- Roger Beasley of Roger Beasley Mazda in Austin, Texas, received a 35-year award for Mazda from Mazda North American Operations.
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Joe Caranfa, right, of Hite Ford-Mercury in Bellevue, Ohio, receives a 25-year award for both franchises from John Schuldt, Ford-Lincoln-Mercury Pittsburgh regional sales manager.

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Howie Neftin, left, of Neftin Westlake Car Co. in Thousand Oaks, Calif., receives a 30-year award for Volvo from Kevin Liberman, Volvo Cars of North America's Los Angeles north area market manager.

Lee Courtright, right, of Santa Cruz Nissan in Santa Cruz, Calif., receives a 35-year award for Nissan from Lenny Moravcik, Nissan North America's dealer operations manager.

The members of the Automobile Dealers Association of Mega Milwaukee elected officers. Seated, from left, are Jim Tolkan of Bob Tolkan Buick-Pontiac-GMC Truck in Milwaukee, chairman-elect; and Glenn Pentler of Uptown Motors in Wauwatosa, Wis., and Uptown Motorcars in Slinger, chairman. Standing, from left, are Brad Schlossmann of Schlossmann Auto Group in Milwaukee, treasurer; Roger Kriete of Milwaukee Truck Sales in Milwaukee, secretary; and Don Hansen, the association's president.
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