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Published September 08, 2011, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: GM Open House

New Auto parts center opens in Hudson


Kevin Buscher is the manager of the Hudson General Motors Parts Distribution Center. The Detroit native moved here last March with his wife and four young children. Photos by Randy Hanson

  • Kevin Buscher is the manager of the Hudson General Motors Parts Distribution Center. The Detroit native moved here last March with his wife and four young children. Photos by Randy Hanson
  • General Motors worker Terry Vosepka, left, was greeted by his wife, Mary, and grandchildren Nicolas Brotherton and Destiny Hubbard when he finished his shift at the Hudson parts distribution center on Wednesday, Aug. 31. The family gathered in front of a retired Dale Earnhardt Jr. race car that was part of Buy American Tour display. Photos by Randy Hanson
  • Destiny Hubbard of New Richmond sits behind the wheel of a retired racecar once driven by NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. Destiny’s grandfather Terry Vosepka of Osceola works at the General Motors facility in Hudson.
  • Bradley Pettee, left, and Josh Mattis race radio-controlled cars around a track that was part of the United Auto Workers/General Motors Buy American exhibit. The boys were enjoying their last day of summer vacation before returning to classes at Hudson High School on Thursday, Sept. 1.
  • Willy Burr of Detroit calls a race of radio-controlled cars on a track provided by the Buy American Tour. The United Auto Workers and General Motors sponsored exhibit made a stop at the GM parts distribution center in Hudson on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
  • The United Auto Workers/General Motors Buy American exhibit travels the country promoting vehicles made by American companies. Every American automobile manufacturing job supports 15 other jobs in the community, said Neil Talaska, who was with the tour originating from the Detroit area of Michigan.
  • A sign at the entrance to the 400,000-square-foot General Motors Parts Distribution Center on Willis Miller Drive encourages people to buy union-made American vehicles from General Motors — and to buckle their seatbelts.