{"id":13430,"date":"2015-07-19T13:32:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T17:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=13430"},"modified":"2015-07-19T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T17:32:05","slug":"quickhits-71915","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/07\/19\/quickhits-71915\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (7\/19\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I find them, you read them. Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week. Sunday is QuickHits! day.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Please notice a Big Board coming out from backstage&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.com\/news\/rockingham-county-commissioner-keith-mabe-charged-with-dwi\/article_be191314-2dba-11e5-92cf-6711a0eb29c6.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rockingham County (NC) Commissioner Keith &#8220;Zero&#8221; Mabe gets arrested on his 2nd drunk driving charge in the last 8 months.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/merits-risks-of-fluoride-debated-during-meeting\/article_8e247640-2b61-11e5-be44-f385babf7b47.html\" target=\"_blank\">Crazy Conspiracy Crackpots are campaigning against Martinsville adding fluoride to their drinking water, and nutball councilwoman Sharon Hodge is agreeing with them.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_1b822d8e-2af4-11e5-95f5-9bd6f3dbf2fe.html\" target=\"_blank\">Susan Light is named editor of the Chatham Star-Tribune (and she&#8217;s a damned good pick for the job).<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/rocky-mount-takes-stand-against-pipeline\/article_1ef0ac1a-2a37-11e5-a53f-af29df26dffb.html\" target=\"_blank\">Rocky Mount&#8217;s city council passes a useless resolution sort of against a proposed natural gas pipeline.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theunionstar.com\/news\/article_28734dd8-2a41-11e5-a143-cb1cbd19054b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Centra&#8217;s &#8220;big announcement&#8221; in Brookneal turned out to be no announcement at all.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_729033fe-2aa5-11e5-a4ec-bb1889952dca.html\" target=\"_blank\">86 years old. On a 4-wheeler. No helmet. Yeah, you know this story is going to end up badly.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1459533144367024\/\" target=\"_blank\">Attorney General Mark Herring is coming to Danville on Sunday for a Democratic fundraiser. Did anybody know this?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s seven QuickHits! for you. We&#8217;ve got more coming up on SouthsideCentral!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/HdKuMCl.jpg?resize=376%2C211\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"211\" \/><\/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>I find them, you read them. Let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye over the past week. 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