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PAGE 14A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. MARCH 16. 2017
Pickens County Animal Shelter employees and supporters gathered for a gazebo dedication cere
mony March 11. A new gazebo, willed by longtime animal advocate Nancy Davis who passed away
in August 2016, was built at the shelter site for volunteers and visitors. Davis was active in the com
munity in several political and civic groups prior to her death.
Ribbon cutting held for Serenity 7 Salon
By Addison Champlin
The Pickens County
Chamber of Commerce
would like to congratulate
Serenity 7 Salon on their rib
bon cutting for their new
business.
Serenity 7 Salon is a facil
ity that offers full salon serv
ices including but not limited
to, Cuts, Color, Perms, and
more. They are open Tuesday
through Friday 8:30 am till
6:00 PM and open on Satur
day 8:30am to 3:00pm. Walk-
in services are available or
you can call and make an ap
pointment.
Jennifer Cady is a resident
of Jasper who also attended
Chattahoochee Tech for her
Cosmetology Degree. She
worked in the cosmetology
field for 7 years gaining ex
perience before she opened
Serenity 7 Salon. You can go
by and see Jennifer and her
staff at 295 North Main St.
Suit A. Jasper.
For more information on
Serenity 7 Salon and many
other businesses that are
members of the Pickens
County Chamber of Com
merce, please give us a call at
706-692-5600 or visit our
website at www.picken-
schamber.com.
CLUES ACROSS
I. Fall down
5. Walmart founder Walton
8. Los Angeles time zone
II. Gallantry
13. Early Supreme Court
justice Bartlett
14. One-time governor of MD
15. Act of imitating
16. Popular basketballer Jeremy
17. Round Dutch cheese
18. S. American rodents
20. Comic opera “Princess ”
21. Commodities buyers and
sellers (slang)
22. Hovers
25. Having had one’s head cut off
30. One-time monetary unit
of Greece
31. Not no
32. Beloved Cubs third baseman Ron
33. Shapes
38. Giants signal caller Manning
41. Moves all the way around
43. Babe Ruth retired as one
45. Relinquishing
48. Native religion in China
49. Not well
50. Fill with high spirits
55. In bed
56. Type of pet
57. Somewhere to go
59. Smaller quantity
60. Ingested
61. Singer and Jacobs are two
62. Anger
63. British rockers Zeppelin
64. Like
CLUES DOWN
1. Polyvinyl acetate
2. Canadian folk musician
3. Evergreen trees and shrubs
4. Meat from a pig (French)
5. Secretion
6. Quality of yielding nothing
of value
7. Aquatic mammal
8. Father
9. Protective crusts
10. Caps
12. Handwoven rug
14. Soil-like material
19. Not wide
23. When you aim to get there
24. Hold molecules
25. Tooth caregiver
26. Amount of time
27. Beverage container
28. Perform
29. Appollo’s grandmother
34. Obsolete home-ent. device
35. Serbian mythological demon
36. Bulgarian currency
37. Midway between south
and southeast
39. Makes sense
40. A way to single out
41. Criminal (slang)
42. Former Tigers third baseman
Brandon
44. Wobbled
45. Singapore’s second highest peak
46. Grossly overweight
47. Radioactivity units
48. Famed Spanish painter
51. Internet router algorithm
52. Expression of sorrow or pity
53. Druidic mother goddess
54. Electronic counter
countermeasures
58. Midway between east and
southeast
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Georgia’s unemployment rate unchanged
at 5.5 percent in January
The Georgia Department
of Labor (GDOL) announced
today that the state’s season-
ally-adjusted unemployment
rate was 5.5 percent in Janu
ary, unchanged from a re
vised 5.5 percent in
December. Previously, the
December rate was reported
at 5.4 percent. In January
2016, the unemployment rate
was 5.6 percent.
“While the rate was un
changed, our employers con
tinued to create jobs, our
labor force continued to grow
and more people went to
work,” said State Labor
Commissioner Mark Butler.
“This is a good way to start
off a new year.”
The number of jobs in
creased by 6,500, or 0.1 per
cent, to 4,442,200. The
increase is nearly twice the
average December-to-Janu-
ary growth for the previous
three years.
Job gains came in finan
cial activities, 4,300; leisure
and hospitality, 4,200; trade,
transportation and warehous
ing, 3,700; government,
1,600; manufacturing, 1,100;
and construction, 900. The
job gains were offset some
what by losses in profes
sional and business services,
7,700; education and health
services, 1,100; and other
services such as repair, main
tenance, laundry and per
sonal services, 1,000.
Over the year, 114,700
jobs were added, a 2.7 per
cent growth rate, up from
4,327,500 in January 2016.
The national growth rate was
1.6 percent. Job gains in
Georgia came across the
board in all major employ
ment sectors, including
leisure and hospitality,
26,100; professional and
business services, 19,300;
trade, transportation and
warehousing, 18,500; educa
tion and health services,
15,600; government, 11,300;
financial activities, 8,300;
construction, 7,100; and
manufacturing, 6,800.
The labor force grew by
15,961 to 4,998,652 in Janu
ary. During that time, the
number of employed workers
increased by 13,768 to
4,722,525. The labor force
consists of employed resi
dents and those who are un
employed, but actively
looking for jobs. Over the
year, the labor force grew by
141,753, and the number of
employed increased by
136,066.
The number of initial
claims for unemployment in
surance rose by 17,161, or
52.7 percent, to 49,718 in
January. The large increase is
a normal seasonal occurrence
for January. Nearly half of all
claims filed were temporary
and most came in manufac
turing and administrative and
support services.
Over the year, claims
were down by 4,502, or 8.3
percent, from 54,220 in Jan
uary 2016, with manufactur
ing, construction and
administrative and support
services accounting for most
of the decline.
Employ Georgia, the
GDOL’s online job listing
service at
employgeorgia.com, showed
64,018 new job postings
statewide for January.
Visit dol.georgia.gov to
learn more about career op
portunities, Employ Georgia
and other GDOL services for
job seekers and employers,
and to connect with us on so
cial media.
D «| 706-253-2339
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