{"id":13240,"date":"2015-07-05T17:40:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-05T21:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=13240"},"modified":"2015-07-05T17:40:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T21:40:08","slug":"quickhits-7515","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/05\/quickhits-7515\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (7\/5\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yikes! We missed a few weeks worth of QuickHits, so we&#8217;ll get back on track. Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the last week or so.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s QuickHits, there&#8217;s a Big Board!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/school-board-accepts-mhs-band-director-s-resignation\/article_53d29d20-1f98-11e5-926d-e335235ec899.html\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Trails, Kevin Lewis! The Martinsville High School band director who went on administrative leave resigned with no reasons specified. Hmm. Indeed.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesvirginian.com\/news\/article_93a832ea-1a78-11e5-ab9a-5776d398ea0b.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Chinese furniture company that received Tobacco Commission money is having early troubles getting started. Sounds familiar, eh?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/ex-principal-files-lawsuit-in-patrick-county\/article_00db7e0a-1f95-11e5-802a-2f25f3e28e09.html\" target=\"_blank\">An ex-principal files a $5.5 million defamation lawsuit against the ex-superintendent of Patrick County Schools and the school board.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunionstar.com\/news\/article_8f7578f2-19e4-11e5-b2c5-e39e63cb91e3.html\" target=\"_blank\">If Brookneal&#8217;s local government doesn&#8217;t work something out, they&#8217;re going to run a new vineyard business out or town.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithmountaineagle.com\/news\/article_deb06b38-20e8-11e5-9a35-b76217e6ca54.html\" target=\"_blank\">Animals poop. Sometimes the water runoff from that poop makes parts of Smith Mountain Lake test positive for high amounts of E. coli bacteria.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/ferrum-college-offers-floydfest-patrons-a-home\/article_32d9c15a-1c0c-11e5-b6fe-3fcefa395f10.html\" target=\"_blank\">Going to FloydFest this year and want a comfortable place to spend the nights? Ferrum College has an idea for you.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/reidsvillereview.blogspot.com\/2015\/07\/sideways-man.html\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Moore catches the Reidsville Review in another funny mistake<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/article\/20150704\/NEWS\/150709524\/15282\/NEWS\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;m not sure which quote I like best, so I&#8217;ll use them all. \u201cWe\u2019re just a bunch of rednecks who like to have a good time\u201d, &#8220;Lady Liberty wore on her head a crown fashioned from of box of Bud Light&#8221; or &#8220;That\u2019s the most pitiful one they\u2019ve ever had.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that&#8217;s a quite full Big Board of QuickHits! 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