{"id":14111,"date":"2015-09-26T22:14:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T02:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=14111"},"modified":"2015-09-26T22:14:25","modified_gmt":"2015-09-27T02:14:25","slug":"thumbs-92615","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/26\/thumbs-92615\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (9\/26\/15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve never had a green <strong>Thumb!<\/strong>, but I have lots of them in my articles. I also have red ones, too. Let&#8217;s see if they&#8217;re <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">UP!<\/span><\/strong> or <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">DOWN!<\/span><\/strong> today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thumbs!<\/strong> belong on a Big Board, so let&#8217;s get it out of the closet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to Chatmoss Cable. Not only do they supply a need for cable TV programming and high-speed internet access, but they&#8217;ve got a very nice broadcast studio to produce local programming. I found out about this last week as I returned to TV in a guest host role for the election season. Chatmoss Cable is a locally owned company that has grown into a first-class operation.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Thumbs UP!<\/span><\/strong> to <a href=\"http:\/\/sovaparents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SovaParents.com<\/a>. Jessamyn Rubio has created a beautiful website that&#8217;s packed with content about family friendly activities and events in the Southside Region. She&#8217;s even started a community for local parents to work together to meet new people and do things. I met Jessamyn last week and found her to be amazing. Her skills really show when you go to the website. She mixes up beautiful design &amp; photography with humor and a touch of irreverence in her writing style. The results end up being one of the most entertaining websites around. Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/sovaparents.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SovaParents.com<\/a>, and you&#8217;ll laugh while you learn about things to do in the region.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to all the region&#8217;s fall festivals. This weekend&#8217;s were pretty much washed out but there&#8217;s still plenty left on the calendar. Yanceyville&#8217;s Bright Leaf Hoedown seriously impressed me as it&#8217;s grown significantly, and Eden&#8217;s RiverFest is so big it&#8217;s gotten to the nice problem of almost being landlocked. Danville&#8217;s River District Festival is showing a lot of promise this year, and we&#8217;re working with them here on SouthsideCentral. Speaking of that&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong><\/span> to the River District Festival committee&#8217;s idea of having events well before the actual festival. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/09\/23\/tyob-river-district-festivals-fish-fry-fun-draiser\/\" target=\"_blank\">Earlier this week, we told you about the Fish Fry fundraiser that&#8217;s coming up this Wednesday<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/river-district-festival-fish-fry-tickets-9592185485\" target=\"_blank\">Be sure to get your ticket and come out for a great dinner and fun.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. We&#8217;ve done it again. Four <strong>Thumbs!<\/strong> and they&#8217;re all <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>UP! <\/strong><\/span>Unfortunately, we&#8217;re now out of <strong>Thumbs!<\/strong> Sorry, Alonzo.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=250%2C250\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/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&#8217;ve never had a green Thumb!, but I have lots of them in my articles. I also have red ones, too. 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(1\/12\/2015)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"January 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"You want my Thumbs! I know you do. Heh Heh. Ok, that was a bizarre introduction. Blame it on a stomach virus. :D Up is Good. Down is Bad. Big Board is Coming. Thumbs DOWN! to the Halifax County Board of Supervisors. I called them jackasses before for failing 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":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.imgur.com\/FmFn95Q.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6169,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/01\/11\/thumbs-111-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":14111,"position":1},"title":"Thumbs! (1\/11 edition)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"January 11, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's get some \"Thumbs\" moving in this edition! We'll get it going with... 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Thumbs UP! to VDOT and all of the local government's road crews for working their collective asses off and clearing the roads quickly during the recent\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;OpinionCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"OpinionCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/opinioncentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":12695,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/14\/thumbs-51415\/","url_meta":{"origin":14111,"position":3},"title":"Thumbs! (5\/14\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"May 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I can see it in your eyes. You know you want my Thumbs! Remember that these are our new improved color-coded Thumbs! Green and UP! is good. Red and DOWN! is bad. Big Boards are always good. Let's get one out now... 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