{"id":7869,"date":"2013-09-15T21:42:07","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T01:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=7869"},"modified":"2013-09-15T21:42:07","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T01:42:07","slug":"thumbs-9152013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/09\/15\/thumbs-9152013\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (9\/15\/2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve got Thumbs! to the left, Thumbs! to the right, and we&#8217;re the only Thumber in town&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see our Thumbs! like and dislike this time out&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thumbs UP! to Joe Zappacosta. He&#8217;s leaving the director job at the Halifax County library system and moving to the director job at Danville&#8217;s library. He&#8217;s leaving a library system that was overseen by a board of directors that was dysfunctional at times.\u00a0 Now, the #1 &amp; #2 jobs in the Halifax County library system are open. Good luck to the next person who steps in that revolving door.<\/li>\n<li>Thumbs UP! to Danville Public Schools superintendent Ed Newsome. He&#8217;s starting his run in the job by conducting open house meetings with teachers &amp; parents, asking them for problems and solutions. If this is how Newsome&#8217;s job path will continue in Danville, he&#8217;s starting off in the right way.<\/li>\n<li>A rare but well deserved Thumbs UP! to the Register &amp; Bee for a mocking photo in the story that Downtown Danville has 5000 parking places available (so sayeth a study).\u00a0 Photographer Steven Mantilla went out and got a photo of a line of potential parking places that are unusable because of pallets of bricks sitting along the curbline. Well played. Very well played.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s all we have for this edition of Thumbs! 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What's not? What other clich\u00e9s can we use? Let's get to the \"Thumbs!\" Thumbs UP! to the Chatham Star-Tribune newspaper. If you're looking for in-depth coverage of Pittsylvania County news (with a sprinkling of Danville news added), it's the best\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Danville&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Danville","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/danville\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8448,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/27\/thumbs-32714\/","url_meta":{"origin":7869,"position":1},"title":"Thumbs! (3\/27\/14)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"March 27, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The red zone is for unloading only. The white zone is for Thumbs! Let's see what we have today... Let's just jump into the pool of Thumbs! 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As I often admit (even frequently to him), I was completely wrong on not endorsing him in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;BusinessCentral&quot;","block_context":{"text":"BusinessCentral","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/businesscentral\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8099,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/12\/thumbs-11122013\/","url_meta":{"origin":7869,"position":3},"title":"Thumbs! (11\/12\/2013)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"November 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been almost a month since our Thumbs! got a workout. Let's fix that problem now... You know the drill... Thumbs UP! to Laurie Moran and the staff at the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce for picking up another 5-Star accreditation rating from the US Chamber of Commerce. 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Community & civic leaders are partnering\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":8877,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/12\/thumbs-6122014\/","url_meta":{"origin":7869,"position":5},"title":"Thumbs! (6\/12\/2014)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"June 12, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"You give me the finger, I'll give you the Thumbs! I've always wanted to use that joke. Anyway, what's going on in the area to give some Thumbs! to? Let's find out... Thumbs UP! to Wayne Alan and the Historic North Theatre. 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