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Once upon a time many
years ago, Deputy Joel Diers of
the Wright County Sheriffs
Department had a dream.
I always had a goal of own-
ing my own car dealership, hesaid.
A lifelong Wright County
resident, Diers grew up on a
farm near Howard Lake and in
1968, at the age of 18, began
chasing that dream, securing his
first job in auto sales. A few
years later, that would take a
back seat to law enforcement as
he worked full-time on night
patrol, selling cars part-time by
day.
In the years before Country
Chevrolet in Annandale became
available for sale, he admired it
from afar, focusing on his work
at hand and preparing for future
opportunities. Eventually, he
went to part-time night work
with the sheriffs departmentand started selling cars full-time
at Gould Bros. in Monticello.
When Country Chev was put
on the market, Diers was ready
to make an offer and took over
operations on February 18,
1992. Five years later, in 1997,
salesman Patrick Francis would
join the business as a partner.
Its his 44th year selling
cars, with 21 of them at Coun-
try Chev, and Joel Diers is
clearly in his element. The deal-
ership supports 22 full-time and
three part-time employees. One,
the youngest of Joel an,d wife,
Sylvias three daughters, is the
dealerships manager, Kristen
Salmela.
Consumer Reports kudosA full-service GM dealer-
ship, Country Chevrolet also
offers parts and service and
detailing, as well as paint-less
dent repair for small dings.
Business is good, Diers said,
and with some 200 new and
used models on the lot, selec-
tion is even better.
The 2014 Silverado is all
new, he reports, re-styled from
the ground up. And if you seek
no less than the best sedan in its
class, look no further than the
American-made 2014 Chevy
Impala, rated last month by
Consumer Reports as the top
choice among similar models,
including the Audi A6 and
Lexus LS 460 L. The Impalascored 95 points out of a possi-
ble 100, and also earned the
third-highest score overall.
Its the first American sedan
in 20 years to win, Diers said.
And were pretty excited about
that. It just doesnt happen very
often. Face it, Japan had us beat
for a few years, but now weve
got the quality, weve got the
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said. We can offer people
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City CouncilMeeting at 7 p.m.
ML TownshipMeeting at 7 p.m.
Elementary EveningParent/Teacher Conference4 p.m.-7 p.m.
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Cross Country at CMCInvitational at Pierz Healyat 4:15 p.m.
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