June 9, 2016 Volume 46, No. 23 75 cents PonteVedraRecorder.com Lifeguards return to beaches First Coast Register Summer on the First Coast In the Arts Dance, theater and more Page 17-24 Oak Bridge Club New restaurant, tennis courts to open this summer Photo by Jennifer Logue St. Johns County Fire Rescue officially began full-scale guarded beaches May 28. A team of certified beach lifeguards staffed by SJCFR will be Page 5 on daily assignments from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on St. Johns County beaches through Labor Day weekend. Read more on page 7. Serving Ponte Vedra and the Beaches since 1969 2 Ponte Vedra Recorder · June 9, 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. 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[email protected] (904) 686-3936 Ed Johnson Senior Account Executive No one correctly identified last week’s photo [email protected] as Zeta Brewing Company in Jacksonville (904) 686-3940 Beach. Better luck this week, readers! Kristin Flanagan Account Executive (904) 285-8831 Don’t forget — incorrect but entertaining guesses might also be rewarded April Snyder with a trip to the zoo. Sales Assistant [email protected] (904) 686-3937 Jasmine Marshall Office Assistant ADOPT A PET [email protected] (904) 686-3945 CAT OF THE WEEK DOG OF THE Cary J. Howard Hi there! My name is Whiskers WEEK Ad Designer and I am a 2-year-old male kitty Hi there! My name [email protected] is Archie and I’m who is looking for a new home. I a 6-year-old male Alex Burrows was brought to the pet center by dog who is looking Ad Designer my owners because they did not for a new home. I [email protected] was given up by my want to care for me anymore. I am Ashley Stancil parents because a super sweet and loving cat who they did not want Ad Designer me anymore. I’m a [email protected] just wants to find a family that will fan of the outdoors show me the love and attention and nothing makes Jessica Stephens I need. I’m very good at climbing me happier than walkies. My little ears perk up and Rhonda Barrick up onto your lap while you’re sitting down and warming you tail wiggles something fierce when I’m told its time to Melanie Smith go outside and see the great outdoors. Come visit me up with my soft fur. So come visit me here at the pet center! Stacey Neal today and become my forever family, here at the pet #31872 Manon Barwick center.# 32211 Page Designers [email protected] Any pet being introduced to a new home will need time to adjust to a new environment. Please reinforce house training and behavioral training and be mindful of interacting with other pets. Come visit us today here at the pet U.S.P.S. (705-300) Periodical Postage Paid at Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl. 32082 center. Postmaster: Send change of addresses to: Ponte Vedra Recorder, P.O. Box 501, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, 32004. (904) 285-8831 Subscription Rates, Bulk Mail: One St. Johns County Pet Center year, $35; six months, $20. Rates not ap- plicable in Canada or overseas. Cat adoptions are $30 for males and $40 for females. Dog adoptions are $45 for males and $60 for females. To subscribe, call Circulation Manager Rob Adoption fees include microchipping, neutering/spaying, rabies vaccinations and shots. The pet center is Conwell at (904) 686-3936. located at 130 N. Stratton Rd., just off US 1 between County Road 210 and International Golf Parkway. Business The Recorder is published every Thursday 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 at 1102 A1A N., Unit 108 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 · June 9, 2016 Community News 3 Fletcher, Kaufman join race for 4th congressional seat By Jennifer Logue Capitol “No one running brings my kind of back- ing no special-interest Super PAC, or PAC Add two more candidates to the growing Hill. I am ground to this race,” Kaufman said. “Small money — strictly individual contributions: I’ll list of Republicans vying to replace retiring ready on businessman, business survivalist — during answer to no one but the voters.” Rep. Ander Crenshaw in the U.S. Congress. day one and after a 15-month Navy Reserve recall — An advocate for term limits — Kaufman Julia Fletcher and Steve Kaufman both to ensure and international experience at some of the pledged to limit his congressional service recently announced their candidacy to repre- the First highest levels of decisionmaking in Opera- to four terms if elected — said his priori- sent Northeast Florida’s newly reconfigured Coast tion Enduring Freedom. “ ties would include helping to jumpstart the 4th congressional district, which includes contin- In a statement announcing his candi- economy and protect Northeast Florida’s Jacksonville and the Beaches as well as ues and dacy, Kaufman acknowledged that he lacks military infrastructure to strengthen its strate- Baker, Nassau and a portion of St. Johns grows its the funding or name recognition of career gic position. counties. They join a growing Republican military politicians, but said his run is aimed at repre- “With no money, organization or name field that already includes St. Johns County power.” senting Northeast Florida voters seeking a recognition, I fully realize this is a ‘David and Commissioner Bill McClure, State Rep. Lake Photo courtesy of Kaufman campaign While change from the political status quo. Goliath’ battle — and clearly, I’m David,” Ray, former Jacksonville Sheriff John Ruther- Steve Kaufman sta- “I’m running a very different campaign Kaufman said. “But I kind of like how that ford and attorney Hans Tanzler III. Currently, tioned at than the others,” he said. “I’ll be accept- story ends.” no Democratic candidates have officially Jacksonville NAS, Fletcher deployed for declared their candidacy for the seat. counter-narcotics and security operations in Fletcher, an Atlantic Beach resident, is a Colombia and Honduras on joint missions CUSTOM BUILDING & REMODELING 13-year U.S. Navy veteran who is making with DEA, FBI and other agencies. After SINCE 1962 her first bid for elective office. An intelli- active duty service, she remains a commis- RRESIDENTIALES ENT L / CCOMMERCIALOMMERC AL gence officer, she was deployed in support sioned officer on reserve. of American efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The wife of an active duty service mem- “I volunteered after the terrorist attacks ber, Fletcher is the mother of one son. She on 9/11 to be on America’s Away Team, holds a bachelor’s degree in international and now I want to continue my service to affairs from George Washington Univer- TOM TROUT, inc. this country and this community here on sity and earned her MBA at Georgetown the Home Team,” Fletcher said. “Thanks University. GENERAL CONTRACTOR to Congressman Crenshaw’s leadership, Kaufman is a retired 27-year Navy Re- the First Coast has continued to grow as a servist and owner of SJK•PR, a Riverside CBC026189 strategic hub that is critical to our nation’s marketing firm. He said he is entering the security. His legacy requires a veteran of two race “to represent those First Coast workers, (904) 737-5412 • tomtroutinc.com wars with strong ties to the defense commu- businesses and families struggling to get nity, and the stamina to fight every day on ahead in the Obama economy.” Contact us for a FREE consultation! 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