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Press Release 10/02/2006

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Commissioner Irvin to present Innovator in AgriFuels Awards Wednesday in Warner Robins at Aviation Museum

Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture will present five people with Innovator in AgriFuels awards in a ceremony in the Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins Wednesday, Oct. 4th, at 11 a.m.

The five people who will receive this first time award are: Dr. Linda Smyth, current Middle Georgia Clean Cities Coalition President and Board Chair and agricultural and environmental sciences educator and university administrator for more than 30 years;  Greg Hopkins of Rome, U.S. Biofuels President and owner, who began working on producing alternative fuels in the 1970’s;  Dennis Burnett, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Manager for Davis Oil Company of Perry; Andrea Hicks, Fort Benning Pollution Prevention Program Manager; Mike Mead  Warner Robins Air Force Base Advance Power Technology Office (APTO).

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