At the Small Business Development Center our counseling and training for start-up and expanding businesses tend to focus on the management side of operating a small business.

Good morning. Welcome to our Senior Corner.

Since we are now officially in autumn — a great time for planting hardy trees — I want to mention a common problem, which never seems to go away. In part, it has to do with our wishes, as thrifty consumers, to get the most for our money. It also has a lot to do with nursery container-growing practices.

The Pew Center for the People and the Press has a continuing Internet Project, which has spawned a host of surveys, including the Future of the Internet I 2004 and its most current look, the Future of the Internet II 2006.

From generation to generation there have been simplistic sayings that have given guidance to success, be it in business or life in general.  “Early bird gets the worm,” “when the going gets tough, the tough get going,” “plan your work and work your plan” and more recently Nike’s “Just Do It.”

A recent news clip in USA Today told the story of 80-year-old, Brooklyn born Joe Paterno, who has coached Penn State University football for 42 years. The coach has passed old-fashioned values on to thousands of young members of Penn State's Nittany Lions.

Last weekend Mike Rippy and Frank Lassen of Napa took off for a deer hunt in Lake County.

We recently reported on wine that was alleged to have been made for Adolf Hitler, and this drew a response from reader Frank Green of New York City, who “tried this vintage” and sent us a review:

I’ve never thought of myself as a risk taker. I don’t change jobs. I don’t gamble. I’m the guy who always plays it safe.

Dear Len & Rosie, My aunt passed away in January.

Coldwell Banker Brokers of the Valley issues a report on the Napa real estate market twice a year, and some of its statistics are very interesting:

By any standard, the 13th Staglin Family Music Festival for Mental Health was a huge success.