Hope on the horizon for Bartow's unemployed? Also: Cartersville career fair. Meet Cartersville's brewmaster. Northwest Georgia business updates

Please click www.bartowheadlines.com:

 

Jobs: Hope on the horizon?

-There's some rare good news regarding Georgia employment just a few months away, predicts Rajeev Dhawan, director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University. His latest predictions:
-More jobs: We'll see a net jobs gain of 5,000 jobs in the state in 2010. But next year, look for 60,000 jobs in all, including more than 18,000 higher-paying jobs. And: 2012 should be even better, says Dhawan, right. Full report here
-Dropping jobless rate: The state's jobless rate will hit 10.2 percent by year's end, dropping to 9.7 percent in 2011 and 9.2 percent in 2012. In July, the jobless rate ranged from 10.3 percent in Polk to 12.5 percent in Gordon with Floyd, Bartow and Chattooga in between.

-What we're watching: August and September reports thanks to recent layoffs.

Short-term help:

-Oct. 14: The Cartersville Career Center will host a Veteran's Career Expo from 9 a..m. until 1 p.m. at American Legion Post No. 42 at 1 Roosevelt St. Veterans as well as other jobseekers are encouraged to attend. Please come prepared for potential on the spot interviews. Source: Georgia Department of Labor.

-Sept. 9: Cedartown Career Expo set for 1 to 4 p.m. at the Cedartown Career Center, 262 N. Park Blvd. 770-749-2213.

-Sept. 23:The Northwest Georgia/Shorter University Job and Career Fair is at The Forum from 1 until 5 p.m. with more than 30 employers. Business.

-U.S. Department of Labor launches new site to help unemployed. Click

Hometown Profiles/Cartersville brewmaster

-Amruth Reddy of Rome wants the beer you'll be drinking during this weekend's football games to taste just right. 'Our goal is consistency in what we do,' he says. Michelle Picon profiles Reddy. Click Profiles.

Jeff Gordon fans spot top NASCAR driver -- or at least his image and rig:

Motorists on Turner McCall continue to spot this rig just above the Valero station across from Collins Drive. The rig is part of the Jeff Gordon racing team; the drivers live here, says Susan Long of Motorsports-Authentics. Fans of the NASCAR superstar have been wondering what the connection was.

 

Business Buzz:

Advance for Kids Inc. opens in Rome: Based at 14-A Professional Court, Advance for Kids provides physical, occupational, and speech therapy services for children with special needs from 7:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Employing four people, the website is www.advanceforkids.org. Rome information will be added soon. The Calhoun clinic opened in 2003 and the Rome operation has been open almost a month. The owner of Mai Lee Payne, left.

Tuesday's Bartow County Jail reports. Click & Click

John McClellan's High School picks, updates for week three. McClellan  

-Rome to out score Woodland by 22.

-Adairsville's first win: 10-point victory over Sonoraville.

-Cartersville moves to 3-0 with win over LaFayette.

-Johns Creek by 2 over Cass.

Your latest forecast: Click

-Wednesday: High of 93, low of 66.

-Thursday: High of 90, low of 61. Partly cloudy.

Norman Arey's Sports Roundtable. Arey  

-Undefeated Boise State or TCU would lose out to a one-loss SEC, Big 10 team for title shot. 

Shorter Hawks football. Hawks  

-Hawks travel to Pikeville Sept. 18 for 1:30 p.m. game.

-Home opener is Sept. 25 vs. Georgtown, Ky., 1:30 p.m., Barron Stadium.

Rome Braves. Click Sports

-Next game: April 7 vs. Hagerstown.

-Check back for updates on events at State Mutual Stadium.

-Mills Fitzner's 2010 home game photos. Click