Swing your partner: Open house in January for Square Dance classes

The Gadsden Twirlers Square Dance club will host three Thursday evening open house meetings in January at the Gadsden Senior Activity Center.
The club meets for classes each Thursday, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the center in downtown Gadsden.
On Jan. 16, 23, and 30, everyone is invited to the open house classes so they may learn more about square dancing:
Residents team up to help family at Christmas

By Laura Ann Tipps and Donna Thornton
Christmas 2013 turned out to be a special one for Jane Skipper, and many people in and around Gadsden, not because of gifts received, but of the opportunity to give to a family truly in need.
Skipper said she was driving home on Christmas Eve and noticed a family walking along Rainbow Drive – a