The average price of on-highway diesel fuel in the United States on 6/12/17 was $2.542. This is slightly down from the previous week. Also, for the first time in recent weeks, every region in the country had reduced prices. California continues to sell the highest priced diesel fuel in the country($2.906). The Gulf Coast remains the lowest at $2.368.
Answer from last quiz…Who Said It?…” Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.”
Andrew Jackson…1767-1845 ……”Old Hickory” as he was known, Andrew Jackson was elected in 1828 as the 7th President of the United States.
Prior to being elected President, he was a lawyer, judge, congressman, senator and a war hero.
Jackson and his Tennessee militia defeated the British at New Orleans to end the fighting in the War of 1812.
source:wikapedia/simpletruths
Next quiz….Who Said It?…”Our greatest natural resource is the minds of our children.”
Nevada has raised the speed limit in certain areas of the state to 80 MPH.
They have joined South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Utah in
allowing people to drive 80…mostly in rural areas.
The highest speed limit in the U. S. is 85 mph on a Texas toll road from Austin to San Antonio.
source:transport topics/associated press
Kansas City Southern will spend nearly $25 million to replace cross ties and repair and update crossings on tracks between Neosho, MO and Blanchard, LA. The project will enhance over 7 miles of rail and replace over 90,000 cross ties. It will also repair or replace 130 road crossings. Crews began work at the end of May. The job is expected to take four months, including projects in Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana.
CONGRATULATIONS….MORGAN AND JARED!!
The average price of diesel fuel on the highway in the United States
on June 5, 2017 was $2.564. This price is slightly (.007) lower than
the previous week. Every region in the country was down except New England
and the Rocky Mountain Zone. As been the case for weeks, the highest
price remains in California…$2.927, and the lowest is in the Gulf Coast at $2.417.source:www.eia.gov
Today we celebrate those who have survived and inspire those who have been recently diagnosed.
source:pintrest
LEN GRANDY, Sr.
May your inner fire burn ever brighter, ever higher, fueled by your passion, pride,
and purpose…… whatever it takes. May your well of inspiration never run dry.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
