ICA gives awards for ads CHICAGO — The International Carwash Association's (ICA) 2002 Maxi Award winners have been named.
The ICA selects three Maxi Award winners each year for a carwash ad campaign in newspaper, radio and television, based on the ad's creativity, clarity of communication and content.
Hoffman Car Wash of Albany, NY, won for a radio advertisement aired during the winter called "Road Salt Blues." The newspaper Maxi Award winner was Valencia Auto Spa in Valencia, CA. The television Maxi was awarded to Every Detail Auto Care in Lodi, CA.
The awards will be officially presented at next week's Car Care World Expo in Chicago.
Gas prices dipped slightly after Venezuela unrest WASHINGTON — Consumers finally got a break at the pumps as gasoline prices fell for the first time in nine weeks, according to the US Energy Department.
The national pump price dropped 0.9 cents a gallon over the last week to $1.404, down 17 cents from a year ago, according to a survey of more than 800 convenience stores by the department's Energy Information Administration. The drop in gasoline prices coincided with a sharp decline in crude oil prices last week after the removal of the controversial president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, Reuters news service reported.
However, Chavez resumed power over the weekend, pushing up the price of oil on Monday by $1.10 a barrel, or 4.7 percent. The cost of oil accounts for about 40 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline.
Consumers in the Gulf Coast had the cheapest fuel, with the average price in that region up 0.7 cents to $1.345 a gallon. San Francisco kept the top spot among major cities in fuel costs, although gasoline was down half a penny to $1.67 a gallon. The best bargain was found in Denver, where gasoline was up 0.1 cents to $1.36 a gallon.
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