Around the Peninsula

Recycling group to gather

Re-Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the commons at Kenai Peninsula College. The topics will be Earth Day and the home show. For more information, call Jan at 262-5098.

Archbishop to install Catholic priests

Anchorage Archbishop Roger Schwietz will officially install the pastoral team of three priests and one brother during a Mass at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on Redoubt Avenue in Soldotna.

Provincial Consulor of the Pacific Region Father Bill Antone will concelebrate the Mass installing the Oblates of Mary Immaculate priests, Fathers Tony Dummer, Andy Sensenig and Joe Dowling, as well as Brother Craig Bonham.

The pastoral team is serving the communities of Soldotna, Kenai, Ninilchik and Homer, several of which have been without parish priests for a number of years.

For more information, call the church at 262-4749.

Rotary raffle offers hope

The Rotary Club of Soldotna will hold a raffle fundraiser to benefit Project HOPE and home construction for 10 families in Nicaragua. Two hundred tickets will be sold for a chance to win a 50 inch big screen plasma TV. The drawing will be held Thursday. For more information, call Chuck at 953-2560.

Democracy to be discussed

The Friday Dialogue series continues with a discussion on "Can Democracy Survive Corporate America?" Friday in the commons at Kenai Peninsula College. A community potluck will be held at 6:30 p.m. and at 7 p.m. a short video will be shown to launch the discussion.

Friday Community Dialogues are co-sponsored by The Roundtable: Center for Mediation and Community Dialogues and the KPC Student Union. Its purpose is to bring people in the community together in safe forums for listening, speaking and learning.

For more information, call Chris Gehrett at 262-0367.

Charter school enrollment continues

Kaleidoscope School of Arts and Science is accepting applications through Friday for enrollment in the 2008-09 school year. The school is located at 549 N. Forest Drive in Kenai.

For more information, call 283-0804.

Canine Good Citizen test planned

The Kenai Kennel Club will hold a Canine Good Citizen test at 1 p.m. Saturday at its facility in the C Plaza (next to the Moose Lodge) on the Kenai Spur Highway in Kenai. The test follows a six-week course, however, the course is not required to take the test.

The purpose of the CGC test is to ensure that a dog can be a respected member of the community because it is trained and conditioned to act mannerly in the home, public places and in the presence of other dogs. The program is open to all dogs.

The test is not a competition and does not require you and your dog perform with precision. The program is offered through the American Kennel Club. The test costs $10.

For more information, call 335-2552 and leave a message.

Rodeo meeting slated

The Alaska High School Rodeo Association will hold a general membership meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday in the assembly chambers in the Borough Building on Binkley Street in Soldotna. Access will be through the lower parking lot and lower level doors. It is open to the public.

For more information, call Ina Jones at 235-6455.