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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.

Baseball season is eternal on the rez

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The end of summer doesn’t portend the end of baseball season in Seminole country. With weekly baseball clinics by Press On Sports and DeMatties Baseball, the season continues year-round. To measure the progress of players, coach Richard Gonzalez, of Press On Sports, hands out incentive awards every few months. Immokalee players

Seminoles move it, move it at Firecracker Walks

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Between June 27 and July 3, Tribal members celebrated the Fourth of July with fun and fitness at the eighth annual Firecracker Walk. About 100 people participated in several different walks, held in Hollywood, Big Cypress, Naples, Immokalee and Brighton. In Hollywood, about 30 people walked around the horseshoe on the

Seminole Estates back in Tribal control

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HOLLYWOOD — For the first time since 1969, the Tribe has taken charge of the property formerly known as the Seminole Estates Mobile Home Park. The 110-acre property, located on U.S. 441 on the Hollywood Reservation, became the responsibility of the Tribe on July 1. The Tribe has considered many ideas

Tribe reacts to Indian custody case

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At the tender age of only 4 years old, Baby Veronica has impacted all of Indian Country with the recently decided U.S. Supreme Court case, Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl. The case is a custody battle between the white adoptive family, Melanie and Matt Capobianco, of South Carolina, and the biological

Student spotlight: Joshua Josh

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DAVIE — Education is a lifetime pursuit. Some people earn degrees and certificates on a traditional timetable; others take a more circuitous route. For Joshua Josh, his path to earning a certificate in drafting was not smoothly paved. It wasn’t until after he dropped out of high school, abused drugs

Education Department celebrates successful students

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Summertime may be break time for students, but it is also a time to celebrate the year’s hard work with fun activities and awards. The Education Department held several incentive award ceremonies to honor students of all academic levels for their achievements this year. For Hollywood and Fort Pierce students, the

Youth swing for first place in golf tournament

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CLEWISTON — The heat and humidity of a typical Florida summer didn’t keep Tribal youth from competing in a junior golf championship tournament held June 29 at the Clewiston Golf Course. With plenty of bug spray tucked in their golf bags, the kids gave their all at the Amateur Athletics Union

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