Sports & Leisure

Atlantic Beach’s Katherine Ganzhorn poses with a kingfish weighing in at over 40 pounds. (photo submitted)

Atlantic Beach’s Katherine Ganzhorn poses with a kingfish weighing in at over 40 pounds. (photo submitted)

Tarpon fishing has been hot near the beach

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Friday, August 5, 2016
Inshore fishermen and women are still finding the red drum are hungry and ready for a fight. We recently had slightly higher than usual tides in the evenings. This gave anglers a chance to work the spartina grass and oyster beds looking for a trophy catch in the shallows.

Jacksonville RollerGirls host doubleheader event

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Thursday, August 4, 2016
Saturday night at the Mandarin Skate Station will feature two of the six Jacksonville RollerGirls’ teams. The all-star team #7 New Jax City Rollers will take on the #35 all-star team of the Detroit Derby Girls, and the River City Rat Pack will face the Gold Coast Derby Girls of Ft. Lauderdale.
Amy Carpenter from the Florida Department of Citrus (left) and Kara Pound from the St. Augustine Distillery (right) visit with Matt Stevens, manager of A1A Cocktail Trail Program, to unveil the new A1A Cocktail Trail program. (photo submitted)

Amy Carpenter from the Florida Department of Citrus (left) and Kara Pound from the St. Augustine Distillery (right) visit with Matt Stevens, manager of A1A Cocktail Trail Program, to unveil the new A1A Cocktail Trail program. (photo submitted)

Beach bars take part in A1A Cocktail Trail

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Thursday, August 4, 2016
The Florida Department of Citrus (FDOC), St. Augustine Distillery, and the St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra & The Beaches Visitors and Convention Bureau (VCB) have created a trail of bars and restaurants that serve up original cocktails featuring farm-fresh Florida citrus and spirits from the St.
Ava Galani navigates the running course during the BFAST Kids Triathlon in Nocatee. Galani won the Junior Girls 9-10 Division. (photo by David Rosenblum)

Ava Galani navigates the running course during the BFAST Kids Triathlon in Nocatee. Galani won the Junior Girls 9-10 Division. (photo by David Rosenblum)

BFAST kids challenge Nocatee course

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Thursday, August 4, 2016
The Beaches Fine Arts Series got its Kids Triathlon off smoothly after having to reschedule it from its original date earlier this summer.
The historical rudder was uncovered three miles from the GTM Research reserve on a Vilano Beach shore. (photo via GTM Reserve Reserve)

The historical rudder was uncovered three miles from the GTM Research reserve on a Vilano Beach shore. (photo via GTM Reserve Reserve)

Rudder recovered from Vilano shoreline on display at GTM Education Center

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Thursday, August 4, 2016
An old ship rudder received by the Guana Tolomato Matanzas (GTM) National Estuarine Research Reserve from the St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum is now on display at the GTM's Environmental Education Center.
Amber Smith (photo submitted)

Amber Smith (photo submitted)

Ponte Vedra karate instructor takes world championship

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Wednesday, August 3, 2016
Amber Smith, chief instructor at Karate America in Ponte Vedra Beach, recently won the world championship in the forms division at the American Taekwondo Association World Expo in Little Rock, Ark.

Greater amberjack reopens to recreational harvest in Gulf waters Aug. 1

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Tuesday, August 2, 2016
The recreational harvest of greater amberjack reopened in Gulf state waters Aug. 1. It will remain closed in Gulf federal waters through Dec. 31, 2016. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will consider a similar closure in state waters at its September meeting in St.
Participants in the Advanced Junior Lifeguard Camp practice the landline technique, in which one lifeguard approaches the victim in the water while the remaining lifeguards remain on land and pull the victim to safety using a rope. (photo by David Rosenblum)

Participants in the Advanced Junior Lifeguard Camp practice the landline technique, in which one lifeguard approaches the victim in the water while the remaining lifeguards remain on land and pull the victim to safety using a rope. (photo by David Rosenblum)

Junior lifeguards learning how to save lives

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Monday, August 1, 2016
The Jacksonville Beach Lifeguard Station provided fun in the sun and a great learning experience for many campers this week through its Junior Lifeguard camp.

Movie buffs use Twitter to watch films with friends

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Sunday, July 31, 2016
Do you ever wish you could enjoy some old movies with friends, but for whatever reason you can’t get out of the house? Ever wish you could host a film series of your own? If you have an Internet connection and a free account at Twitter.com, it can be done.
Woodturner Keith Larrett works on a piece. (photo submitted)

Woodturner Keith Larrett works on a piece. (photo submitted)

Woodturners create art from Beaches Branch Library sycamore trees

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Saturday, July 30, 2016
While some Beaches residents have been lamenting the recent loss of the sycamore trees from outside the Beaches Branch of the Jacksonville Public Library (JPL) in Neptune Beach, area woodworkers are creating art from the trees.