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Monday, June 08, 2009

Macon Man Returns Home to Great Job after High-End Education in Auto Industry

Leon Tarver is BMW of Macon’s newest master service technician. He’ll earn at least $55,000 a year and could one day advance into auto design or become a field service technician, traveling the country to help stumped mechanics. During his senior year, he landed a full $21,000 scholarship to Nashville Auto-Diesel College. A year later, BMW of Macon paid the $11,000 tuition to send him to Orlando, Fla., for a program to specialize in servicing the high-end cars. Read his story from the Macon Telegraph.