Reminder: The Annie Malone Parade is this Sunday, May 16, at 1 pm. The parade route will begin at 20th and Market and proceed east on Market to Broadway. Those who wish to participate must meet at the parking lot of the Behlmann dealership located at 270 & McDonnell Blvd. NO LATER than 10:15. Vehicle decoration will be inside the staging area between 11:30 am and noon – admittance by sticker only. We will be in Section A-2 and only have space for 20 participants so arrive early. For questions or detailed directions call Dan Williams at 314-616-2271.
•From the Janesville Gazette: The clock is ticking for more than 100 laid-off employees at the General Motors plant in Janesville who recently were offered jobs at the automaker’s facility in Lordstown, Ohio. GM spokeswoman Kim Carpenter said Monday that most of the workers must decide today whether to accept or decline GM’s offer of a transfer to Ohio. A handful face a deadline of later this week, she said. Carpenter couldn’t say for sure Monday how many Janesville employees still are laid off. But she did say that the 100-plus offers made last week wouldn’t exhaust the local layoff list.
•From USA Today: The cheapest car to insure isn't a car, it's a work van, the Ford E350 Econoline. The second cheapest car to insure isn't a car either, it's a small SUV, the Mercury Mariner. Next? Chevrolet Traverse. The basic idea behind the list is that some vehicles are cheaper to fix if you crash them, and that difference is reflected in their insurance costs. The report is based on losses of insured vehicles for the models years 2007 to 2009, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. So that Econoline van is 61% cheaper to insure than the average vehicle. The Mariner is 59% cheaper to insure. Traverse is 57%.(surprisingly, there were no Toyota models listed among the cheapest to insure. I wonder why….)
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