As you know, we have been in business since 1979, giving us the opportunity to hire and get to know many interesting individuals. Michael Sommer, whom many of you may know, is one of our former service writers of which we are very proud. After many years of study, Michael will be ordained a Rabbi at a ceremony at the Plum Street Temple in Cincinnati.
Michael has had many interesting and diverse jobs (other than here at Lowell’s) - disc jockey, Thoroughblades hockey team cheerleader (the Ice Patrol), web designer for Orbitz, and health magnet salesman.
Michael’s undergraduate degree was in drama. I‘m sure this background will help make for many an interesting sermon. We are very proud of Michael, and wish him, his wife Phyllis (also a Rabbi), and their son David all our best.
Thanks for reading,
Lowell & Betty
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Parts Manager Makes Most of Mid-Winter Meeting Lowell's Parts Manager, Clay,
recently traveled to Bradenton, Florida for a seminar held by Pace Computer
Company. Pace wrote the shop
management program that we use here at Lowell’s.
The seminar was designed to educate users on key features of the program,
as well as address some of the issues and questions that arise with daily use of
the program. Various topics included
invoicing, inventory, marketing, and generating reports. Clay
gleaned useful tips and ideas from the seminar and enjoyed meeting Pace's
technical support staff in person. It
was also nice waking up to 68-degree weather when it was snowing back in
Lexington! Clay met several people from other areas of the country while at the seminar. Even though Bradenton (south of Tampa) is a long way from Lexington, the award for the longest trip to get there went to a shop owner from Saskatchewan, Canada. He was thankful for the warm weather, too! |
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Hybrid notes... Toyota's president recently said that the company aims to sell one million hybrid vehicles a year. No timeframe for the lofty ambition was mentioned, however he also said their goal is to move 300,000 hybrids worldwide either this year or next. That's fast!... Speaking of hybrids, the new Highlander and Lexus RX 400h boast 0-60 mph times of 7.3 seconds. Not bad for SUVs that get better fuel mileage than smaller, lighter passenger cars! Safety first... The
restyled GS 300 scored tops in its division in crash performance in the Euro
NCAP (a European safety assessment program), as well as best in its division in
the frontal collision test. Overall, the new Lexus earned a five-star
rating. "Airbag is now deploying...also, will that be Bach or the Beatles...?" Toyota recently announced an improved GPS-based telecommunications system, similar to GM's OnStar system. The system can call an ambulance when an airbag opens, send a mobile phone message if a door is left unlocked, and even play one of over 10,000 songs stored on the system's hard drive! The system is currently in use in Japan only. Priuses rolling into Frankfort... Kentucky's secretary for the Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet recently announced that the state is adding four Priuses to the Cabinet's fleet. She said, "Governor Fletcher pledged to make state government more efficient, and the use of hybrid vehicles is just one example of that commitment in action." |
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On the first day all
three technicians attended “Fuelish Tips”, a seminar covering
(you guessed it!) fuel system problems.
