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Native Learning Center arms reach near and far

by Eileen Soler -

HOLLYWOOD — The Native Learning Center 2015 calendar is divided into quarters and color coded in eight shades of busy for the Hollywood-based staff members. Marie Dufour Bonville, director of Training and Technical Assistance, said a 2014 cooperative agreement grant infusion of $700,000 through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban

Anti-child abuse events held in shadow of recent tragedy

by Eileen Soler -

By all accounts, Ahizya Osceola should have turned 4 years old on April 15. Instead, when a solitary candle was lit on his birthday cake decorated with SpongeBob SquarePants toys, only memories provided glimpses of his happy smile and quick laugh. It was an unreal moment for his mother, Karen Cypress,

Jenkins retires at height of his Seminole Gaming career

by Eileen Soler -

HOLLYWOOD — The man who Chairman James E. Billie calls "one of the most professional men I’ve ever worked with" has retired. Ed Jenkins, 70, credited by Chairman Billie for holding the Tribe’s reigns during meteoric gaming success that led the Tribe to become the first in Indian Country to achieve

SPD dispatch opens new 10-20: Immokalee

by Eileen Soler -

IMMOKALEE — Seminole Police Department Capt. Mary Negrey understands the power of 911 dispatch. "It’s a comforting voice ... the highest level of service ... it’s time saved," Negrey said. In mid-March, the Seminole Public Safety Department, led by Police Chief William Latchford, opened the Immokalee Dispatch Center at the direction of

EPA funds in-house water utilities training to combat climate change

by Beverly Bidney -

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency met with professionals from the Tribe’s Environmental Resource Management and Public Works departments March 26-27 to address climate change impacts that may affect tribal water utilities. The meetings were part of the EPA’s Climate Ready Water Utilities initiative, which provides funds, training and technical assistance to

Immokalee X factor

by Eileen Soler -

IMMOKALEE — Kelsey Cooper and Doug Allen climbed inside a wicker basket April 12 and peered deep into a massive balloon that towered above propane-driven flames that fueled the most basic air-flight machine. "I probably won’t ever get to do this again in my entire life," Allen said before the Immokalee

Home sweet home for Billie Swamp bears

by The Seminole Tribune -

BIG CYPRESS — If the two bears residing at Billie Swamp Safari could speak, they might say they are the happiest bears in town. At least that’s the human interpretation of their collectively loud, motorboat-like grumblings when greeted "good morning" on a Tuesday in mid-April. Like cats that purr when pleased,

Emma Johns lifts spirits at Haitian orphanage

by Beverly Bidney -

JEREMIE, Haiti — Emma Johns traveled to the Caribbean during spring break, but the trip was far from a relaxing beach vacation. She and eight other members of Okeechobee’s More 2 Life Ministries spent March 14-21 in Haiti on a mission to help orphans and residents in the impoverished town

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