MRE 2008 Scholarship Recipients Wilson and Johnson
Midwest Renewable Energy is proud to announce our 2008 science-based
scholarships winners Sarah Wilson and Kelsie Johnson. Both students met all of the; scholarship criteria to include grades, excelling in the areas of biological; sciences and chemistry, impeccable attendance, participation in
co-curricular activities and exhibiting strong leadership characteristics.
Pictured from left to right: Trampas Osborne, Plant Manager, Sarah Wilson, Kelsie Johnson and Will Coffman, Production
Manager.
Midwest Renewable Energy, LLC Awards
Scholarships to Kristi Anderson and Andrea Frary
This spring, Midwest Renewable Energy, LLC presented two company-sponsored $500 scholarships to Kristi M. Anderson of Hershey High School and to Andrea Frary of Sutherland High School. Both students met all of the; scholarship criteria to include grades, excelling in the areas of biological; sciences and chemistry, impeccable attendance, participation in
co-curricular activities and exhibiting strong leadership characteristics.
"Midwest Renewable Energy is proud to award our science-based; scholarships to Kristi Anderson and Andrea Frary. Kristi and Andrea represent, hard working students that possess strong potential to promote the sciences
in western Nebraska" said Steve Corcoran, General Manager at Midwest Renewable Energy.
MRE Holds July 4th Flag Raising
Ceremony
The staff and employees at Midwest
Renewable Energy Ethanol plant held a flag-raising ceremony on
Tuesday, July 4th. The flag is 15 feet deep x 25 feet wide, and flies
high above the plant.
Photo here
Midwest Renewable Energy's giant ear of corn was quite a site at the
Sutherland parade, reminding all to use local resources to strengthen
America.
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Sutherland July 4th Parade Results
The Sutherland July 4th parade was well attended, as a light rain cooled the air to a
pleasant temperature for the afternoon. The July 4th Parade is
sponsored by the Sutherland Lions Club. This year's theme was "Honoring
America's Heroes, from Sea to Shining' Sea"
Photo: The Red Hot Babes won the Senior Float Division of the Sutherland July 4th Parade. Their
float had a theme of supporting the troops, complete with a gun (BB gun), held by Patti Jones.
They received a few comments from the crowd about 'taking this red hat stuff pretty seriously.
Parade Winners for 2006 are:
Division A- Senior Floats - 1st Red Hot Babes, 2nd Purple People
Meeters, 3rd VFW Post 1504
Division B - Jr. Floats - 1st Missy's Dance Studio, 2nd Flat Rock Riders-
Hershey,
Division C - Commercial Floats - 1st Hershey State Bank, 2nd Midwest Renewable Energy,
3rd Chem Dry Carpet Cleaning
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Nebraska Corn Board Honors Midwest Renewable Energy of Sutherland
 Photo; Jon Holzfaster, Chairman of the Nebraska Corn Board, presents the historic photo of Nebraska's first ethanol blended fuel station to Troy Gavin, General Manager of Midwest Renewable Energy at Sutherland. The Nebraska Corn Board recognized Midwest Renewable Energy for their Investment and commitment to Nebraska's economy.
Nebraska Corn Board Chairman, Jon Holzfaster of Paxton, has announced that the Board recently made a presentation to Midwest Renewable Energy of Sutherland to recognize their investment in
the Nebraska corn and ethanol industry and their support of Nebraska's rural economy. At time of the
presentation, the plant was purchasing over 9 million bushels of corn each year, and producing 25 million gallons of ethanol and more than 75,000 tons of distillers grains. MRE is
also expanding their operation to prod uce
110 million gallons of ethanol. They currently employ 30 people in Lincoln
County.
Midwest Renewable Energy was presented the
historic photo (shown at right)
of Nebraska's first ethanol blended fuel station. The photo was courtesy of the Nebraska
Historical Society, arid includes Nebraska Governor Charles Bryan and
the
Merrick County Sheriff filling their cars with 10% "corn alcohol" at the Earl Coryell fuel station, 13th and N Street, Lincoln, Nebraska in 1933. This was identified as the first fuel station to sell 10% ethanol blended fuel.
Ethanol was used as an octane enhancer that was soon replaced by lead. Even though health concerns were identified in the twenties and thirties, leaded fuel was
standard for over fifty years before finally banned in 1986.
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