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Author: Beverly Bidney

Beverly Bidney has been a reporter and photographer for The Seminole Tribune since 2012. During her career, she has worked at various newspapers around the country including the Muskogee Phoenix in Oklahoma, Miami Herald, Associated Press, USA Today and other publications nationwide. A NAJA award winning journalist, she has covered just about everything over the years and is an advocate for a strong press. Contact her at beverlybidney@semtribe.com.

Immokalee names new Recreation site manager

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IMMOKALEE — Tribal member Cecilia Pequeno loves kids and has the energy to keep up with them all day every day. She has six children at home and spends her working hours interacting with Immokalee youth. After seven years working with the Immokalee Recreation Department, Pequeno was recently promoted to site

Kids meet FSU head coach at Orange Bowl practice

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DAVIE — Sports-minded Tribal youth, all Florida State University fans, were treated to an up-close look at the team as they practiced a few days before the Orange Bowl matchup against Northern Illinois University on Jan. 1. "When FSU comes down here, they have our number," said Max Osceola Jr., who

President’s Toy Drive collects an abundance of toys

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HOLLYWOOD — If you listened to almost any local radio station on Dec. 12, you would have heard all about the annual Holiday Toy Drive in Hollywood sponsored by the Seminole Tribe and President Tony Sanchez Jr. Held in a large open tent a stone’s throw from the historic Council Oak

Big Cypress celebrates Snake Road groundbreaking

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BIG CYPRESS — Snake Road has a shape so distinctive it can easily be identified from 40,000 feet in the air. With 34 curves, the narrow two-lane road clearly resembles a snake writhing its way from Interstate 75 to the Big Cypress Reservation over the course of 19.6 miles. A

Seminole Unconquered electronic cigarettes will be first made in U.S.

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HOLLYWOOD — The electronic cigarette industry is poised to become big business, and the Seminole Unconquered brand is preparing to be a significant player in the field. "This is going to be life-changing," President Tony Sanchez Jr. said. "For me, this is about the humanitarian side; we will affect the world." Tobacco-related

Ahfachkee students tour Florida Gulf Coast University

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FORT MYERS — The administrators at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers believe their university makes a difference in the lives of their students by having small classes, requiring community service and getting every student engrossed in the learning process. "Instead of a sage on a stage, our classes get

Teacher profile: Nidia Carusotti

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HOLLYWOOD — Being in a room filled with tiny babies may not be everyone’s idea of a good time, but for Hollywood Preschool teacher Nidia Carusotti there is no place else she would rather be. "I’ve always loved working with the babies," said Carusotti, a teacher at the preschool since 1995.

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