Around the Peninsula

Public comment sought on teachers' contract talks

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District's Board of Education will meet today at 7:30 p.m. in the Borough Building in Soldotna. People are invited to provide input during the public comment period on the upcoming contract talks between the district and the employee unions representing teachers and support staff.

All school board meetings are open to the public. Agendas are available at the meeting or at the district's Web site at www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us.

UFA rep to speak at CIAA

Robert Thorstenson Jr. of the United Fishermen of Alaska will speak at 7 tonight in the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association meeting room. The topic will be "The future of commercial fishing and how UFA can get us there." For more information, call CIAA at 283-5761 or UFA at (907) 586-2820.

Counseling service to hold annual meeting

Central Peninsula Counseling Services will hold its board of directors annual meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday at 506 Lake St. in Kenai. The public is invited to attend.

Workshop on workplace age differences set

Kenai Peninsula College invites the public to "From Ricky and Lucy to Beavis and Butthead," an informative and fun presentation on generational differences in contemporary American society. The emphasis will be on how those differences affect employers.

The speaker will be Robert Wendover, managing director of The Center for Generational Studies in Aurora, Colo.

The free presentation will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in the KPC Commons at the Soldotna campus off Kalifornsky Beach Road.

Town and Gown banquet slated

The Kenai Chamber of Commerce will hold the 25th anniversary Town and Gown Awards Banquet, "A Salute to Our Unsung Community Heroes," at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kenai Senior Citizens Center. Tickets are available through chamber board members. Cost is $30 each or reserve a table. For more information, call 283-7989.

Chugach National Forest phone numbers change

Effective last week, the Chugach National Forest supervisor's office, Forestry Sciences Laboratory and state and private Forestry offices in Anchorage have new telephone and fax numbers. The Chugach National Forest supervisor's office phone number is 743-9500, and its fax number is 743-9476. The Forestry Sciences laboratory phone number is 743-9400 and its fax number is 743-9482. The state and private Forestry phone number is 743-9455 and its fax number is 743-9479.