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Cap'n Mike buys a gas station. Starts a price war

Mike Scholz, a local tug captain, phoned SooToday.com tonight to advise that at 5 p.m., he took over ownership of the Jiffy Car Wash at 32 Bay Street. And Scholz lost no time in making waves in the local fuel sector.
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Mike Scholz, a local tug captain, phoned SooToday.com tonight to advise that at 5 p.m., he took over ownership of the Jiffy Car Wash at 32 Bay Street.

And Scholz lost no time in making waves in the local fuel sector.

The Sault's newest independent petroleum dealer's gas price at time of writing (7:25 p.m.) was 84.5, half a cent below the Mac's on Second Line at Second Line and Goulais Avenue. "I'm trying to start a gas war," Scholz tells SooToday.com.


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