The town of Blanchard, located on Idaho State Highway 41 6.5 miles (10.5 km) northwest of Spirit Lake was named for Joe Blanchard, an early settler who moved away to Kootenai Lake in Canada. Blanchard is 35 miles north of Coeur d'Alene and 40 miles south of Sandpoint, in North Idaho and has a post office with ZIP code 83804. R. C. Blackwell of the Panhandle Lumber Company, which operated sawmills at Spirit Lake, Idaho and at Ione, Washington, promoted the railroad, which came through Blanchard in 1908.
The average salary in Scotland has risen by 23% in the past five years, according to figures published today. Research by the Bank of Scotland revealed average earnings had gone up from Â£23,080 in 2003 to Â£28,296 in 2008 - an annual increase of 4.2%.
The employment rate in Scotland, using the European age definition (15-64), in 2012 was 69.4% which is 0.1 percentage points lower than the previous year. When compared against the 34 members of the OECD, Scotland was ranked 14th highest in terms of employment rates.o over the year the gap has shifted by 0.4 percentage points to Scotlandâs benefit. The employment rate has increased in Scotland over the year by 1.7 percentage points, larger than the 1.3 percentage point increase in employment rate seen in England.