Stations Asked To Correct Any Octane Discrepancies
As one of the year’s busiest driving weekends concludes today, the Washington State Department of Agriculture has a program under way to ensure that motorists get the quality of fuel they pay for.
State officials say that 95 percent of Washington’s 1,200 gas stations deliver the quality of gasoline they promised. And the other five percent have been asked to make corrections.
“Several different brands of fuel were among the five percent that did not contain the octane level promised at the pump,” said Jerry Buendel, manager of the department of agriculture’s weights and measures program. “We have asked each service station to look into any discrepancies and let us know what they are doing to correct the problem.”
Also this week:
Today
Labor day. U.S. financial markets and financial institutions are closed.
Tuesday
The Coeur d’Alene Area Chamber of Commerce hosts a breakfast at 7 a.m. at the Coeur d’Alene Resort.
The state Department of Labor and Industries is holding several public hearings for public comment on changes to agriculture worker-safety rules.
The first Eastern Washington hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Tuesday at Cavanaughs, 607 E. Yakima Ave., in Yakima. The second is set to start at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the DoubleTree Hotel, 1225 N. Wenatchee Ave. in Wenatchee. For more information, call (360) 902-5516.
Grass seed farmers with special permits to burn a total of 1,200 acres may start burning, weather permitting.
Wednesday
United Way of Spokane County kicks off its fall campaign at a breakfast from 7:30 to 9 a.m. at Cavanaughs Ridpath Hotel.
Friday
The Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce holds its Good Morning Spokane Area breakfast at 7:15 a.m. at Granny’s Buffet, 9606 N. Newport Highway.
The Spokane Area Chamber of Commerce Ag Bureau meets at noon at the Stockyards Inn Restaurant, 3827 E. Boone Ave.
The Spokane Interstate Fair starts and runs through Sept. 20.
Saturday
Spokane Association of Realtors members conduct their annual food drive. Last year the collection produced more than 15 tons of food.
The Panida Theatre in Sandpoint holds its “Department Store Blowout Sale” to raise money to refurbish the seats in the historic theater. Clothing, housewares, sporting goods and luggage will be sold at 50 percent off retail prices. The sale runs from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
ON THE SHELF Money, September issue: Price wars, new Internet options and the prospect of several new players are driving down the cost of long-distance service, the magazine reports. Finance & Development, September issue: Cover story asks “Should equity be a goal of economic policy?”
On the go Consumers, confident in the current state of the economy, are traveling more, says the Travel Industry Association. Here are some findings from an association survey: Americans took 608 million trips of 100 miles or more from home in the United States during the first half of the year, up 7 percent from the same period of 1997. Pleasure travel accounted for 415 million trips, up 11 percent.