Green Options » Newton http://greenoptions.com/tag/newton Posts tagged 'Newton' Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:21:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Gimme 10 Gallons and Some Rocky Road http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/20/gimme-10-gallons-and-some-rocky-road/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/20/gimme-10-gallons-and-some-rocky-road/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:21:09 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/02/20/gimme-10-gallons-and-some-rocky-road/ Ice cream cone.Newton, Mississippi, today becomes home to the state’s first retail E85 (85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline) fuel station. But wait, there’s more. Ford’s Fuel, which has set a grand opening for today, is also an ice cream museum.

Whaaaaat?

That’s right, Mississippi’s first flex-fuel filling station is built on the site of Newton’s old Ford’s Ice Cream factory, which was established in 1928. The new facility — a green one at that — will feature not only E85 fuel pumps, but an ice-cream parlor and a museum dedicated to the town’s long-time local ice-cream history.

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