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Sarasota News Leader February 15, 2013 Page 56 WOODEN RACQUET TOURNAMENT TO BE HELD FEB. 16 How well do you play tennis? Did you begin Along with the wooden racquets and 1930s to play with a wood racquet? tennis attire, the event will allow players to buy ���do-overs��� and ���points.��� Miss a shot? DouFor an opportunity to test your skill and have ble fault? Use your do-over and hit again ��� some fun, the Serendipity Racquet Club will just as with a golfer���s mulligan. host the first Great Gatsby Wood Racquet Tennis Tournament on Feb. 16, with net proceeds And if you want to win a game quickly or get from the event benefiting the American Can- back into it, use one of your points. cer Society, a news release says. All proceeds from the do-overs and points will ���Participants ideally will wear long white go to the American Cancer Society. Do-overs pants and long skirts,��� the release notes. ���They will cost $5 each; points, $10. will play with wooden racquets and use white To register, contact Serendipity Racquet Club balls,��� it adds. at 993-2244, Ext. 3. The $20 entry fee also will After the round robin of tennis, players and benefit the American Cancer Society. guests will meet in Serendipity���s Spin restaurant and sports bar for a celebration and Check-in will be at noon; play will begin at 1 p.m., the release says. awards, the release continues. COUNTY, CITY OFFICES TO CLOSE FOR PRESIDENTS DAY Most Sarasota County government offices will Sarasota County���s chemical collection centers be closed Monday, Feb. 18, to observe the na- at 8750 Bee Ridge Road in Sarasota and 250 tional holiday celebrated as Presidents Day. S. Jackson Road in Venice will be closed as well. The Citizens Convenience Center at 4010 All Sarasota County libraries will be closed, Knights Trail Road, Nokomis, will be open. as well as Sarasota County recreation centers, with the exception of the following: Payne For more information, contact the Sarasota Park Tennis Center, which will be open from County Call Center at 861-5000. 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Arlington Park Recreation Center, which will be open from noon to City of Sarasota administration offices will be closed Monday, Feb. 18, as well, in observance 5 p.m., a county news release says. of President���s Day. Sarasota County Area Transit (SCAT) will be The regular City Commission meeting will be on a normal bus schedule. held the following day, Tuesday, Feb. 19, at The collection schedule for solid waste, yard 2:30 p.m. and again at 6 p.m. in the Commiswaste and recyclables will not be affected sion Chambers in City Hall, 1565 First St. by the holiday, the release adds. The landfill at 4000 Knights Trail Road in Nokomis will Weekly garbage and recycling collection will be open, but the administrative office will be not be impacted by the holiday, a city news release says. closed.