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A Bad Axe entrepreneur appears to be making all the right moves to build a $65 million plant that could pump out 20 million gallons of biodiesel fuel a year by late 2010 or early 2011. Connecticut transplant Bill Moran, founder and CEO of HuronBiofuels, sure chose the right spot for his venture near Elkton .The Thumb and nearby counties are the heart of Michigan Soybean Oil country. Dead-center in Michigan's largest dairy region. Bingo: With fuel for transportation costly, soybean farmers maylook to a nearby market for their crop. Dairy farmers who usecrushed soybeans from oil processing wouldn't have far to go fortheir high-protein feed. Moran plans to build in two phases: One, to make soybean oil,possibly for use in food if the fuel market is bad; the second, toprocess that oil into biodiesel fuel. He has experience in multimillion-dollar projects, came to the areaseveral years ago with the wind energy industry's NobleEnvironmental Power and says he has most of his financing lined up. Moran has discussed his project with the only other soybean oilplant in the area, Thumb Oilseed Producers Cooperative of Ubly, andthere don't appear to be conflicts with the markets for eachplant's products. He's now seeking government permits. With one eye on agriculture and the other on fuel, Huron Biofuel'sfounder may strike a gusher with soybean oil processing. Whether used for food or fuel, it all would be good for soybean oilfrom Huron Biofuels. Its 60 new jobs and potential to increase our area's growingalternative energy sector would be very, very good for our localeconomies. Just a little fuel - or food - for thought.

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As far as I know, he is the first horse to have his own chocolate trading card, said Owen, who is the president and sales manager of Chocoversity. We thought we would start small, but we should be doing some significant business by the summer and fall. We re in with some major organizations and our products will hopefully be prominently shown during the upcoming sports seasons. Owen and his wife, Margot, used the parent company s products for their wedding in November, which led to the business venture. After the wedding I got so many calls from people who wanted toknow where we got the chocolate, Owen said. Realizing there was alot of interest, we stepped in. Most popular items created by Chocoversity are chocolate lollipops,business cards, and coins. The company also can produce round orsquare CDs. An average of 75 pieces an hour can be made. The technology might enable horse owners to have chocolate productsmade featuring their horses, not unlike the turn of the 20 th century when horse owners frequently had their horses images puton cigar boxes. Owen would like to work out deals with racetrack sohe can use winner s circle photos on his chocolates. He hopes to dodemonstrations during Hambletonian Week (July 28-August 2) at theMeadowlands Racetrack. Probably the greatest thing about the technology is that it sportable, Owen said. Not only does it allow us to print logos,but we can come live to any event and take someone s picture rightthere and in two minutes they can have their own personalizedlollipop. You take the picture and we can run 10 lollipops at atime. Once it runs, you can take your lollipop candy right with you.