The Burlap Room Concert Series launches with Lebowski By The Lake festival at Bert Driver Nursery in Smithville March 26

March 18, 2022
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The 2022 concert season at Bert Driver’s Burlap Room and Beer Garden kicks off Saturday, March 26 with “Lebowski By the Lake,” a concert and celebration of the comedy classic The Big Lebowski.

Directed by the Coen Brothers, this cult favorite features Jeff Bridges as The Dude, aka Jeff Lebowski, a stoner mistaken for a millionaire who shares the same name. Festivities include a photo booth, trivia, concert, and costume contest. The featured band for the evening will be Kinfolk, playing a mix of classic rock.

All shows in the 2022 concert series will be held on the scenic grounds of Bert Driver Nursery in Smithville. These are family and pet friendly events, and gates open at 4. Specialty food trucks will be on hand with refreshments. Local craft beers and CBD-products will be available inside the Burlap Room Tap Room.

“Every year, attendance at our concerts and festivals has grown as word spreads about the unique experience we’ve created here for live music under the stars” says Driver. “This year we’re offering a series of shows with something for everyone, whatever your taste in popular music.”

The current line-up for the 2022 Burlap Room concert series includes:

•Lebowski By The Lake festival with Kinfolk
•Crawfish Boil II with Soul Project NOLA
•Earth Day IX with Airshow and East Nash Grass
•Center Hill Lake Fest with McKinley James
•The Upper Cumberland All-Stars Tribute to Tom Petty
•Southern Rock Jam featuring The Joe Harvey Band
•Outlaw Country Review featuring Cody Purvis & Friends
•Middle of Somewhere Hemp Fest IV
•Music City Stones Tribute to the Rolling Stones
•Dia De Los Muertos III

All events are rain or shine; in the event of rain the concert and festivities move inside to the enclosed Solstice Stage. Tickets can be purchased in advance or day of show.

For more information, head to www.bertdriver.com, follow us on Facebook: @bertdriverburlaproom, and Instagram: @burlaproom

March 18, 2022
By: Dwayne Page

The end of seasonal work at the start of the new year was one of the contributing factors that led to higher county unemployment rates across Tennessee in January. While statewide unemployment numbers are adjusted to consider the impacts of seasonal labor, county unemployment rates are not adjusted.

DeKalb County’s unemployment rate inched up from 3.4% in December to 3.8% in January, but it was still below the 5.5% jobless rate from January 2021.

The local labor force for January 2022 was 7,763. A total of 7,471 were employed and 292 were unemployed.

Each of Tennessee’s 95 counties experienced an increase in unemployment during January, according to new data released by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Eighty-five counties reported rates less than 5%, while the remaining ten counties had rates of 5% or greater, but less than 10%.

Williamson and Moore counties had the state’s lowest unemployment for the month. Both counties recorded rates of 2.2% in January. That represented a 0.3 of a percentage point increase for Williamson County and a 0.2 of a percentage point increase for Moore County, when compared to their revised December 2021 rates.

At 9.2%, Perry County had the highest unemployment rate in the state. Its January number increased by 2 percentage points when compared to the revised December rate. Cocke County had Tennessee’s second-highest rate for the month. The new figure of 7.1% marked a 2.3 percentage point increase from December.

Statewide, January’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.5% was the lowest it has been since November 2019. It was down 0.1 of a percentage point from December’s revised rate of 3.6%.

Across the nation, seasonally adjusted unemployment for January increased slightly from 3.9% to 4%.

Tennessee has more than 100 American Job Centers across the state where job seekers can walk in and receive one-on-one help finding a job. From resume writing to skills training programs, career specialists can help individuals take advantage of all the services available to them.
Job seekers can also find a variety of services online. From a virtual American Job Center to information on adult education programs, it is all available at TNWorkReady.com.

March 18, 2022
By: Bill Conger

DeKalb West School has announced the Students of the Month for March. Named to the honor were Breylin Hale, PreK; Weston Hancock, Kindergartren, Maddie Moore, 1st grade, Maggie Hendrix, 2nd grade, Zada Miller, 3rd grade, Grady Thomason, 4th grade, Javan Hefflin, 5th grade, Jaiden Tramel, 6th grade, Kaylee Redmon, 7th grade, and Caitlin Shoemake, 8th grade. Students are chosen for the award based on academics, character, and other traits that make them outstanding students.

Pictured front row left to right are Maggie Hendrix, Breylin Hale, Weston Hancock, and Grady Thomason. Back row left to right are Assistant Principal Joey Agee, Kaylee Redmon, Jaiden Tramel, Caitlin Shoemake, Javan Hefflin, Zada Miller, and Principal Sabrina Farler. Not pictured: Maddie Moore.

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