Keyes celebrates enterprising tech grads

16 Jun 2017

Keyes Chevytown is celebrating the accomplishments of several employees who have completed specialized training in their field. Dealer Joe Keyes and office manager Kami Keyes–Cleveland along with service director John Lynch congratulated auto technicians James Watkins, Bradley Ress and Matt Riste.

Both Watkins and Riste recently graduated from GM’s Automotive Service Educational Program, hosted by Dakota County Technical College. They are the first candidates that Keyes Chevytown has sponsored for this program and their graduation marks a completion of about 80 percent of the GM training.

Not to be outdone, Ress took it upon his own accord to complete early graduation from high school and has obtained his degree as an automotive technician from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College.

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