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August 23, 2018 Volume 47, No. 85 75 cents PonteVedraRecorder.com RYDER STATE OF MIND U.S. Ryder Cup Captain and Ponte Vedra Beach resident Jim Furyk holds the Ryder Cup trophy atop the Empire State Building Aug. 14 in New York City as part of the ceremonial lighting of the building to kick off the 2018 Ryder Cup Trophy Tour.More on the Ryder Cup in Sports, Page 36 Photo courtesy of Empire State Realty Trust D ISTINCTIVE Crash in Distinctive Properties Properties Pages 13-28 Ponte Vedra leaves 1 dead Business Weekly Page 4 Pages 29-33 • MARKET WATCH • ENGEL & VÖLKERS OPENS IN ServingJACKSONVILLE BEACH Ponte Vedra and • ANALYZING BUYERS IN PONTE VEDRA & THE BEACHES the• MARK MACCO:Beaches ARCHITECTURE since 1969,SPECIAL SECTION AUGUST 23, 2018 FREE ENGINE SCAN TRENDS IN PONTE VEDRA EUROPEAN SPECIALIST Schedule a service today! and now Nocatee ALL MAKES Schedule a service today! 998.9992 worldimportsusa.com 998.9992 worldimportsusa.com 2 COMMUNITY NEWS Ponte Vedra Recorder · August 23, 2018 Send us your news PUZZLE SOLUTIONS INSIDE We welcome submissions of photos, stories, columns and letters to One of Us the editor. 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