Business Briefcase

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EVENTS

Network luncheon set for Aug. 27

The American Business Women's Association and Las Vegas Executive Express Network luncheon meeting will be held at 11:30 a.m. Aug. 27 at Lawry's, 4043 Howard Hughes Parkway.

The speaker will be Karla Perez, chief executive officer and managing director of Spring Valley Hospital. The cost is $25 per person or $35 at the door. For more information or to RSVP, call 798-7244 or 633-1174.

Ensign to speak at business seminar

Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., will speak on "Iraq, the Economy, Technology and the Future Workforce," at 8 a.m. Aug. 27 at the George and Mae Student Center at Faith Lutheran High School. The breakfast seminar is sponsored by the Faith Lutheran Business Advisory Council. Corporate sponsors include G.C. Wallace Inc., InVEST, and Joyce & Associates.

For more information, call 804-4402.

HIRINGS

Local companies acquire personnel

KeyOn Communications has appointed David DeRose to the position of customer service representative.

Mobile Billboards of Las Vegas has named Amy Christensen vice president of operations.

The University of Southern Nevada has appointed James Bailey, Ph.D., to the position of director of the master of business administration program.

Purafilter 2000 has appointed Harold K. Hagins to the position of sales and merchandising representative for the Texas region.

Las Vegas Handyman Inc. has appointed Jose Escobedo, Michael Barry, Ronald Garcia and Mark Westrum to the position of field craftsman.

PROMOTIONS

Professionals climb success ladder

Carina Corp. has promoted Rick McCarty to the position of chief operating officer and executive vice president.

Manpower Inc. of Southern Nevada has appointed Dennis Hennebury to vice president of Manpower Professional.

DEVELOPMENT

St. Rose park begins lot sale program

In an effort to provide greater cost control and flexibility to business owners interested in developing their own office space, St. Rose Professional Park has started a land sale program. The park is offering fully improved office sites ranging in size from a half-acre to 1.5 acres and allowing businesses to oversee construction of its own office space.

The high-end professional office park, near the corner of St. Rose Parkway and Eastern Avenue in Henderson, is the first office development for Las Vegas-based Park One LLC. Upon completion, the park will include 12 buildings, totaling 180,000 square feet on a 14-acre parcel of land.

Commercial Associates is marketing the project, JMA Architecture Studio is designing and Breslin Builders is handling construction.

EDUCATION

Intern program benefits students

Carson Taylor Harvey Inc. recently announced it has selected students Lauren Adler and Holly Harvey to participate in its summer intern program.

Both students will be juniors this fall at Sierra Vista High School and will serve as office assistants throughout the summer months. Their duties will include filing, answering phones and more. Carson Taylor Harvey also offers college internships.


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