Events

Grand-opening event set at 7-Eleven store - 7-Eleven Inc. will hold a grand-opening celebration from noon to 4 p.m. today at 32060 Clinton Keith Road in Wildomar.

Festivities will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony at noon, live music and a clown who will create balloon animals and paint faces.

Chiropractic center to hold celebration - Chiropractic Rehabilitation Center will celebrate its grand opening from 6 to 9 tonight at its new location, 115 Main St. in Vista.

Dr. Rick Barrack, a local chiropractor for more than 25 years, has moved his office and expanded his services. His new wellness center, located in a renovated historical building in downtown Vista, also serves as an art gallery, where works by local artists will be showcased on a rotating basis.

The celebration will feature a wine-and-cheese reception for artists Kim Fraley, Michael Steirnagle, Lori Mitchell and Tracy Sabin of the Society of Illustrators.

Call (760) 726-9660.

Shea Homes extends year-end sale - Shea Homes has extended its Click & Save 2007 Year End Sale through Sunday.

Savings of up to $250,000 are available.

Go to http://www.SheaHomes.com and browse through the quick move-in homes now selling at 16 Shea Homes neighborhoods.

Neighborhood group to meet - The Oceanside Coastal Neighborhood Association, open to residents, businesses and homeowners, will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's School, 515 Wisconsin Ave. in Oceanside.

Call (760) 494-4342 or e-mail ocna@ocna.info.

Tax aspects of fires will be discussed - The Palomar chapter of the California Society of Enrolled Agents will host an educational dinner event from 6 to 8:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Escondido Country Club, 1800 Country Club Lane.

The program topic will be "Firestorm 2007: Tax Aspects of Presidentially Declared Disaster Areas and Casualty Losses."

Admission is $20 to $32. Reservations are due Monday. Call (760) 752-8209 or e-mail csea-palomar@sbcglobal.net.

Wildfires '07

Audiss Group to donate sales training services - Audiss Group LCC, an affiliate of the Sandler Sales Institute of Carlsbad, announced that it will donate $50,000 in sales training services to aid in the rebuilding process for small-business owners and professionals whose homes were lost in the recent fires.

The Audiss Group is reviewing applications. Final grants for membership in the Sandler Sales Training Program will be awarded Dec. 31.

For details about grant eligibility, call (760) 931-7777 or go to http://www.ag.sandler.com.

Fire victims can receive discount on trusses - Oceanside-based Stone Truss Co. is supporting efforts to rebuild by offering relief on the purchase of commercial and residential roof trusses.

Fire victims can receive a 10 percent discount.

Go to http://www.stonetruss.com or call (760) 967-6171.

Stonefield Development opens rebuilding center - Stonefield Development, a regional custom home builder, has opened a rebuilding center in Rancho Bernardo to assist those who lost their homes in the recent fires.

At the center, homeowners can receive information on Stonefield's blueprint for rebuilding after a natural disaster and learn about custom rebuilding and group rebuild plans that offer scales of economy.

The Stonefield Rebuilding Center is at 16959 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 100. To make an appointment, call (858) 487-4400 or go to http://www.stonefielddevelopment.com. Walk-ins also are welcome.

Temporary branch opens in Fallbrook - Pacific Coast National Bank, headquartered in Encinitas and San Clemente, opened a temporary banking branch at 1735 S. Mission St., through the assistance of Agility Recovery Solutions, a disaster recovery and business continuity resource. The branch enables the bank to serve the community affected by the recent wildfires. Established utilizing ReadySuite Financial, a mobile bank branch solution from Agility, the temporary branch is deployed when a banking client experiences a disaster or business interruption.

A local resident, Jim Chaffin, donated the land for the recovery and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which charters, regulates and supervises all national banks, granted the bank a temporary charter.

The branch will be staffed with a disaster response team, including experts in construction lending that specialize in SBA disaster loans and insurance disbursement accounts.

For every account opened in Fallbrook through Dec. 31, PCNB will make a donation to the fire relief effort.

Local briefs

Javo lands Veterans Affairs contract - Javo Beverage Co. Inc., headquartered in Vista, announced that it has been selected for the Department of Veterans Affairs Subsistence Prime Vendor Program.

Javo will provide dispensed specialty coffee to approximately 200 VA facilities nationwide. US Foodservice will handle the product distribution for the program through 40 distribution centers across the country.

The facilities include the Veterans Canteen Service Cafeterias and VA Medical Centers.

Javo Beverage Co. offers their fresh brewed hot and iced coffees in a concentrated form that may be easily served by food service operators at the VA facilities from beverage dispensers similar to soda fountain machines.

Capital Group signs agreement with LEEP - USM Capital Group Inc., the financial services subsidiary of U.S. Microbics, based in Carlsbad, announced that it has signed multiple consulting agreements with LEEP Inc. for strategic consulting, investor relations and capital fundraising plan development.

LEEP, already a publicly traded company, has identified new commercial and governmental business opportunities for its products and needs additional working capital for future growth. UCGI will assist LEEP in the development of a capital formation plan and will help the company execute the plan over the coming year. LEEP has established new standards within the construction industry with its patented LeepCore structural building material.

Capital Group provides management consulting, administrative services and investor relations services to its clients.