Events Updated May 16, 2013
Meals On Wheels volunteers are needed to deliver meals in Mt. Juliet to homebound older adults on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. Meals are ready to be picked up by 9:30 a.m., at the Mt. Juliet Senior Activity Center, 2034 North Mt. Juliet Road, and the delivery usually takes about an hour. Routes are typically less than 20 miles of travel. You can volunteer weekly, monthly or as your schedule permits. For information, call Dawn Cathey, site manager, at 758-2777.

Mt. Juliet Senior Activity Center offers a number of activities. Join the “Over the Hill Choir” at 10 a.m. every Monday. In addition to weekly choir practice, the group performs for senior programs in the community. Karaoke is held at 12:30 p.m., every third Tuesday of the month. And a Good Old Time Country Music Show is from 1 until 3 p.m., every Thursday. Bring your acoustic instrument and join the performers or just come and listen. Call 758-9114 in advance if you wish join seniors for lunch. The center is at 2034 N. Mt. Juliet Road. The center will host a free “Active Seniors Health and Wellness Fair” on Thursday, April 18, from 8:30-11 a.m. The event is open to the public. Booths are $25. For more information, call 758-9114.

From Post staff reports

Wilson County’s unemployment rate dropped for March to 6.6 percent, down 0.2 percent from the February rate of 6.8.

County unemployment rates for the state were released Thursday afternoon by the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development. The figures for March show the rate decreased in 58 counties, increased in 24 and stayed the same in 13.

Wilson County had a labor force of 63,240 in March with 59,060 employed and 4,190 unemployed, department officials said. The March 2013 rate of 6.6 percent was the same as that of one year ago in March 2012.

The county placed ninth among the top 10 counties with the lowest unemployment rates for March. Williamson County was first on the list with the lowest jobless number at 5.1 percent. Nearby Rutherford County and Sumner County were fourth and sixth on the list, respectively, each with a 6.3 percent unemployment rate.

Scott County in East Tennessee was 95^th on the list with the highest jobless rate in the state with 17.2 percent.

Knox County had the state’s lowest major metropolitan rate of 6.2 percent, down from 6.4 percent in February. Davidson County’s rate of 6.3 percent was unchanged from February. Hamilton County was 7.7 percent, up from 7.6 percent in the previous month. Shelby County was 9.5 percent, up from 9.3 percent in February.

Tennessee’s unemployment rate for March was 7.9 percent, which increased one-tenth of 1 percentage point from the February revised rate of 7.8 percent. The national unemployment rate for March was 7.6 percent, decreasing by one-tenth of 1 percentage point from the previous month.

The state unemployment rate is seasonally adjusted while the county unemployment rates are not. Seasonal adjustment is a statistical technique that eliminates the influences of weather, holidays, the opening and closing of schools and other recurring seasonal events from economic time series.

Specific county information is available on the Internet at www.tn.gov/labor-wfd/labor_figures/LaborMarch13.pdf.