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Chambers set luncheon schedules

* The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce meets at noon on Tuesdays at Froso's Restaurant. For more information, call Michelle Glaves at 262-9814.

* The Kenai Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon Wednesday at the Merit Inn. Kenai Central High School athletic director Stacia Rustad will discuss the school's sports programs. For more information call 283-7989.

Small Business Development Center sponsors seminars

The Alaska Small Business Development Center is sponsoring the following seminar:

* Build a business plan (1 to 4 p.m. Dec. 8) -- Learn methods to establish budgets, monetary amounts or percentages and how to evaluate your successes and failures. The fee is $25; registration deadline is Dec. 3.

To register for a seminar, go to www.aksbdc.org and click workshops Kenai Peninsula - Sign Me Up.

For more information, call Bunny at 260-5629 or e-mail her at inblk@uaa.alaska.edu.

Businesses support food bank

The following businesses will be participating in holiday food drives to benefit the Kenai Peninsula Food Bank:

GCI; Home Depot; IGA Country Foods; King's Treasures (bring in cans of food for a discount); Ninilchik Senior Citizens; Peninsula Health Center (for 25 pounds of food, an individual will receive a complete chiropractic examination and treatment; call 260-4844 for an appointment); Save U More; Sears catalog store; Spenard Builders (Kenai Millwork, Soldotna, K-Beach battle between the branches); Stanley Chrysler (help fill the truck in competition with Stanley Ford); Stanley Ford (help fill the truck in competition with Stanley Chrysler); United Rentals (help the Peninsula Branch beat other Alaska branches).

Donate to the Food Bank's savings account or bring nonperishable items for the barrel at the following locations: AlaskaUSA Credit Union; First National Bank Alaska; KeyBank; Wells Fargo.

Soldotna Chamber has Santa available

The Soldotna Chamber of Commerce has Santa 4 Sale! Santa is available to come to your business this Holiday Season to greet customers and take pictures with the kids. Call the Soldotna Chamber at 262-9814 to sign up.

Community Playground volunteers brighten city

For business owners wnating to brighten up the front of their shop, for only $50 per tree, the Community Playground Group will hang lights in your trees and take them down. Height restrictions do apply. Call Peter Micciche at 252-6759 or the Soldotna Chamber at 262-9814.

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