Thank you to everyone for making the Grand Opening of our Urbana Fuel Plaza featuring
E85 and Soy Biodiesel Fuels a wonderful success!
Participating in the Ribbon Cutting ceremony at Champaign Landmark’s Urbana Fuel Plaza were, front row, left to right: Jason Dagger, Director, Champaign County Farm Bureau; Senator Jim Jordan; Brent Zimmerman, Secretary, Champaign Landmark Board of Directors; Dale Scheiderer, Vice Chairman, Champaign Landmark Board of Directors; Fred Dailey, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture; John Dunbar, President/CEO of Champaign Landmark, Inc.; Ray Etgen, Manager, Energy Department, Champaign Landmark, Inc.; Andre Harper, District Representative for Senator George V. Voinovich and Jim Zuber, Ohio Office of Energy Efficiency, Ohio Department of Development.
Back row are, left to right: David Clapp, Director, Champaign Landmark Board of Directors; Ron Burns, President, Champaign County Chamber of Commerce; (partially hidden) Kelly Evans-Wilson, Executive Director, Champaign County Chamber of Commerce; Jamie Gentry, Agricultural Liaison, Southwest Ohio, Ohio Department of Development; Max Coates and Steve Hess, Champaign County Commissioners; Tom Fontana, Director of New Use Development, Ohio Soybean Association; Tadd Nicholson, Director of Programs, Ohio Corn Growers Association; Earl Evans, President, Urbana City Council and Erika Wiggins, Outreach and Development Coordinator, Clean Fuels Ohio.
Program Audience
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John Dunbar opens the program with a welcome and
overview of the event.
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Left to right: Tom Fontana, Director of New Use Development, Ohio Soybean Association; Fred Dailey, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture; John Dunbar, President/CEO, Champaign Landmark, Inc. and Ray Etgen, Energy Manager, Champaign Landmark, Inc. in front of the Soy Biodiesel B20 fuel pump.
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Left to right: Dale Scheiderer, Vice Chair, Champaign Landmark Board of Directors; Jason Dagger, Director, Champaign County Farm Bureau; Brent Zimmerman, Secretary, Champaign Landmark Board of Directors and David Clapp, Member, Champaign Landmark Board of Directors.
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Ohio Department of Agriculture Director Fred Dailey
shares remarks with the audience.
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Senator Jim Jordan, Urbana addresses the group
during the program.
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Tom Fontana, Director of New Use Development, Ohio Soybean Association fills up the association’s diesel vehicle with Soy Biodiesel B20 during the grand opening.
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Ray Etgen, Energy Manager was interviewed by reporters from Channel 2, WDTN and Channel 7, WHIO in Dayton. Both stations aired video of the grand opening. |
Cars line up at the fuel plaza as grain moves across
the scales during the grand opening.
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Left to right: Cathie Olejniczak and Richard Thompson of the Energy Department assist a customer in determining
if he has a Flexible Fuel Vehicle.
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Left, Andre Harper, District Representative for Senator George V. Voinovich visits with Tadd Nicholson, Director of Programs, Ohio Corn Growers Association.
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Curt Uebele, Monsanto Company, left, and Mark Secor, Agronomy Manager, Champaign Landmark, right, discuss Monsanto’s support for the E85 pump.
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Tadd Nickolson, Director of Programs for the Ohio Corn Growers Association talks about E85 and Flexible Fuel Vehicles.
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Mike Pullins Vice President Business Services and Commodity Relations, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation added to remarks made by the speakers.
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Erika Wiggins, Outreach and Development Coordinator, Clean Fuels Ohio talks to John Dunbar, President/CEO of Champaign Landmark. Clean Fuels Ohio assisted with grant funds for the fuel plaza.
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Tom Fontana, Director of New Use Development, Ohio Soybean Association talked about Soy Biodiesel products and their future use as alternative and renewable fuels.
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