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Ponte Vedra and REAL ESTATE Expertise You Can Rely On May 19, 2016 Volume 46, No. 20 75 cents PonteVedraRecorder.com TP Seen Out and about A great at THE PLAYERS Day Pages 41-46 Jason Day wins THE PLAYERS Senior Living Assisted living, Dial-a-Ride and more Pages 21-36 All About Pets: It’s National Pet Month! Photo by Don Christian Australian Jason Day displays the trophy for winning the 2016 PLAYERS Championship in a performance that evoked numerous comparisons Pages 38-40 to Tiger Woods. Full story on page 47. Serving Ponte Vedra and REAL ESTATE Expertise You Can Rely On. the Beaches since 1969 REALTOR 904.607.4196 [email protected] 2 Ponte Vedra Recorder · May 19, 2016 INSIDE Send us your news PUZZLE SOLUTIONS We welcome submissions of photos, stories, columns and letters to the One of Us editor. Let us know what’s happening. If you have hard copies of pho- Page 6 tos you want us to feature, feel free to bring them to our office — we’ll scan them and hand them right back. E-mail submissions to Calendar [email protected] bring them by our office at 1102 A1A N., Page 18-19 Unit 108, Ponte Vedra Beach. Sports Visit our new website at Page 47 www.pontevedrarecorder.com Puzzles Plus, find the Recorder on Facebook at Page 50 www.facebook.com/ThePVRecorder WHAT’S THIS? Do you know what this is? Susan Griffin Publisher [email protected] Email your answer to [email protected] (904) 686-3938 by Tuesday at 5 p.m. Jennifer Logue All correct entries will be entered into a random Managing Editor [email protected] drawing to win tickets for two adults and two (904) 686-3943 children to the Jacksonville Zoo. In order to allow Carrie Resch as many families as possible to win, participants Reporter/Sales Coordinator [email protected] are only eligible to win a ticket prize pack once (904) 686-3939 every four months. Solutions correspond to last week’s puzzles. Rob Conwell Circulation Manager [email protected] (904) 686-3936 No one correctly identified last week’s photo Ed Johnson as Seachasers restaurant in Jacksonville Beach. Senior Account Executive Better luck this week, readers! [email protected] (904) 686-3940 Don’t forget — incorrect but Kristin Flanagan Account Executive entertaining guesses might also be rewarded (904) 285-8831 with a trip to the zoo. April Snyder Sales Assistant [email protected] (904) 686-3937 ADOPT A PET Jasmine Marshall Office Assistant CAT OF THE WEEK DOG OF THE [email protected] (904) 686-3945 Hi there! My name is Callie and WEEK I’m a 5-year-old female Calico kitty Hi there! I’m Cary J. Howard who is looking for a new, loving Grace, a 7-year- Ad Designer [email protected] home to call my own. I was given old mix-breed up by my owners because they female who is Alex Burrows could no longer care for me. I am looking for a Ad Designer [email protected] a sweet kitty who likes to sun her- new home. I self in a soft chair and I can purr was brought to Jessica Stephens louder than a motorboat when I the pet center Rhonda Barrick get some loving. Come visit me as a stray. As this Melanie Smith today here at the pet center! #27579 animal was a stray there may be some traits Stacey Neal Page Designers that are unknown at this time. #31711 [email protected] Any pet being introduced to a new home will need time to adjust to a new environment. Please reinforce house U.S.P.S. (705-300) Periodical Postage Paid training and behavioral training and be mindful of interacting with other pets. Come visit us today here at the pet at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl. 32082 Postmaster: Send change of addresses to: center. Ponte Vedra Recorder, P.O. Box 501, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, 32004. (904) 285-8831 Subscription Rates, Bulk Mail: One year, $35; six months, $20. Rates not ap- St. Johns County Pet Center plicable in Canada or overseas. To subscribe, call Circulation Manager Rob Cat adoptions are $30 for male and $40 for females. Dog adoptions are $45 for males and $60 for females. Conwell at (904) 686-3936. Adoption fees include microchipping, neutering/spaying, rabies vaccinations and shots. The pet center is The Recorder is published every Thursday located at 130 N. Stratton Rd., just off US 1 between County Road 210 and International Golf Parkway. Business at 1102 A1A N., Unit 108 hours are Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center is closed to the Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 32082 public on Sunday. On Monday, the office is open by appointment only to claim a lost pet. For more informa- tion, please call the St. Johns County Pet Center at (904) 209-6190. Ponte Vedra Recorder · May 19, 2016 Community News 3 Keystone purchase of Accotink Academy By The Sea falls through 2015-2016 school year following many occur and all deposits that had been School to close May 31 years of operating losses. held in escrow were immediately re- By Jennifer Logue “Because of my mother’s passionate funded. dedication to the school and the com- “Although we are extremely disap- The recently announced purchase of munity, she took the losses year after pointed in the outcome, we remain Accotink Academy By the Sea by Key- year,” he said. committed to bringing the benefits of stone Child Development Center will After notifying the staff about the an exceptional preschool and child not move forward as planned, both par- decision to close the school, McCon- development center to families in the ties confirmed this week. nell said, two potential buyers for the Jacksonville Beach and Ponte Vedra Accotink Academy By the Sea will property came forward, but the sale Beach areas,” Keystone Founder and now close May 31, as was initially with Keystone did not close after the CEO Dr. Katherine Falwell said. “We planned at the start of this school year. parties could not agree on the final are actively reviewing other proper- “We want to express our heartfelt terms. ties and anticipate opening a Key- thank you and appreciation to the “A contract was executed and both Falwell said that all parents have stone By The Sea location in the near Ponte Vedra parents who allowed us to parties agreed that enrollment should been notified that the sale will not future.” educate their children the last 18 years,” be opened for the 2016-2017 school said Mark McConnell, executive vice year,” Keystone Founder and CEO Dr. president for Accotink Academy, Inc. of Katherine Falwell said. “However, dur- CUSTOM BUILDING & REMODELING Virginia, the Ponte Vedra Beach school’s ing the period of due diligence, the SINCE 1962 parent company. “Ponte Vedra will al- parties could not reach an agreement RRESIDENTIALES ENT L / CCOMMERCIALOMMERC AL ways be home to our family and while on the final terms of sale.” this is a sad ending for the academy, McConnell noted that the contract we hope Elaine’s legacy lives on in our negotiations did not involve Accotink students, teachers and staff.” Academy By The Sea or its parent com- Last month, Keystone announced pany, as the property was privately TOM TROUT, inc. plans to purchase the school — which owned by his parents, Warren McCon- would become known as Keystone nell, 95, and school founder Elaine Mc- GENERAL CONTRACTOR By The Sea — and continue with the Connell, who died in January. existing Accotink Academy staff and In August 2015, McConnell said, his CBC026189 administration along with some ad- mother — then in failing health — had ditions from its own staff. Enrollment made the difficult decision to close Ac- (904) 737-5412 • tomtroutinc.com was then opened for both summer cotink Academy By The Sea and sell and fall programs. the property at the conclusion of the Contact us for a FREE consultation! Watson collection Ocean Grove Oak Bridge Players club Seaside Plantation Oaks $139,000 $435,000 $489,900 $509,000 $1,050,000 Wake up to ocean breezes from Nestled in the community of Sawgrass, Enjoy the tranquil views of the golf Watch the sun rise on the lake Welcome to coastal living in this the screened lanai of this delightful this well-maintained home is just a short course and park like setting of this from this beautifully upgraded stately home with a spacious lanai condo. MLS 827045 trip to the beach. MLS 827053 captivating home. MLS 827206 home. MLS 826708 and salt-water pool. 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He had been College, 50 Sevilla St., St. Augustine. chial vicar of Ponte Vedra Beach’s working in restaurant management The workshop will be led by na- Our Lady Star of the Sea Parish fol- for eight years and dating, but felt tionally recognized storyteller Con- lowing his ordination to the priest- something was missing.
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