{"id":10247,"date":"2014-09-09T19:49:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T23:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=10247"},"modified":"2014-09-12T00:55:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T04:55:43","slug":"thumbs-992014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/09\/thumbs-992014\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (9\/9\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thumbs! are powerful things.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We need that Big Board for our Thumbs!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wildblueriverfestival\">Wild Blue River Festival<\/a>! It&#8217;s the newest addition to the multitude of fall festivals in the region. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.halifax-events.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Halifax Events website<\/a> for more details on all of the things happening in the town of Halifax. We&#8217;ll see you there this coming Saturday (September 13th).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to Averett University&#8217;s Athletics Department. Holy bejeezus! They&#8217;ve got a football stadium with lights for night games and artificial turf. They&#8217;ve also got one of the most charismatic athletic directors I&#8217;ve ever met with Meg Stevens.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, <strong>Thumbs UP! <\/strong>to the &#8220;no significant deposits of coal ash&#8221; finding when Danville lowered to the water level of the Dan River to inspect the Schoolfield dam. What? You didn&#8217;t see that in any press releases from those environmental groups? Surely, they&#8217;d be quite pleased to trumpet those findings? Yeah, me neither. I&#8217;m not surprised.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s some Thumbs! for now. We&#8217;ve got more coming on SouthsideCentral!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/13\/breakdown-danville-school-board-election\/sclogo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sclogo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"sclogo\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thumbs! are powerful things.<\/p>\n<p> [&#8230;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thumbs","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwqFk-2Fh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8877,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/12\/thumbs-6122014\/","url_meta":{"origin":10247,"position":0},"title":"Thumbs! (6\/12\/2014)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"June 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"You give me the finger, I'll give you the Thumbs! I've always wanted to use that joke. Anyway, what's going on in the area to give some Thumbs! to? Let's find out... Thumbs UP! to Wayne Alan and the Historic North Theatre. It's been almost two years since Wayne Alan\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9667,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/08\/03\/thumbs-832014\/","url_meta":{"origin":10247,"position":1},"title":"Thumbs! (8\/3\/2014)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Watch out. We're licensed to Thumb! Thumbs time! How about that Big Board? Thumbs UP! to Kim Carson and her team of volunteers for putting together the upcoming National Night Out for Halifax County. The event starts at 5:30PM at the Halifax County Middle School on Tuesday. Kim has done\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thumbs!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thumbs!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/thumbs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":32884,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/21\/thumbs-72216\/","url_meta":{"origin":10247,"position":2},"title":"Thumbs! (7\/22\/16)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"July 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"What goes UP! and DOWN! often? Yeah, an elevator. But I was looking for you to say \"Thumbs!\", you know. Let's see what's on the Big Board today. Here's a quick hint on how it works. UP! is Good. DOWN! is Bad. Let's play Thumbs! Thumbs UP! to Halifax County's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thumbs!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thumbs!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/thumbs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10310,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/18\/thumbs-9182014\/","url_meta":{"origin":10247,"position":3},"title":"Thumbs! (9\/18\/2014)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"September 18, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's get those Thumbs! working... A Thumbs! Big Board is approaching... Thumbs UP! to Danville City Council for immediately recognizing and trying to help out Madison Whittle with his zoning snafu at Tuesday's meeting. It's a shame that the laws don't give the council the chance to immediately order a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thumbs!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thumbs!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/thumbs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7937,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/03\/thumbs-1032013\/","url_meta":{"origin":10247,"position":4},"title":"Thumbs! (10\/3\/2013)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"October 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We know what's happening (most of the time) and we've got Thumbs! to throw around. Shall we? Speaking of the \"not knowing what's happening\" part, apparently Republican Attorney General candidate Mark Obenshain was in Danville today. It surely wasn't publicized for the average undecided voter to have a chance to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Thumbs!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Thumbs!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/thumbs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7975,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/14\/thumbs-10142013\/","url_meta":{"origin":10247,"position":5},"title":"Thumbs! (10\/14\/2013)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"October 14, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Thumbs UP! UP! and away! (maybe some DOWN!, too...) Let's see what we've got for this edition... 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