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CORVALLIS-A free schedule of spring family business workshops and events by Oregon State University's Austin Family Business Program is available.

To request the brochure, or register for events, contact the Austin Family Business Program at 800-859-7609 or 541-737-3326, or visit the program website.

Cost for family business events is $75 per person per event or $50 per person per event for U.S. Bank business customers.

Two sessions of "Business Profiles: How Banks Analyze Your Business" will be held in western Oregon. One is scheduled for March 6 at Molecular Probes in Eugene; the other will take place on April 4 at the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center in Central Point.

Tax Cuts Workshop on the Web is a free on-line video streaming presentation running through April 15 on implications for family businesses under the new federal tax law.

Family Business Conference 2002 will be held May 1 at the Oregon Garden in Silverton.

The Business Profiles sessions on March 6 and April 4 detail such information as the tools and techniques banks use, the danger signs bankers watch for and what is needed to make a lending decision.

The Family Business Conference will feature Austin Family Business Program founding director Pat Frishkoff as keynote speaker. Educational sessions will address family business issues of succession, management and sustainability. Tours of the Oregon Garden cap the afternoon, followed by a retirement reception for Frishkoff, who is stepping down from her post this spring.

"Since 1985, the Austin Family Business Program has helped Oregon's family-owned businesses not only survive, but thrive under the leadership of future generations," Frishkoff said. The program offers academic courses, workshops and seminars, and other tools to aid families in their business operations and planning.