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Hawaiian dealer starts service tech 'farm team'

Honolulu Ford dealer Mark Benson, left rear with printed shirt, and two of his staff members with some of the students in this year's Honolulu Ford Explorer Post. The students spend two evenings a month for nearly a year in Benson's store learning what it takes to be a service tech.
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By:
Jamie LaReau
January 04, 2016 05:00 AM

Dealer Mark Benson wants to give poor kids a shot at a lucrative career while helping to solve the national shortage of service technicians.

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