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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.

Tutoring makes a world of difference

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Understanding reading, writing and arithmetic isn’t easy for every student, but tutoring can make all the difference in school and beyond. For proof of its power, tutoring program manager Santarvis Brown wants to measure that difference with tangible data. A former Miami-Dade county administrator with 11 years of experience, Brown is charged

Two-time champion Kiauna Martin excels on the softball diamond

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PLANTATION — Kiauna Martin knows how it feels to be a champion; at 14 years old, she has already been one twice. Martin and her fastpitch softball team, the Gold Coast Hurricanes, won the Triple Crown Sports Summer National tournament, 14U division, in August at Myrtle Beach, S.C. The final game

Motivated job hunters flock to career fair

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HOLLYWOOD — The Tribal Professional Development program, which helps Tribal members pursue careers in the Tribe’s various departments, recently hosted a career fair to show about 100 go-getters how to do it. Held July 31 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, the event encouraged attendees to ask questions about

Controlling Lake Okeechobee water levels

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A record-high wet season has the Seminole Tribe, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) working to manage water flowing south from Lake Okeechobee to prevent Big Cypress from flooding. Even with the intricate system of canals built beginning in the 1840s, the lake

History comes to life at BC Senior Center

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BIG CYPRESS — Seminoles living in Brighton and Big Cypress are connected to Moore Haven and Clewiston through more than proximity; the development of these towns was not only paramount in bringing the agriculture industry to the Lake Okeechobee area, but it also changed the Seminole way of life forever. Butch

Poker players hope for win at Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open

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HOLLYWOOD — Poker players from around the globe descended on the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood in August for the world’s richest poker tournament. The $10-million guaranteed payout was the largest offered at any tournament worldwide. The three-week Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open broke Florida records for participation with the

Seminoles trek to Arizona for NABI tournament

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PHOENIX — Phoenix became a basketball haven from July 17-21 when more than 1,900 athletes and coaches representing 167 Tribes competed in the 11th annual Native American Basketball Invitational (NABI). The tournament, one of the largest in Indian Country, featured players ages 13 to 19. Seminoles competed on inter-tribal teams: boys

Kirsten Doney takes second in national golf tournament

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GREENEVILLE, Tenn. — High school senior Kirsten Doney recently used her formidable golf skills to earn a second place finish in her division at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Golf National Championship, held July 18-21 in Greeneville, Tenn. About 300 kids in age groups from 6U to 18U played in

City kids live country life at Davie rodeo

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DAVIE — Hollywood residents may live in the city, but many have enough country inside them to compete in the rodeo arena. During the summer, some city kids saddled up for the Kids’ Summer Buckle Rodeo Series at the Bergeron Rodeo Grounds in Davie. The young cowboys and cowgirls train at

Seminoles ride English

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HOLLYWOOD — Janae and Wren Bankston have been riding horses since they were too small to ride bikes. At the tender ages of 4 and 3 respectively, Janae and Wren learned to control 1,000-pound horses with confidence. Now at ages 10 and 7, the equestriennes are old hands at horsemanship,

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