Mark Gregory, director of the Kenai Peninsula Small Business Development Center, in cooperation with the Homer Chamber of Commerce, will present a workshop titled, "Essentials of Customer Service for Employers and Employees."

The workshop will be held from 2-5 p.m. Tuesday at the Homer chamber office on the Sterling Highway across from Save-U-More. The cost is $15 for chamber members, $25 for nonmembers. For more information, call Bunny at 262-7497.

CPA opens office

Carrie L.H. Baylink, CPA, has opened an office at 397 E. Pioneer Ave., Suite 6. Baylink previously worked with national and local firms in both Anchorage and Homer and has a master's degree in taxation. She offers both accounting and tax services including financial statement preparation, accounting assistance and income tax planning and preparation. She can be contacted at 235-8260.

Recruiting opportunities offered

The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development has launched an outreach campaign to inform businesses about the cost-effective and time-saving recruiting, hiring and placement services provided through the Alaska Job Center Network.

The five-month campaign is part of a nationwide project designed to increase awareness and usage of the state's network of job center services, which provide employers with free information and assistance in locating qualified job applicants.

Employers interested in obtaining additional information about specific business services can contact the Homer Job Center at 235-7792.

Log home on display

A model log home will be open to the public on Saturday during daylight hours. The home, built by Tower Milling and Log Homes, is located six miles north of Anchor Point, half-a-mile down Cottonfield Avenue.

It will be the fourth road on the right. Call 235-2507 for more information.

Seams to Bee changes ownership

Karen Ballard has announced she has taken over ownership of Seams to Bee, a quilting store on 1103 Ocean Drive. The store will be open six days a week from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Ballard, a former nurse, has lived in Homer for 21 years and was a partner in the store since it opened.

New pizza store opens

T-N-T Munchies opened this week at 158 W. Pioneer Avenue behind The Fringe. Owned by Troy and Tami Watson, this business plans to offer take-and-bake pizzas as well as pre-baked pies, cinnamon rolls, breadsticks and ice cream for delivery or pickup. The Watsons say they have plenty of pizza-making experience from feeding their four teenage boys and

their friends.

The business will be open Sunday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 5 to 11 p.m. Call 226-EATS.

Online Alaska photo site launched

Due to demand from consumers to purchase prints from its collection of more than 250,000 photos, Alaska Stock Images has launched a Web site catering to the general public offering wall-dEcor photos from 26 professional photographers.

According to a company press release, the new site at www.AlaskanPhotos.com offers more than 300 Alaska photos in 22 categories for purchase as photo dEcor prints and gift items such as mouse pads, Christmas cards, wall calendars and coffee mugs.

"After finding these great photos on our commercial site, the average Joe would call to get a photo to put on his home or office wall. Since our main business is catering to the commercial photo buyer for advertisements and magazine articles, doing custom print orders gets a little spendy for the consumer," said photographer and company president Jeff Schultz. "Through this new site, we've partnered with a digital photo lab that keeps our scans on file and can make prints on demand, take payment and ship the order direct to the consumer at less than half the custom price."

Alaska Stock Images represents images from more than 100 photographers for commercial use in advertising, magazine articles and corporate uses.

Items for In Business can be dropped off at the Homer News at 3482 Landings Street, faxed to 235-4199 or e-mailed to news@homernews.com.