Breakfast Club - Show #46 - 6/16/08

It's the Monday, June 16th edition of the Breakfast Club on News-Talk 1450 KFIZ. We didn't get the Internet update of the Breakfast Club up last Friday because of all of the flooding issues, but we're back on the normal schedule today. For all of your local news, weather, and sports head to KFIZ.com.

6:17am: Marv's Forecast: Partly sunny with a high of 74. Tonight...Partly cloudy with a low of 53....Tuesday...Some sunshine with a high of 74.

6:40am: KFIZ History Vault: In 1903 The Ford Motor Company was incorporated...In 1963 the Soviets launched Valentina Tereshkov into spaceas the first female in space.

6:50am: KFIZ News Quiz: Shirly Rassmusson of Fond du Lac correctly knew that Fond du Lac School Superintedent Dr. Greg Maass has been on the job for 5 years.

7:18am:


POSTAL-PETROL
Post office paying millions more for every gas increase
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans with just one or two cars feel the
pinch every time gas prices go up.
But imagine what the impact would be if you owned 215,000
vehicles.
The Postal Service does. And every time the price of gas goes up
a penny, it costs the post office 8 million dollars.
In 2007, transportation cost the Postal Service 6.5 billion
dollars. That's a half billion more than it cost in 2006.
In addition to filling up its own delivery vehicles, the post
office faces rising costs for fuel from its contract carriers,
including airlines and truckers.
And it's hard to keep up -- when postal rate increases are
legally limited to the rate of inflation.
Deputy Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says, "We are
definitely feeling the pressure."

MEXICAN GAS
Some motorists drive to Mexico to fill up cheaply
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A gallon of regular gasoline in San Diego costs
an average of $4.61. A few miles south, in Tijuana, Mexico, it's
about $2.54. And the price is even less if you pay in pesos. Gas is
cheaper in Mexico because of a government subsidy.
Some motorists seem to be willing to cross the border to take
advantage of the lower prices. One California man who works in
contruction in San Diego says he goes to Tijuana every week to
refuel his dual-cab Ford pickup. He says he fills it with diesel
for $60 -- and it would cost nearly twice as much in San Diego.
But it might not make sense for everyone. The wait to get back
into the U.S. at the border in Tijuana can take longer than two
hours. And cars can burn about a gallon of gas for every hour they
idle.

7:25am: CW Smith Jewelers Birthdays: Former Boxer Roberto Duran is 57...Former American Idol Contestant Diana DeGarmo is 21...Actress Joan Van Ark is 65.

8:20am: Lindee Kimball from The ARC stopped by to fill us in on some great volunteer opportunities at The ARC of Fond du Lac. For more info contact Lindee at 923-3810 or visit them on the wb at arcfdl.org.