Around the Peninsula

Fish and Game bear baiting clinic set

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will hold three black bear baiting clinics on the Kenai Peninsula. If you have already attended a clinic and have been certified, you do not need to recertify. Clinics are approximately three hours long. These clinics are open to the public, and there is no need to sign up to attend.

The dates, times and locations follow:

Kenai 6 p.m. Thursday at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Building, 40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road.

Seward 6 p.m. Tuesday at Seward High School, room 201.

Soldotna 6 p.m. April 23 at the Kenai Peninsula Sport, Rec and Trade Show at the Soldotna Sports Center.

Also, a meeting in Homer is being planned. For more information, call (907) 235-8191.

Those wanting to register a bait station in Units 7, 14A, 14B, 15, 16A or 20B may not do so unless they have successfully completed a Fish and Game-approved bear baiting clinic.

For more information about any of the clinics, call 262-9368.

KPHA plans dinner, auction fund-raiser

The Kenai Peninsula Hockey Association U16 Midget Team will host a spaghetti feed and auction at 5 p.m. Friday at the Soldotna Sports Center. Tickets are $5 per person or $15 for a family of four. Tickets are available at Redline Sports, the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and at the door. Proceeds will go to help the team attend nationals in Ellenton, Fla.

Fish and Game meeting slated

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. April 3 at the Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association conference room on Kalifornsky Beach Road. The topics will be reviewing the management objectives for Wolverine Creek, a presentation of the information from research conducted by Washington State University in the cove last year. The public is invited to attend. For more information, management objectives or to make comments visit www.wildlife.alaska.gov/manage ment/planning/wolverinecreek/wovcreek.cfm#bullets.

Senior service board to meet April 7

The Nikiski Senior ServiceArea board will meet at 4:30 p.m. April 7 at the Nikiski Senior Citizens Center. The public is invited to attend. For more information, call Leigh at 776-7654.

AARP of Alaska to offer tax assistance

The AARP is offering free income tax assistance for senior citizens, low- to middle-income families and single-parent households from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday through April 15 at the Homer Senior Citizens Center at 3935 Svedlund. All returns are e-filed without charge. Earned income and other tax credits are computed. Internal Revenue Service trained AARP volunteers will be available to help. For more information or to make an appointment, call (907) 235-7655.