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Sarasota News Leader November 23, 2012 COUNTY GOVERNMENT OFFICES CLOSE FOR THANKSGIVING Sarasota County government offices, includ- ing libraries, the History Center and recre- ation centers, will be closed Friday, Nov. 23, for the Thanksgiving holiday, the county has announced. However, some county services will be avail- able on Nov. 23, a news release says. Libraries will be open Saturday, Nov. 24, and other county offices will reopen Monday, Nov. 26. The Payne Park Tennis Center will be open Nov. 23 from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., the news release notes. Residents who live in unincorporated areas of the county did not have yard waste, recy- clables or garbage collection on Thanksgiving Day. For residents whose regular collection day is Thursday, yard waste, recyclables and garbage will be collected Friday, Nov. 23. For Long-time civic activist Susan Chapman an- nounced on Nov. 20 that she is running for an at-large seat on the Sarasota City Commission. The election is set for March 12, 2013. She becomes the fifth announced candidate for two seats. Chapman has lived in Sarasota 23 years. She serves on the city's Planning Board, and she previously served on the Ad Hoc Police Ad- visory Panel and the board of the Coalition of City Neighborhood Associations. Chapman also has been involved with the Civic League and other organizations. A practicing attorney, she served as a volun- teer judge in Teen Court for 20 years. Susan Chapman addresses the City Commis- sion during a recent meeting. Photo by Nor- man Schimmel "I have worked throughout my career in sup- port of good governance. I believe our City Commission must become a more functional, more civil, more focused and more effective body," she said in a news release. Stan Zimmerman residents whose regular collection day is Fri- day, yard waste, recyclables and garbage will be collected Saturday, Nov. 24. Because collection times vary, residents should place refuse materials at the curb by 6 a.m. the day of pickup, the news release points out. Sarasota County's chemical collection centers at 8750 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota, and 250 S. Jackson Road, Venice, will be closed Friday, Nov. 23, but the Citizen's Convenience Center at 4010 Knights Trail Road, Nokomis, will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day. All three centers will be open Saturday, Nov. 24. The landfill at 4000 Knights Trail Road, Sara- sota, also will be open Nov. 23, but the landfill administrative offices will be closed. For more information, contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 861-5000. CHAPMAN ANNOUNCES FOR CITY COMMISSION Page 41