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Community Hobby Lobby Celebrates Grand Opening of its Boca Raton Store
Hobby Lobby Stores, a privately held national retail chain of craft & home decor stores, opens in Boca Raton, FL, with a ribbon cutting ceremony and official grand opening celebration on Monday, September 29, at 9:00 a.m. The Boca Raton store is Hobby Lobby’s 30th location in Florida. Luis Gandia is the store manager of the 52,000 square-foot retail facility located at Palmetto Park Road & State Road 7 in West Boca Square. The store’s grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony is open to the public.
Local dignitaries, ambassadors from the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce and other business leaders will attend the celebration. “We feel blessed for the fantastic opportunity to be a part of this community. Our goal is for customers to experience the exceptional service, selection and value Hobby Lobby offers as we continue to expand nationwide,” stated John Schumacher, Assistant Vice President of Advertising.
Boca man, 21, Faces Multiple Charges in Crimes By Jason Schwartz
A 21-year-old Boca Raton man was arrested and faces a string of charges in a series of crimes, police said. Daniel Esteban Pinedo-Velapatino, 21, was arrested Tuesday after police said he fled two crashes, then tried to swim away from police. Police charged Pinedo-Velapatino, of the 18000 block of Cloud Lake Circle, west of Boca Raton, with burglary, three counts of drug possession, two counts of assault on an officer, larceny — between $20,000 and $100,000, hit and run from an accident
involving an injury, fleeing an officer, motor vehicle violations, motor vehicle theft and more. The arrest stems for a report that PinedoVelapatino allegedly stole more than $8,000 from a friend who was passed out at a local hotel after they had been doing drugs at a party, according to one of his arrest report. Boca police had an earlier encounter with Pinedo-Velapatino earlier this month when they arrested him for using his friend’s car without permission. He was charged then with grand theft of a motor vehicle.
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Community News
Local Firefighter Competes in Cook-off
Alex Callegari, a firefighter from Boca Raton Fire Station #5, is one of three semi-finalists competing for a $20,000 donation for his firehouse in honor of fallen firefighter John Wilson. “John was a professionally trained chef, a friend and a mentor,” said Callegari in his competition entrance video. “In his honor we‘ve created a foundation which provides tuition to the fire academy each year to one participant as long as that individual attends a cooking class to continue the spirit that John created as the firehouse chef.” Callegari went on to say he hoped people voted for his creation, the Boca Steak-umm Slider, not just in memory of Wilson, but
because his slider is “delicious.” The Steak-umm Firehouse Challenge Cook-off is working to raise money and support local firehouses. Contestants submit recipes using Steak-umm and were selected to compete in a cook-off. Celebrity judges include Chef Joe Bonanno, Chef Pam Green, and Chef Kevin Sbraga. Judges will vote on the semifinalists creations to help Steak-umm recognize firefighters who serve their local communities. Callegari will be competing against Andrew Dresher of Hummelstown, PA and Craig Weinbaum of Ft. Myers. The public can vote for their favorite recipe on the Steak-umm Facebook page to select the Fan Favorite. The winner of the Fan Favorite competition will win $5,000. Voting will be open until Sept. 30. For each fan vote a $0.10 donation will be made to the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation by Steakumm, up to $5,000.
FAU Celebrates Constitution Day with Several Events Florida Atlantic University will commemorate Constitution Day with a series of events on Wednesday, Sept. 17 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The events will take place in Democracy Plaza, located adjacent to the Culture and Society Building, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. All events are free and open to the public. “It is important to remember the wisdom and bravery of the 39 men that signed the Constitution in 1787,” said Kevin Wagner, Ph.D., associate professor of political science and director of the Jack Miller Forum at FAU. “And it is important to reflect on how our lives are affected everyday by the principles enshrined in this document.”
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The Constitution Day opening ceremony will take place at 11 a.m. This will include a Presentation of Colors, the National Anthem, opening remarks presented by Wagner, followed by a presentation from the Honorable Dave Aronberg, state attorney for Palm Beach County and a former member of the Florida Senate. The second annual Robert J. Bailyn Symposium on the First Amendment Panel will take place at 12:30 p.m. with the topic “The First Amendment and Campaign Finance Reform.” Along with Wagner, panelists also include Frank Cerabino of the Palm Beach Post; Anthony Mann from the Sun Sentinel; and Tim Lenz, Ph.D., professor of political science at FAU.
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