Seminoles offer Rays late season hope Sports by Peter B. Gallagher - August 28, 2014April 8, 2015 ST. PETERSBURG — Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon’s face broke out in a wide smile when Seminoles Bobby Henry and daughter Barbara Cypress approached him outside the baseball team’s clubhouse Aug. 15. Barbara had a gift for Joe: an authentic handmade Seminole doll. It was 30 minutes before game time and
Tampa Seminoles honored at incentive awards event Education by Peter B. Gallagher - August 1, 2014April 8, 2015 TAMPA — The Tampa community celebrated personal accomplishments by students, Police Explorers and elders July 14 with a buffet dinner and incentive awards ceremony at the Sheraton Tampa East Hotel. Tampa Education recruiter Frank Birts presented awards to Christina Clark, Shane Clay, Ricky Dillon, Angel Dillon (who only missed two days
Chocochatti marker dedicated on State Road 50 Community by Peter B. Gallagher - June 27, 2014April 8, 2015 BIG HAMMOCK, Fla. — Nine years before the Declaration of Independence was signed, a displaced group of Muscogee-speaking Upper Creek Indians established a colony in the rolling woodlands, lush lakes and fertile prairies just outside present-day Brooksville, located north of Tampa. A British surveyor called the settlement New Yufala, borrowing the
New Seminole village opens during annual Florida Folk Festival Community by Peter B. Gallagher - June 27, 2014April 8, 2015 WHITE SPRINGS — Temperatures in the 90s and a couple driving thunderstorms did not dampen the fun and music at the 62nd Florida Folk Festival, held annually on Memorial Day weekend at the Stephen Foster Folk Culture Center State Park on the Suwannee River. The most comfortable folks at the three-day
A ray of hope: Slumping Tampa Bay turns to Seminole medicine man Sports by Peter B. Gallagher - June 27, 2014April 8, 2015 ST. PETERSBURG — As manager of the team with the worst record in Major League Baseball in early June, Tampa Bay’s Joe Maddon decided to "turn Bobby Henry loose on Tropicana Field" in an attempt to end the Rays’ slump. So, with a carte blanche pass to go anywhere he wanted
High school state softball finals filled with Seminoles Sports by Peter B. Gallagher - May 29, 2014April 8, 2015 VERO BEACH — Formerly the spring training home for baseball’s Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers, historic Dodgertown welcomed softball players – including Seminole Tribal members – who vied for Florida High School Activities Association (FHSAA) state championships May 9-10. Plantation’s American Heritage, which features two Tribal members, and Moore Haven, which
A visit with Guy LaBree, painter of the Seminole ways Community by Peter B. Gallagher - April 30, 2014April 8, 2015 TALLAHASSEE — When Guy LaBree entered first grade at Dania Elementary School in 1946, he found a whole group of children who hated to wear shoes as much as he did. The first generation of Seminole Indians to attend Florida public schools quickly bonded with LaBree. He would sneak away
Police Explorers campout a big success Education by Peter B. Gallagher - April 29, 2014April 8, 2015 LAKELAND — Forty-five boys and girls tribalwide gathered on the Tribe’s Lakeland Property March 22-23 for the second annual Seminole Police Department Explorers Campout. The campers were provided tents and other camping gear for a weekend that included four-wheel drives on the new ATV trail (through the Polk County woodlands and
Tampa Catholic honors Justin Motlow Sports by Peter B. Gallagher - April 29, 2014April 8, 2015 TAMPA — Capping off an illustrious prep gridiron career, Justin Motlow was honored with two major awards at the Tampa Catholic High School football banquet March 27 before a packed house of parents and players at the Tampa Club, 40 stories high in the downtown Bank of America building. Motlow was
Hard Rock Tampa celebrates 10 years Community by Peter B. Gallagher - April 1, 2014November 16, 2015 TAMPA — Back in the corner by a chickee-roofed lannai, away from the bustling crowd gathering near the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa pool, Billy Walker leaned down, waved his hand in front of an upset alligator and deftly put his fingers beneath its snout. Dressed in a blue