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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.

Smith family celebrated with cattle drive

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BRIGHTON — The Smith family legacy is evident from the pastures and rodeo arena in Brighton to the Tribal halls of power. Family patriarch Jack Smith Sr. was a pioneer of the Seminole cattle industry and his sons Fred, Jack Jr., Richard and Roger were also cattlemen who served the Tribe

Navajo Housing Authority visits Brighton Housing Department

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BRIGHTON — Five members of the Navajo Housing Authority (NHA) traveled from Arizona to Florida to learn about the Tribe’s Information Technology (IT) Department, network infrastructure, and property management procedures and software program. The group met April 17 with the Housing Department in Brighton. "The Tribe’s Geographic Information System (GIS) is

Health Department welcomes spring with cooking class

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HOLLYWOOD — In the spirit of a good old fashioned spring cleaning, the Health Department held a spring cooking class to get rid of old eating habits. On the menu at the April 9 event in Hollywood was Fiesta Lime Southwest Chicken Salad complete with homemade salad dressing. Six aspiring chefs

Tribe Fire Rescue welcomes eight

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HOLLYWOOD — The Seminole Tribe Fire Rescue Department is so selective about who it hires that even to apply, candidates must have completed fire academy and passed the state certification exam. Out of 160 applicants this year, only eight were selected to tackle the department’s rigorous eight-week training program. Only after

Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School honors students’ achievements

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BRIGHTON — Pemayetv Emahakv students were rewarded for excellence in reading, writing and arithmetic, along with Creek, culture and citizenship, at the Charter School’s third nine weeks awards program March 31. "I’m proud to see all these honor roll students," said principal Brian Greseth. "These grades are earned, not given." One by

Indian Country profile: Jacoby Ellsbury

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As a kid growing up on the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon, Jacoby Ellsbury dreamed of being a baseball player. He spent hours hitting balls off a tee made just for him by his father, igniting his passion for the sport. "Living on the reservation I was always motivated to excel,"

Salacoa Valley Farms spring sale exceeds Seminole expectations

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FAIRMOUNT, Ga. — During the Salacoa Valley Farms spring cattle sale March 22, about 50 Tribal members got front-row seats to the event that generated nearly $500,000 for the Seminole Tribe. The Board of Directors purchased the Georgia-based farm in December in hopes of improving the Tribe’s cattle program. "The average

Tribe buys building for new clinic, offices

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DAVIE — The Tribe’s recent purchase of a 10-acre site, complete with a large office building, on Stirling Road in Davie will house the future Hollywood Medical Center. The closing took place March 10. Formerly home to Farmers Insurance, the nearly 100,000-square-foot, two-story building, located at 5701 Stirling Road, is about

Davie against land into trust application

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DAVIE — A 10.6-acre parcel of Tribal-owned land on Stirling Road is causing the Town of Davie great anxiety. When the Seminole Tribe requested that the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) place the land into trust in March 2013, Davie mayor Judy Paul formally objected based on the belief it will

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