June 30, 2017 at 8:28 p.m.

Biofuels industry backs Senate bill

Business Roundup

POET, the parent company of POET Biorefining-Portland, has joined about 25 other biofuel organizations to support passage of the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act (Senate Bill 517).

The biofuel industry says the bill would lift outdated restrictions that limit access and provide more incentives for innovation and investment in clean fuel technologies.

“We ask you to stand with advanced biofuels and with clean energy to enable us to further reduce harmful emissions,” the organizations said in a letter to the 21 members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

“This is about giving Americans the freedom to choose fuels that can actually help clean the toxic air we breathe,” POET chief executive officer Jeff Broin said in a prepared statement.



Stores open

Two new stores will open this weekend in downtown Redkey.

Redkey Junktion, owned by Mark and Shelli Leavell, will be opening in their new location at 123 W. High St. The store sells new and used merchandise, including antiques, estate sale items and large store returns.

Key to the Past, an antique store, will open at 119 W. High St. Owner Jennifer Wolfe has had experience working with antiques in the past, including owning and operating a store in Muncie.

Both stores planned to open today.



Hired

Arts Place has hired Laura Reese as its new sales and marketing coordinator.

The non-profit organization provides art programs and services and has locations in Portland, Hartford City and St. Marys, Ohio.

Reese’s duties will include creating print, radio and television ads and maintaining Arts Place’s social media accounts and website, according to a press release.

She graduated from Taylor University and owns Phillip Reese Photography with her husband. She has also previously worked at MyFarms.



Museum opens

A museum dedicated to the history of Coca-Cola has opened in Corinth, Mississippi.

The museum, located in the downtown of Corinth, has more than 1,000 items, some more than 100 years old. A 2010 flood damaged an earlier building housing the museum.

Corinth’s relationship with Coke dates back to 1905.



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