{"id":8394,"date":"2014-03-20T23:05:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T03:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=8394"},"modified":"2014-03-20T23:30:33","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T03:30:33","slug":"thumbs-32014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/20\/thumbs-32014\/","title":{"rendered":"Thumbs! (3\/20\/14)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey you. Wanna see my &#8220;Thumbs!&#8221; ?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Up is good. Down is bad. Them&#8217;s the rules. Let&#8217;s play the game.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to Lillie Jones at Danville&#8217;s Department of Social Services. She works with the Comprehensive Services Act program that deals with at-risk youth and provides services and provides services to keep them out of potential trouble. She&#8217;s\u00a0 overseeing the efforts for the &#8220;CSA Day&#8221; program that will take place on Saturday, May 29th from 10AM to 4PM at Danville&#8217;s Community Market. It&#8217;s a great way for people to learn what the CSA is really about. SouthsideCentral will be there covering the event LIVE! and we hope to see you there. Lille is truly an amazing person and she definitely deserves this &#8220;<strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong>&#8221; for her efforts to make a difference. want more details on the event? Call her office at 434-799-5207 and find out more!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> to the five out of seven Halifax County Board of Supervisors who voted to appoint Ray Owen to the vacant seat when Earl Womack suddenly resigned (<a title=\"The man who\u2019s not resigning has resigned.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/02\/08\/the-man-whos-not-resigning-has-resigned\/\" target=\"_blank\">after saying that he wasn&#8217;t going to<\/a>). Owen finished in second place in the election by only six votes and deserved the seat over Womack&#8217;s recommendation that &#8220;a minority be appointed in his place&#8221;. However, I&#8217;m giving <strong>Thumbs DOWN!<\/strong> to supervisors Barry Bank &amp; Bryant Claiborne for abstaining on that critical vote. Supervisors aren&#8217;t voted into office to abstain on important decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Finally, I&#8217;ve got a special <strong>Thumbs UP!<\/strong> for you, the SouthsideCentral readers. You took the time to read <a title=\"With a gun in my hand\u2026\" href=\"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/16\/with-a-gun-in-my-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\">my story about the home invasion in my neighborhood<\/a>. You cared and reached out to me when all I was doing was writing to get my frustration out. You readers turned that article into the most-read one on SouthsideCentral in the past three years. I&#8217;m humbled by your support and encouragement. I know that I should write more because folks like you are out there wanting to read what I write. Thank you again for your support of SouthsideCentral.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Damn. I&#8217;m almost choked up after writing that. Comments? You know what to do.<\/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>Hey you. 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(1\/30\/2015)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"January 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Did you notice that our Thumbs! are now color-coded? Oooooooohhhh, pretty! Thumbs UP! is good. Thumbs DOWN! is bad. Green is good. Red is bad. Big Boards are always good! Thumbs UP! to the induction of Wendell Scott into the NASCAR Hall Of Fame. I won't mention that it should\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\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":32884,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/07\/21\/thumbs-72216\/","url_meta":{"origin":8394,"position":1},"title":"Thumbs! (7\/22\/16)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"July 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"What goes UP! and DOWN! often? Yeah, an elevator. But I was looking for you to say \"Thumbs!\", you know. Let's see what's on the Big Board today. Here's a quick hint on how it works. UP! is Good. DOWN! is Bad. Let's play Thumbs! Thumbs UP! to Halifax County's\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\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12307,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/04\/05\/thumbs-4515\/","url_meta":{"origin":8394,"position":2},"title":"Thumbs! (4\/5\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"April 5, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This Thumbs! article will contain an Historic Moment. I guarantee it. UP! is good. DOWN! is bad. Blackberry cobbler is good, too. Big Board! Thumbs UP! to the Register & Bee for reporting that a Walmart Neighborhood Market grocery store will be coming to Danville's Nor-Dan shopping center. Of course,\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\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7937,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2013\/10\/03\/thumbs-1032013\/","url_meta":{"origin":8394,"position":3},"title":"Thumbs! (10\/3\/2013)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"October 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We know what's happening (most of the time) and we've got Thumbs! to throw around. Shall we? Speaking of the \"not knowing what's happening\" part, apparently Republican Attorney General candidate Mark Obenshain was in Danville today. It surely wasn't publicized for the average undecided voter to have a chance 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":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25588,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/09\/thumbs-5916\/","url_meta":{"origin":8394,"position":4},"title":"Thumbs! (5\/9\/16)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"May 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Regular humans have opposable thumbs. SouthsideCentral has amazing Thumbs! UP! is good and green. DOWN! is bad and red. That's simple enough, so let's go jump on that Big Board! Thumbs UP! to Danville voters. They got it right in the recent City Council elections by returning all four incumbents\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\/7aTEWad.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6874,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/06\/thumbs-55-edition\/","url_meta":{"origin":8394,"position":5},"title":"Thumbs! (5\/5 edition)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"May 6, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been a while since our Thumbs! got some use. Let's remedy that situation quickly. Let's get to the Thumbs! Thumbs UP! to all of the candidates that ran for Danville City Council. 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