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Klompus To Retire From I-CAR Education Foundation
Gene Klompus, Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) Education Foundation executive director, is retiring effective Sept. 30. Klompus has been with the foundation since April 1991. He was instrumental in obtaining the sponsorship funds for the ADVANCE-TECH curriculum and the creation of the Smart Jobs/Smart People campaign. The I-CAR Education Foundation board of trustees has formed a search committee to find and screen candidates to replace Klompus. The foundation plans to have a new executive director in place by Sept. 1.Texas Students Win Ford/AAA Skills Challenge
Combining speed and accuracy to repair a deliberately "bugged" vehicle, a two-student team from Texas won the 1996 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills National Quality Care Challenge -- a showdown of the nation’s top high school auto technicians. Joshua Garrison, 18, and Josh Lamb, 19, from Paris, Texas, competed against teams from each of the other 49 states. They will share $41,000 in scholarships and prizes. Approximately 6,000 students competed in the contest at the state level. Nearly $3 million in scholarships and prizes were awarded.Autobody Expo ’96 Offers ASAMI Courses
The California Autobody Association (CAA) has announced that two Automotive Service Association Management Institute (ASAMI) business management courses will be offered at Autobody Expo ’96. The courses are Bruce Burrow’s "Real World Estimating ... Pros and Cons" and Robert Langdon’s "The 10 Steps to Improving Profitability in Your Business." Autobody Expo ’96 will be held Aug. 9-11 at the Disneyland Hotel and Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. Both courses will be offered for credit.Consumer Reports Studies Motor Oil
Consumer Reports magazine tested 20 popular motor oils on the road using a fleet of 75 New York City taxicabs for nearly two years. The results, published in the July issue, suggest that the 3,000-mile oil change interval is conservative. For "normal" service, changing the oil every 7,500 (or at the automaker’s suggested interval) should provide good protection, concludes the report. Consumer Reports also notes that while the taxicab study is a good measure of the most common type of severe conditions -- stop-and-go city driving -- the vehicles were not exposed to many cold start-ups or long periods of high-speed driving in extreme heat. The July issue also offers consumers advice on regular preventive maintenance.ASA Main Page || AutoInc. Main Page
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AutoInc. Magazine ®, Vol. XLIV No. 7, July 1996