Business and Mastery Workshop extended this year

This year’s Business and Mastery Workshop has been extended to a full day.

The event, held by the Entrepreneurial Innovation Center, was lengthened at the request of those who attended last year, according to a spokesman.

It will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 11, at the Dr. Thomas R. Burke Technical Education Center, multipurpose room, at Kansas City Kansas Community College, 6565 State Ave.

Aaron Brauch

The “Business Mastery” workshop speaker will be Aaron Brauch, business consultant and coach. He is an Anthony Robbins Platinum Partnership partner and trainer.

Brauch helps entrepreneurs and professionals create extraordinary performance in their businesses and lives.

Brauch went from his dining room table to a $3.7 million business in six years.

Antonio Soave

Former Kansas Commerce Secretary Antonio J. Soave will speak on “Commerce and the Entrepreneur.”

Soave is also the former chairman, president and CEO of CGA Inc. in Overland Park, Kansas, a boutique business transactions firm with international offices.

He helped many businesses expand their operations abroad through CGA. His experience spans several sectors, including rail, infrastructure, oil and gas, construction, automotive, agriculture, biotech, health care and heavy manufacturing.

Ruben West

Ruben West, a coach and trainer, will be the “Life Mastery” workshop presenter.

West is a speaker, trainer, author and professional success coach. His coaching system is aimed at helping persons to improve productivity, assist with relationships and spend time on what they most care about.

He is the author of “The Surgical First Assistant, Destination Mastery, Live Your Best Life” series.

The workshop includes a continental breakfast, lunch and a networking event from 5 to 7:30 p.m. with adult beverages and heavy hors d’oeuvres.

The cost of the workshop is $59. Registration is requested before Aug. 9 to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-life-masterynow-workshop-tickets-34089731304?aff=es2. For more information, call 913-288-7880.

Fairfax Industrial Association to attend luncheon

The Fairfax Industrial Association will attend a luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Aug. 7, at the Federal Reserve Bank, 1 Memorial Drive, Kansas City, Mo.

Esther George will be the featured speaker. She will share her thoughts on the national and regional economy. Lunch will be provided.

Other area industrial associations also are planning to attend. The event is by invitation through the Fairfax Industrial Association, and the registration deadline is July 31.

For more information, email [email protected].

About 450 BPU customers without electricity

The Board of Public Utilities has restored power to 98 percent of the 21,000 customers who had sustained outages, according to a BPU spokesman.

BPU now has restored power to 98 percent of the 21,000 customers who were without power as a result of a Saturday evening storm, the spokesman stated.

More than 40 crews are trying to get all power restored to everyone they can by sometime this evening, according to the spokesman.

There are some customers whose meters were pulled off the homes in the storm, who must now contact a licensed electrician for repairs before power can be restored, the spokesman added.

Initially during the storm, the BPU had 21,000 customers out and in a short time got it down to 14,000, and have continued working to get power restored, the spokesman stated.

There are triple the number of crews on the job working than they normally have, and efforts are being concentrated in the Stony Point area, according to the spokesman.

The BPU is also monitoring the weather as weather forecasters say another storm is possible late this evening, the spokesman stated.