Tribe’s class of 2032 from Tampa starts the new school year Education News Top News Top Story by The Seminole Tribune - October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 The 2019-20 school year kicked off for four kindergarten Tampa area students on Aug. 12 and Aug. 19. Three of the students attend Lithia Springs Elementary School in Valrico; one attends Brandon Academy in Brandon. Amari Osceola is attending Brandon Academy and is the son of Brian Osceola and the grandson
Soggy weather can’t dampen PECS swim Olympics Community Education News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 BRIGHTON — Late summer showers didn’t stop the action at the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School swim Olympics Sept. 20. Students came to the Brighton pool prepared to get wet and compete, so water falling from above was no problem for these young athletes. The PECS K-5 swim program aims to get students
Kaleb Thomas strives for memorable senior season on OHS cross country Community Sports Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - October 4, 2019October 9, 2019 BOCA RATON — Kaleb Thomas wants to make his final high school cross country season one to remember. So the determined Okeechobee High School senior trained this past summer in a way he had never before. He left a lot of sweat on the Brighton Reservation in preparation
Moore Haven football rebounds from slow start Community Sports Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - October 4, 2019October 9, 2019 MOORE HAVEN — Losing football games at Moore Haven High School has been rare the past few years, but when this year’s squad started 0-2, nobody was reaching for the panic button. Rather the Terriers simply kept working hard and it’s paid off. The Terriers rebounded from the slow start
Andrew Fish, St. Thomas football make their college debut Community News Sports Top News Top Story by Kevin Johnson - October 4, 2019October 9, 2019 MIAMI GARDENS — Andrew Fish was part of a new era that St. Thomas University and its fans welcomed as the school’s football team made its debut. With Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert III and former Dolphins great Nat Moore watching from the sideline, the St. Thomas football team played
Hard Rock opens first Maldives property Community News Top News Top Story by Damon Scott - October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Talk about getting away. This destination won’t disappoint. Hard Rock International recently opened its first property in the Maldives – a chain of 26 atolls that make up the Republic of Maldives in the Arabian Sea of the Indian Ocean. Hard Rock Hotel Maldives is part of the brand’s “Crossroads Maldives” and
What’s in the tank? Community Top News Top Story by The Seminole Tribune - October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 By Deanna de BoerSTOF THPO Collections Assistant Not many people think about what happens to artifacts once they’re taken out of the ground. Often, they can’t just be put in a box on the shelf, and need a little TLC to make sure they are stable enough to be placed in
Smutgrass now a delicacy for cattle in Pasture X Community News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 HOLLYWOOD — When Aaron Stam began a groundbreaking field trial in Brighton to see if cattle will eat smutgrass, he hoped to prove the animals would consume the nuisance invasive weed. Young and tender smutgrass has plenty of nutritional value, but when it grows to maturity the grass forms a
PECS students celebrate their grandparents Community Education Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 BRIGHTON — Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School students had a “love”-ly lunch Sept. 6 when grandparents, hugs and kisses filled the school cafeteria for Grandparents Day. The menu consisted of fried chicken and all the fixings, but the look of love on young and older faces was the best part of
Dartmouth grad Joseph John passionate about academics, Native issues Community Education News Top News Top Story by Beverly Bidney - October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 When it was time for Joseph John to attend college, his first choice was to go out west to Stanford University in California. When that didn’t pan out, he chose the Ivy League instead and graduated from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, in June 2018. One of the reasons he