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 median wage for the UK as a whole is Â£22,044. Even moving just slightly further out to âouter Londonâ, the average drops to Â£24,241 â not even two thirds of the average inner London salary.Below is a list of the top ten places in the UK for average earnings, and it is possible to see how much London exceeds all other areas.t pays to be a Londoner â there are more jobs available in the capital than in any other part of the UK, and the average annual wage is much higher. In fact, Londoners earn over Â£10,000 more (on average) than people in most cities.