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Toyota’s Young Black
Scholars mentoring pro
gram pairs Southern
California high school
students with Black
employees at Toyota’s
Torrance headquarters.
Two member publications
of the Black Press of America
have been named winners
of die prestigious 2006
DaimlerClirvsler Financial
Services/National Newspaper
Publishers Foundation
Entrepreneurial Award. The
winners, Virginia-based
Ruhminul Free ftvss and North
Carolina-based 7?ie County
News were announced dur
ing the foundation’s annual
Newsmaker Awards Banquet,
held in Washington, D.C.
This is the second year
for this award, which
celebrates the business acu
men of the Black press. The
grand prize winner receives
$10,000 and the use of a
DaimlerChrysler-brand
vehicle for one week.
is for high school juniors
and seniors enrolled in sec
ondary school automotive
technology courses. T he
Six million dollars in
Bureau of Labor Statistics
scholarships and prizes
estimates the auto industry
awaits winners of an annual
will need 35,000 new tech
competition widely con
nicians each year through
sidered to be the Indy 500
2010. 'Hie competition's
of auto repair. Fifty state
goal is to encourage stu-
champion teams represent
j dents to continue their edu-
ing their respective high
school's automotive technol ; cation anti to pursue careers
! in the automotive industry.
ogy programs compete for
For more information, call
the coveted national title.
202-371-9600.
To be held June 27, the
national finals in Dearborn,
GM MINORITY DEALERS
Mich., require teams to take
HONOR CUMBA
written exams then race
General Motors Minority
the clock to diagnose prob
Dealers Association
lems and repair vehicles.
member and past direc
To qualify for the national
tor, Martin Cumha, has
finals each state holds its
been named recipient of
own Auto Skills competi
the annual GM M DA
tion.
Trailblazer Award in honor
Tlie Ford/AAA Student
of his significant contrihu-
Auto Skills Competition
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