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Gerson Andrade, store manager, and Fernando Enriquez, district manager, cut the ribbon to open the new Advance Auto Parts store with George Ksenice, Mount Vernon Lee Chamber of Commerce president. Also participating were Patrick Fogarty, Chamber board member; Edythe Kelleher, Southeast Fairfax Development Corporation; Ryan Saupp, Fairfax County Police Department; Ann Harbour, Inova; and Captain Danny Cox, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, along with children from the Alexandria Boys and Girls Club. Andrade announced a $1,000 donation to the Boys and Girls Club of Alexandria. The store, located at 6224 Richmond Highway, is open Monday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sunday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.