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...alternative to gas. Hopkinsville's ethanol experience is hardly unique. Since 2001, 26 plants have been built in the U.S., bringing the total to 87, as political support for the fuel has grown. Roughly 40% of the plants are owned by farmers, although a single corporation, Archer Daniels Midland, retains a 25% share of the market...
...boasted, "It's a deal where you can walk down the street and people will speak to you even if they don't know you, even the women." Truer words were never spoken about these warmhearted citizens, except when it comes to football. For example, just that morning a Midland sports columnist had used his forum to accuse a genial visiting correspondent of "worming a ticket...
Outside the RV, a young man selling programs, Midland's center last year, Keith Ward, asked, "Do you know what Mojo stands for?" A visitor said he understood it was the name of the Odessa mascot, a student in a panther costume. "No," said Keith, "it stands for Most Obnoxious Jerks in Odessa...
Pretty soon the sun, an orange gob, slid down the cobalt sky, and the field lights came on. Slab-sided referees took their positions. The combatants appeared, 17-year-old Texans big around as the bole of a sequoia born when the local mail came by Pony Express. The Midland band played Dixie. Young drill teams strutted: the dancers had the tendony legs of Appaloosas--and orthodontia that cost the earth. A student gave the prayer over the loudspeaker: "Thanks for getting us here O.K., Lord, and I just pray you let the boys play without any harm to anyone...
Odessa Permian 13, Midland Robert E. Lee 7. --By Gregory Jaynes