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Forsyth County’s
unemployment rate
rises to 3.5 percent
By Thomas W. Krause
Staff Writer
The Forsyth County unemploy
ment rate rose slightly in October
to 3.5 percent from 3.4 percent
the previous month. The rate is
still lower than the 3.6 percent
unemployment in Forsyth County
seen in August. Forsyth’s unem
ployment rate was 3.3 percent in
October of 1994.
Forsyth County had less unem
ployment in October than the
Georgia Mountain Region’s aver
age of 4.6 percent and the
Georgia average of 5.2 percent
up from 5.1 percent in
September.
Georgia Department of Labor
Commissioner David Poythress
released a statement which
blamed the increase in unem
ployment in the State on an
increase in population.
“While the unemployment rate
inched up a bit in October, it was
mainly because we had about
50,000 more people in the job
market looking for work than we
did in September, and it usually
takes at least a few weeks to find
a job,” he said.
Poythress also said an unem
ployment rate at or near 5 percent
is considered to be full employ
ment, a sign of a strong economy.
Forsyth County had 29,637
employed workers in October up
from 29,293 in September and up
from 28,242 in October 1994.
Although the number of
employed people has risen con
sistently, the faster increasing
labor force, caused by the growth
in the county, has resulted in the
slightly higher unemployment
rate.
In the State of Georgia, the
ijumber of employed people has
risen to 3,518,689 from
3,472,886 in September and
3,413,738 in October last year.
Fall usually sees an increase in
retail hiring due to the holidays.
Poythress said retailers have hire
d 4,200 people in October and are
expected to hire more in
November.
The federal government’s fur
lough of employees on Nov. 14
did not impact the October fig
ures but may show-up on the
November employment rates.
Thousands of federal employees
have filed claims for jobless ben
efits, Poythress said.
•In other area counties, Fulton
County saw 5.3 percent unem
ployment in October down from
5.4 percent in September and 6.0
percent in October of last year.
The number of employed rose to
369,926 from 365,623 in
September and 352,511 in
October 1994.
Gwinnett County saw unem
ployment of 3.6 percent in
October 1995 up slightly from
3.5 percent in September and
down from 4.2 percent in
October 1994. Employment rose
to 254,289 from 251,331 in
September and 242,318 in
October of last year.
Cherokee County saw unem
ployment of 3.5 percent equal to
September’s rate and slightly
down from the October 1994 rate
of 3.6 percent. Employment rose
to 61,452 from 60,737 in
September and 58,559 in October
DAY from 4A
“I’m prepared to put some sig
nificant money into this personal
ly,” Day said. “If personal funds
are what it takes to get me
through 2 1/2 months, I’m pre
pared to do that,”
Day predicted that an effective
run for retiring Democratic Sen.
Sam Nunn’s seat will cost $1.5
million during the primary and $3
or. $4 million through the 1996
election.
Day said his decision to stick
with the state legislature does not
indicate a lack of seriousness
about his campaign.
“I’m very serious about my
campaign,’’ he said. “I think
there are a lot of things we can
continue to do during the ses
sion.”
1994.
Dawson County’s unemploy
ment rate dropped significantly to
4.3 percent from 5.4 percent in
September. The October 1994
unemployment rate was 4.7 per
cent. Employment rose to 6,992
from 6,856 in September. It rose
only slightly from the October
1994 employment of 6,920.
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Forsyth commissioners and the
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The Citizens for Family Friendly
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Despite the recent break-up of
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“We aren’t willing to accept the
split,” Toombs said. “We think it
was a ploy to punish the Forsyth
commissioners for their stand.”
The commission has maintained
that sexually explicit materials
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like Woman’s Body by Dr. Miriam
Stoppard, a health book with pic
tures of couples engaged in sex
acts, should not be available to
children. They asked Forsyth
Library Board members to resign
because four out of five of them
refused commissioners’ requests
to limit children’s access to sexu
ally explicit items.
But Pinder said the split was a
matter of money. A library staff
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vide administrative services to
Forsyth.
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