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The Arkansas City Sanitation Department and the Cowley County landfill will be closed Sept. 1 in observance of Labor Day.

Arkansas City Sanitation Division will collect refuse on the following schedule:

* Sept. 2--All of Monday's and part of Tuesday's routes will be collected. The part of Tuesday's route to be collected is from Madison Avenue South to the canal and Summit Street to E Street and Sleeth Addition.

* Sept. 3--The remainder of Tuesday's route and all of Wednesday's routes will be collected as scheduled.

Thursday and Friday routes will be collected as scheduled.

All refuse should be placed at the alley or curb by 6 a.m.

There will be no return pickups.