Business calendar (Fort Wayne News-Sentinel)

#9830;Summit Computer Training Services, 3939 Parnell Ave.: PowerPoint 2003 Advanced will be Tuesday. Project 2007 Basic will be Wednesday. Outlook 2003 Advanced will be Thursday. Excel 2007 Basic, Photoshop Basic, Outlook 2007 Basic and Publisher 2007 Basic will be Jan. 12.

TECH TIPS: Expand your vistas with these tutorials (Grand Forks Herald)

I may be the only nerd on my block who loves Windows Vista and Office 2007 as much as Bill Gates does. I like the fancy interface, the ribbon, the way menus change. I especially like that in the nearly two years I've been running Vista and Office 2007 they've rarely crashed.

Phil and Bonnie Biddle retire from Christian bookstore Vine and Branches (Lodi News-Sentinel)

Phil and Bonnie Biddle have been a fixture in Christian circles for 11 years as owners of Vine and Branches Christian Bookstore in Downtown Lodi. The Biddles are calling it a career this weekend as they retire from the spiritual book business.

Business Calendar (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Enrollment for the 2009 Direct and Countercyclical Payment Program for farms with base acres is available online and at local USDA service centers through June 1. The USDA will not accept any late-filed applications. The electronic DCP service may be accessed at www.fsa.usda.gov/dcp. An online registration form is available at www.eauth.egov.usda.gov.

Going the extra smile: Genevieve Meeker's willing to do what it takes to capture her subjects' personality in the ... (Muscatine Journal)

MUSCATINE, Iowa — Genevieve Meeker is not ashamed to own her quirks.