GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR JOINING US... I'M JENNIFER MOULLIET
THIS IS EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 11.

LAST YEAR... GEORGIA HAD THE HIGHEST TEEN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE COUNTRY.
THIS YEAR... ITS THE ELEVENTH HIGHEST.

16-YEAR-OLD CHARLES RITTER LANDED HIS JOB AT A FROZEN YOGURT SHOP LAST SUMMER... WHEN 50-THOUSAND GEORGIA TEENS WENT UNEMPLOYED.
ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR... ABOUT 44 THOUSAND TEENS ARE NOW UNEMPLOYED .
BOB THOMPSON... MANAGER OF THE CAREER CENTER IN MACON SAYS THE YOUTH LABOR MARKET HAS BEEN SUFFERING SINCE THE 2008 RECESSION... WHEN UNEMPLOYED ADULTS WENT AFTER JOBS THAT TRADITIONALLY GO TO TEENS.
HE SAYS WHILE THE JOB OUTLOOK SEEMS TO BE IMPROVING... TEENS STILL NEED TO PUT HARD WORK INTO GETTING A JOB.
RITTER SAYS IT TAKES TIME AND PERSEVERANCE.

"you cant give up. You have to keep pushing and pushing until you find a job, even if its the worst job you ever had, you work from there and you work your way up"
"Something that could be advantageous to the summer youth would be to get out there and start beating the pavement and pounding the bushes right now and try to get ahead of the crowds so to speak."

THOMPSON SAYS THE SERVICES OFFERED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR ON MERCER UNIVERSITY DRIVE AREN'T JUST FOR ADULTS... ANY TEENS HUNTING FOR A JOB CAN GET HELP CREATING A RESUME... POLISHING UP INTERVIEW TECHNIQUES... AND RESEARCHING JOB OPENINGS.

WITH SUMMER BREAK LOOMING FOR MOST STUDENTS IN THE PEACH STATE... POLICE IN ALBANY PLAN TO IMPLEMENT A CURFEW TO HELP KEEP KIDS SAFE.

MINORS IN ALBANY MUST BE OFF THE STREETS BETWEEN 11 P-M AND 6 A-M SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY THE CURFEW GOES INTO EFFECT STARTING AT MIDNIGHT.

KIDS WHO BREAK THE CURFEW ONCE... GET A WARNING.
AFTER THAT THEIR PARENT COULD GET A CITATION.
THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS FOR TEENS WHO WORK... OR THOSE OUT LATE BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY.

MACON HAS A SIMILIAR LAW.
IT SAYS THE TEENS SIXTEEN AND UNDER MUST BE OFF THE STREETS BY MIDNIGHT.
AFTER A STRING OF TEEN SHOOTINGS LAST SEPTEMBER MACON MAYOR ROBERT REICHERT SAID HE CONSIDERED PROPOSING AN EARLIER CURFEW FOR CHILDREN FOURTEEN AND UNDER

WARNER ROBINS LITTLE THEATER IS CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS... AND THEY MARKED THE MILESTONE WITH A PARTY.

THESBIANS GATHERED FOR WINE AND CHEESE TASTING... WITH THE HELP OF CENTRAL GEORGIA'S CANE RIVER VINEYARD.
BOARD MEMBER... FRED HARDIN SAYS THE THEATER HAS GONE THROUGH MANY CHANGES OVER THE YEARS... AND SAYS IT DIDN'T ALWAYS SET THE SCENE FOR A SHOW.

Fred Hardin, Board Member:"We were able to find this old barbeque house, Harrell's Barbeque, we purchased it then coverted it into a theater."

TODAY'S EVENT WAS JUST ONE OF THREE.
THEY PLAN TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN HONOR OF THE THEATER IN NOVEMBER AND THEN A BARBECUE BASH NEXT MAY.
YOU CAN PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS TO CELEBRATE WITH WARNER ROBINS LITTLE THEATER IN OCTOBER AT THEIR PRODUCTION OF SHERLOCK HOLMES.

THE WINSHIP CHAPTER OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE CAME TOGETHER FOR CHARITY... AND TEA TODAY.

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THE CHAPTER IS ONE OF FIVE IN GEORGIA AND IS OPEN TO WOMEN WHO ARE OF BRITISH DESCENT... OR MARRIED TO SOMEONE THAT IS.
THE GROUP RAISES MONEY TO SUPPORT RETIREMENT HOMES... AND OTHER LOCAL CHARITIES.
LADIES PASSED TEA AND SWEETS WHILE THEY TOOK IN A FASHION SHOW.

Fran Washko, Warner Robins: "Celebrating our British Ancestry."
Lee Brown, Byron: "It's lovely, very nice, tastefully done."
Kathy Rissmann, Byron: "Excellent, sandwiches are great, tea is great."

THE GROUP MEETS ONCE A MONTH... AND THEY'RE SEEKING NEW MEMBERS.
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