Karen Heriot tended chickens for years. She said that made her eligible to serve on her local soil and water conservation district. But when code enforcers forced the chickens’ removal, she found a new way to meet eligibility requirements. She now grows citrus trees. Heriot, a sixth-grade history teacher from Oviedo specializing in ancient civilization, won reelection this year to serve on her soil and water board in Seminole County — volunteer work that she has found fulfilling since 2018. She acknowledges the district eligibility rules “are so squirrely: If you are preparing food, then you meet the qualifications (but) that can be a sous chef preparing a salad.” As the Nov.