SCV Savage-Goodner Camp to Dedicate Memorial Plaque

August 1, 2023
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To recognize the service and sacrifices of local Confederate soldiers, the Savage-Goodner Camp 1513 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans is dedicating a memorial plaque to Confederate Veterans interred in Alexandria Eastview Cemetery, Cemetery Street, Alexandria, Tennessee (near City of Alexandria water tower) on Thursday, August 10, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.

A brief ceremony at the cemetery with military and civilian reenactors will accompany the unveiling of a memorial sign containing the names of the Confederate Veterans buried in the Eastview Cemetery. Martin Frost from Lebanon will be the featured speaker. Mr. Frost is recognized for his study of the 7th Tennessee Infantry. Company A of this Regiment originated in Alexandria and one of its Commanders, John Goodner, as well as three other members are interred there.

The public and descendants of these men are invited to attend and witness this ceremony.

The Confederate Veterans being memorialized are:

Columbus Bailiff
George Bowers
Samuel Crowder
David Dinges
James Donnell
James Doss
Monroe Doss
Nelson Eason
Lemuel Fite
Joshua Floyd
R. B. Floyd
Francis Foutch
John Goodner
Thomas Goodner
Wylie Jones
William Lincoln
William Patterson
Oren Wright
John Wheeler

August 1, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

Families in DeKalb County can get a helping hand with their back-to-school needs thanks to the annual Back to School Bash hosted again this year by the Smithville First Baptist Church (FBC).

The event will be held rain or shine Tuesday, August 1 starting at 6 p.m. at the church’s Life Enrichment Center downtown.

Pastor Chad Ramsey said other churches, businesses, etc. will be joining in the effort to provide free school supplies to families as well as food and fellowship. Tables or booths will be set up inside the Life Enrichment Center gym and to help prevent duplication of services, they will each offer different types of supplies from pencils, paper, back packs, etc. Participants will line up at the door and enter after being handed information describing what they will find at each table. Families will walk through and get what they need from each booth. Most of the activity will be held inside.

“We are very excited about the Back to School Bash,” said Ramsey. “This is an event that has been going on for many years in Smithville. It was once held on the town square. After COVID, we brought it back here at the Smithville FBC and we now host this event in our Life Enrichment Center. We are excited to offer it. Last year we had people lined up and over one thousand people came through. We had enough supplies for every single one of them and we will have ample supplies again this year. Its not being done just by us here at the church. Many businesses in the community have contacted us and they will have booths at this event. There will be from 14-16 booths and each will have different types of school supplies. We will have supplies for kids from the elementary school age, intermediate, middle school, and the high school. We will have basic things kids will need for school without families having to go purchase those at the store. This will save them hundreds of dollars. A special thanks goes to companies, churches, businesses, and others who are participating in this,” added Pastor Ramsey.

August 1, 2023
By: Dwayne Page

The seasonal impacts on employment, such as school breaks, continued to have an impact on Tennessee’s county unemployment numbers in June, according to newly released information from the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD).

DeKalb County’s jobless rate for June 2023 was 4.6%, up from the rate of 3.7% in May and just below the 4.7% rate in June, 2022.

The local labor force for June 2023 was 8,285. A total of 7,900 were employed and 385 were unemployed.

County unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted to take into account the effects of seasonal layoffs, while the statewide unemployment rate is seasonally adjusted.

The June 2023 data showed unemployment rates increased in each of Tennessee’s 95 counties during the month. Seventy-seven counties had an unemployment rate of less than 5% in June, while the remaining 18 counties had rates of 5% or greater but less than 10%.

At 2.8%, Williamson County reported the lowest unemployment rate in June. Its new statistic was 0.3 of a percentage point higher than the previous month’s rate. The rates for both Cheatham and Sevier counties were 2.9% for the month. The rates in both counties increased by 0.3 of a percentage point between May and June.

Bledsoe County had Tennessee’s highest unemployment rate for the month. At 6.5%, the county’s June rate jumped 1.2 percentage points when compared to its May rate. Scott and Van Buren counties shared the next highest rate of 5.9%. That represented a 0.6 of a percentage point increase for Scott County and an increase of 1.8 percentage points for Van Buren County.

Statewide, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate matched the state’s all-time low statistic of 3.2%, which represented a 0.1 of a percentage point decrease from the previous month.

Employers across the state having a difficult time finding employees can learn how second chances work by viewing the Second Chances Work Employer Resource Guide. The Tennessee Office of Reentry can work with businesses to show them how hiring justice-involved individuals can benefit their workforce and their budget with tax incentives and job training funds.

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