isbdc.org.



Help offered to Cass County seniors

Experience Works, a nonprofit charitable organization that offers training and employment opportunities for low-income seniors age 55 and above, is offering information on its program from 9 a.m. to noon Nov. 18 at Ivy Tech, Logansport.

Participants with Experience Works receive paid training in marketable job skills while assisting at non-profit and community organizations. They also get assistance creating resumes, coaching on interview skills, learn to fill out online applications and conduct job searches.

Participants must meet income and county of residence guidelines.

For further information call 219-362-2175 ext. 242 or 866-796-8550 and ask for Peggy Pachowiak, employment and training coordinator for Experience Works, or visit the Web site at www.experienceworks.org.



Harvest managing session offered

Purdue University Extension specialists will hold a session from noon to 1 p.m. Nov. 9 to help Hoosier farmers better manage the 2009 corn crop, since wet weather and moldy corn have made grain harvest, storage and marketing difficult this season.

Anyone involved with grain harvest, storage, marketing or feeding is encouraged to call in or log on to get the latest information.

Topics include grain drydown and agronomic considerations, grain drying, handling and storage, ear rots and mycotoxins, crop insurance considerations, livestock feeding implications and marketing considerations.

Time will be allotted for questions. There is no cost to participate. Interested individuals should dial 800-244-5901 just before the event and enter the pass code 938725 when prompted.

Participants who want to view the graphics presented can go to gomeet.itap.purdue.edu/fieldcrops/. For individuals new to Adobe Connect, check the link before the meeting to ensure the appropriate software plug-ins, such as Java, are enabled.

Contact Bruce Erickson, Purdue cropping systems management director and session host at 765-494-9557 or berickso@purdue.edu for questions and additional information.



Logansport Financial reports earnings

Logansport Financial Corp., parent company of Logansport Savings Bank, reported net earnings for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30 totaled $305,000, compared to the $266,000 in net earnings reported for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2008.

Diluted earnings per share for the three months ended Sept. 30 amounted to $.39, compared to diluted earnings per share of $.32 in the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2008.

Net earnings for the nine months ended Sept. 30 totaled $916,000, compared to the $1.2 million reported for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2008.

Diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended Sept. 30 amounted to $1.17 compared to $1.34 for the nine months ended Sept.30, 2008.



Orr Fellowship expands in number

More of Indiana’s top collegians will get opportunity to earn two-year appointment to fast-growing local companies.

In each of the past eight years, the Robert D. Orr Indiana Entrepreneurial Fellowship has taken 10 of Indiana’s best and brightest college graduates and placed them in integral positions for two years at sponsoring Indiana companies. Beginning with the 2010 class, the Orr Fellowship will double in size to 20 fellows.

Executives at Indiana’s fastest-growing entrepreneurial companies handpick Orr Fellows, and those selections benefit from unique exposure to these same executives during a two-year fellowship assignment.

Applicants must be seniors graduating in December 2009 or May 2010 from Indiana colleges or universities. Hoosier natives attending out-of-state institutions will also be considered. To apply for the Orr Fellowship or to learn how your company can host a fellow, visit www.orrfellowship.org.