Simply Put- "Yesteryear & Rollin Down The River"

8/21/08
By: Clint Cox

If you’ll recall we started a couple of summertime features back in late May called Yesteryear and Rollin’ Down The River. Simply Put, the response has been far greater than we could have ever imagined. People stop me on the streets and call me on the phone to tell me how much they have enjoyed one or both of these series. Just the other day I had a lady tell me that she looks forward each week to Rollin’ Down The River. Another lady told me that she feels like she has taken a trip down the river, including taking those swims in the cool waters of the Chipola. That was a major part of this concept, that we would take you on a trip down the river a week at a time.
And based on the comments, calls and e-mails, Yesteryear has been even more popular. I would say that Yesteryear has been the most enjoyed feature of the sports section, maybe even the whole paper, since I started at The Times almost two years ago. But now summer, I’m sad to say, is drawing to a close. And with summer coming to a close that means the sports scene is soon to be fast and furious.
So what do we do with these two very popular series? Well, here is the game plan. In regards to Rollin’ Down The River we’ll just have to put up the paddles, canoes and kayaks until next summer. We know that is not what some of you want to hear. But come summer 2009 we’ll break out the gear and pick right back up where we left off. We’ll start at Peacock’s Bridge and make our way down the rest of the Ole Chipola until we hit the Apalachicola River.
Yesteryear is another matter. We’ll continue the series but it will be in a little different format. Instead of two pictures every week, one from the previous week and one new one, we’ll run one picture on a two week cycle. We’ll run the picture one week and let folks try to guess who it is. The following week we’ll have that same picture and an article about the picture. The end result is that each Yesteryear photo will be on a two week cycle, as opposed to a new photo every week. Starting September 4th (in two weeks) we’ll begin our new format for Yesteryear. In preparation for this new format we’ll not have a new picture this week.
And for next week make sure to check out all the old photographs in the Yesteryear section of the 2008 Gridiron Gazette (football preview special). As I’ve said many times before, it is a privilege to be able to come into your home and life each week with local stories about local folks. I’m so glad you’ve enjoyed these features and please, keep those old photographs a comin’.

From the front porch: Coach said the only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.