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Some Stuff I Wrote and Some Stuff I Didn't (2011) H. Morris Williams






                 Column October 28, 2007


                 REVEREND ISADORE WILLIAMS. “VOICE OF THE TIGERS"

                 For more than  25 years,  the  Reverend  Isadore Williams  has  been the splendid
                 play-by-play  radio  announcer  for  our  Columbia  High  School  Fighting  Tiger
                 football team.

                 During that time his rich, bass voice has been, above all others, the “Voice of the
                 Tigers.”

                 “Good  evening,  Tiger fans.  This  is  the  Reverend  Isadore  Williams  welcoming
                 you  to  another  exciting  evening  with  the  Pride  of  Columbia  County,  the  CHS
                 Fighting Tigers.”

                 In  all  kinds  of weather,  through  good  seasons  and  bad,  from  “The  Jungle”  or
                 some distant sports arena,  his professionalism, his fairness, and his  ‘tell it like it
                 is” style has made us all proud to be part of the great CHS family.


                 For 12 years he has also been the emcee of our CHS football banquets, his ever­
                  present smile and buoyant spirit giving a feel-good atmosphere to every banquet.

                  Reverend Williams ends every broadcast and every banquet with his trademark,
                  “How sweet it is!”  reminding  us  how iucky we are to be part of a special school
                  like Columbia High School.

                  And  now  it  is  our turn  to  use  his  words.  “How  sweet  it  is”  to  announce  that
                  Columbia  High  School  Quarterback Club,  speaking  for all  of us,  has dedicated
                  the 2007 football program to our very own beloved, Reverend Isadore Williams.

                  Congratulations, Reverend Williams! You are the best!

                  THANKS, PAT PELL


                  Special thanks to School  Food  Service employee Patricia Pell who has donated
                  a  large  decorative  plaque  displaying  the  names  of the  past  presidents  of  the
                  Columbia County School  Food  Service Association from  1968-69 through 2007­
                  2008.

                  Some  of the  names  on the  plaque  are  Langdon Witt,  the only  man  on  the  list;
                  Rhett  Downing,  whose  homemade yeast  rolls were the daily delight  for many
                  years  of CHS  students  and faculty;  Dora  Griffin,  whose  husband  worked  at the
                  Lake  City  Laundry with  my  Dad;  Jodi  Eichorn,  once the  SFS  Employee  of the
                  Year and now the wife of Mayor Stephen Witt;  Brenda Mulhollen, who loves SFS
                  work-and the radio voice of FSU football  announcer Gene Deckerhoff;  and  Pat
                   Pell who donated the plaque.







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