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E-Mail to the Editor

Editor:

Yes, I was inquiring about some additional purchases of the Hot Sauce that was sold at the Billie Swamp Safari. I was there in July when I purchased some and loved it. I went to the Marketplace section of your webpage and found no matches. Please forward me some information to locate some of this wonderful sauce. Sincerely,

Stephanie Glynn
stephglynn@hotmail.com

Marketing Director Lucy Evanicki writes: The Hot Sauce is called Gator Hammock Gator Sauce and is sold in the Gift Shop at Billie Swamp Safari. Please call Nancy Sloan, who is in charge of purchasing for the Gift Shop, and she will be happy to take care of the order (800) 949-6101.

Thank you.

Editor:

I would like to stay in the Port Charlotte area for a couple of days to visit my friends. I am in need of a full hookup for a 22 ft. Rialta for this time.

I can be in the area anytime during the week of February 10th - if you have two nights available during that week. I will adjust my arrival to accommodate your site availability.

Since I travel alone, I won't need much care!

Could you tell me the approximate mileage from Clewiston to Port Charlotte?

Please email me if a site is available and the rate for two nights. I am a Good Sam member. Sincerely,

Nancy
nancymarden@mva.net

Marketing Director Lucy Evanicki writes:
We have availability during the week of February 10, please call Sheila the campground manager at (800) 437-4102. It will be $22 per night. We don't honor Good Sam in the months of December, January or February.

Port Charlotte is approximately one and one half hours drive from Clewiston. We look forward to your visit!

Editor:

We are from Germany and will be in Florida from Feb. 4 -14, 2003 We want to marry there and would like to do so in one of your reservations.

Please answer me if this is possible. We will visit the Seminole Tribe and will stay in the Billy Swamp Camp for two days.

Best wishes

Uli and Ines
dornroeschen@t-online.de

Marketing Director Lucy Evanicki writes:
Billie Swamp Safari would make a nice place to get married. We have just completed a renovation of our Council House and that could make an ideal setting.

Please contact our Sales Coordinator, Janet Valdez at billieswampsafari@semtribe.com or call 1 (863) 983 - 6101. She can book your reservation and help you with arrangements.

Thank you for thinking of the Seminole Tribe and wanting to be married on our reservation for such a very special day in your lives. We look forward to your visit.

Best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Dear Sir or Madam,

Could you please, please help me??? I am visiting Tampa USA in February 2003. It will be my first trip to the USA. I am a Texas Hold em poker fanatic and play on the internet at the moment.

When I visit America next year, it would fulfill an ambition to play the game LIVE as I have no casinos on the south coast of the UK where I live that I can play the game. I have searched the Seminole Casino website for N.Orient Road, Tampa, Florida, which is a 1/2 hour drive from where I am staying in Valrico, Florida but cannot find an email address to contact them regarding their weekly Texas Hold Em tournament held every Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

According to the information on the webpage, tickets have to be purchased for the Thursday tournament the week before.

As it is a once in a lifetime trip to Tampa for me and my family, I would like to ask if it is possible to book and pay for in advance a seat at the tournament table prior to flying in from the UK.

Although we as a family are visiting the usual attractions in Florida, i.e. Disney, Universal, etc. for me personally my dream would be to play in a LIVE Texas Hold Em tournament.

Thanking you for your co-operation in this matter and wait anxiously for your reply.

Yours faithfully,

Barry Evans.
barryevans@sallyevans.fsnet.co.uk

Kim Smith, Poker Manager, Seminole Casino-Tampa writes:
Hello Barry! Your email was forwarded to me and I am happy to pass along the information you need.

We only have one Texas Hold 'Em tournament scheduled in February 2003. It will be held on Thursday, February 13th. Tickets for that tournament go on sale one week in advance, but are available all week long. Tickets are purchased at the Casino with cash only.

You didn't state the time period that you will be in Florida for your visit. I have, however, reserved a ticket for you. You will just need to pay the $55 buy-in amount and pick up your ticket in the Poker Room before 7:00pm on the 13th.

If anyone is going to be joining you for the tournament, just let me know and I will reserve tickets for them also.

If you have any other questions or need more information, please feel free to contact me by email at KSmith@semtribe.com or by phone at 1-800-282-7016.

I look forward to seeing you in February!

Editor:

I am writing a biography of an obscure inventor who held 29 industrial patents from 1918 through 1964. Herbert G. Irwin spent from 1942 -1948 near the Brighton Seminole Indian Reservation. I was scanning your website and hope you can direct me to a source that would help me.

The reason I am interested in this time period is because of how this eccentric man lived in Louisiana. He lived underground, never went to the doctor, experimented with botany, plant genetics, etc., and grew all his own food.

Most his inventions involved industry but after his sojourn in FL he focused on self sufficient survival. A 1965 interview with a citrus laborer stated "He lived close to the Indians." Not, with the Indians.

He was so accomplished as a botanist and inventor I know that he extracted his own teeth and replaced them with machined metal teeth dentures. I think possibly Seminole culture helped him with medicinal plants.

Even though it was sixty years ago, it may be possible some elder Seminoles met him, or heard stories about him. All I know is he lived by himself on fenced property. The fence itself was remarkable in the fact it had no apparent gate and Mr. Irwin had to open it electrically. Mr. Irwin was in his mid-fifties then.

Next, are there native plants in the Okeechobee region with medicinal properties that could act as a pain killer? I still am puzzled how anyone could extract their own teeth. I know if I include this information in my book it will be questioned. I need to establish a probable answer to that question.

If you can direct me to any source to help me with this I would be sincerely grateful. This man is important to history for another reason entirely. He is responsible for a 20th century invention he never received credit for. I am trying to correct the industrial history book for him and fill in his background why he died as a reclusive eccentric. His FL trip (from Texas) started as a means to flee government taxes but I think his association with the Seminole Tribe influenced how he lived the rest of his life.

I am planning a trip to Okeechobee this summer.

Thank you for your time.

Jackie Knott
Euless, TX
817-545-2110
THOUOAKS@cs.com