🌱 Non-profit Helps Tampa Teachers Shop + Tampa Bay Coffee & Art Fest

Good morning, everybody! Happy August! It's Monday in Tampa and I'm back in your inbox with everything that's fit to print about what's happening in the community today.

First, today's weather:

A t-storm around in the p.m.. High: 95 Low: 81.

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Here are the top five stories today in Tampa:

1. Hillsborough County students are headed back to school in less than 2 weeks on Wednesday, August 10. The Hillsborough Education Foundation helped teachers shop this past week for free supplies including backpacks, notebooks, pencils and more. All supplies at the "Teaching Tools Resource Center" are donated and contributions can be made online. (ABC Action News)

2. The National Junior College Athletics Association selected 19 Hillsborough Community College (HCC) student athletes for its 2021-22 All-Academic First, Second and Third Teams. The students must excel in both athletics and academics for the distinction. (Tampa Patch)

3. The Tampa Bay Coffee and Art Festival is returning this fall on Saturday, October 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Brandon at 1310 John Moore Road. Tickets are now available. Coffee panels are open to all event attendees and will be hosted by experts in the field. (That's So Tampa)

4. A St. Petersburg man, Darryl Eugene McKinnie, was arrested Saturday after he removed his court-issued ankle monitor, according to deputies. The accused said President Joe Biden told him to cut the ankle monitor off, according to police. (WFLA)

5. Ybor City's Coastal Film Lab is hosting an art show marking its first anniversary on Friday, August 5 at 1704 North Nebraska Avenue. Coastal Film Lab is an "artist focused film processing and scanning lab." (Creative Loafing Tampa)

Today in Tampa:

• Cuban Pathways at Tampa Bay History Center. (1:30 p.m.)
• Mahjong at Temple Terrace Public Library. (4 p.m.)
• Vinnie Hines Rocks C House Tampa. (6 p.m.)
• The Life & Art Of Bob Layton Art Show at Scarfone/Hartley Gallery At University Of Tampa. (6 p.m.)
• Book Discussion: Never Let Me Go By Kazuo Ishiguro at Riverview Library. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Tampa Bay Comic Convention saw thousands of guests this past weekend. The convention started in 2010. Attendees said they were happy to have a sense of normalcy after a pandemic cancellation in 2020. (Bay News 9)
• Cammie Chatterton, President and CEO of Bay Food Brokerage, has joined the Board of Trustees of Jesuit High School in Tampa. (Tampa Bay Newswire)
• Police are looking for a missing Florida woman who was last seen taking a bus from Fort Myers to Tampa. Erica Ann Johnson, 36, was reported missing July 14. (WFLA)
• MOSI's Science After Dark is having it's 60th anniversary 60s party on Friday, August 26. Ages 18 and up are welcome from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. (Twitter)
• Curaleaf is opening a drive-thru dispensary in Citrus Park at 10612 Sheldon Road. Over 50 locations are now around the Sunshine State. (That's So Tampa)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Monday off right. I'll catch up with you bright and early tomorrow with a new update!

— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.

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