{"id":14072,"date":"2015-09-21T00:02:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T04:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=14072"},"modified":"2015-09-21T00:04:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-21T04:04:29","slug":"quickhits-92015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/21\/quickhits-92015\/","title":{"rendered":"QuickHits! (9\/20\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Sunday (well, it was when I started writing the article), so let&#8217;s take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eyes over the past week. &#8220;Quick! To the hits!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s just call this your Monday morning reading assignments.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Big Board is taking its time coming out, but it&#8217;s ready to go&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chathamstartribune.com\/news\/article_1a2b8e24-5c8d-11e5-9e01-dbe5420551d2.html\" target=\"_blank\">We&#8217;ll have to wait until the indictments are unsealed to see what really &#8220;allegedly&#8221; happened, but former Altavista police chief Ken Walsh was finally arrested after a long investigation.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithmountaineagle.com\/news\/article_6fe7126c-5d72-11e5-bc14-f780265e6781.html\" target=\"_blank\">A 246-year old church in Penhook has been restored.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetimesnews.com\/article\/20150920\/NEWS\/150929982\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;I&#8217;m here to help you, mom!&#8221; Oops.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/correa-takes-issue-with-comments\/article_93994140-5f4c-11e5-9a79-a3d9308e06e4.html\" target=\"_blank\">Two Martinsville school board members lightly snipe at each other through the newspaper.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sovanow.com\/index.php?\/news\/article\/mecklenburg_county_tourism_director_leaving_for_winchester\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mecklenburg County&#8217;s tourism director is leaving for a bigger job.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.com\/news\/local_news\/kings-mountain-mayoral-candidate-wants-to-eradicate-homosexuals-by-putting\/article_5bbd5eef-cf36-5211-8b75-db6fa9af17d3.html\" target=\"_blank\">A North Carolina mayoral candidate wants to &#8220;eradicate homosexuals&#8221;. Oh yeah, he also wants to outlaw alcohol and divorce.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.martinsvillebulletin.com\/news\/participants-run-through-rainbow-during-annual-k\/article_3bbecb02-5a8d-11e5-a63c-f342232a72fe.html\" target=\"_blank\">The best quote about a color run\/walk? &#8220;<span class=\"paragraph-1\">It was like a rainbow threw up on me.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greensboro.com\/life\/year-old-to-receive-distinguished-eagle-scout-award\/article_3be9edba-dd7a-5aed-9eb6-16af1709db48.html\" target=\"_blank\">A 103 year old Greensboro man will get the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award this week. He&#8217;s been an Eagle Scout for 89 years.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With a great story like that, I&#8217;m stopping at eight QuickHits! 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