Thurs Aug 17 2023: Price of Gas prediction and check out these amazingly valuable Thrift Store finds on National Thrift Store Day! #RadioShownotes

Welcome to our shownotes for Thurs Aug 17. Because the radio station Facebook may get banned at any moment, we'll be blogging some info for you every day on the the Scotty and Tony blog. Listen to the radio online: bit.ly/listentoscottyandtony

Price of Gas Prediction
UPDATE 11:00am
 Gas expected to increase by 2 or 3 cents tonight.

The experts have not predicted anything yet this week... to be continued!
This fella usually has a prediction for us all https://twitter.com/cbcjones
See EUB current prices http://www.nbeub.ca/ and Gas Buddy Price Comparison https://www.gasbuddy.com/GasPrices/New%20Brunswick/Moncton also CAA Gas Resources https://www.caa.ca/gas-prices/ 
You can also find the low price gas link on our What's Trending Page NewCountry969.ca/whats-trending

It's National Thrift Store Day

MoneyWise has a great article titled "20 fabulous thrift store finds worth up to $200 million" https://moneywise.com/life/lifestyle/incredible-items-found-at-thrift-stores
Sweet Fancy Mama!! Can you imagine going thrifting and finding some kind of million dollar treasure!?
Highlights from the article...
--- The $13 costume jewellery ring that sold at auction for $455,000. It wasn't costume jewellery after all. The owner thought it was b/c, you know, she only paid $13 for it!
She wore it around the house (in what I'm assuming was a reckless manner... probably doing yard work and punching holes in things... idk) until finally having it appraised. Turns out it was a 26 carat diamond!
--- a guy name Mike bought bought a nice reproduction of the Declaration of Independence at a thrift shop in Nashville in 2006. Because it was a really good reproduction, Mike was willing to pay the $2.48. Later, it turned out to be a rare John Quincy Adams official copy of the Declaration of Independence which sold for almost half a million!!!
--- In 2012, a guy named John saw a cool bag in a thrift shop... it had a picture of Elvis on it. A cool handbag with Elvis on it?! Sure, I'll pay the $30... later John saw some markings on the bag indicating that it was a designer handbag... he took it to a designer handbag shop and they were able to give John a bit more info... turns out the Elvis picture was by artist Andy Warhol. Only ten of these handbags were ever made!! The $30 handbag was actually around $450,000!!!
--- 1992: A lady name Teri bought a great big ugly thrift store painting for $5. She thought it would make her friend laugh. The friend thought it was funny but didn't really have room for the oversized monstrosity, so Teri took it back home. Teri tried to sell it at a garage sale, but an art teacher encouraged Teri to hang onto and get the painting checked because, maybe, it was a Jackson Pollock?? Teri got a forensic specialist involved and there was tracing of fingerprints and paint samples... it has been traced back to Pollock's studio and Teri has been offered $9 million for the art. BTW, the article says she's hold out for $50 million.
--- not a thrift store find, but I like to imagine that anyone of us could find a similar thing, maybe on our way to the Thrift Store today?! ... a guy in the Philippines found this cool rock which he brought home and put under his bed for good luck... you know, like normal people do with rocks... the rock stayed under the bed for 10 years or so... long story short, the rock was the largest pearl in the world at 2 feet long and 75 pounds. It was worth $100 million!!

 Congratulations to local athletes!

Baton Atlantik sent 4 athletes to the Nation’s Cup & World Baton Twirling Championships in Liverpool, England. The competition went from August 4th to the 13th. This featured top athletes from all over the world! A Tip of the Giant Foam Cowboy Hat to our athletes who represented the region:
- Sophie Babineau, 16 years old, from Grande-Digue
- Lucy Gray, 14 years old, from Moncton
- Julie Allain, 25 years old, from Moncton
- Brianna Middleton, 20 years old, from Moncton, who became the 2023 World 3-Baton Silver Medalist!

Brianna Middleton

Brianna Middleton

L to R:  Brenda Arsenault LeBlanc (Coach); Sophie Babineau, Julie Allain, Brianna Middleton and Lucy Gray
 

charity cat walk this weekend

will feature BBQ, and family fun for humans and felines. Saturday, August 19th from noon to 3p (with a Rain Date of Sunday, August 20.) *Actual cat walk begins at 1:30p.
more: https://www.scottyandtony.com/2023/08/carma-cat-rescues-cat-walk-is-saturday.html

YQM Countryfest

featuring Morgan Wallen's New haircut, Keith Urban, and Thomas Rhett is next week! Keep an eye on our info page at https://www.newcountry969.ca/yqm-country-fest-coverage/

Our School Supply Drive is Friday.

We'll be broadcasting from the Atlantic Superstore in Riverview and we'd love for you to come by, say hi, and maybe drop off a school supply to help families during this costly time of year!

We give away prize packs from Expo Kent this week.

Here's more Expo info: https://www.expokent.ca/fair-info
This is a text-to-win, you can listen at 7:50a (bit.ly/listentoscottyandtony)

Win tix to George Jones Tribute Concert happening Friday,

7p at Le Pays de la Sagouine in Bouctouche. Show is Friday, August 18 at 7 p.m. More here: https://sagouine.com/en/to-do-and-see/acadie-country
This is a text-to-win, you can listen at 8:50a (bit.ly/listentoscottyandtony)

cable cutters: it's more expensive than buying cable now

https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/14/streaming-tv-costs/

Boil Order in Dieppe ENDED:

https://www.dieppe.ca/Modules/news/en)

From Tony's Newscast today: 

What happened with the Food Depot 50/50 draw? (and did that jackpot get past $400,000? info https://fooddepot.ca/#50-50
 
For more news see What's Trending at https://www.newcountry969.ca/whats-trending/) 
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