Swinging Under the Stars: The sixth annual Swinging Under the Stars swing dance event will be held 6-10 p.m. May 26 at the Sails on the Square in downtown Hickory. The dance is free and open to the public. Live music will be provided by the Hickory Jazz Orchestra with opening entertainment by the Hickory High School jazz band at 6 p.m. Hal Rowe of WHKY will be the host of the event. Free dance lessons will be available at 5 p.m. in the flag court.
Hedges heads to nationals: Belmont Abbey College senior and men’s golf team member Adam Hedges recently advanced to the National Championships May 20-24 in Hershey, Penn. A first-team All-American, he will play as an individual competitor.
The Mooresville Artist Guild and Dale Jr. Foundation have come up with an artistic way for fans to pay tribute to NASCAR’s popular driver and also raise money to renovate the historic depot where the guild hosts its art shows.
Tammie Davis and daughter Brittani Manning had visions of a better life and saw education as the key to getting there. They carpooled to the Dallas campus of Gaston College. They encouraged each other, and shared a difficult but rewarding journey. Tuesday, mother and daughter will receive college diplomas during Gaston College’s 2013 Spring Graduation Ceremony at Bojangles’ Coliseum.
A retired Gaston County teacher, Craig often looks back on that summer she left home for an unknown government job in a place she’d never heard of – Oak Ridge, Tenn.
In March, Susanna Kavanaugh and her friend Michelle Buchanan, another Gaston County foster parent, co-founded Least of These Gaston Inc., a nonprofit ministry and volunteer support group for foster children. The name comes from a passage in the Gospel of Matthew.
Revaluation process: The Catawba County Revaluation Office will mail data verification sheets on May 17 to owners of residential dwellings. The data verification is part of the process to revalue all property in Catawba County by Jan. 1, 2015.
