Business Glance
Customer service, team building training on Monday
The Yuma County Chamber of Commerce will hold a free customer service and team building training for members at 4 p.m. Monday at the Yuma County Library Main Branch, 2951 S. 21st Drive, in Room C (capacity 32 people).
To reserve a seat for the 90-minute session, email to john@yumachamber.org or call 928-782-2567.
Wednesday workshop to focus on total wellness
The workshop “Finance, Mind, Body: A Total Wellness” will be presented Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Yuma Main Library, 2951 S. 21st Drive.
Presenters will be wealth advisor Tim Avila and Dr. Kella Price, master trainer with Kella Price Fitness.
The workshop will be presented by Kella Price Fitness and Yuma Investment Group.
To reserve a free seat, go to https://bit.ly/33043f7. Space is limited.
Western Arizona Citrus Seminar set for Wednesday
The University of Arizona College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Cooperative Extension will hold a Western Arizona Citrus Seminar at 8 a.m. Wednesday, at the Yuma Agriculture Center, 6425 W. 8th St.
There is no charge to attend the seminar, and lunch will be included. Arizona and California continuing education units will be offered.
The seminar will include an overview of the work being done by USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine Program, Arizona Department of Agriculture and the University of Arizona.
Dr. Glenn Wright, extension tree fruit specialist, will talk about the current and new scions for desert lemon production. Elene Stefanakos, manager of the Yuma County Pest Abatement District, will give an update.
Dr. Akif Eskalen, plant pathologist with the University
of California Cooperative Extension, will share information on wood canker and rot diseases of citrus and management strategies. Dr. Jiahuai (Alex) Hu, assistant professor and extension specialist with the UArizona School of Plant Sciences in Tucson, will discuss research on citrus brown wood rot.
Dr. Bindu Poudel, extension plant pathologist and plant disease diagnosti- cian, will talk about plant disease diagnosis and the Yuma Plant Health Clinic. Dr. Bill McCloskey, extension weed specialist with the UArizona School of Plant Sciences, will focus on herbicides, weeds and herbicide resistance in citrus production. Mark Abildgaard will introduce Agrinos Biologicals of Napa, California.
RSVP to Dr. Glenn Wright at 928-782-5876 or gwright@email.arizona. edu for an accurate lunch count.
AWC to hold classes on QuickBooks, Microsoft Outlook and conversations
The Arizona Western College is holding continuing education classes on QuickBooks, Microsoft Outlook and Navigating Difficult Conversations in the AWC Downtown Center, 1351 S. Redondo Center Drive.
A QuickBooks 2015 intermediate class will take place Friday. Microsoft Outlook Part 1 will be held Dec. 6, followed by Part 2 on Dec. 13.
The above classes will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Room 115.
Navigating Difficult Conversations will be held Dec. 13 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Room 17.
The Quickbooks and Microsoft Outlook sessions are $129 each, and the Navigating Difficult Conversations session is $49. Price includes all class materials. Students who register for both parts of related classes will save 10%.
To register, call 928-3177674 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Talk about fantastic weather for people. Our November weather is amazing. For the growers of our winter produce, it may not be as welcomed. Normally by this month, we are having chilly nights, 60 degrees or less and warm, 70 to 80 degree days. This is perfect for our leafy greens planted in August and September to be ready for the pre- Thanksgiving harvest dates.
With the warmer temperatures both day and night, the crops grow more rapidly. Since all the winter crops are planted with a specific harvest date on the calendar, accelerated growth and maturity can cause major headaches, including having more product than is needed to meet daily orders.
Since quality is second only to food safety, once