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Closings for Thanksgiving announced
By TIMES STAFF
Published November 21, 2006
The following is a list of closings for Pinellas County on Thursday and Friday. Government Federal offices: Closed Thursday. State and county offices: Closed Thursday and Friday. City offices: Closed Thursday and Friday. Post offices: Closed Thursday. Transportation PSTA and DART: Holiday schedule Thursday. Public services Banks: Closed Thursday. Courts: Not in session Thursday and Friday. Schools: Closed through Friday. Libraries: Closed Thursday and Friday. The Oldsmar Library also will close early (at 5 p.m.) Wednesday and will be closed Saturday. Society reissues Audubon classic In celebration of the National Audubon Society's 100th anniversary, a limited edition of John James Audubon's The Birds of America has been reproduced in an Audubon Centennial Edition. The show continues through Dec. 1 at Syd Entel Galleries, 247 Main St. Gallery hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call (727) 725-1808. Learn to cook with herbs Sit in on an herbal cooking demonstration by Chris Deeds of the Florida Herb Society at 6:30 p.m. today at the Clearwater Main Library, 100 N Osceola Ave. The meeting will also feature herbal swaps, refreshments and membership applications. Call Gail at (727) 393-3943 or Eleanor at (727) 447-6305. Plenty of room for Trot contestants Want to work up a good Thanksgiving appetite? There's still time to register for Thursday's St. Petersburg Times Turkey Trot. The trot has events for runners and walkers of different skill levels. There's a 5K Wingding race that starts at 7:30 a.m., a 1-mile Gobbler that begins at 8:30 a.m. and a 10K Turkey Trot that starts at 8:45 a.m. All events begin on Keene Road, just south of Gulf-to-Bay Boulevard. Though online and mail-in registration has closed, you can still register at a kickoff party Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Jack White Stadium at Clearwater High School, 540 S. Hercules Ave. Race-day registration begins at 6 a.m. Thursday, though entry fees are higher. For more information, call (727) 562-4700 or visit www.tampabay.com/turkeytrot.
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