{"id":13534,"date":"2015-08-02T16:15:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-02T20:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=13534"},"modified":"2015-08-02T16:15:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-02T20:15:23","slug":"quickhits-8215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/02\/quickhits-8215\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (8\/2\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday is the day where I go over the stories that have caught my eye in the past week. It&#8217;s QuickHits! time, folks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s bring out a Big Board&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/teen-dies-sunday-at-smith-mountain-lake\/article_e6432cc8-3538-11e5-8260-dbd7207f2f09.html\" target=\"_blank\">A 17 year old diving from a dock into 3.5 foot deep Smith Mountain Lake water at 10 PM on a Sunday night just isn&#8217;t going to have a happy ending<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/no-action-taken-on-fluoride-issue\/article_20707816-359c-11e5-92e0-3bc050eb9392.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sanity prevails and conspiracy theory nutballs are disappointed as Martinsville keeps fluoridating their water supply<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_a1fc7984-3074-11e5-9a2a-1bd73f3b65cd.html\" target=\"_blank\">The NIMBY&#8217;s are shut down 7-0 in Pittsylvania County on a lake rental cabin proposal<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/former-uptown-hotel-reborn-as-upscale-apartment-complex\/article_16973d06-3660-11e5-a9f7-d361fef6fc0b.html\" target=\"_blank\">An old downtown building in Martinsville gets converted into lower-level retail space and upper-level apartments<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/news\/local\/roanoke-writer-sues-state-republican-party-claims-misuse-of-photo\/article_8e6a0574-884b-5a6d-914f-f9a405697cfe.html\" target=\"_blank\">Valerie Garner sues the Republican Party of Virginia for copyright infringement (and she&#8217;s got a valid case)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/toddler-killed-when-struck-by-van-in-henry\/article_a3b48946-36e2-11e5-be71-87495303fbc8.html\" target=\"_blank\">A 14-month old girl is killed when she&#8217;s ran over in a horrible Franklin County accident<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.com\/news\/gop-criticizes-offensive-posts-of-n-c-elections-appointee\/article_3c2c4b48-7795-585f-a971-c73ab17a4146.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Gee they are all black, I guess the white folk could not get off because they were too busy being productive good citizens.\u201d Um, meet the new chairman of the Rowan County (NC) Board of Elections<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefranklinnewspost.com\/news\/fallen-firefighters-remembered-on-fifth-anniversary\/article_4b52a774-3539-11e5-bde8-dfd51ed9c207.html\" target=\"_blank\">It&#8217;s been five years since the horrible Rocky Mount fire engine wreck that killed two firemen<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.roanoke.com\/news\/local\/roanoke_county\/there-s-a-possum-in-my-pot\/article_24f3b2c5-3e9d-5207-876e-88ec926e0fb6.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a possum in my pot!&#8221; Say, That&#8217;s Odd!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s nine Quickhits for you today. 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