{"id":8680,"date":"2014-05-25T10:51:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T14:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/?p=8680"},"modified":"2014-05-25T11:29:54","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T15:29:54","slug":"quickhits-5252014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/25\/quickhits-5252014\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: QuickHits! (5\/25\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a quick rundown of some links and stories that caught our eye this Sunday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godanriver.com\/news\/danville\/oh-the-places-the-george-washington-high-school-class-of\/article_514adab8-e376-11e3-8b33-001a4bcf6878.html\" target=\"_blank\">George Washington High School has 224 graduates<\/a>. Jeez. I seem to remember that we had well over 500 graduates in the Class of 1983.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.godanriver.com\/opinion\/editorials\/a-difficult-promise-that-must-be-kept\/article_3f3a7c42-e2cd-11e3-b7ce-0017a43b2370.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Register &amp; Bee editorial board correctly says that City of Danville retirees shouldn&#8217;t get cost of living adjustments or bonuses<\/a>. Hmm. I&#8217;m smelling a NumbersCentral article coming up that talks about what the city retirees actually draw as pensions. I know that you&#8217;ll find that interesting.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/martinsvillebulletin.com\/article.cfm?ID=42070\" target=\"_blank\">If you have never been to Rooster Walk<\/a>, you&#8217;re missing one of the best outdoor concert festivals on the East Coast. It&#8217;s small enough where you can see and hear everything and the ticket prices are very reasonable for all the entertainment that you get.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/yourgv.com\/index.php\/news\/local-news\/10399-farmer-s-foods-in-henrico-files-for-bankruptcy\" target=\"_blank\">The Richmond-area Farmer&#8217;s Foods store closes and files for bankruptcy<\/a>. I&#8217;m feeling that there&#8217;s more to come about this because nothing has come out of when the company&#8217;s headquarters in Chase City got raided back in October.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news-record.com\/news\/article_4e02fece-e3c3-11e3-8a8d-001a4bcf6878.html\" target=\"_blank\">Chasing after and threatening your mother with a knife may be a game to your family, but not when there&#8217;s a police officer around<\/a>. Bizarre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s some QuickHits for you this morning. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE #1<\/strong>: I&#8217;ve just been told by a well-informed source that the Farmer&#8217;s Foods grocery store in South Boston has been sold to a company out of Maryland and all of the employees will keep their jobs. I&#8217;ll see what I can find out about that this coming week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/05\/13\/breakdown-danville-school-board-election\/sclogo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"120,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sclogo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?fit=120%2C120&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=120%2C120\" alt=\"sclogo\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><\/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>Here&#8217;s a quick rundown of some links and stories that caught our eye this Sunday morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> [&#8230;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[58,61,64,29,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-danville","category-greensboro-nc","category-henry-county","category-quickhits","category-updated","odd"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pwqFk-2g0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8844,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/09\/quickhits-692014\/","url_meta":{"origin":8680,"position":0},"title":"QuickHits! (6\/9\/2014)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"June 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"QuickHits now, RandomThoughts later today! Let's take a fast look at some links to articles that have caught my eye. How dangerous is coal ash? Obviously not that dangerous for two reasons. First, all of the environmentalists' horror predictions never came close to being true. Second, none of the Danville\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Caswell County NC&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Caswell County NC","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/locations\/caswell-county-nc\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8735,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/03\/quickhits-632014\/","url_meta":{"origin":8680,"position":1},"title":"QuickHits (6\/3\/2014)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"June 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"It's time for a quick look at some things happening around the SouthsideCentral region... Big Board? That's a strange way to tell your team that you're not going to be a coach anymore. There's gotta be something more to this... Hey, remember former Danville Regional Medical Center CEO Art Doloresco?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;QuickHits!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"QuickHits!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/quickhits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7468,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2012\/05\/03\/quickhits-5312\/","url_meta":{"origin":8680,"position":2},"title":"QuickHits! (5\/3\/12)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"May 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Back after a few days... Let's get it started. #1: Danville announces a hybrid vehicle company with 25 starting jobs is coming to town with a press release and little hoopla. When GSO Aviation made a smaller simlar announcement, the city called a press conference at RCATT and the owner\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;QuickHits!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"QuickHits!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/quickhits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13766,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2015\/08\/23\/quickhits-82315\/","url_meta":{"origin":8680,"position":3},"title":"QuickHits! (8\/23\/15)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"August 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's still Sunday, so it's still QuickHits! day. Let's take a look at some of the stories that have caught my eye in the past week. QuickHits are best served with grits on a Big Board! 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If you're doing a promotional stop for a racetrack only 20 miles away, it's not very good publicity to say\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;QuickHits!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"QuickHits!","link":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/category\/featurescentral\/quickhits\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"sclogo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/sclogo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7436,"url":"https:\/\/www.southsidecentral.com\/wordpress\/2012\/04\/29\/quickhits-42912\/","url_meta":{"origin":8680,"position":5},"title":"QuickHits! (4\/29\/12)","author":"SouthsideCentral","date":"April 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm trying to get more fresh content on SouthsideCentral, so here's some quick thoughts on what's happening lately. As always, I love to hear your feedback. 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