Driver’s Edge was prominently displayed on the No. 17 Team Ethanol car, driven by 2008 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year and 2008 Watkins Glen winner Ryan Hunter-Reay, during Sunday's IndyCar® Series Honda Indy 200 in Mid-Ohio. Team Ethanol finished 10th in the race, making Hunter-Reay now ninth in this year's standings.
Driver’s Edge provides a free educational program for young drivers taught by true driving professionals through a unique combination of behind the wheel and classroom experiences. Check driversedge.org to find out where the Drivers Edge National Tour will be the rest of this year
Mini-movies everywhere this week
Oakland Tribune May 10, 2005 THE FOURTH Radio Alice “3-Minute Film Festival” screens at 8 p.m. Thursday at Bimbo’s 365 Club, 1025 Columbus Ave., San Francisco.
Culled from 422 entries from around the country, the 15 winners in three categories — drama/documentary, comedy and animation — will be shown at the awards ceremony that evening.
One winner from each category will receive $3,000.
Judges are Donald Harrison of the Film Arts Foundation, Wendy Levy of Bay Area Video Coalition, Andrew Stanton of Pixar Animation Studios and Corey Rosen of Industrial Light & Magic.
Eoin Harrington, chosen the 2003 West Coast Best Songwriter for “Never Be Lonely Again,” will perform.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are limited. Visit www.tickets.com. You must be 21 or older to attend.
For more information, visit www.radioalice.com.
– Barry Caine Coastside shorts A short documentary about the only sea urchin diver working the waters off the Farallon Islands, a spooky mystery by a father-and- son filmmaking team from El Granada and a documentary about the art of sushi making in Half Moon Bay, are three of the offerings of the third annual Short Film Festival in Half Moon Bay.
The event, presented by the Coastside Film Society, is at 7:30 p.m. Friday. More than half the films are locally produced, and a number of the filmmakers will attend to discuss their work.
Other films are a musical comedy called “West Bank Story,” about an Israeli soldier and a Palestinian food cashier who fall in love, and “The Statue,” about the statue in San Francisco’s Mechanic’s Monument Plaza created by deaf-mute sculptor Douglas Tilden and architect Willis Polk, and those who live in its shadow. here escondido humane society
Tickets are $6. The screening is at the Community Methodist Church Sanctuary, 777 Miramontes St., Half Moon Bay. Visit www.hmbfilm.org.
– Elizabeth Jardina Horror at Stanford “Compartment,” a 96-minute horror film by longtime Livermore resident Ray A. Wang, will be screened at 8 p.m. Friday in the Cottage Room, 859 Escondido Road, Stanford.
Admission is free.
Wang says he chose the Cottage Room “because it’s a place where ghosts have been sighted.” The director-writer describes the movie as “‘Pulp Fiction’ meets ‘Psycho.’” He says it’s pretty much the story of four people who connect through a foreign car whose owner, a psychopathic killer, escapes from prison to get it back.
Cast and crew are from Oakland, Livermore, San Mateo, Stanford and elsewhere in the Bay Area.
– Barry Caine Short films for pets Help out dogs and cats this weekend by seeing original brief movies at the Pleiades International Short Film Festival, which benefits the Peninsula Humane Society/SPCA.
Screenings are noon to 4 p.m. Saturday in Palo Alto and Sunday in San Francisco. The Palo Alto screening is at the Aquarius Theater, 430 Emerson St., and the San Francisco one is at the Bridge Theater, 3010 Geary Blvd. here escondido humane society
Tickets for either screening are $20 and include wine and free entry into a raffle. After the Palo Alto screening, the Niebaum- Coppola restaurant will hosts a dinner; tickets for dinner and the movies are $50.
Visit www.pleiadesfestival.com/paloalto or call (650) 207-6412.
– Elizabeth Jardina Film fest The Fourth Annual San Francisco Documentary Film Festival runs Thursday through May 22 in San Francisco at the Roxie Cinema, 3125 16th St., and The Women’s Building, 3543 18th St.
The event consists of 21 features and nine shorts.
The opening-night film is “Mana: Beyond Belief,” a look at “power objects” from around the world — from items related to Elvis, Buddha and Jesus to old cars and cherry blossoms.
Among the other highlights is “Ghetto Fabulous,” Brian Lilla’s exploration of the Falcon Boys, a group of Oakland artists, musicians and mechanics who pour their hearts and pocketbooks into vintage Ford Falcons.
Other titles of note include Palo Alto filmmaker Bill Rose’s “The Loss of Nameless Things,” about the sudden death of playwright Oakley Hall III, “Awake Zion,” about a musical gathering of Jewish and Jamaican artists, and “Stephen Tobolowsky’s Birthday Party,” a storytelling session by the actor whose many screen credits include “Groundhog Day” and “Spaceballs.” Tickets are $9 for evening screenings, $7 for matinees (starting before 5 p.m.). Call (415) 820-3907 or visit www.sfindie.com.
– Barry Caine
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Reece Nanfito, senior director of marketing for the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council (EPIC), says they teamed up with Driver's Edge because each year nearly 6,000 teens are killed in car accidents, making car crashes the number one killer of America’s youth. “Through hands-on education, they are teaching young drivers how to safely handle a car, while providing information so they make good renewable fuel choices at the pump," said Nanfito.
EPIC executive Director Toni Nuernberg says EPIC has already achieved much success in its first two years, but the organization is charged for even greater success to come. She says it’s time for EPIC to no longer just respond to the debate about ethanol, but become proactive, get out front and change the debate. EPIC board members new and experienced agree.
Currently, America’s domestic gasoline and ethanol production combined is enough to supply the country’s gasoline needs for 149 days. But through the increased use of biofuels and simple conservation strategies, America could extend its supply by another 27 days – or theoretically until July 4 – before needing to rely on imported oil. 
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This year’s Iowa Corn Indy 250 is over and as usual, ethanol won. Actually, Dan Wheldon, Target Chip Ganassi Racing won the race. 
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